Horror movies directed by Yoann-Karl Whissell

How We Are Zombies scares: Watching this feels more like a goofy action-comedy romp than anything actually scary, with zombies played for laughs instead of dread. The pace is fast and silly, packed with slapstick violence, weird gadgets, and jokes rather than tension or slow build-up. Gore shows up in cartoonish splashes meant to make you laugh, not squirm, and nothing here is designed to unsettle you afterward. It's a good pick if you want a fun, weird, low-stakes horror-comedy hangout rather than a real scare.

How Wake Up scares: It starts fairly light, almost like a heist setup, as a group of young people sneak into a closed store to make a point, then flips hard into a relentless night-long chase once things go wrong. Once the hunt begins, the movie rarely lets up, moving fast between brutal, hands-on violence rather than lingering on quiet dread. The fear here is about outrunning and out-surviving someone dangerous, not about creepy atmosphere or slow buildup. It plays more like an adrenaline-pumping ride than something that leaves you shaken afterward, good for viewers who want a fast, bloody, high-energy scare rather than a heavy one.

How Summer of 84 scares: Most of the runtime plays like a nostalgic coming-of-age drama, all bike rides and summer nights, before it slowly tightens into something much darker in its back half. The fear here isn't jump scares or monsters, it's the slow dread of realizing someone dangerous might be living right next door, hiding in plain sight. There's a real sense of innocence being chipped away as the story goes on, and the ending leaves a heavy, uneasy feeling rather than a fun scare. It's more for people who like slow-building unease and a gut punch at the end than for those wanting frequent thrills or gore.