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Looking for something to watch tonight? Netflix has a huge library of films, but we’re here to help. Here are 23 underrated films available to stream now…

There’s a lot of streaming services out there and their libraries have seemingly an unending amount of films, which means that a lot of gems get buried under bigger, better known films. It’s become a little scary trying to find something to watch, especially if you’re already familiar with the blockbuster-y films on the front page.

We’ve taken a deep five into the depths of Netflix and dug out lots of films you may not have come across, or even if you have, deserve another watch.

Here are 23 underappreciated films on Netflix UK that are well worth your time, in our humble view.

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Gangs of London gives Squid Game a run for its money when it comes to TV ultra-violence and also offers up a complex web of intrigue and betrayal. Two of its stars go to very different places to prepare themselves for the more intense days on set. One prefers solitude. The other thrives on noise and adrenaline.

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, who plays undercover cop-turned-gangster Elliot Finch, and Narges Rashidi, who is Kurdish gang boss Lale in the show, talked about how they get in the zone when the tension is ramped up.

“I scream,” Rashidi said. “I run around a lot to get my adrenaline very high. I feel like once my body has a lot of adrenaline, I can actually go anywhere. That really helps me. It’s actually a very technical thing.”

If Rashidi is loud, Dìrísù is at the other end of the volume scale. “I’ll disappear...

[Editor’s note: This guide was published in fall 2021 and has been updated multiple times since.]

As Netflix’s library of films ebbs and flows, finding the right movie to watch can feel like bailing out an ocean with a spoon. And if you’re looking for a quality horror movie in particular, the search only gets harder. With the reality that Horror is one of the cheapest genres to produce, streamers like Netflix are cluttered with a veritable tsunami of bloody titles that sometimes seem indistinguishable from one another. Curating the 25 scariest movies on Netflix is then quite a process of selection and reduction.

If you’re looking for a good horror movie to watch on Netflix that will truly scare you, picking a final selection can prove a more daunting task than sitting through yet another “Haunting of Hill House” rewatch; with or without its beloved “Bly Manor” chaser. But while the streamer’s priorities seem to shift as quickly as its content selection grows,...

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We all love a good Netflix binge, but let’s face it—sometimes, the best stories are buried under the algorithm. The ones that never make it to the trending list or your recommendations. The following seven flicks may not have had the social media buzz or the awards-season spotlight, but they are absolute standouts in storytelling, performances, and cinematic craft. So, if you’re ready to dive into something refreshing and unique, these are the 7 underrated Netflix gems you need to watch next.

1. The Wonder

Set in post-famine Ireland in 1862, The Wonder is a psychological period drama starring the brilliant Florence Pugh as Lib, an English nurse assigned to monitor a young girl, Anna, who has allegedly not eaten in months. As Lib uncovers the mystery behind this so-called miracle, the story delves deeper into layers of faith, trauma,...

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is both a crowd and critical darling — and a box office smash, so you may be wondering where you’ve seen the cast of his vampire horror hit before.

“Sinners” reunites Michael B. Jordan with director, Coogler. They first teamed up for his directorial debut “Fruitvale Station” and have since worked together on “Black Panther,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Creed.”

The film broke box office records with the best opening weekend for an original film this decade, earning over $60 million in its first week domestically. The film, set in the 1930s Deep South, follows twin gangster brothers Smoke and Stack, played by Jordan, as they return to their Mississippi hometown to start a juke joint, but they are confronted by a bloodthirsty vampire gang led by Remmick (Jack O’Connell).

Keep reading for a full breakdown of where you might have seen the “Sinners” cast before.

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Netflix viewers are still trying to catch their breath after stumbling upon His House, a horror flick that crept up from the shadows of the streaming giant’s catalog and clawed its way to a flawless 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

This film is not your typical scream-and-run ghost story, it is far deeper, scarier and personal.

A New Home or A New Hell

Remi Weekes’ directorial debut, dropped in 2020, might have flown under the radar at first, but now it’s haunting everyone who dares to press play. The film follows a South Sudanese refugee couple trying to start anew in a bleak corner of England.

However, what sets His House apart isn’t just the ghosts lurking in the dark corners, it’s the reality crawling underneath. Racism from suspicious neighbors, the looming threat of deportation, and trauma clinging to...

