Robert Eggers movies are always frightening, even when they aren’t horror movies. They thrust viewers into a different and borderline alien world so convincingly, so intensely, that one can’t help but feel a little horrified by the experience. Whenย The Northmanย puts the audience directly into the world of Norse mythology, the experience is so overwhelming that…
As a horror fan, whenever I mention enjoying any specific monster movie, Iโve grown used to having another horror fan pop out jump scare-style to say, โI like slasher movies because theyโre realistic. Itโs something that could really happen!โ If you โjust donโt relateโ to people facing monsters, films like Renfield (2023) (screenplay by Ryan…