The first film produced under this arrangement was the supernatural horrorCat People.

The big bad slasher icons of the ’80s had faded from popularity, only to be reinvigorated byWes Craven’spostmodernScream.

Supernatural threats would also take a backseat for most of the decade until J-horror films likeRinguandM.

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Night Shyamalan’sThe Sixth Sensebrought them back.

Enter directorDanny Boyleand writerAlex Garland, who would inject pure adrenaline into the genre with28 Days Later.

And then there’sHereditary,Ari Aster’s directorial debut about motherhood, the occult, and familial trauma.

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One that took everyone by surprise wasTalk to Me, the debut film from Australian YouTubers and brothersDannyandMichael Philippou.

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Black and white still of a woman on the phone in Cat People

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Christina looking terrified against a wall in Diabolique

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The silhouette of the killer raises a knife in the shower scene in ‘Psycho’

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Leatherface holds a chainsaw in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

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Jack Torrance standing outside in the cold and staring menacingly into the camera in The Shining

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Hannibal Lecter, played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, is restrained with a muzzle in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’.

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Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham staring into the camera in “Hereditary”

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Sophie Wilde with mouth open and pitch black eyes while being possessed by a spirit in Talk to Me.

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