FACETS' Alternative Horror Essentials series features directors who have challenged out collective notions of what a horror film can be. The series has been running all of October to sold out crowds! To learn more about the films playing and get tickets, click here. There is a certain safety in traditional horror films. When it comes to those formulas that we expect, as well as the tropes and conventions that we are comfortable with, horror is a genre that can comfort its audience while simultaneously terrifying them. When we think of horror, one may think of 80s and 90s slasher