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It's horror in the same way Under the Skin (2013) was horror. It's slow, deliberate, a little unsettling, and quite confusing, and thematically there's quite a lot of overlap. People who say "it's not horror" as if it were a bad thing were in the wrong place from the beginning.

You Wont Be Alone slithers between layers of conscious thought while beguiling you with its unaffected and brutal beauty. My primary complaint might be that Noomi Rapace is in too briefly. The way she melds into the "character" who came before her is seamless, her understated wonder is infectious; I would have liked to stay with her a little longer. But Alice Englert is a strong screen presence to end the film with. And I can't remember her delivering one line of dialogue...

A lot of people will hate this and I understand why. I guess you won't know til you try it.

There's even something about the movie poster for this film that captivated me the first time I saw it. I think that image is perfect in summing up the surreal, mundane, claustrophobic horror of The Innocents. That atmospheric tension settles over you from the very beginning, with that first pinch between siblings on the backseat of the car. That ominous premonition that the kids aren't alright. I find kids in general pretty creepy, so this movie hit hard.

The way the dread builds in subtle, effectively believable and diarsturbing increments is absolutely perfect. The psychology of it messes with you, that Lord-of-the-flies unruliness, where the security of adults and rational thinking don't exist.

Fantastic cast, great script and cinematography. I loved Thelma for much the same reasons, but I think I may have enjoyed The Innocents a little more.

I wasn't too sure about the Pope's Exorcist and where it was headed for the first half hour. It all felt very "been here, done that." But then it became apparent that this movie wasn't taking itself too seriously, and I just settled in for the ride.

For the most part we HAVE been here and done that, but it doesn't make the move any less enjoyable. It doesn't make the movie particularly scary either, and there are a few cringy information dumps in the dialogue toward the start, but overall it was good fun. I dont necessarily think a horror movie has to be that scary if the entertainment value, acting, and atmosphere is enough to sweep you up in the story. Think Pearl, the prequel to X; not particularly scary, but still entertaining.

And if you haven't seen Overlord, give it a go.