The feeling of being seen in a film is one of the stranger pleasures of cinema.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
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.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
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.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
Some films see you. Not in a mystical way. In a very specific, very human way.
Dread and isolation. Horror understands specific feelings very well.
Works across generations. Safe but not boring.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
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.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
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.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Some films earn their effect. These do.