Two of my favorite movies this year are Sinners and 28 Years Later. Sure, both were some of the most anticipated films on the 2025 movie schedule, but both are horror movies, and that is, let’s just politely say, not my favorite genre. I typically don’t get excited about horror movies, and though I obviously don’t avoid them completely, I don’t run right out to the theater to see them.
I did run right out for 28 Years Later. As a huge fan of both writer Alex Garland, director Danny Boyle, and of the first collaboration, 28 Days Later, this was the kind of horror movie I do get excited about. Sinners was a different story. Not only are horror movies typically not my jam, but vampire movies fall in that same bucket. They just don’t do anything for me. So, I waited to watch with my HBO Max subscription, and that was a mistake. Here’s why I’m changing my mind on horror movies this year.
