@kissane Tár. I watch too few horror films to have a list of 3, but that one would definitely belong on it. It's not billed as horror, but once the protagonist's beautiful life starts to come apart it goes into this wonderfully ambiguous territory--part morality tale, part psychological horror.

@kissane Bring Her Back, Talk To Me, When Evil Lurks, The Witch, I Saw the TV Glow, Late Night with the Devil

@kissane MadS.
Oddity.
Chime.

@kissane The Substance (2024)
Get Out (2017)

If you skipped A Quiet Place and the sequel due to kids being involved, A Quiet Place: Day One is actually a pretty good film in its own right and doesn't have that

@kissane The Substance (2024)
Talk To Me (2022)
Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

@kissane It Follows!

@kissane
• Since you've already seen ODDITY, have you seen CAVEAT? Different but just as good (and ODDITY's opening ties into it).
• CUCKOO is creepy and weird and really well made, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens — there is a teen hurt in it, but my wife and I (who have similar rules for our horror films) both liked it a lot. LUZ is the director's earlier film and it's strange and confident (and no kids in it).
• 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE is very good, tense, and meets your criteria.

@kissane Wow, just reviewing my Letterboxd I keep getting in the weeds like “is that really horror? Is that more thriller? Did I feel too nice at the end?” I will stop quibbling: ✨Get Out✨, Midsommar….ummm, Annihilation?

@kissane A bit older, but personal favorites are “Let the Right One In”, and the remake “Let Me In”

@kissane The Babadook was really good

@kissane Ones I've enjoyed in that timeframe: Talk To Me, the new Frankenstein, Godzilla Minus One

@kissane
Is Ex Machina horror? It just misses your timeframe by a year.

@kissane I’m not normally into horror, but I really enjoyed Jordan Peele’s “Nope”, and the new version of “Nosferatu”

@kissane
• No children are hurt but it's partly about parental grief—Karyn Kusama's overlooked slow-ratcheting-up thriller/horror "The Invitation"

https://youtu.be/ZbyUw_2lJ-0?si=ZbaJ1I7wpoeEmBBp

• Another unfairly-ignored slow-burn creepy watch: "The Rental"

https://youtu.be/MGdcTUMGxB0?si=YMsJu9TUBrJM-SjI

@kissane It Follows (11 years ago but come on), Midsommar, The Substance.

@kissane I don't watch much horror, but I will say that "Nope" is way up there for me.

@kissane 1. “Companion”. There is some torture but it’s brief and of a robot so 🤷🏾‍♂️
2. “Barbarian”
3. No third thing

@kissane Since I haven’t seen anyone else recommend it yet, I’ll suggest Oddity: https://boxd.it/K9pg

@kissane per my spouse:

• Midsommar, though that may count as emotional torture porn
• The Wailing (Korean)
• Autopsy of Jane Doe
• Green Room
• The Ritual
• Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (also Korean), found footage

@kissane tron legacy. i assume it’s horror, i psychologically suffer agony for the duration of the film—though music was excellent

@kissane Some of my favs that might hit those notes: The Witch, It Follows, Under the Shadow, Get Out, Green Room

@kissane suggestion: "Aniara"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7589524/?ref_=tturv_ov_bk

@kissane Relic: mother and adult daughter move to rural Australia to care for an aging grandmother. Creepy things happen. Body horror, aging, emotional labour and gender roles are all major horror as social commentary themes.

In Fabric: creepy not-quite-right retro British horror about consumerism that defies easy description.

Personal Shopper: ghosts and murder haunt an excellent Kristen Stewart number.

@kissane Just curious: do you do Letterboxd?

@kissane Best Wishes to All. Frewaka. La Llorona.

@kissane Sinners was great. My wife, who does not generally do horror, really liked it

@kissane I really loved Barbarian (2022), which is best seen with zero foreknowledge.

To fill out a top three released within the past ten years, I'd have to reach into movies that are on the edges of the genre. The Menu (2022) was super, but more horror/psychological thriller, and Prey (2022; wow, 2022 was a good year for movies) is an obvious choice for horror/action

@kissane A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night was released 11 years ago, so just misses your cut, but only just.

@kissane I really liked Nope. I always have a hard time with “best”, but that one is fun.

@kissane I’m not a horror person but I’d say sci-fi horror Upgrade (2018) is up there for me.

(it’s a dark month in a dark time and my coping mechanisms are very specific)