This Clive Barker Adaptation Is An Underrated Torture Horror Story

The torture horror craze began in earnest in the early 2000s with Leigh Whannell and James Wan’s Saw. That surprise hit spawned nine sequels and countless competitors. The draw of torture horror is multifaceted. Many will argue that it’s all meaningless gore, but there are many other subgenres for that. Perhaps Dread, an unfairly forgotten late entry in the dying trend, understands something about its appeal that other entries don’t.