Although several of her breakout roles, from “His House” to “Lovecraft Country,” have been within the horror genre, it took seeing “Get Out” for actress Wunmi Mosaku to see why audiences would seek out that type of storytelling. “I thought it was an unnecessary feeling, being scared,” she told IndieWire over Zoom.

Having a thrilling experience that still achieved an impressive level of social commentary left Mosaku changed, and took her down a road leading to “Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan Coogler, which sees her opposite Michael B. Jordan as a soulful hoodoo practitioner named Annie.

A vampire action blockbuster, the new Warner Bros. Pictures release, now in theaters nationwide, put Mosaku in the orbit of Oscar-winning creatives like production designer Hannah Beachler, composer Ludwig Göransson, and costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who have all become frequent collaborators of Coogler. “I always say Ryan has the way to explore...

The horror film genre has been a staple of entertainment for over a century and it continues to evolve daily. Typically, a horror film explores darker themes which include but are not limited to monsters, religion, and apocalyptic events. Horror reflects societal issues while examining moments in history.

With such a wide variety, horror can be overwhelming to keep up with. In this dense and oversaturated genre, some films emerge that showcase how perfectly they fit within the horror world. A select few horror movies stand out as truly flawless through their rewarding payoffs, familiar horror tropes, and compelling stories.

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Shaun of the Dead Is a Genre-Bending Horror Comedy Classic Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%

Shaun of the Dead follows Shaun, an unmotivated...

AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service next month. The Shudder March 2025 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.

The March schedule includes Bloody Axe Wound, a new season of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Starve Acre and more. Keep reading to view the full schedule.

Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 Shudder March 2025 Highlights

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 (Shudder Original Series) – Premieres Live Friday, March 7 on Shudder TV Beginning at 9 p.m. Et; Debuts on-demand Sunday, March 9; Double Features Premiere the First Friday of Every Month Available in the US and CA.

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Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has landed a leading film role.

The fast-rising British actor — best-known for “Gangs of London” but recently seen in the third season of “Slow Horses” — will appear in “My Father’s Shadow,” the feature directorial debut of British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies, whose Sundance-winning short film “Lizard” was BAFTA nominated.

The film, co-written by Davies and his brother Wale Davies (who also co-wrote “Lizard”), is a co-production between “Normal People” and “Poor Things” banner Element Pictures, alongside BBC Film and the British Film Institute, and last year wrapped production in Nigeria, where it shot on location in Lagos. Rachel Dargavel, who produced “Lizard,” produces for Element. Mubi has already acquired the film for multiple territories, including North America, U.K., Ireland, and Turkey.

Variety understands that the film is semi-autobiographical and is about the relationship between a father and his two young boys over the course of a day in the Nigerian city.

Actress-producer Cate Blanchett spoke about how the newly-announced Displacement Film Fund will support displaced filmmakers and those working on stories about displaced people at a panel held at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Saturday.

Blanchett appeared alongside Oscar-nominated filmmakers including Perfect Days producer Koji Yanai, For Sama director Waad Al-Kateab and Flee director Jonas Rasmussen, as well as Hubert Bals Fund head Tamara Tatishvili.

“I do think that we’re releasing this fund in a really turbulent time when audiences are hungry to consume stories in many different ways,” said Blanchett. “The industry, in a lot of ways, is in free fall and that’s an opportunity to reforge itself into something more exciting.”

Bestowing up to five individual production grants of €100,000, the Displacement Film Fund was established to champion and fund the work of displaced filmmakers, or filmmakers with a proven track record in creating...

I first became aware of Wunmi Mosaku at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Her feature, His House, premiered there and not only was the film itself exquisite, but Mosaku herself was a top-tier interview, brimming with passion and enthusiasm for her craft. From that point on, Ive made it a priority to seek out Mosakus past work and keep up with all of her new releases, and its paid off big time.

It’s Halloween, and YouTube is celebrating what might be the next big era of spooky content with a spotlight on analog horror.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a handful of horror content creators get picked up for major Hollywood studio deals, including analog horror creator Kane Pixels, whose YouTube short films about the backrooms–a liminal space of seemingly endless, empty-yet-claustrophobic rooms with a vaguely corporate vibe–helped solidify the setting as a well-known internet phenomenon.

