

Maybe that’s because of the “torture porn” craze post-Saw or the avalanche of studio remakes. Zombieland is one of the top-tier horror comedies of the 2000s. Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin.Put Doom in the “dumb fun” category of horror-action spectacles with plenty of video game callbacks and some gnarly imagery, always underappreciated when video game adaptations come into the discussion. Not only that, but the first-person-shooter scene is a brilliant translation of video games to screen, and plays just as well over a decade later.
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Director Andrzej Bartkowiak knows the movie he’s making - pure entertainment schlock that fits an all-important midnight programming slot all about kickin’ ass and BFGs. Yes, the Dwayne Johnson and Karl Urban video game adaptation where space marines fight cosmic demons that attack a Mars science facility.

Jonathan Levine’s mainstream zombie rom-com is a miraculously sweet diversion from typical undead storytelling. Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry.Minimalism is the film’s secret ingredient: getting straight to the point and keeping a quick pace in a way that never loses our attention.

Hann and Miscione turn social experimentation into a thriller about characters arguing their point about why they should be the one who lives another round, relying on dialogue to sell the existential dread at the script’s core. The premise is simple: someone has to die every two minutes. Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione’s Circle is an excellent representation of that idea, about 50 people who wake up in a dark room arranged in a circular formation.

The film understands that the least exciting part of most exorcism films is the exorcism itself, building this zany Vatican demmon-chasing world around Russell Crowe’s Father Gabriele Amorth. I will say that The Pope’s Exorcist is more fun than you’d expect. I won’t say The Pope’s Exorcist is a horror masterclass. Stars: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero.This article is frequently amended to remove films no longer on Netflix and to include more horror movies that are now available on the service. Some titles may not currently be available on international platforms.
