International chills
Argentina’s When Evil Lurks wasn’t the only international title this year that proved subtitles do not take away from the potency of on-screen thrills. Thanks to streaming services like Shudder, which has a robust foreign-language horror selection and picks up a lot of festival favorites—making them easily accessible for general audiences—it’s never been easer to catch up on scary imports. Others we liked this year include In My Mother’s Skin, about a young Filipino girl who makes a desperate bargain to save her family during World War II; Mexico’s Huesera: The Bone Woman, about a rather nightmarish pregnancy; and delightfully gory Swedish slasher The Conference.
