7. NOW THAT’S BRASS: Skewer the end of week one with a thrust of metal – be it precious or, better yet, base.

Directed and written by Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones), this begins with Raymond Smilie (Pruitt Taylor Vince) shutting out the voices he hears with his guitar. His mother unplugs it; he murders her. And then Jesse Hellman, a struggling painter, his wife, Astrid (Shiri Appleby), and their daughter, Zooey (Kiara Glasco), move in and aren’t told the whole story. Jesse’s paintings become strange and sell better, but he’s hearing the same voices as Raymond, who is lingering outside and talking to Zooey. In the past, Ray had killed children, referring to them as sweet candy, and still has the bodies buried on the grounds of his old house.

How metal is this movie? Jesse wears a Sunn O))) shirt and they’re on the soundtrack. And it starts with Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

I loved how the hero slays the monster with an axe, if you will, at the end of this.

Beyond that, this is filled with acting that goes beyond what is expected for a genre film and a family that you actually feel loves one another.