A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house; after the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.
Director:
Mike Flanagan
Stars:
John Gallagher Jr.,
Kate Siegel,
Michael Trucco
A simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.
Director:
Mike Flanagan
Stars:
Elizabeth Reaser,
Lulu Wilson,
Annalise Basso
After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.
Director:
Vincenzo Natali
Stars:
Laysla De Oliveira,
Avery Whitted,
Patrick Wilson
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Director:
Jordan Peele
Stars:
Daniel Kaluuya,
Allison Williams,
Bradley Whitford
When a harmless game between a married couple in a remote retreat suddenly becomes a harrowing fight for survival, wife Jessie must confront long-buried demons within her own mind - and possibly lurking in the shadows of her seemingly empty house.Written by
Intrepid Pictures
When Tom is talking to a young Jessie on the shore of the lake, the sun is at 12 o'clock directly behind his back. However, the shadows place the sun at 9 o'clock on his left. See more »
Quotes
Young Jessie:
The people who were supposed to protect you from the monsters turned out to be monsters themselves...
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Crazy Credits
In each of the main credits' screen, a letter G, O, C or N is styled with the bright half-circle of the eclipse, which defines the color of the fonts: Letters to the left of that one are "light up" in yellow, less bright the farther they are; the other letters are red. Tje remaining credits also have an unusual lighting, scrolling over a bright circle so that some letters are suddenly clearer. See more »
Jessie (Carla Gugino) and Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) are a married couple hoping to spice up their sex life by indulging in a salacious weekend away to the countryside. Gerald has the idea to handcuff Jessie to the bed, in an attempt to role play. But things get too rough for Jessie and in the confrontation Gerald has a heart attack while Jessie remains cuffed to the bed. She must now find her way out of an impossible situation, while struggling with her own demons and crumbling psyche.
This one-location drama is intermixed with hallucinations; increasingly unhinged conversations with mental manifestations of oppression and fear, flashbacks, memories and nightmares from a difficult past, a husband dead on the floor and...a hungry dog. The film doesn't lose it's pace or feel sluggish, director Flanagan navigates the different elements of the plot with skill and uses almost every visual aspect to create suspension and a constant feeling of unpredictability. A door left open, a wooden shelf, a glass of water, a book, a paper tag, a leather bag and a mangy dog. The skillful execution of an intense third act, both from Gugino and Flanagan, stumbles into the final stretch and falls a bit short in the end, feeling strained and convoluted. And I'm left feeling that the film got lost in the page to screen translation, and wondering if it worked better on paper.
I have to admit that the main reason for this flick ending up in my Netflix watch-list was Carla Gugino. Unsurprisingly she delivers a fantastic performance, and tackles the difficult and physically restrictive role dynamically. She gives a stirring and impactful execution of a narrative that has more humanity than most horror films at the moment. And even though the film feels a bit clunky towards the end; Gugino's performance, here as well as the rest of the feature, is a big part of what makes it worth watching. (Minor plot point reveal ahead!) As stumbling as the features final steps may be, Flanagan and Gugino work hard to sell it, and Gugino especially; stays on point as she skillfully acts out the unfortunately muddled yet essential message about a woman fighting back against toxic masculinity.
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Jessie (Carla Gugino) and Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) are a married couple hoping to spice up their sex life by indulging in a salacious weekend away to the countryside. Gerald has the idea to handcuff Jessie to the bed, in an attempt to role play. But things get too rough for Jessie and in the confrontation Gerald has a heart attack while Jessie remains cuffed to the bed. She must now find her way out of an impossible situation, while struggling with her own demons and crumbling psyche.
This one-location drama is intermixed with hallucinations; increasingly unhinged conversations with mental manifestations of oppression and fear, flashbacks, memories and nightmares from a difficult past, a husband dead on the floor and...a hungry dog. The film doesn't lose it's pace or feel sluggish, director Flanagan navigates the different elements of the plot with skill and uses almost every visual aspect to create suspension and a constant feeling of unpredictability. A door left open, a wooden shelf, a glass of water, a book, a paper tag, a leather bag and a mangy dog. The skillful execution of an intense third act, both from Gugino and Flanagan, stumbles into the final stretch and falls a bit short in the end, feeling strained and convoluted. And I'm left feeling that the film got lost in the page to screen translation, and wondering if it worked better on paper.
I have to admit that the main reason for this flick ending up in my Netflix watch-list was Carla Gugino. Unsurprisingly she delivers a fantastic performance, and tackles the difficult and physically restrictive role dynamically. She gives a stirring and impactful execution of a narrative that has more humanity than most horror films at the moment. And even though the film feels a bit clunky towards the end; Gugino's performance, here as well as the rest of the feature, is a big part of what makes it worth watching. (Minor plot point reveal ahead!) As stumbling as the features final steps may be, Flanagan and Gugino work hard to sell it, and Gugino especially; stays on point as she skillfully acts out the unfortunately muddled yet essential message about a woman fighting back against toxic masculinity.