![]() They call in Lorraine (Vera Farminga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson), a couple who specialize in these types of investigations she's a powerful psychic, he's the only non-priest demonologist recognized by the Catholic Church. Recalling ‘Alien’ and ‘Under the Skin’, ‘Annihilation’ won’t be for everyone, but you can’t deny its ambition and scope.Ĭarolyn (Lili Taylor), Roger (Ron Livingston) and their five daughters have just moved into a new farm house, and it's not long before their plagued by paranormal activities. With an exquisite cast that includes Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson and Oscar Isaac, the film follows a group of military scientists who explore what lies beyond "the Shimmer", a mysterious, iridescent, electromagnetic field that only one person has returned alive from. This second film from director Alex Garland, renowned for his debut ‘Ex Machina’, is as beautiful as it is haunting. For the knock-off inferior version, '47 Metres Down' is on Netflix too, if it takes your fancy. Its terrific ensemble includes Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Murray Hamilton. Helmed by the legendary Steven Spielberg, it portrays a summer resort town which is being terrified by a man-eating great white shark. Over forty years later, 'Jaws' is still a go-to horror and movie classic in many households. They get much more than they bargained for. They'd collaborated previously on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' so that gives you an idea of the degree of horror we're looking at. Five friends - including Chris Hemsworth and 'Grey's Anatomy' star Jesse Williams - go for a break at a remote cabin. Something of a comedy as well as a horror, 'The Cabin in the Woods' was written by Drew Goddard, who also directed it, and Joss Whedon. The scariest parts are not what you'd expect. Directed by Mike Flanagan (also the man behind 'The Haunting of Hill House' and the aforementioned 'Hush'), it's powerful but dark and graphic. Based on a Stephen King novel, it stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood as a married couple whose trip away to a remote lake house goes horribly wrong. 'Gerald's Game' is a truly haunting horror that gets stuck in your head for days after watching it. The film is supposedly based on a true story taken from Madrid's police files. She happens upon a ouija board during a solar eclipse and decides to mess about with it with her friends. ![]() Set in early 90s Madrid, it relates the tale of its titular character, played by Sandra Escacena in her on-screen debut, who has to raise her younger siblings as her mother is always working and her father has died. ‘Veronica’ has gotten much praise for its scare factor, even being deemed ‘the scariest horror film ever’ by one critic. If you feel like a double bill from the director, 'Midsommar' is also on Netflix now. When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter Annie (Collette) and her family (Byrne, Milly Shapiro and Alex Wolff) begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. From the twisted mind of Ari Aster, is one of 2018's most warped movies, starring Toni Collette and Gabriel Byrne, and one of production company A24's most profitable creations. Not only a brilliant horror but just a brilliant movie in and of itself. ![]() Written as well as directed by Peele, 'Us' inspired nationwide discussions as to its many layers and meanings. The beach vacation turns horrific when a family of doppelgängers begins to terrorise them. In case you're unfamiliar, 'Us' follows a wife and mother-of-two (Lupita Nyong'o) on holiday with her family in Santa Cruz. ![]() It's kind of extraordinary to think that 'Us' is only Jordan Peele's second feature after the groundbreaking horror 'Get Out'. Starring Ethan Hawke - who also is the lead is another of our recommendations, 'The Purge' - it portrays a true-crime who discovers a box of home movies depicting grisly murders in the attic of his new house. One of its more successful series are the 'Insidious' films and another is 'Sinister'. Blumhouse have developed quite a rep for producing low budget horrors with high returns.
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