Kane Pixels is one of thousands of creators producing analog horror–lo-fi short films that usually involve found footage, unsettling audio, glitch imagery, and set dressings like manufactured product commercials and news reports, all used to tell an interconnected narrative that slowly pieces together.

Analog creators’ styles go back to found footage classics like the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, and though found footage got a bit played out...

Spooky season is now upon us, and movie lovers everywhere will be frantically searching for the perfect horror movie to celebrate all hallows eve. Well, we may have just the Netflix horror movie for you this Halloween, and it just so happens to hold a perfect rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Titled His House, the horror thriller outing was released by the streaming giant back in 2020, and offers not only an unrelentingly creepy atmosphere, but scares and terror from both the supernatural and the real-world as this story of a refugee couple who find themselves surrounded by evil takes you by the throat and refuses to let go. Written and directed by Remi Weekes from a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables, His House stars Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu as the leads, with the rest of the cast comprised of Matt Smith, Javier Botet (It), Emily Taaffe (The Beast Must Die), Malaika Abigaba,...

Since its premiere on Netflix on September 6, Rebel Ridge has been at the top of the streamer's charts, and for good reason. Its an explosive thriller that blends sociopolitical commentary with enough tense drama and action that its certain to be regarded as a classic in the years to come, akin to Rambo or Walking Tall. This gripping portrait of a Marine veteran dealing with small-town corruption could have been ripped from todays headlines which raises the question: Is Rebel Ridge based on a true story?

Sitting down to speak with Netflixs Tudum on the day Rebel Ridge premiered, director Jeremy Saulnier explained how much of his latest movie is based on real life. While some of the events depicted in the film are grounded in reality, such as the civil asset forfeiture that Aaron Pierres character Terry Richmond experiences at the start of the movie, the overall plot for...

Aside from IP with mass appeal and superhero stuff, horror is about the only thing that seems to make any money at the box office these days. That's mostly due to the fact horror movies typically don't cost a whole lot to make, leaving more profit on the table at the end of their theatrical runs. But horror isn't just a reliably popular genre at the box office. It also does well on streaming, where we've actually had some pretty decent offerings in recent years.

By far the best example is "His House," which hit Netflix back in 2020 and was even better than your favorite horror movie. Indeed, the film earned a rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and proved that Netflix could be much more than a delivery method for middling Kevin Hart projects and instantly forgettable streaming films. Unfortunately, not all the horror that emerges on Netflix is of quite the same standard.

10 Best Matt Smith Shows And Films, Ranked. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Matt Smith, with his unique talent and charm, has made a big name for himself in the television and film industry. From his iconic role as the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, to personifying Prince Philip in The Crown, each of his performances has been equally impressive.

The actor’s ability to bring complex characters to life with nuance and intensity has earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. As Matt Smith continues to rise in his acting career, let’s take a look at 10 of his best shows and films so far.

10. Charlie Says (2018)

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Matt stepped into the shoes of the infamous cult leader Charles Manson in the 2018 film, Charlie Says, playing the complicated role to perfection. Directed by Mary Harron, the movie explores...

Netflix has been the world's leading streaming platform since its early days and has transformed the way we consume entertainment. In recent years, the platform has produced several original films that have captivated audiences worldwide. With productions in several countries, Netflix originals can look like anything. The best Netflix original movies since 2020 include foreign dramas like All Quiet on the Western Front, comedies like Don't Look Up and horror films like His House.

Netflix's original films are either commissioned or they only obtain exclusive rights to distribution. From drama to horror to action movies and more, the budget for Netflix original films has significantly increased in recent years and Netflix has been steadily increasing the number of original films it produces each year.

Related Every Netflix Original Movie Nominated for Best Picture, Ranked The Best Picture category at the Academy Awards is the best-known and movies from all studios compete for it yearly,...

Heading into Cannes, where it has four films in official selection and three projects participating in the Great 8 showcase, BBC Film has unveiled further details about its upcoming slate.

Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”

Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.

It has been known for a while that the new West End production of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, will be returning to the Duke of York’s Theatre from May 11 through August 3, with Jamie Lloyd directing. But, more importantly for some fans, it has been confirmed that Spider-Man star Tom Holland will be playing Romeo in the play, with Bad Education star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers co-starring as Juliet. And while all of this seems fine and dandy to us, some people are dissatisfied with the fact that Juliet will be played by a black actress and have taken to the Internet to express their anger in the most deplorable way.

