Stars: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden Church, Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Kudrow Charming and affable, and ultimately rewatchable, Easy A is one of the best Netflix movies - and one of the first pieces of proof that Stone was a true lead. Church and Kudrow play some of Olive's teachers who are just as flustered as she becomes, while Malcolm McDowell shows up as the principal. And that's how the entire school thought Olive had the rowdiest weekend this side of Magic Mike.Įasy A is a winner thanks to an excellent ensemble cast, most of whom you'll recognize below. And while she plays by the rules, she has friends and neat, understanding parents (Tucci and Clarkson), Olive makes the big mistake of a tiny white lie made nearby a classmate (Amanda Bynes) who talks too much. For a list of capsule reviews that have been removed from this page because they are no longer available on the platform, visit here.Olive (Stone) is a good kid at a very gossipy high school. This guide is regularly updated to reflect changes in Netflix’s catalogue. A wilfully perverse and transgressive work of psychological and body horror, The Perfection delights in pushing the audience’s buttons, offering up a seemingly endless smorgasbord of torture and terror as it builds to a wonderfully deranged climax. But a freshly amputated hand is really the least of her worries, as she discovers Weber’s music academy is covering up a horrifying secret. This atmospheric chiller draws its influences from a wide variety of sources but gets extra points by not skimping on the final creature reveal, giving us one of the most unique horror critters in recent memory.Īllison Williams’ cello prodigy travels to Shanghai to study under Steven Weber’s revered music teacher, only to be seduced and mutilated by his star pupil (Logan Browning). Bleak, nihilistic and ugly, but it does feature some great gore effects from Tom Savini and fan fave Bub the smart zombie.įollowing the death of their friend, four men take a hiking trip in the forests of northern Sweden to reforge their bonds, only to fall afoul of a hidden pagan cult and the… thing…they worship. Eventually the zombie floodgates are opened and grub’s up for the ravening hordes. In perhaps the last remaining outpost of humanity, tensions run high between scientists trying to study the undead and the soldiers assigned to protect them. Romero’s ‘ Dead‘ series, zombies have destroyed civilisation. An astute, chilling debut from actor turned director James Ashcroft, this adaptation of Owen Marshall’s short story pulls no punches. However, what starts as a random robbery quickly escalates when it turns out dad has a connection with the marauding pair. This bleak New Zealand thriller sees a holidaying family-teacher (Erik Thomson), wife (Miriama McDowell) and kids (Billy and Frankie Parateen)-terrorised by criminals (Daniel Gillies and Matthias Luafutu). Australian filmmakers Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke smartly expand their award-winning short and find fresh soil in the well-turned fields of zombiedom.Ĭoming Home in the Dark (2021) Watch on Netflix In the midst of a zombie apocalypse a man (Martin Freeman) desperately searches for a safe harbour for his infant daughter before his infected bite turns him undead. Carnage ensues in this high concept German horror, which takes the “ Die Hard on a X” model and drops a Nosferatu into the mix. when their plans are disrupted not by Wesley Snipes but by Nadja (Peri Baumeister), a widowed single mother heading to New York not for cancer treatment, but to find a cure for her vampirism. Terrorists hijacking a flight from Germany to the U.S. Michael Sheen turns up as a charismatic preacher, and Evans proves that his gory tastes in action aesthetics translate quite well to the horror genre. At the dawn of the 20th century a man (Dan Stevens) infiltrates a strange religious cult on a remote Welsh island in order to liberate his sister, only to uncover far stranger doings than the usual fire and brimstone.
Loosely adapted by director Alex Garland from the novel by Jeff VanderMeer, the result is a smart, visceral updating of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker more than anything else.Īction specialist Gareth Evans ( The Raid) turns his hand to horror in this Wicker Man-inspired chiller. A sustained exercise in tone, this is a relentlessly downbeat period chiller.Ī group of women led by Natalie Portman’s steely scientist undertake a mission into a mysterious wilderness zone where the usual laws of nature no longer apply, only to confront both unspeakable physical horrors and the complete dissolution of the self.
Australian director Zak Hilditch adapts Stephen King’s dour novella about a farmer (Thomas Jane) whose decision to murder his wife (Molly Parker) causes him to lose his son, his farm, his sanity and his life.
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