By summer 2013, horror had earned a bad rap. The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)īefore Annabelle and The Nun, there was James Wan’s hair-raising, superbly acted thriller about a witch who terrorizes a Rhode Island family in 1971. Related: The Best Crime Movies on Netflix Right NowĨ-9. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name, I’m Thinking of Ending Things follows a young couple on a road trip, a seemingly unrelated The film is arguably a little too smart for its own good, but it’s an intriguing puzzle film that’s well worth a watch. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)Ī year after she, frankly, stunned us with her turn as a Scottish bad girl-turned country singer in Wild Rose, Jessie Buckley starred in Charlie Kaufman‘s darkly comic, psychological thriller.
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Cam stumbles a bit at the ending, but it’s full of provocative ideas, and Brewer just floors you. Thanks to a perceptive script by real- life former cam girl Isa Mazzei, Cam is often an examination of fractured identity, something that’s definitely not limited to the world of adult entertainment. Most notably, it showcases a head-turning lead performance by The Handmaid‘ s Tale‘s Madeline Brewer, often playing multiple entities on-screen at the same time. Cam has some truly frightening moments, and it examines the subject matter of sex work with appropriate care and thought. Cam (2018)ĭirected by Daniel Goldhaber, this Netflix original is about an adult webcam performer who discovers a sinister presence has taken her place on the internet. Related: The Scariest Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now Esteemed British film critic Mark Kermode named this small-scale powerhouse the best film of 2016, and it is not to be missed. The supernatural scares work, but they’re never quite as frightening as Shideh’s reality, which seems to be Anvari’s point. Anvari grew up in a culture where VCR’s and VHS tapes were illegal, and his debut is made with the kind of passion for film that you can’t put a price tag on.
The performances are powerful, and the filmmaking here is impeccable, evoking a war-torn Iran that is almost suffocating to watch. It doesn’t look like things can get any bleaker, and that’s when Shideh and Dorsa are hpaunted by an evil genie. When her husband departs for the front, Shideh is tasked with protecting their young daughter Dorsa ( Avin Manshadi) as the fighting and bombings escalate around them. Set in 1980’s Tehran during The War of the Cities–the backdrop of Anvari’s own fear-ridden childhood– Narges Rashidi stars as medical student Shideh who is barred from her studies because of her involvement in revolutionary politics. Under the Shadow (2016)Īn exquisitely crafted and thoroughly unnerving chiller, writer/director Babak Anvari‘s feature debut blurs the line between supernatural terror and the horrors of the real world like few films you’ll ever see.