2016 may be a big year for comic book movies and big summer tentpole releases, but it also just so happens to be something of a revelation for the horror genre.
While we’ve already outlined which scary tales we’re the most excited about, there’s a whole subset of this year’s films that are not only hotly anticipated or backed by a prestigious filmmaking pedigree, but which also stand out from the crowd thanks to their emphasis on originality. Whether in their premises, their storytelling execution, or in their promises of a bigger emotional or thematic payoff, these are the more ambitious movies, the ones that are willing to take a slightly bigger chance in their narrative inventiveness.
Call them the 12 Most Unusual Upcoming Horror Movies. Once you peruse their ranks, you’ll never look at the standard horror fare quite the same way again.
Subgenre: Zombie/comedy
Director: Burr Steers
Release date: 02.05.16
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, a “novel of manners” originally published in 1813, is one of the most beloved and widely imitated books in the history of the English language. It’s not surprising, then, that a zombie-infused parody was released in 2009, and that a filmic adaptation is on its way next month.
Somewhat invoking the spirit of Joss Whedon’s own adored Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies follows Elizabeth Bennet’s (Lily James) struggles with social customs and marriage prospects, but throws in a heaping helping of martial arts, undead warfare, and an independent, feminist spirit. Intermixed throughout the proceedings, of course, is a dose of comedy – both in satirical and straightforward varieties – and action; the film’s trailer crescendos with a now-obligatory shot of an explosion, this time of a bridge as our heroine races her horse across it.
With so many different components, the final quality of the film can go any which way, but with such a strong conceptual variety, it should an interesting ride, regardless.
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