Horror movies for slow mornings across all eras. Includes The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Skin I Live In, Dawn of the Dead and more, curated by Moviepiq.
The morning isn't going anywhere. Neither should the film.
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.
The morning film is underrated. Quiet, unhurried, all yours.
Probably better saved for later. Mornings are for gentler things.
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.
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