Netflix Now: III: The Ritual
I hate dream scenes in movies! I particularly hate them in Hollywood horror movies, where they are so overworked we should give them a twenty-year vacation. Often they begin the movie and end in a […]
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Netflix Now: Darling
Last Sunday, in the mood for a scary and disturbing movie, I searched Netflix Instant Play and discovered Darling. Though the short synopsis made me think it was going to be just another haunted house […]
Netflix Now: Beneath
There is a sameness in the way horror movies begin. A group of friends load up their car and head into the country for a binge of sex and booze. Or a family moves into […]
Netflix Now: Starry Eyes
I have written about my love of horror movies but of my frustrations to find movies that really scare me. What scares us have been filmed so many times in so many ways that it […]
Netflix Now: Age of Tomorrow
Yes, I saw Age of Tomorrow. I’m not proud of it, but I saw it. I don’t want to admit to you that I saw it, but since I saw this movie as part of […]
Netflix Now: The Ward
The movie poster for The Ward caught my eye. It showed a beautiful blond, dressed in a flimsy white gown, and struggling against unseen forces. Sex and violence all in one image! When I saw […]
Netflix Now: The Mirror
When three roommates decide to compete to win a prize for proving a supernatural event, they purchased a cursed mirror on eBay and hang it in their living room. Armed with movie and video cameras, they […]
Netflix Now: The Machine
Every since Mary Shelley penned Frankenstein, writers and moviemakers explored the idea of humans creating another humanoid life form. Many of the movies inspired by this theme are works of genius. I’m thinking Ridley Scott’s […]
Netflix Now: Hush
You might think that a movie released in March of this year but hitting Netflix Instant Play by the end of April has suspected entertainment value, but you would be wrong. Hush is a tense […]