20 Movies That Could've Been Horror Movies
11. Friendship
The Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd-starring black comedy Friendship may seem like the furthest thing from a horror movie on the surface, but writer-director Andrew DeYoung does a marvelous job of making the audience wish that the ground would open up and swallow them regardless.
Robinson starts as Craig, a socially awkward middle-aged man who attempts to make friends with his new neighbour Austin (Rudd), and though things begin well enough, Craig's anxious lack of chill soon ends up derailing the friendship.
The result is a masterful cringe comedy where audiences are invited to sit and watch Craig continually self-sabotage his attempts to connect with Austin, all while becoming increasingly, dangerously unhinged.
It all feeds into a darker commentary about modern masculinity, naturally, and as hilarious as Robinson can be, his work here is suffused with gut-wrenching psychological unease at all times, while DeYoung shoots the entire thing like an A24 horror flick.