The Horror Films We Need or the Ones We Deserve? "Eddington" and "Weapons"
NOTE: SPOILERS ON TOP OF SPOILERS FOR EDDINGTON AND WEAPONS! Don’t read any further unless you don’t care or aren’t going to see the movies or are going to but don’t like surprises (really, you should see these films cold and then circle back with me later.) 2025 has dealt us some compelling films in the horror or horror adjacent genre. Companion , Heart Eyes , Sinners , The Monkey , Eddington , and Weapons come to mind right off the bat. It’s the last two that have been sticking with me the most and not just because they are the most recently watched. Both are jam-packed with ideas, both are told masterfully, intelligently, and both have subtexts that don’t necessarily beat you over the head because the drama unfolding onscreen is so gripping. I find both refreshing because they act as sort of course corrections for much of what has been referred to as “elevated horror”; genre pieces that employ narrative and narrative tropes to interrogate fairly meaty, if not profound themes....