James Wan keeps cranking out blockbuster funhouse fare like The Conjuring. Indie darlings like David Gordon Green have taken the reins of the Halloween and Exorcist franchises. Boutique distributor A24 has become the paragon of ‘elevated horror‘ thanks to the elegant scares of Hereditary, The Witch and Saint Maude.
There’s a lot of patter about how we live in a golden age of fright.