The young actress has, thus, been the target of significant racial slander and abuse recently, which is an act that has to be condemned immediately. The producers, as well as some of Rivers’ colleagues, were quick to react,...

More than 800 Black women — including Lashana Lynch and Sheila Atim — and non-binary actors signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who has been the target of online racial abuse following the announcement of her casting as Juliet in a London West End production of Romeo & Juliet. She is set to star alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in the play.

The letter, which The Guardian published on Wednesday, was spearheaded by Enola Holmes actor Susan Wokoma and Crowning Glory playwright Somalia Nonyé Seaton. It begins: “When news of...

There is no such thing as a perfect movie.

No matter how integral a certain film may be to the history of cinema, no matter how widely beloved it might be by a mass audience, and no matter how politically and sociologically relevant it may have been to the modern world, there is always an error, a nitpick, an omission, or a production problem that can be included. No work of art is going to be 100% unassailable, largely because a wide swath of humanity will be able to see it, and no two people are going to feel exactly the same way about it.

In modern parlance, the closest critics and audiences may be able to come to a measurable consensus is the approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The way Rotten Tomatoes works: professional critics, writing for a broad gallery of approved outlets, submit a review to Rt, selecting it to be "fresh" or "rotten.

We love a feature debut like Benjamin Finkel’s haunting chiller Family that immediately announces a powerful filmmaking voice. It’s not just creepy, it’s downright scary in a way that harkens back to Ari Aster’s Hereditary or Remi Weekes’ His House. My notes are littered with comparison points like Baskin, Gretel & Hansel, The Babadook, and A Dark Song that make up the film’s sobering entrapment based on the looming specter of immeasurable loss. Finkel writes and directs a visually arresting albeit cosmically untelling tale of familial despair, in which there is no such phrase as “Home Sweet Home,” and trusted relations become the monsters among us.

Haunted houses are a staple of horror movies. From The Shining to Poltergeist to The Conjuring, the world of cinema is full of films about houses, apartments, and hotels possessed by ghosts, demons, and various other manifestations of the supernatural. These stories scare us for a myriad of reasons. Sometimes, the rupture of the illusion of protection within one's home is enough to bring fear to our hearts. In other instances, it's what the ghosts represent — repressed memories, the past, the future — that really terrifies viewers. More often than not, these movies produce fright just by packing some good acting and even better scary scenes. In this scenario, Remi Weekes' His House stands out for featuring everything that makes a haunted house movie spooky, and then some more.

There is nothing better than walking out of a Sundance screening confident that, in January, you have already seen one of your favorite films of the year. It happened to me in 2019 with Brittany Runs a Marathon. (A movie that literally inspired me to run a marathon.) Sundance 2020 gave me a trio of favorites -- Promising Young Woman, Palm Springs, and His House. In 2021, that distinction went to Mass and Coda. In 2022, I fell hard for Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth. In 2023, it was the Philippou brothers' first feature, Talk to Me. Now, in 2024, it's Megan Park's second feature film as a director, My Old Ass, a movie that is bound to get a theatrical release this year given Amazon MGM scooped up the worldwide rights via a massive $15 million deal.

If there’s one thing horror fans love the most, it’s a solid scare that gets the adrenaline pumping. We’re forever chasing the thrills that a great scary movie can bring, which is no easy feat the more entrenched in the genre we become. That proves especially true in the current digital age, where there’s an overwhelming sea of options spread across multiple streaming services and platforms that can make finding the scariest offerings tricky. We’re here to help. As we head into the weekend, here’s a roundup of ten of horror’s most intense, bone-chilling movies.

These are some of the scariest horror movies you can and should stream this weekend.

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André Øvredal goes full throttle for the scares in this quiet little chiller that sees a father and son coroner team stumped over the...

Soon after “Saltburn” debuted on Amazon Prime, it joined the 1 million watch club on Letterboxd (the leading social media app for film lovers) and was one of the fastest to do so this year. The film has completely taken over social media due to its provocative, erotic sensibilities. “Transfixing and hypnotic, writer/director Emerald Fennell has crafted a provocative and diabolical masterpiece”, writes Awards Daily. Despite being nearly a month since its release, “Saltburn” remains in the top 3 most watched programs on the platform, film or television, in both the UK and US.

