We selected our 13 favorite candidates for the Dark Side of the Screen screening & discussion series: the best, most provocative, and most discussion-worthy (non-mainstream) horror, thriller, and noir films of 2017. Festival and international films from 2016 were eligible if they were distributed in the United States in 2017.  2017’s festival and international films were likewise eligible, even if they had not yet reached distribution.

Co-authored by Julia Compton and Mike Dillon

#13. HAPPY HUNTING

#12. KILLING GROUND

#11. TRAGEDY GIRLS

#10. PREVENGE

#9. HOUNDS OF LOVE

#8. BETTER WATCH OUT

#7. THELMA

#6. IT COMES AT NIGHT

#5. I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE

#4. MOM AND DAD

#3. RAW

#2. MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND

#1. THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Bloody Honorables:

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