‘Battle Royale’ Fans, You're Going To Love This Similarly Brutal High School Battle to the Death

Few horror premises are as instantly interesting as a "Death Game." These are the terrifying scenarios where people are forced to murder one another to survive, with the best example of this deadly dilemma being Kinji Fukasaku'sBattle Royale; it follows a group of Japanese students who are forced to battle to the death on a remote island. It's a seminal project that offers not only endless amounts of juvenile bloodshed but a chilling metaphor for how governments keep younger generations in check, doing what most films like this forget by adding vital thematic elements to its nonstop carnage.