“Saltburn” reaped five bids at the Critics’ Choice Awards including Best Picture. Lead Barry Keoghan and scene-stealer Rosamund Pike contended at the Globes. Fennell’s sophomore feature merited 11 longlist mentions at BAFTA.

Among those in the running at BAFTAs is Jacob Elordi for Best Supporting Actor. He plays Felix Catton, an aristocratic who becomes the object of desire for Keoghan’s character,...

The motion pictures that comprise the so-called 100% Club on Rotten Tomatoes (referring to a collection of movies with 100% Certified Fresh ratings on the review aggregate website) are an eclectic bunch of movies. Nothing else unites many of them beyond their status on Rotten Tomatoes! Just try and find other ways The Philadelphia Story and His House are connected, ditto for Still Walking and 12 Angry Men. Looking over this list of 105 movies, one can see a wide array of motion pictures, including a flood of documentaries from all around the world. However, the list does skew heavily towards fare made in the last few decades. To become a Certified Fresh title on the site (and thus qualify for this list), wide releases need 80 reviews and limited releases need 40 reviews. Those are numbers that several classic movies on Rotten Tomatoes don't reach. Le Bonheur, for instance, only has seven reviews on...

New Regency Chairman and CEO Yariv Milchan announced Wednesday that Natalie Lehmann has been promoted to president of motion pictures and television.

“Over the last seven years with New Regency, Natalie has proven time and time again she is one of the best in the business,” Milchan said in a statement announcing Lehmann’s elevation from senior VP. “With strength in both creative and strategic thinking she’s been able to consistently produce both marquee projects and surprise breakout hits. With Natalie’s expanded role New Regency will continue its track record of producing top-quality films and series.”

During her tenure with New Regency, Lehmann has produced projects including Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi epic “The Creator” and the breakout horror hit “Barbarian,” as well as “Deep Water,” “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” and “His House.” She also worked on the Academy Award-winning “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the BAFTA-nominated “Widows.”

Lehmann is currently overseeing...

New Regency Pictures has elevated Natalie Lehmann to President of Motion Pictures and Television. She was previously SVP.

With the promotion, Lehmann expands and extends her oversight of film and television for New Regency. She will continue to report to New Regency chairman and CEO Yariv Milchan.

Lehmann will also continue to oversee projects including Steve McQueen’s World War II film Blitz for Apple as well as the series adaptation of Man on Fire for Netflix.

“Over the last seven years with New Regency, Natalie has proven time and time again she is one of the best in the business,” Milchan said. “With strength in both creative and strategic thinking she’s been able to consistently produce both marquee projects and surprise breakout hits. With Natalie’s expanded role New Regency will continue its track record of producing top-quality films and series.”

Lehmann said, “It’s an honor to...

. Cush Jumbo in “Criminal Record,” premiering January 10, 2024 on Apple TV+. Apple TV+ has revealed the trailer for “Criminal Record,” the new eight-episode, one-hour crime thriller starring Academy Award winner Peter Capaldi and Critics Choice Award nominee Cush Jumbo as detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction. “Criminal Record” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday through February 21. From BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman, “Criminal Record” is a powerful, character-driven thriller set in the heart of contemporary London. An anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy.

“Criminal Record” stars Capaldi as Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty, Jumbo as Detective Sergeant June Lenker,...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, November 30, 2023.

Griselda is ready for her close-up.

Today, Netflix unveiled the official trailer for its upcoming Sofia Vergara limited series, Griselda.

The six-part series will debut on Thursday, January 25, 2024.

Griselda is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.

In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco's lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as "the Godmother."

This looks set to be a massive departure for Sofia Vergara, who was a lead on Modern Family before moving on to judge on America's Got Talent.

Vergara is also set to executive produce the series alongside Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz. Baiz is set to direct all six episodes.

Ingrid Escajeda (Justified) and...

When Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) is kidnapped by rogue MI5 agents, it’s up to her fellow Slow Horse agents to save her in the first trailer for Season 3 of “Slow Horses.”

Apple TV+ released the preview on Tuesday for the British spy show, which returns with the first two episodes of Season 3 on Nov. 29. A new episode premieres every Wednesday through Dec. 27.

