Horror movies are constantly calling out for experimentation; it’s a whole genre based around rules that are just waiting to be bent, twisted, or broken into a brand-new shape. Which is exactly why it’s such a shame that so many new horror movies are just slight variations on the same old ideas. But just last year we got two truly original horror movies — Azrael and In a Violent Nature — that truly felt like bold new directions for the genre. And now that both movies are streaming on Hulu, you can finally check them out for yourself.
In a Violent Nature’s logline is simple: It’s a slasher where we follow the killer instead of the victims. It’s a brilliant idea on paper, but one that’s obviously harder to do in practice. After all, most of these monsters don’t really talk, and while their feats of violence are often truly
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