A Banquet is a slick and atmospheric horror movie that gets just weird enough while still being tethered to reality. If this is where director Ruth Paxton is starting, Veronica is very excited to see where she goes next.

It’s Veronica’s year end list of her favorite new and old movie watches for 2021. From Hollywood fare like Dune and Nightmare Alley all the way down to A24’s Lamb and Muriel's Wedding.

Mickey Reece’s Agnes is a religious horror film that spends more time ruminating on trauma than it does on jump scares. Which isn’t to say it doesn’t lean hard into the horror aesthetic – expect some fright wigs and flesh tearing.