“I need a team of good agents, but I just have the Slow Horses,” laments slovenly senior agent Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who never misses a chance to crack wise, even when lives are on the line.

Later in the clip, River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) calls from a besieged warehouse to tell Lamb, “There are men outside with guns. Some backup might be handy.”

Lamb’s nonchalant reply, “Well, I’m busy.”

Responds a frustrated Cartwright, “Ok, thanks, I’m sure the situation will resolve itself.”

Hacking...

The BAFTAs have a soft spot for home-grown talent. Earlier this year, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” scored four bids at the British Academy Film Awards, including Best Actor (Daryl McCormack) and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Before that, in 2022, Adeel Akhtar snuck into the Best Actor lineup for “Ali & Ava” and Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress for “After Love.”

This pattern of Brits recognizing Brits could bode well for Daniel Kaluuya this year, who makes his directorial debut with the new Netflix drama “The Kitchen.” The film depicts a dystopian London in which all social housing has been eliminated. The focus in the story are the residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to leave their homes despite their struggles. At the heart of the film is Kane Robinson‘s (also known as Kano) Izi, who takes Jedaiah Bannerman‘s young boy under his wing and tries...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

Apple TV+ has announced that Criminal Record, starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo, will launch on Friday, January 12, 2024.

Two new episodes will be available on premiere date, followed by one new episode every Friday through February 23.

From BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman, Criminal Record is a powerful, character-driven drama set in the heart of contemporary London.

An anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy.

The series touches on issues of race, institutional failure, and the quest to find common ground in a polarized Britain.

Starring Capaldi as Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Jumbo as Detective Sergeant June Lenker, the cast of Criminal Record also features Charlie Creed-Miles,...

Apple TV+ has shared a first look at “Slow Horses” Season 3, which will premiere on the streamer on Dec. 1.

Gary Oldman returns as jaded ex-MI5 agent Jackson Lamb, who runs Slough House — nicknamed “Slow Horses” — the place where disgraced agents bide their time while trying to get back into the big leagues.

The third season, based on “Real Tigers,” the third book in the series by author Mick Herron, concerns a romantic liaison in Istanbul that threatens to expose a buried MI5 secret in London. Naturally, Lamb and his team of misfits are dragged into the case, and, per Apple TV+, “they find themselves caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future not just of Slough House but of MI5 itself.”

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Gary Oldman is back as the brilliant but slovenly spymaster Jackson Lamb

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Jack Lowden as second-generation spy River Cartwright, who, despite his best efforts,...

Writer/Director Paris Zarcilla’s feature debut, Raging Grace joins films like His House and No One Gets Out Alive in examining the horrors of immigration from within the walls of a haunted house. Instead of ghosts from the past or creatures, though, Zarcilla spins a taut tale of gothic horror combined with personal drama that sets it apart. The focus on its characters means a slower-coiling horror story, but one that surprises with unexpected detours.

Joy (Max Eigenmann) lives in London as an undocumented Filipina immigrant. Housecleaning is the only work she can successfully find as a single mom to feisty young daughter Grace (Jaeden Paige Boadilla). To save up enough money to obtain a Visa, Joy sets her sights on affluent clients. It leads her to the sprawling estate of Mr. Garrett (David Hayman), an older man slowly succumbing to cancer. Joy’s hired by Mr. Garrett’s...

Even if you don't know his name, you've probably seen the work of Javier Botet. Specifically, if you've watched a horror movie in the 21st century, you've almost surely seen him. Or rather, you've seen his creatures. After scaring the pants off audiences worldwide with his terrifying work in the modern classics "Rec" and "Rec 2," Botet became horror's go-to "monster guy," sliding into the unsettling skins of ghosts, demons, zombies, aliens, and even non-Pennywise incarnations of the titular creature in "It." On the small screen, he played creatures in "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Game of Thrones." On the big screen, his credits include  "Mama," "The Conjuring 2," "Crimson Peak," "His House," "Insidious: The Last Key," and so much more. He's the century's definitive monster performer. 

Born with Marfan syndrome, Botet has utilized his physical differences to pull off characters who feel like walking, actually-there special effects. He stands 6' 7" tall and he's impossibly thin,...

