13 Best Fourth of July Horror Movies

Oct 05, 2023

Set across two Fourth of July holidays, Jim Gillespie's iconic nautical thriller of the ’90s is one of the better road safety allegories out there. Not only is it campy fun, but its central message — that you shouldn't mow down a pedestrian and leave them for dead — unironically holds up. Enjoy Jennifer Love Hewitt in the scream queen part she was born to play, complete with over-the-top blocking and some of the more pathetic running sequences in cinema. Then, bask in Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., now married, meeting for the first time through parts that let them cutely snipe while fighting for their lives. Finally, revel in some dude in a raincoat with a freakin’ hook for a hand enacting his revenge. He doesn't just want to kill his victims. He wants to get in their heads.