![]() ![]() With Wan again at the helm, the film surprised everyone by being just as scary as the original. Directed by horror maestro James Wan, The Conjuring is a masterclass in old-school scares and pure entertainment.Ģ016’s sequel to The Conjuring sees Ed and Lorraine head to merry old England, to investigate more ghostly goings-on. The first in the series follows paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) as they assist a family who’s newly acquired farmhouse appears to be haunted. The Conjuring films are perhaps the most critically and commercially successful modern horror franchise-and all are currently available on Netflix. Reminiscent of Perfect Blue, Cam is a provocative look at what it means to lose your online identity. But then Alice’s video persona seems to be taking on a life of its own-and crossing lines that she herself had firmly drawn. Drawing from writer Isa Mazzei’s own experience, we join budding camgirl Alice as her online alter ego Lola_Lola begins to climb in popularity. Starring Sandra Bullock as a woman who must hole up in a house of strangers and wear a blindfold at all times to protect herself, Bird Box is reportedly one of Netflix’s most successful ever films-and the perfect combination of corny, creepy and completely, fabulously stupid.Īs horror tropes go, doppelgängers are one of the most inexplicably chilling-and Cam is a great entry to the canon. ![]() In some ways the quintessential Netflix movie, Bird Box’s silly but diverting tale of monsters that make you see suicide-provoking visions is occasionally genuinely thrilling. Deceptively simple and truly frightening, Jennifer Kent’s debut film is already a cult horror classic. Soon both are consumed with fear and paranoia that the book’s goulish protagonist is very real-and drawing closer. A single mother, at her wits’ end caring for her difficult young son, makes the mistake of reading him a sinister storybook that mysteriously appears on the shelf. Few films have quite managed to balance visceral terror and nuanced storytelling like Aussie chiller The Babadook. ![]()
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