It’s October and as a public service I have put together a list of some of my favorite horror films currently available for streaming on Netflix.
Invaders from Mars (1986) – Tobe Hooper’s remake of the 1953 science fiction tale is truly a strange cinematic venture. Universally panned by the critics, Invaders from Mars is told from the perspective of a boy who notices his parents and the rest of the townspeople are growing increasingly strange after witnessing a UFO land near his home. This movie truly terrified me as a kid if only for Louise Fletcher devouring a frog.
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011) – I’ll admit that this one completely passed me by during its theatrical run despite the involvement of Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon. What starts as college aged kids spending a weekend full of booze at a remote cabin ends up as full on creature feature replete with an ancient terror.
Originally shot and completed in 2009, The Cabin in the Woods languished for two years while studios went bankrupt and the film was post-converted to 3D. Goddard is able to play with the traditional horror tropes in a way that pays homage to the splatter tests we all grew up with in the 1980s with spectacular results.
The Keep (1983) – It’s been well documented here that I have long been a fan of Michael Mann’s forgotten World War II horror film. To date the only home media release was on Laser Disc (which is where many of the illegal torrents originated) and Amazon Instant and Netflix are presently the only legitimate ways to watch The Keep with its original Tangerine Dream score.
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V/H/S/2 (2013) – As a whole I find this second entry in this found footage horror anthology a bit uneven; but by the time we hit “A Ride in the Park” it is a balls to the gore fest! In my opinion “Safe Haven” is hands down the most compelling segment and completely redeems the sequel.
“Safe Haven” is just so damn good that it is deserving of a feature film of its own. V/H/S/2 is a generally creepy outing with plenty of “oh shit” moments to please even the most finicky horror fans.
Event Horizon (1997) – Before Paul W.S. Anderson was subjecting the movie going public to endless Resident Evil films (and knocking up Milla Jovovich) he directed this little science fiction horror film that absolutely bombed in theaters. I mean who wouldn’t want to see what happens when a experimental space craft literally GOES TO HELL.
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