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7. Would You Rather
Most horror movies rely on their characters making a dumb decision or two to kick the plot into gear, but Would You Rather's main protagonist, Iris, makes an informed choice that most people cannot deny they would replicate if they were in her shoes.
Her brother is dying, and in order to raise the necessary funds for his surgery, she agrees to a dinner party hosted by a wealthy aristocrat without realising that he intends for his guests to compete in a violent game of 'would you rather' - where the winner gets the cash.
Most critics weren't fans of Would You Rather, and in today's world where movies are judged online before being seen, that's all but a death note. On the surface, the film is just another torture-porn fest that's more interested in creative, gruesome deaths than anything resembling a plot, but this genuinely isn't the case.
Would You Rather actually shows a lot of restraint - where it could opt for a shocking act of violence, the film will give us a small character moment, a hint of backstory, a look at the dinner guests' morals. The violence is there, for sure - one scene involving an eyeball and a sharpened blade is almost too grim to watch - but it's never at the expense of logic, and this ensures you're never pulled out of the film.