Boo. Now turn off the lights, pull your feet in under the covers, and keep reading for a look at our choices for the Best Horror Movies of 2013. 13. We Are What We Are Horror remakes are a ubiquitous phenomenon, but while most end up being barely worth the time it takes to watch the opening credits there were three this year that stood above the rest in one way or another. Director Jim Mickle remade a highly acclaimed Mexican thriller from 2010, and while he changed up a couple of the details his film retains the original’s sense of dread and familial obligation. It’s easily Mickle’s best film to date too. 12. Resolution Some like to compare this little slice of existential indie horror with Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s Cabin In the Woods, but the only similarity they share really (aside from taking place in a cabin in the woods) is a smart appreciation of how/why we watch horror films. It’s a definite slowburn that builds its story clue by clue meaning inattentive viewers may be left scratching their heads, but the extra “effort” is worth it. 11. American Mary Jen and Sylvia Soska are a pair of genre-loving, Canadian twins who not only managed a big jump in quality with their second feature film but also delivered one of the year’s oddest horror thrillers. It’s essentially a rape/revenge picture, but the world they create is a grimly stylish look inside the body modification community. The film […]From Film School Rejects
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