Horror movies directed by Matteo Garrone

How Tale of Tales scares: Tale of Tales is less a horror movie than a dark fairy tale anthology with unsettling, grotesque moments woven through lush, storybook visuals. The fear here comes from strange, fable-like cruelty and body horror imagery rather than tension or scares, so it creeps up on you through discomfort and odd dread instead of jolts. It moves slowly, hopping between three separate royal stories, each with its own strange and often sad or grotesque turn. This is more for fans of adult fairy tales and eerie art-house fantasy than people looking for a straightforward scary movie.

How First Love scares: First Love builds its fear through slow, quiet control rather than shocks or violence. It follows a relationship that tightens like a trap, where one partner's need for perfection turns into something suffocating and cruel. There's almost no blood or physical violence, but the sense of a person being slowly reshaped and worn down is deeply upsetting to watch. This is less a horror movie in the traditional sense and more a tense, uncomfortable character study that lingers with a heavy, sick feeling.