Gwilym Lee as Ted in "Oddity." Credit: IFC Films / Shudder One of the best horror movies of 2024 has an ending that's sublimely sick and satisfying. And that very last shot came by chance.

In the pink-tinged nostalgia of the mid-90s, best friends Addie and Ella's sleepover takes an unexpected turn. The alluring alien, Aurelius, crash lands in Addie's back garden and becomes the ...