Supernatural psychological horror

A rookie with a long history at the Academy came up with the following request the other day:

I've seen the Australian Babadook 2014 and enjoyed it so much that I want to see more supernatural psychological horror films. I'm happy to receive film suggestions.

The rookies dove into the request, and the following little list of movie tips resulted.

Tittel	År
1408	2007
The VVitch	2015
The Wind	2018
The Innocents	1961
Grave Encounters	2011
Crimson Peak	2015
The Lighthouse	2019
Talk to me	2022
The Skeleton Key	2005
Below	2002
Sinister	2012
In the tall grass	2019

Others are checking out:

32 Liminal horror movies

Let's begin with the beginning: what in the world is "liminal" - and "liminal horror"? The word liminal itself is defined quite differently by different sources, but the essence is as follows: - a state/position at or on both sides of a threshold/border - a transition between states or the initial phase of a process of change As far as I understand, Liminal horror points to both this and at the same time to what is called liminal spaces , which are: - areas and architecture that lead you from something to something else, and which are not intended as anything more/other. Corridors, underpasses, aqueducts, airports, queues, waiting rooms... 'Non - destinational places', as my husband called it when I tried to explain it. Apt term! 😍 - Emotionally, liminal spaces are, for example, grief and growing up - Psychologically and socially, it's is 'nothing' between different feelings or states: the state of post partum and detox are two examp...

Uplifting horror with merry violence!

Things rarely go well for people in the movies we like. Things mostly go straight to the black bowels of Hell. (If you know, you know...) So what do you do when you're really into horror movies on the more cheerful side of the spectrum? A little bit of merry violence? You head over to the Horror Rookie Academy and ask the rookies for movie tips! Below you'll find tips that came in response to the following questions: Hey! Does anyone have any tips for uplifting horror? I'd love to have a good dose of happy violence also. Tittel År IMDb Evil Dead 2 1987 7,7 Army of Darkness 1992 7,4 Bubba Ho Tep 2002 6,9 Brain Damage 1988 6,5 Evil Ed 1995 5,5 Return of the living Dead 1985 7,3 Tucker and Dale vs Evil 2010 7,5 The Cottage 2008 6,1 Sightseers 2012 6,5 Severance 2006 6,4 Bad Boy bubby 1993 7,3 Rubber 2010 5,7 Space Station 76 2014 4,9 Motivational Growth 2013 5,7 Teeth 2007 5,4 The Crazies 2010 6,5 Slither 2006 6,5 Deadstream 2022 6,4 Scouts guide to the Zombie apocalypse 20...

15 years of Academy headers!

A good header is a great thing ! Since 2011, the Horror Rookie Academy has focused quite a bit on page headers. The header constitutes the graphic profile of the Academy. It is what first meets the eye, what gives the first impression, and it sets the tone. Design- wise, we have kept the headers simple and symmetric -and a bit classy. We present to you: 15 years of Academy headers! (Laget av skrekkrutt Sørbø.) (Artwork: Kim Holm)

Derfor bør ingen noensinne bade i havet

Det lusker mangt under overflaten! Enten man ferdes på havet, rusler elvelangs eller tar en dukkert i de glitrende innsjøer skal man huske at knivskarpe tenner og hungrige mager kan lure juuuuust below the surface. Skrekkruttskolen presenterer her firogfemti stalltips innen skrekk og gru fra dypet! Nr Tittel År IMDb 1 Jaws 75 8,1 2 The Abyss 89 7,6 3 The Host 6 7 4 Ocean Of Fear 7 7 5 The River 12 6,8 6 The Deep 12 6,7 7 Rogue 7 6,3 8 Dagon 1 6,3 9 Below 2 6,2 10 The Deep 77 6,1 11 Deep rising 98 6 12 Sphere 98 6 13 Alligator 80 5,9 14 Piranha 78 5,9 15 The Reef 10 5,8 16 Jaws 2 78 5,7 17 Deep Blue Sea 99 5,7 18 Leviathan 89 5,7 19 Open Water 3 5,7 20 Lake Placid 99 5,6 21 The Bay 12 5,6 22 Piranha 10 5,6 23 12 days of terror 5 5,5 24 Ghost Ship 2 5,4 25 Open water 2: adrift 6 5 26 Reykjavik Whale watching massacre 9 4,9 27 Frankenfish 4 4,8 28 The last Shark 81 4,6 29 Anaconda 97 4,5 30 Troglodyte 8 4,3 31 Eye of the beast 7 4,2 32 R...

Feinschmecker giallo films!

It's really hard not to like giallo when you like horror movies. If you ask me. It has the seventies feel to it, it has slashing, practical effects, razors and negligees, black gloves and mansions. ...and the names of these movie, my goodness. "Aunt Martha does dreadful things", for example. 😍 One of our rookies is a regular cornucopia of knowledge of giallo, and he dug into his mind looking for the more obscure giallo movies. Enjoy! ✌ Murder Obsession (Riccardo Freda, 1980; Italian: Follia omicida) aka Fear, aka The Wailing, aka The Murder Syndrome The Secret of Seagull Island (Nestore Ungaro, 1981; Italian: L'isola del gabbiano) Madhouse (Ovidio Assonitis, 1981) aka There Was a Little Girl Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982) aka Unsane The Scorpion with Two Tails (Sergio Martino, 1982; Italian: Assassinio al cimitero etrusco / Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery) A Blade in the Dark (Lamberto Bava, 1982; Italian: La casa con la scala nel buio / The House with the Dar...

