Sometimes, the best horror movies can sinisterly slither under our radar undetected.
On that devilish note and for your twisted pleasure, we've dissected the best underrated horror movies of 2022 guaranteed to turn your crimson cold.
Meanwhile, why not sink your pearly pointers into our official breakdown of the best horror movies of 2022.
Best Underrated Horror Movies | Hatching (2022)
Hanna Bergholm's frightening debut feature delivers disturbingly visceral creature effects. All while hatching an impactful childhood trauma premise full of fear-conjuring thrills, freakishly repulsive chills, and plenty of poignant plot points to digest.
Despite some heavy-handed metaphors here and there, Hatching (2022) makes sinister use of its chillingly conceived monster effects to conjure a creepily intense atmosphere, ominously unnerving until the end.
After this chilling creature feature, I'll be keeping a keen eye on Hanna Bergholm's upcoming feature films, that's for sure.
Best Underrated Horror of 2022 | Watcher (2022)
At times, the story can lull you into submission. Yet, thanks to a charismatically detached performance from Maika Monroe, coupled with Burn Gorman's chillingly cold portrayal in the final third, The Watcher (2022) makes for an unsettling stalker slasher well worth your time.
Despite one or two lulls overall, Director Chloe Okuno delivers potent strands of suspenseful intrigue and a dark final flourish guaranteed to transmit shivers.
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You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Taking old-age tropes and turning them on their head, You Won't Be Alone (2022) offers an unusually meditative, yet elaborately artsy take on established folklorish themes, while dispersing an unsettling atmosphere that ominously sinks its claws from the start.
More thought-provoking than profoundly scary, You Won't Be Alone (2022) will suit those searching for a slice of cerebral horror, but may leave outright thrillseekers in the lurch.
For more of the best underrated horror movies of 2022, why not feast on our frightening review of The Menu (2022).
The Innocents (2022)
Immersively shot, compellingly acted, and forebodingly creepy, the Innocents (2022) sinisterly subverts viewer expectations to chilling lengths by playing on the societal pillar of youthful innocence, in what is a ruthlessly gripping social drama sure to illicit chills long after the curtain call.
Definitely, one of the freakiest but best underrated horror movies of 2022.
Best Underrated Horror Movies of 2022 | What Josiah Saw (2022)
Crammed full of charismatic on-screen performances Vincent Grashaw's gritty yet engrossing mystery drama offers a harrowingly brutal window into themes of betrayal and revenge in this darkly amoral descent into long-lasting familial feuds.
Unflinchingly cold in its delivery, What Josiah Saw (2022) may prove a strenuous watch for some, but with its shockingly unsuspected finale, it's worth seeing through to the bitter end.
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