31 Days of Halloween: Day 26 – Hard Candy

Disturbing and shocking, Hard Candy is so psychologically sickening that it deserves to make the Halloween list. It does not have the ghosts and demons we see in supernatural flicks, but instead shows the audience true monsters that exist in our world. Themes of voyeurism and pedophilia are treated accurately, which is why it is so disturbing. Ellen Page, before gaining fame in Juno and X-Men: The Last Stand, does an incredible job playing cat and mouse with Watchmen‘s Patrick Wilson. If you are looking for a truly stomach-churning movie, check out Hard Candy.

When 14 year old Haley decides to meet the man she’s been chatting with online, 32 year old Jeff, they both ease into comfort with one another slowly. He takes her back to his place to check out his house/photography gallery, until Haley discovers something so shocking she decides to enact her plan. Jeff then realizes Haley is not at all the type of young girl he has been spending time with, and she has plans for him.