The Most Underrated Movies Of The Last Decade

If you've ever despaired at how few horror musical period pieces get made about mermaids, we've got some great news for you. The Polish film, The Lure, is sure to scratch that particular peculiar itch. In a loose reworking of the Hans Christian Anderson story that served as the basis for Disney's The Little Mermaid, The Lure follows two mermaids who join a rock band in the 1980s. While it might sound like a one-off episode of a Disney cartoon, The Lure is surprisingly violent and adult.

The film's unique tone and garish musical numbers might seem like style over substance, but The Lure has more to say about femininity, immigration, and love than you might think. The AV Club's Katie Rife called it "a genre-defying film that blends elements of musicals, horror, romance, and fantasy into a contemporary fairy tale that celebrates the animalistic, the feminine, and the intimate intersections between the two." If you missed this when it briefly hit American theaters in 2017, there's no better time to head back into the water and check out The Lure.