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Marin Ireland is a mad scientist who brings a dead girl back to life in a smart but sloppy film about the pressures of motherhood.

From 'Phantasm' to 'Jacob's Ladder,' there are five of horror's most emotionally moving films. Read the full list on Dread Central.

"May" is a horror film and something more and deeper, something disturbing and oddly moving. It begins as the story of a strange young woman, it goes for laughs and gets them, it functions as a black comedy, but then it glides past the comedy and slides slowly down into a portrait of madness and sadness. The title performance by Angela Bettis is crucial to the films success. She plays a twisted character who might easily go over the top into parody, and makes her believable, sympathetic and ter...