The Academy notoriously tends to disregard genre cinema.
But how does it stack up againstthe horror genres other Best Picture nominees?
Bruce Willis plays his child psychologist, Malcolm Crowe.
The Sixth Senseestablished Shyamalans penchant for shocking twist endings, but the twist doesnt 100% make sense.
Ninas mental anguish manifests as a doppelganger menacing her from afar.
Still, its a haunting cinematic study of trauma and the psychological effects of working in a toxic environment.
After capturing the gruffness of wrestling inThe Wrestler, Aronofsky captured the elegance of ballet inBlack Swan.
Fargeat has a lot to say about societal pressures on womens bodies.
Pierre-Olivier Persin created some of the most impressive prosthetic effects ever put on-screen forThe Substance.
Moores performance grounds the satiric absurdity in real human emotion, particularly inThe Substances heartbreaking bathroom mirror scene.
An early shot of Foster standing in an elevator surrounded by male colleagues towering over her says it all.
Peele made masterful use of horror tropes to convey the real-world horrors of racism.
He doesnt just capture the terror of overt prejudice; he also captures subtle microaggressions and performative liberalism.
Max von Sydow and Jason Miller play the two Catholic priests who come in to perform an exorcism.
The Exorcistis renowned as one of the most influential horror movies ever made.
Audiences had never seen the Devil depicted so realistically.
The genius ofThe Exorcistis that Friedkin doesnt direct it as a horror film; he plays everything totally straight.
He tells the story as a grounded mother-daughter drama that happens to have supernatural elements.
Spielberg shoots and edits the suspenseful set-pieces with Hitchcockian precision, and the actors bring their characters to life.
Its as much a three-man play as it is a creature feature.
