A Rundown of the 13 (+1) Best Horror Movies I've Seen in the Past Year
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THE CONSPIRACY
(September 2012)
“That’s… that’s the genius
of these rulers, that they’ve… they’ve created this society that’s conditioned
to deny what’s right in front of its eyes.”
“Which is what?”
“That we’re slaves.”
Aaron
(The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind
Leigh’s Aaron Poole, who also executive produces) and Jim (Saw VI’s James Gilbert) are filmmakers
shooting a documentary about conspiracies, and, in the process, fall into the
deep, dark rabbit hole themselves.
It’s
a simple enough premise, but writer/director Christopher MacBride (in his
feature debut) presents us with a riveting faux
doc that straddles that fine thriller/horror line with deftness and precision.
And
though the horror here is largely more subtle and grounded than some of the
other ¡Qué horror! titles this year, it’s still very
much there.
The
horror of conspiracy, or, more to the point, the horror of the possibility that
all those nutty conspiracy theorists may actually be right after all…
“We will fight for our
freedom, because we know what freedom feels like, and this is not it! This is
not it!”
(The Conspiracy OS’ courtesy of
impawards.com)
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