Morbidly Beautiful's The 30 Best Indie Horror Films of 2021 (2022)
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- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
- DirectorJonathan CuartasStarsPatrick FugitIngrid Sophie SchramOwen CampbellTwo mysterious siblings find themselves at odds over care for their frail and sickly younger brother.
- DirectorRose GlassStarsMorfydd ClarkCaoilfhionn DunneJennifer EhleA pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRebecca HallSarah GoldbergVondie Curtis-HallA widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
- DirectorChad HartiganStarsOlivia CookeJack O'ConnellSokoA couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
- DirectorS.K. DaleStarsMegan FoxEoin MackenCallan MulveyA woman is left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sick revenge plot. Unable to unshackle, she has to survive as two killers arrive to finish her off.
- DirectorKevin LewisStarsNicolas CageEmily TostaBeth GrantA quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.
- DirectorCorinna FaithStarsMark SmithMarley CheshamRose WilliamsIn 1970s London, a trainee nurse spends her first night at a hospital during power outages, where she is haunted by a supernatural presence.
- DirectorTravis StevensStarsBarbara CramptonLarry FessendenBonnie AaronsAnne, married to a small-town Minister, feels her life has been shrinking over the past 30 years. Encountering "The Master" brings her a new sense of power and an appetite to live bolder. However, the change comes with a heavy body count.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsKeri RussellJesse PlemonsJeremy T. ThomasIn an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.
- DirectorElza KephartStarsRomane DenisBrett DonahueSehar BhojaniWhen a possessed pair of jeans begins to kill the staff of a trendy clothing store, it is up to Libby, an idealistic young salesclerk, to stop its bloody rampage.
- DirectorCody CalahanStarsEvan MarshAmber GoldfarbAri MillenJoel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsNicolas CageSofia BoutellaNick CassavetesA notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorMax WerkmeisterStarsAlexandra LandauHenry KielyCaron ClanceyA madcap drifter tries to reignite a special feeling from her past by helping a vampire achieve his dreams.
- DirectorJaco BouwerStarsMonique RockmanCarel NelAlex van DykAn injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest.
- DirectorSean Nichols LynchStarsDennice CisnerosNico BellamyLaura KennonA struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.
- DirectorTaylor KingStarsKandace KaleElijah CookeLissa Carandang-SweeneyA pizza delivery girl discovers her neighbor is moving into a sorority house of vampires. It's a race against the clock to stop her crush from being sacrificed at midnight.
- DirectorAlex NoyerStarsJasmin Savoy BrownLili SimmonsJames JaggerA young killer experiences intense pleasure whenever she hears the sound of human pain.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsKiana MadeiraOlivia Scott WelchBenjamin Flores Jr.A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsSadie SinkEmily RuddRyan SimpkinsShadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsKiana MadeiraAshley ZukermanGillian JacobsIn 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a witch hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, while teenagers in 1994 try to put an end to their town's curse before it is too late.
- DirectorMichael SarnoskiStarsNicolas CageAlex WolffAdam ArkinA truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunStarsNarilya GulmongkolpechSawanee UtoommaSirani YankittikanA horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be.
- DirectorSteven KostanskiStarsNita-Josée HannaOwen MyreMatthew NinaberAfter unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsHannah GoneraFrances Sholto-DouglasMila RayneA remake of the 1982 slasher film about sorority girls attacked by a maniac killer with a large electric drill.