Netflix UK users will be losing access to the Oscar-winning film The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, on August 18. Despite its removal in the UK, The Power of the Dog will still remain on Netflix US for the time being. The Power of the Dog is internationally distributed by Netflix but is not actually co-produced by the streamer. With BBC Films having co-produced, it's possible that the film will end up streaming on BBC iPlayer while remaining available on Netflix in North America.

A new report reveals that The Power of the Dog, an Oscar-winning Netflix Original movie, is being removed from the platform this month in one region. Directed by Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog hit the streamer in 2021. The film, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, earned a host of Oscar nominations, with Campion ultimately winning for Best Director.

Now, according to Digital Spy,...

’His House’ producers Martin Gentles and Ed King are executive producing.

Production has commenced in the UK on Albion, the latest feature from UK filmmaker Giles Borg, that is being shot across the space of a year.

It tells the story of two old friends who reunite across the four seasons, with Oscar Albert and Dan Christophersen producing for Far Away Films, and producers of Bafta winner His House Martin Gentles and Ed King executive producing. Greatest Days cinematographer Mike Eley is director of photography.

Cast and crew will be reunited at different times across 2023 and 2024, with the first of the four sections,...

Horror movies are no longer just a source of cheap thrills and jump scares. The genre has always been ever-evolving, growing to include deeper plotlines, subliminal social and political commentary, and more nuance for audiences to appreciate and enjoy. In particular, there are some horror movies that are quite intelligently made.

These movies create the atmospheric dread and slow burn of horror but also force the viewers to look beyond the obvious and find the hidden meanings in the stories. Sometimes, these movies are also made differently, to depict a different kind of horror, like Jordan Peele's Get Out and Brian De Palma's Carrie. This is the best of horror that keeps fans philosophizing.

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Get Out (2017)

Jordan Peele's seminal debut Get Out is an incisive story that combines spookiness, cerebral horror, and razor-sharp humor uncannily well.

Peso Pluma’s 2023 reign is on a roll. On Tuesday, the Mexican corridos star revealed that he’ll be releasing his album, Genesis — his first full project since topping the charts with “La Bebé” and “Ella Baila Sola” — on June 22.

The record will feature 14 tracks, including some of his biggest-performing singles — including “Bye,” “77” with Eladio Carrión, and “Rosa Pastel” with Jasiel Nuñez — along with fresh collaborations with the likes of Junior H, Gabito Ballesteros, Darey Castro, Edgardo Nuñez, and Tito Double P.

Also featured on the album are three new solo songs — “Rubicon,...

Mary Shelley's classic 1818 novel Frankenstein has been adapted so many times in so many different formats that it's tough to imagine anyone finding a satisfying new angle on it. Writer-director Bomani J. Story doesn't entirely succeed with his directorial debut The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, but he puts enough of his own stamp on the story to make it feel fresh and contemporary. The familiar beats take on new meaning when transposed from Shelley's upper-class 18th-century Europe to the present-day urban United States.

That's where teenage Vicaria (Laya DeLeon Hayes) lives with her father, Donald (Chad L. Coleman), in a rundown apartment complex plagued by gangs and drug dealers. Both Vicaria's mother and brother fell victim to gang violence, and Vicaria has decided that, as she puts it, "death is a disease," and she plans to find the cure. To that end, she's set up her own...

Next up from director Joe Marcantonio (Kindred) is revenge thriller Uncle, and Deadline reports that Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Eddie Marsan (Deadpool 2) will star.

The film’s cast also includes Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House).

In Uncle, “After the brutal murder of their family, barely teenage Millie and her Uncle John (Dìrísù) embark on a brutal mission of revenge and retribution. But as they get closer to the people responsible, Millie must decide if she is ready to follow the bloody path of vengeance… and its violent, premature journey into adulthood.”

Joe Marcantonio and Owynne Dawkins wrote the screenplay.

WestEnd is handling worldwide sales, Deadline notes.

“I’m thrilled to be working on a project so specific to rural Wales but with so much resonance with contemporary issues affecting people everywhere,” Morfydd Clark said. “The script gripped me and working with such talented filmmakers, cast and crew is a dream.

Eddie Marsan and Morfydd Clark have signed on to join Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House) in Uncle, a revenge thriller directed by Joe Marcantonio (Kindred).

