12 Horror Films That Will Scare You Senseless In 2020

2. Antlers

Antlers Movie 2020
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Boasting what is without a doubt the scariest trailer for a 2020 horror flick, Antlers looks set to be the sleeper smash of the new decade. Directed by Scott Cooper, who was more than adept at bringing to life the horrors of American frontier life in Hostiles, his next feature switches over to not-so-sunny Oregon and is based on short story 'The Quiet Boy'.

The story centres on a small town brother and sister – played by Jessie Plemons and Keri Russell – who throughout their daily dealings as local teacher and sheriff, respectively, become entwined with a troubled local boy who is harbouring some dark ancestral issues back at the ranch.

The trailer has cleverly played on the Goldilocks theme of the source story and shows a film that won’t play is hand too quickly, instead relying on its bleak setting and atmosphere to eek out the scares, before roaring into life by unveiling its monstrous secret(s).

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Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing. He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.