10 Recent Indie Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

3. Thelma

Thelma Joachim Trier
SF Studios

A surprising shift into horror territory for Norwegian art-house filmmaker Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st), Thelma is a deliriously thrilling coming-of-age drama in which a sheltered young woman (Eili Harboe) discovers she has preternatural abilities which are triggered by the onset of her sexual desire.

It might sound like a fairly familiar concept - Carrie, anyone? - but Trier's status as a dramatist first and foremost allows him to deliver an incredibly unique treatment of this premise.

Harboe's fantastic central performance works in conjunction with a consistently surprising and creatively grim script which offers up a fresh spin on potentially tired material.

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