Best Of Horror Films 2022

By Chris Hammond

Well as 2022 closes we take a look back at the best horror films that saw a release this year.

10. THE INNOCENTS

The Innocents follows four children who become friends during the summer holidays. Out of sight of the adults, they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

09. HELLRAISER (2022)

This a take on Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic where a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.

08. NOCEBO

Fashion designer Christine (Eva Green) suffers from a mysterious illness. Her doctors perplexed by this illness offer no reprieve. Her husband Felix (Mark Strong) grows more exasperated with each passing day. When things feel the darkest a ray of hope arrives at their doorstep. Filipino nanny Diane (Chai Fonacier) uses traditional folk healing and reveals a horrifying truth.

07. THE CELLAR

Keira Woods’ (Elisha Cuthbert) daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.

06. THE REEF: STALKED

In an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder, Nic travels to a tropical resort with her friends for a kayaking and diving adventure. Only hours into their expedition, the women are stalked and attacked by a great white shark. To survive they will need to band together and Nic will have to overcome her post-traumatic stress, face her fears and slay the monster.

05. HYPOCHONDRIAC

Will, a young Hispanic gay potter, is one gregarious guy. His boss is terrible, but he has a great boyfriend and a job. Unfortunately, behind that veneer is a dark past of violence and mental illness that he is desperate to keep hidden. When his bipolar mother comes out of the woodwork after ten years of silence, he begins exhibiting unexplainable symptoms and spirals into an obsession, determined to solve this mystery of his own

04. TERRIFIER 2

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.

03. BARBARIAN

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb rental late at night only to find that the house has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to stay the night anyway but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other house guest.

02. SLASH/BACK

Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, SLASH/BACK opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang.

The number one horror film of the year is

CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS

IN THEATERS AND ON SHUDDER: December 9, 2022
DIRECTOR: Joe Begos
It’s Christmas Eve and fiery record store owner Tori Tooms wants to get drunk and party until the robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and makes her night more than a little complicated. Santa Claus begins a rampant killing spree through the neon-drenched snowscape against a backdrop of drugs, sex, metal and violence, ultimately forcing Tori into a blood-splattered battle for survival against the ruthless heavy metal Saint Nick himself.