Straw Dogs (1971)ĭid you know a young Dustin Hoffman once starred in a controversial, ultra-violent home invasion movie? Well he did, and it's widely considered one of the best films in the genre. Bolstered by fantastic performances from star Jodie Foster and villains Forest Whitaker and Jared Leto (as well as a very-pre-"Twilight" Kristen Stewart), "Panic Room"s level of psychological tension was compared favorably with the films of Alfred Hitchcock upon its release. David Fincher made "Panic Room" right after his cult-favorite "Fight Club", and his innovative directing style is on full display in this story of a woman lucky enough to move into a new house with a panic room, only to have that backfire when what the thieves want is inside the panic room that she and her diabetic daughter are holed up in. This one is far less gory and far more psychological than the previous entry. Mining most of its scares from body horror that will make you cringe in sympathetic pain, "Inside" is most definitely not for the faint of heart.
"Inside" tells the story of a pregnant woman terrorized in her own home by an unknown female assailant who's not after money or jewelry - she wants the woman's unborn baby. So it's no shocker that the bloodiest film on this list comes to us from France. No one can make a disturbing film quite like the French. So here is a list of some of the best home invasion movies - not necessarily the scariest, the twistiest, or the goriest - but the most solid entries in an often shaky genre. Home invasion movies have been around as long as horror has existed as a genre, but the past decade has seen a sudden uptick in their popularity, and as we know, quantity does not always equal quality. It's the spine-tingling feeling of "This could actually happen," that makes them so uncomfortable to watch. Home invasion movies are a very specific sub-category of the horror genre that derive their scares not from supernatural menaces like ghosts or vampires, but from a very human threat.
This Friday will see the wide release of "You're Next", a home invasion thriller/comedy that has been garnering rave reviews on the festival circuit.
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