The 19 Scariest Horror Movies Coming in 2018
If you want to know what Americans are really worried about, check the horror films in your local cineplex.
In 2017, fears ranged from racial inequality (Get Out) to environmental apocalypse (mother!) to societal pressures on women (Raw). Even Stephen King’s box office-busting It had more to do with childhood trauma than demon clowns.
What do the hotly anticipated scary movies of 2018 tell us? If there’s a through-line, it’s guilt and shame bubbling to the surface. Yes, the usual demons, aliens, sociopathic teenagers and faceless government institutions make appearances. But the more common (and inevitable) villain in our social media-fixated culture, is a bystander who watches something terrible happen and...does nothing.
The good news: In 2018, there’s a way to scare your pants off nearly every month, and sometimes twice. Enjoy!
The Ritual, Netflix, Feb 9
After helplessly watching his friend get murdered during a robbery, Luke
