Verónica, from Spanish horror director Paco Plaza, made a splash on Netflix in March for being horrifying, and because it’s based on a (reportedly) true story.
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Screengrab via Horror Movie Trailers by FilmIsNow/YouTube Directed by Iranian-born Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow deals with the social issues of a woman’s place in a fundamentalist Muslim society as much as it does demonic forces. The historical horror and PTSD-inducing sights of rockets cracking roofs should be terrifying enough, but then an evil spirit takes interest in the little girl and things go from bad to worse. In 1980s Tehran, during the War of the Cities, a mother and daughter stay huddled up in their apartment as their city is bombarded by missiles. Screengrab via Horror Movie Trailers by FilmIsNow/YouTubeīest Supernatural Movies Under the Shadow There’s nothing else quite like The Invitation on Netflix. This exercise in slow-building dread leaves you constantly questioning the motives of everyone involved up to the last jarring frame. The plot follows a man as he and his girlfriend go to dinner at his ex-wife’s house for the first time since they split due to a sudden tragedy. –– C.B.įirst off, don’t watch the trailer for this movie. Most of this film is shot in one room, which is a tough trick to pull off well, but The Autopsy of Jane Doe does it with suspenseful grace and remains riveting at every turn. When a father and son coroner team set out to autopsy an unidentified woman, it seems like a sad case at first––until they begin to discover unexplainable things inside her body as they go through the process.
Screengrab via Movieclips Film Festivals & Indie Films/YouTube Gerald’s Game has some extremely strong content in it (including an incest scene that is very hard to watch) but it’s also an excellent film that reminds you how often the horror we carry inside is of us.–– C.B. The true terror begins not in her outside world, but the one within her mind as she slowly ticks further and further away from any hope of rescue. This Stephen King adaptation starts out with a kink-turned-bad premise: a married couple go to a secluded cabin to try to spice up their sex life, which is brought to an abrupt halt when the husband has a heart attack while his wife is still handcuffed to the bed. A psychological horror flick that made its debut at South by Southwest in 2016, Hush has garnered accolades from critics and horror fans alike, including ones we may consider an expert on the genre. When a deaf writer decides to live alone in the woods, you can bet something terrifying is bound to happen. This comes in handy when Melanie, a young girl scheduled to be dissected, escapes and is able to navigate the world since the zombies (called “hungries” in this film) don’t perceive her as a threat. Hybrid children who are part zombie, part human are imprisoned in a facility for study in hopes of creating a future vaccine. This British post-apocalypse film from 2016 comes at the zombie post-apocalypse concept from a very interesting angle.
Beautifully shot and acted, it’s a grim but fascinating watch that gazes unflinchingly into a bleak, frightening world.––C.B. That said, this deliciously dark film tells the story of two families struggling to stay alive after an outbreak and what happens when they choose to join forces. If you’re looking for an ending that gives you a sense of hope, it is not in It Comes At Night. Most zombie movies have tons of action but little heart. He does an excellent job in his role as Seok-woo, a workaholic dad hoping to get into his daughter’s good graces again––then the outbreak strikes. Not only is Train to Busan an expertly-executed zombie flick that takes place on a moving train, but it also stars award-winning actor Gong Yoo, who is a beloved face among South Korean actors. While it’s a rather obscure low-budget indie, it’s surely the most interesting zombie movie of 2017. The survivors must stay as quiet as possible to survive, leading to a terrifyingly tense atmosphere.
Ravenous ( Les Affamés) is a French-Canadian zombie thriller with an intriguing twist: the zombies react to sound. Best Zombie Movies Ravenous ( Les Affamés)
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