Le chien de paille (Straw Dogs)

A couple newly settled in Cornwall hires locals to renovate their house. In this tranquil countryside, it’s hard to imagine the brutal siege they are about to endure. Sam Peckinpah breathes new life into the classic western by shattering its conventions in the form of a psychological thriller. With its stripped-down plot and bursts of savagery, Straw Dogs is a masterpiece of misanthropy, exposing humanity’s most primal instincts.