Horror movies generally elicit feelings of fear, shock and disgust, but a surprising new emotion has been stirred up among New Zealand fans of the genre this year: patriotism. Whether it was the killer dolly slaying her way through the AUT atrium in M3GAN, Curtis from Shortland Street losing an eye to a murderous Mommy in Evil Dead Rise or an axe-wielding ingénue swanning about backwater Whanganui in Pearl, New Zealand has played host to some of the biggest and bloodiest horror moments of the year.
