Inspired by the popular online game that asks people to choose one movie from a group of four, One Choice… is pretty much the same game. Readers will be given four similar movies and asked to choose one. Now here’s the catch, the other three movies will be gone forever, wiped from your brain as if they never existed. Are you ready to theoretically live in a world where you have The Empire Strikes Back but not Star Wars or Return of the Jedi? What about the 1989 Batman movie but not Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight? The choice is yours, screenager, so choose wisely.
2026 has been a pretty great year for horror, with Backrooms, Obsession, and even Iron Lung finding success at the box office. Heck, so far, the 2020s have just been great for the genre, with several filmmakers using horror to break into the industry.
To celebrate spooky season, we’ve decided to pit four horror directorial debuts against one another. Remember: Only one can survive. The other three will be erased from existence.
Here are the 4 Movies:
Backrooms (2026)
Director: Kane Parsons
Synopsis: Clark, an angry architect, chases the source of impossible power failures when a glowing gap opens in his basement, but the yellow maze beyond it threatens his sanity, his friends, and Mary.
Barbarian (2022)
Director: Zach Cregger
Synopsis: A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.
Iron Lung (2026)
Director: Mark Fischbach
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future after “The Quiet Rapture” event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the “Iron Lung” to search for missing stars/planets.
Talk to Me (2022)
Director: Danny and Michael Philippou
Synopsis: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
So, will it be Backrooms, Barbarian, Iron Lung, or Talk to Me? It’s time to choose. What will be your One Choice?
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