Streamers released surprising hits, most noticeably Shudder withSkinamarinkwhich had everyone revisiting their childhood nightmares.

Not to mention an outstanding and terrifying directorial debut from Down Under withTalk to MebyDanny PhilippouandMichael Philippou.

Here are the best horror movies of 2023, so far.

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Cooper reunites withChristian Baleafter 2017’sHostiles, who delivers another outstanding, reserved performance as the grizzled detective Augustus Landor.

Cooper once again puts together fantastic production design that captures the eerie atmosphere of a frosty 19th-century military academy.

The woodland environments are perfect for the films themes about mankinds inherently animalistic nature.

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Chucky and Annabelle anyone?

M3GAN (Amie DonaldandJenna Davis) is a life-sized A.I.

doll programmed to speak and walk like a real person.

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Allison Williams and youngViolent McGraware great as the aunt and niece trying to stop M3GANs murderous ways.

Lets see Annabelle do that.

It’s not a film for everyone, but it rewards those who take the plunge along with it.

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You know, just normal vacation stuff that we all love.

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Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother.

After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off.

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Night Shyamalans best film in years.

It all leads to a highly impactful and emotional finale.

Pay special attention toDave Bautista.

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The former wrestler-turned-actor shows thathe is so much more than a Marvel sidekick.

He is a leading man you cant take your eyes off of.

When they arrive there, they begin to notice that something isn’t right.

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A blue bedroom scene with a comforter on the right and toy wreckage on the ground in Skinamarink

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Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.

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Huesera: The Bone Woman Natalia Solián

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M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller, Knock at the Cabin, tells the story of a family who is approached by four strangers while staying in a remote cabin and given an impossible ultimatum. When Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) take their daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) to a remote cabin for a family getaway, their stay is interrupted by the arrival of Leonard (Dave Bautista), Redmond (Rupert Grint), Sabrina (Nikki Amuka-Bird), and Adriane (Abby Quinn), who tell them that one of the family must be sacrificed in order to stop the impending apocalypse.

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a close of Robbie Banfitch’s face covered in blood in a scene from The Outwaters.

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Ghostface holding a knife in an empty room in Scream 6

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In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.

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Deadite Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) clutching on to the bathtub in Evil Dead Rise.

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A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

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