Co-written by Joe Marcantonio and Owynne Dawkins, synopsis reads: After the brutal murder of their family, barely teenage Millie and her Uncle John (Dìrísù) embark on a brutal mission of revenge and retribution. But as they get closer to the people responsible, Millie must decide if she is ready to follow the bloody path of vengeance… and its violent, premature journey into adulthood.

Principal photography is set to begin in Autumn in the UK. WestEnd is handling worldwide sales.

The pic is produced by Auroral Pictures’ Rebecca Knapp and Matthew Wakeham. Nicola Pearcey of Picnik Entertainment is executive producing.

Shields built Netflix relationships with Bafta, BFI, Bifa and more.

Tolley Shields has left her position as director of awards, Emea at Netflix after five years in the role.

Shields, who was the first hire outside the US on the Netflix awards team in March 2018, had her last day on Friday, March 31.

There is understood to be no acrimony behind the exit; Netflix will be looking to fill the PR role moving forwards, while Shields will remain in the industry working on awards and film festivals.

Shields’ departure comes off the back of Netflix’s most successful international awards title,...

Let’s hold a moment of silence for the presence wasted in writer and director Harry Owens’ feature debut, The Unsettling. Leading performances are admirable, but the tediously sluggish narrative is an ambiguous slog that culminates with the impact of a handkerchief slap. Owens’ themes feel indebted to Remi Weekes’ His House and Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny — aligned with African horror tales on American soil — only to abandon subplot roots in a finale stricken by amnesia. The Unsettling is an unfortunate example of contemporary “Trauma Horror” trends and slow-burn A24 genre signatures, underselling both before rolling credits on what feels like unfinished business.

Abena (Zephani Idoko) and Kwame (Bambadjan Bamba) are a Ghanaian couple who’ve just suffered the loss of their daughter. Kwame books a Los Angeles vacation thanks to his friend Charley’s gracious deal on a quaint rental somewhere in the suburbs, away from tragic reminders of their lost child.

This post contains spoilers for "Speak No Evil."

Get ready for a new golden age of horror, as directors turn to the only genre besides superhero blockbusters that still brings people to movie theaters. Horror continues to evolve beyond its apparent genre confinements into a versatile tool for diverse and nuanced storytelling. We've already had standout examples of this with 2021's "His House," and the trend continued in 2022 with a slate of fascinating horror fare that included the genre confounding "Barbarian" and Jordan Peele's "Nope" -- none of which were as disturbing, though, as "Speak No Evil."

The setup is simple: Two families meet while on a Tuscany excursion. By the end of their vacation, Danish couple, Bjørn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch), are comfortable enough with Dutch couple Patrick (Fedja van Huêt) and Karin (Karina Smulders) to accept an invitation to their country house in The Netherlands.

A year and a half has gone by since we heard that filming was underway on the psychological thriller Alice, Darling, which had Anna Kendrick (Stowaway) in the lead and director Mary Nighy at the helm, making her feature directorial debut. Now we’re very close to the film’s theatrical release date: Alice, Darling will reach theatres in Los Angeles on December 30th, with a nationwide release – exclusively in AMC theatres – to follow on January 20th. With those dates just weeks away, a trailer for Alice, Darling has arrived online. You can check that out in the embed above. Along with the trailer comes the unveiling of a poster, which you can see at the bottom of this article.

Kendrick is joined in the cast by Wunmi Mosaku (His House), Kaniehtiio Horn (Possessor), and Charlie Carrick (Trench 11). Scripted by Alanna Francis (The Rest of Us), Alice, Darling centers on...

Horror is one of the most popular movie genres, but recent films such as Barbarian and Nope show that horror-focused plotlines are, in fact, nothing more than a vehicle for telling a larger and more important story. In the case of these two films, the horror elements play a vital role in brutally exposing the very worst of humankind and what is known as civilization.

A24, for example, has influenced a whole wave of so-called "elevated" horror movies that are in fact just socially conscious movies, committed to scaring viewers with how realistically they can be inserted into real life. In this case, killers, entities, or intruders are overshadowed by the one and only enemy: society.

His House (2020)

Using elements of Sudanese folklore and crafting a harrowing atmosphere, His House follows a young refugee couple struggling to adapt to their new life in an English town after a mysterious entity begins to chase them.