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Argentinian horror  Terrified ( Aterrados ) has earnt a clutch of festival gongs and some are calling it the scariest film of the year. But is it any good? It's a Shudder exclusive and caught our eye for its social media buzz and creepy as hell poster. But does Terrified earn a place on your Halloween watchlist?  I rarely see something in any horror movie that I’ve never seen before, but five minutes into #Terrified on @shudder and... Well... Holy fuck. — Ben Rock (@Neptunesalad) October 27, 2018 Just finished #Terrified on @shudder ! Wow!!! pic.twitter.com/QcupQ2jaG2 — Michael “Myers” Aiello (@Michael_Aiello) October 21, 2018 Finally got around to watching ‘Terrified’ @shudder ..... no just no...so creepy it made my eyes water. No sleep tonight 🙈🙈but definitely worth a watch. You cant hide behind a cushion &read subtitles #underthebed #terrified #creepy #nosleep #horror #horrorfan #horrorfam pic.twitter.com/DKMNvXRejU — Wendy (@WendyJP81) O...

Our series on feminist horror films continues, as we take a look at some modern classics. We're going in chronological order, and exploring three of the most interesting 21st Century horror films from a feminist perspective: Teeth, Hush and The Witch . In the latest installment of our series on feminist horror, we look at a broad cross-section of what feminist horror means in the 21st Century.  4) Teeth (2007) In a sentence:  The tonally uneven story of a chastity-promising teenager who discovers she has a toothed vagina. It's perhaps one of the most misunderstood horror movies ever made. What goes down: Dawn (Jess Weixler) is the star speaker at a chastity youth group, but she's struggling to stick to her resolutions when not-so-handsome stranger Tobey (Hale Appelman) appears on the scene. It quickly turns out that Tobey isn't as benevolant as he seems, but thankfully Dawn has a secret weapon against male violence: a toothed vagina. Was th...