Parasite
Strictly speaking, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite only veers into the horror space toward its end, as the lives of multiple South Korean families intersect in an elegant mess of deception and aspirations of upward mobility. To explain how Parasite goes from being a high-strung drama about one family lying its way into the graces of another to being a psychological thriller with elements of horror would require giving away the twists and turns that begin to unfurl in its final act. But it’s specifically because of Parasite’s stunning ability to seamlessly vacillate between cinematic genres that the turn towards the almost supernatural makes sense in context—and lands like a very purposeful reminder that any story can scare you in the hands of the right creative team.
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