5 Horror Movies Gemini Will Love (& 5 They Will Hate) – Screen Rant

Gemini are curious, adaptable, witty, smooth, and observant, and thatis just to name a few of their vast characteristics. Falling between Taurus and Cancer, it is a transitional sign, known for bringing aboutindividuals withlayered personal intricacies and passionate interests into the world.

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Horror movies may not be aGemini's go-tokind of film. Cathartic gore and violence usually is nottheir thing. Like all genres, though, horror has something to offereverybody. For every mindless slasher, there is also something a little more intellectual on the table. Here are five horror movies that Gemini will love, and five others they will want nothing to do with.

Anything with the name Stanley Kubrickattached to it is bound to pique a Gemini's interest. As deeply attentive people, Geminilove to analyze a scene, and directorKubrick filled every frame with profound meaning and hidden messages.

While The Shining itself might feel a bit claustrophobic for a wanderlust Gemini,it more than makes up for that energy with suspense and subliminal details that require constant rewatching. Plus,for all of its confinement, the moviestill sports some breathtaking shots of the Colorado Rockiesduring its opening, which is bound to draw in any Gemini from the get-go.

While Gemini love a good joke, Scream might not quite fit their senses of humor. The parodic elements of Screamcould be able to spark intrigue from a theoretical perspective, but the film's unabashed camp qualities overall mightdistance Gemini a bit too far.

When the filmfirst came out in 1996, its novelty may have had the capacity toentice. For a modern viewer, though, it has come to feela bit insincere and at times over-the-top with its cheesiness. Obviously, all of the corny instancesin Scream are intentional on director Wes Craven's behalf. Nevertheless, they still might fail to resonate with a Gemini.

If Gemini are searching for some humor, they might better appreciate the work of Michael Haneke in his pseudo-comedic psychological thriller, Funny Games. Whether it is theoriginal 1997 Austrian title or the2007 American shot-for-shot remake,Funny Games is bound to pull in Gemini with its thermal runaway of suspense, whichHaneke pulls off in a strikingly original away. The humor is very sarcastic and dark, the exact kind of dry witthat Gemini will appreciate and relate to.

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As a home invasion film, Funny Games is once again a little claustrophobic, but its meta-commentaryon cinematic language and breaking of form will be more than enough to keepa Gemini from suffocating.

Rodrigo Corts' Buried has plenty of redeeming aspects for a Gemini to enjoy, but unlike Funny Games or The Shining, its claustrophobia is simply unavoidable. Focusing on a man getting kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin, the move is a spatial nightmare.

AGemini's element is air, and in Buried,oxygen is in short supply. The main character's every breath is imperative and to make matters worse, hedoes not know where he is buried and is only equipped with a dying cell phone and a lighter in his subterranean coffin. Itis an exciting and thought-provoking movie, but simply has too much anxiety to offer for a Gemini to appreciate fully.

Gemini will likely appreciate the side-splitting humor of comedian-turned-auteur Jordan Peele. His jokesare fresh and witty and perfectly timed. However, Gemini will stick around through his movies for their layered meanings, complex messages, and weightycommentaries on the human condition.

Peele's debut feature Get Out does this quite well, but the director really hit thatmark in 2019's Us. The movie still has the brightest of us scratching our heads and mulling over its twisty significance. It is the exact kind of puzzle that Gemini love to dissect ina film.

John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween is the textbook definition of a slasher. It practically created the sub-genre upon release. However, slashers as a general rule tend to miss the mark with Gemini.

While there is certainly a heftydoseof charm riddled in the simple conceptofa masked killer dicing up sexually active teenagers on October 31st, it is a tad one-dimensional for Gemini.Granted, many of the tropes thatHalloween endorses it also created, but for a modern viewer, the movie feels a tadformulaic and highly predictable. Overall, a Gemini will probably just find it boring.

Thisdebut moviefrom artisticfilmmaker David Lynch is a goldmine of latent details for Gemini to dig into. Eraserhead took over five years to complete and to this day, Lynch will not disclose his personal take on the project. Everything in Eraserhead, from itsproduction tonarrative meaning, is shrouded in mystery, making it the ultimate film to pick apart and overanalyze.

Because Gemini are a curious group, thissurrealist picture will tickle their brains like no other.Gemini appreciate the weirdness in the world, and as far as horror movies go, they do not get much weirder than Eraserhead.

Like Halloween, the far more contemporary It is a little too methodical for a Gemini audience. Andy Muschietti's 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's terrifying 1986 novel relies heavily on nostalgia, humor, and charm. While allof these attributes are good in and of themselves (and the movie as a whole is definitely worth watching) Gemini tend to keep theireyes fixated onthe future and the unknown.

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Therefore,Itwith its 1980s references and childhoodwistfulness might feel a little rehashed for Gemini.Muschietti's 2019 followup, It: Chapter 2, would probably not fare any better.

When it comes to horror movies, Gemini can perhaps appreciate two things above everything else: suspense and good directing. Thus,Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is a match made in heaven.Along with often being considered the greatest director of all time, Hitchcock has earned the nickname "the master of suspense" amongst cinephiles.

Psycho's rising intensity and mystery will keep Gemini on the edge of their seats. Then,its bold statements on consciousness and ahead-of-its-time form will add the extra layers of intrigue, keeping Gemini coming back to the movie that, by some accounts,inventedmodern horror forthe silver screen.

Gemini are an adventurous group. They enjoy traveling and running off intothe etherwithout much consideration for unlikely or unfortunate consequences. Eli Roth's harrowing 2005 movie Hostel will probably burst thatblissful bubble.

The filmfocuses on a pair of recent college graduates getting kidnapped while backpacking across Europe. What ensues is an unforgettable sequence of torture and trauma that will likely renderviewers homebodiesfor a long time. Gemini need to trust the good in the world to continue their daring antics without living inconstant fear. Hostel would definitely not help them keep up this essential outlook.

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A.W. McGowan is an organic list writer for ScreenRant and a news staff writer for Lynxotic.com. His essays and articles on entertainment, media, and critical theory have appeared in numerous academic and popular publications. He also has experience as a weekly radio host, a children's web series producer, and a poet, recently releasing the spoken word album "Channel Zero Static." He graduated from Bowdoin College with a B.A. in English and Education and a minor in Cinema Studies; he now lives and works in Los Angeles.

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