Every Halloween we love to ask our favourite people their go-to scary movie. Malice K was a natural person to ask, a musician whose work tears at the soul and finds rhythm in darkness. “I was always obsessed with trying to bring out an idea of the creature,” the US musician told us inside HERO 32, and this fascination with the outcast continues through his debut record, AVANTI. As for his Halloween movie selection, Malice K chose 2003 English-language French horror film Dead End, which depicts the most grisly of road trips.

Malice K selects Dead End (2003) dir. Fabrice Canepa, Jean-Baptiste Andrea

“For my Halloween movie, I pick Dead End. It’s a movie about a family taking a drive to a Christmas dinner, and along the way they realise the road they’re on is endless. Slowly, along the way, each member of the family vanishes and reappears mutilated further up the road. The tension of the situation brings out the underlying tensions of the family, which adds another layer of discomfort.

I love the movie because it feels like a play. The acting carries the plot, and the whole movie takes place on the road, and in the car. It’s impressive to me how the pace of the movie felt consistent despite the minimal setting changes. I was also impressed by how genuinely ill and hopeless it made me feel. A great pick for eerie movie lovers.”

Read our HERO 32 interview with Malice K here.