- With Valentine's Day in the rearview,
it only seems appropriate that on this week's episode
we talk about something near and dear to my own heart,
horror movies.
I'm Alex Robinson and this is "Bingeworthy,"
a show where we're telling you the absolute very best movies
and shows to binge right now.
Let's get into the spooky stuff.
"The Witch."
Wait, have you still not seen "The Witch"? Why?
The film debuted in 2015 and was easily one
of the scariest movies that year,
and fits neatly in the realm
of a supernatural horror period piece.
Basically, a family in the 1600s are banished
from a Puritanical colony and have to build a farm
on the outskirts of civilization.
Then (beep) gets real creepy.
Heavy-handed themes of religion guide a lot of the plot,
but I don't wanna get too into that
because the less you know,
the better your experience will be.
That said, be sure to watch with the volume up.
The score is eerie, tense, and brilliant.
"Green Room."
"Green Room" is another 2015 banger brought to you
by Jeremy Saulnier, who directed Netflix's 2018 film
"Hold the Dark" as well as the first two episodes
of HBO's smash hit "True Detective" Season 3,
airing right now.
Basically, this guy's a pro.
Allow me to set the stage here.
A young punk band is traveling
through the Pacific Northwest trying to book gigs.
One falls through, but with the help of a local radio host,
they end up re-booking at a neo-Nazi shanty bar/venue
deep in the woods.
It's there the band links up with townie Amber,
who, like them, also doesn't wanna be there anymore.
After seeing something they assuredly should not have seen,
they are trapped and have no other choice
but to fight their way out against a skinhead
Patrick Stewart and his machete-wielding
gang of racists.
This movie is intense as hell,
but it's a lot of (beep) fun
if you're into the whole killer thriller thing.
- They're everywhere!
"Hush," an intense slasher horror film
from director Mike Flanagan, same dude behind "Gerald's Game"
and "The Haunting of Hill House,"
which, do we really need to talk about the ending
of that one?
"Hush" follows around Maddie, played by Flanagan's IRL wife,
Kate Siegel, not to be confused
with Katey Sagal from "Married with Children,"
"Futurama," "Sons of Anarchy."
Maddie is a deaf writer living alone in the middle
of the woods.
One night she's hanging out when a masked man shows up
and starts to play the most sadistic game
of cat and mouse ever.
Like Tom and Jerry but with a high-powered crossbow.
Like most of these films, I won't give too much away,
but I would highly recommend you don't watch this alone
in a cabin by yourself.
Seriously, nothing good ever happens in those situations.
"The Invitation."
Are you fascinated or frightened by cults?
Do you like your horror movies
to take place at a dinner gathering?
Do you often feel politeness gets in the way
of showing our true selves?
Do you wanna see Daario Naharis
from "Game of Thrones" play a different role
as a super-creepy dude who may or may not be in a cult?
Then you will surely wanna watch "The Invitation."
The sinister story is brought to you by Karyn Kusama,
who made "Aeon Flux," the highly underrated "Jennifer's Body,"
and most recently, "Destroyer,"
starring a wholly transformed Nicole Kidman.
This is another one of those movies you don't wanna know
too much about before going into,
and although it's a slow burn,
the payoff is well worth the wait.
Why are dinner parties so (bleep) scary?
"The Wailing."
No, this is not about about our favorite group
of enormous, fully aquatic placental marine mammals,
but a sleepy mountain town in South Korea
that comes under siege from an evil presence
after a Japanese stranger shows up.
This is a super-fun,
yet bone-chilling South Korean horror
that came out in 2016, and here's what goes down.
People first break out in a rash, go on a murderous rampage,
and then suddenly die.
Sent to investigate these strange cases is our protagonist
and townie police officer, Jong-Goo.
He meets a mystery woman who is adamant
that the new stranger in town must be responsible
for this mess, and it makes sense.
He shows up, people get sick, it's a correlation.
As Jong-Goo tries to figure out just
what the hell is happening, his daughter gets sick,
and then it becomes personal.
This is a classic evil lurking all around you type
of horror flick that'll definitely
get your heart rate up,
and honestly, have you questioning all
of your new neighbors.
"The Wailing" is just the start
of Korean horror movies available on Netflix.
If you're looking for a new genre to get into,
we can't recommend it enough.
"The Conjuring."
"The Conjuring" is extra creepy
because it's based off a true story,
more specifically, the story of the Perron family
and two paranormal investigators,
Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were summoned to help them.
Here's the deal.
It's 1970s Rhode Island.
A mother, father, their five daughters,
and a dog move into a large, isolated, rundown farmhouse
with the mission of sprucing it up into a warm, happy home.
Unfortunately for them, their beloved farmhouse is also home
to a malevolent demon that routinely harasses
the five daughters and turns their peaceful dreams
of a quiet life into a literal nightmare.
The film is directed by James Wan,
the dude who also directed the "Saw" movies and also "Aquaman,"
so yeah, it's a horrifying movie.
And that is it for today.
Happy Febru-scary, everybody.
I'm Alex Robinson and that was "Bingeworthy."
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