#NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS 2018 MOVIE#
Like many of the best pieces of 21st century horror, Creep 2 sneakily has a lot to say about our modern foibles - all while scaring the ever-living stuffing out of you.The Power of the Dog is a slow, sly movie that reveals itself to you in subtle, measured glimpses at tenderness that are otherwise caked in grit, cruelty and crudity. Duplass and Akhavan are perfect sparring partners, generating the film’s queasy moments of suspense, humor, and even genuine connection. And when Creep 2 locks into its two-handed structure, unsettling sparks fly and ricochet.
But this time, he’s paired with Desiree Akhavan, the fiercely talented filmmaker/actor who plays a fiercely talented filmmaker interested in documenting odd folks with odd requests.
#NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS 2018 SERIAL#
Mark Duplass returns as our identity-hopping serial killer, keen on documenting his crimes as a kind of voyeuristic look into the soul masquerading as an attempt at fostering friendship (the murder portrayed in the cold open is… harrowing). And yet, it’s bested handily by its sequel, a true horror masterpiece for the 21st century. The original Creep, also available on Netflix, is a skin-crawlingly icky found footage horror-comedy about the perils of masculinity, obsession, and storytelling. Yes, the use of sound and visual terror is perfect though it is the strong emotional undercurrent that makes this film such a memorable one. It may sound like a haunting house story you have heard before but it is so much more than that.
To make matters worse, there is an evil force that is lurking in their house and a dark secret the two share that is coming back to haunt them with terrifying visions. They experience resentment from others and endless pressure to assimilate that only makes their difficult adjustment all that much harder. What they find there is that this town is not only not built for them but often actively hostile to them. It stars Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku as Bol and Rial Majur, who have just narrowly escaped war in South Sudan to try to make a new life in a small English town. Maggie BoccellaĪn incredible feature debut from director Remi Weekes, His House is a work of unflinching social horror where the terror is found not just in the supernatural but in the struggles that face an immigrant couple just trying to survive. Lisa is unsettling in a way that goes against type for Gyllenhaal, rivaling her brother’s performances in films like Velvet Buzzsaw, forcing audiences to question how much trust we put in others, and what the idea of fame is capable of doing to us. Using the boy’s talent to her advantage, she adopts his poetry as her own to impress her writing tutor ( Gael García Bernal), but soon escalates her behavior, isolating the boy from his own family and friends and attempting to use his talent for her own personal gain. Her life takes a turn for the chaotic when one of her students, Jimmy ( Parker Sevak), displays a remarkable talent for poetry - something she seems to lack. Asking the question of what we’re willing to do for a little notoriety, The Kindergarten Teacher follows Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lisa, a struggling elementary school teacher who wants nothing more than to escape her dull, difficult life by way of her poetry. Remakes of international films for an American market are not uncommon, but it’s very rare that the newer projects accomplish just what their predecessors were gunning for, and Sara Colangelo’s directorial debut is one of them.
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