The New York Times Magazine: The Year of Horror

Frightening films and photographs with the 10 best actors of 2017 View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, December 8, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( From the surprise hit ‘‘Get Out’’ to the movie adaptation of ‘‘It’’ to the campy ‘‘Happy Death Day,’’ scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination in 2017. To punctuate the end of this hair-raising year, we asked the 10 actors who gave the year’s best performances to step into a series of eerie roles in 10 captivating short films: [Daniele Vega as the Vampire]( [Timothée Chalamet as the Cannibal]( [Saorise Ronan as the Mannequin]( [Brooklynn Prince as the Demon Child]( [Andy Serkis as the Demented Clown]( [Cynthia Nixon as the Ghost Bride]( [Daniel Kaluuya as the Psycho Killer]( [Tiffany Haddish as the Macabre Dancer]( [Jake Gyllenhaal as the Damned]( and [Nicole Kidman as the Possessed](. The director of these frightening shorts, Floria Sigismondi, also presents a [collection of macabre tableaus]( with their stars — and the critics Wesley Morris and A. O. Scott write about the [scary-good performances that won them over this year](. Don’t miss our [list of beloved scary movies]( inspired by the archetypes of horror either. You can recommend your own favorites. Elsewhere in this issue, Kathryn Joyce writes about the fight over [federal rules on campus sexual assault](. Will Stephenson goes farm to farm with the [king of ‘‘bro-country,’’ Luke Bryan](. And John Herrman writes about [moral panics and technology](. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief [The Year’s Best Actors in a Series of Short Frightening Films]( Videos by FLORIA SIGISMONDI Nicole Kidman, Daniel Kaluuya, Jake Gyllenhaal, Saoirse Ronan and more of the year’s best performers in a series of original horror flicks. Internet Video Archive [The 10 Best Actors of the Year]( By A.O. SCOTT & WESLEY MORRIS The Times critics Wesley Morris and A. O. Scott discuss the year’s best performances. [Andy Serkis.]( Still: Floria Sigismondi for The New York Times [A Few of Our Favorite Horror Movies]( By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE This year’s short films for Great Performers embodied archetypes of horror. This is our list of beloved scary movies. What’s yours? [Can Smiling While Exercising Improve Performance?]( By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Runners who smiled ran more economically than those who frowned. [How to Have Fewer Regrets]( By MALIA WOLLAN Focus on ‘‘good enough.’’ Regard the emotion as psychological healing. ADVERTISEMENT Floria Sigismondi for The New York Times [Fright Club]( Photographs by FLORIA SIGISMONDI Macabre tableaus with the year’s best actors, taking on classic characters in the horror genre.  [Behind the Screams]( By MICHAEL DELLA POLLA See how we made our scariest-ever Great Performers issue. Illustration by Jon Han [The Return of the Techno-Moral Panic]( By JOHN HERRMAN In the 1990s, they were premature. This time, they might have arrived too late. [Should Buyers Be Told About the Killer Next Door?]( By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to warn a potential buyer about a neighborhood murderer and unfriending a trans acquaintance on Facebook. [These Three Ingredients Will Brighten Any Vegetable]( By TEJAL RAO Coconut, chiles and garlic add heat and sweetness ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes [Twitter] [@nytmag]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018