Iä! Iä! Lovecraftian horrors

H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American author best known for his influential contributions to the genre of "weird fiction," especially cosmic horror. His work is characterized by a unique blend of science fiction, horror, and the supernatural, often exploring themes such as forbidden knowledge, humanity's insignificance in the universe, and the fragility of reason. Lovecraft created a mythos—a loosely connected universe populated by ancient, powerful beings such as Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, and Azathoth. This "Cthulhu mythos" became central to his legacy, and was later expanded upon by other writers. So, to the eternal question: what does this almost etherial term "Lovecraftian" actually mean? I think Wikipedia says it well: "Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy, and weird fiction that emphasizes the terror of the unknown and incomprehensible more than gore or other shock elements....

Science fiction LOLs!

Let's have a laugh, shall we? Here are a few tips for sci-fi comedies!🙂 Tittel År IMDb Spaceballs 1987 7.1 Evolution 2001 6.1 Space station 76 2014 4.9 Attack the block 2011 6.7 Brazil 1985 7.8 Buckaroo Banzai 1984 6.2 Gentlemen Broncos 2009 6.2 Blasted 2022 4.8 Rick and Morty 2013 - 9.1 The world's end 2013 6.9 Mars Attacks 1996 6.4 Galaxy Quest 1999 7.4 Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy 2005 6.7 Resident Alien 2021 8.1 BigBug 2022 5.5 Coneheads 1993 6.4 Re-animator 1985 7.1 Attack of the killer Tomatoes 1978 4.6 Paul 2011 6.9 Red Dwarf 1988-89 8.4 Flesh Gordon 1974 4.8 Meet the Applegates 1990 5.5 Julebukk aka Last Christmas 2015 n/r

88 Monster Movies!

Monsters, people. Monsters! 😍 Huge hungry monsters, aquatic and underground dwelling slimy monsters, monsters that grow inside you, monsters looking to prey on you... ...and monsters of the slightly softer kind. Here are 88 tips for awesome monster movies sorted by IMDb score. In our opinion, the IMDb scale is just as good in the bottom as it is in he top, especially when it comes to monster movies! Looking for more -and more current monster films? Click here . 😱 1 Aliens 1986 8,5 2 Alien 1979 8,5 3 Jaws 1975 8,2 4 The Thing 1982 8,2 5 Frankenstein 1931 8 6 Predator 1987 7,9 7 Prometheus 2012 7,5 8 The Fly 1986 7,5 9 Them 1954 7,3 10 Godzilla 1954 7,3 11 The Mist 2007 7,3 12 The Descent 2005 7,3 13 Starship troopers 1997 7,2 14 Cloverfield 2008 7,2 15 Gremlins 1984 7,2 16 the beast w/ a bill. backs 2008 7,2 17 The Golem 1920 7,2 18 Pitch black 2000 7,1 19 Tremors 1990 7,1 20 The Host 2006 7,1 21 The Lost World 1925 7 22 The troll hunter 2010 7 23 The Hidden 1987 6,9 24 Hog...

Body horror!

A truly unsettling and fascinating subgenre indeed, body horror (also known as biological or organic horror) is a type of horror fiction where the primary source of terror comes from the grotesque or psychologically disturbing violation, transformation, degeneration, or destruction of the physical body. It often plays on deep-seated anxieties about physical vulnerability and loss of control over one's own body. A key element is that the body's violation is usually not the result of immediate or initial violence, but rather a loss of conscious control over the body due to mutation, invasion, decay or scientific interference. The horror often centers on an individual watching their own body betray them, change, or collapse, rather than being hunted by an external creature. Guillermo del Toro famously described body horror as the "betrayal of the flesh." The genre intentionally invokes intense feelings of physical and psychological disgust, pushing the limits of what the...

Fresh out of surgery? These movies are for you!

Quite a few of us have to go under the knife at one time or another to be slashed by skilled wage earners. Expert slashing. The Horror Rookie Academy originates and resides in Norway, where we have a free health care system and a sick leave system in the workplace that allows for actually being sick when you are sick. Or: in convalescence, which is what this post revolves around. (photo: Body Parts (1987) The other day, a question popped in from a surgically modified rookie who was lying flat in recovery asking for movie recommendations. Rookies! I'm at home on the couch after recovering from shoulder surgery; 16 years in the same profession f*cked the dang shoulder up. I'm considering watching the entire Saw-franchise again to relieve inner angst and somatic discomfort, but I am more than open for suggestions. I really love body horror! A bunch of rookies got exited by this questions and dove into their sick (but beautiful) minds to compile this wee list ...

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