in the mood for straight-up horror? Netflix has you covered. The streaming service has quite a few thrillers
that'll get your adrenaline going or send a shiver up your spine. But instead of watching some of the more mainstream
movies online, why not check out something a little more obscure? How about ... Backcountry Like Deliverance or The Blair Witch Project
before it, Backcountry will make you think twice before taking a walk in the woods.
Like its forebearers, this 2015 flick features
folks who decide to spend a weekend in the forest, even though they're certified city
slickers. "Where is it?" "In the car." "Why would you do that?" "I didn't want you on that thing the whole
time we were here." Soon, the two find themselves map-less, phone-less
and lost in the woods, and it doesn't help matters knowing there's another hiker nearby
who seems kind of dangerous. But really, he's the least of their problems,
considering they're also being stalked by a man-eating black bear Blue Caprice On October 2, 2002, a man was shot to death
in the parking lot of a Maryland grocery store. It was the first killing in a three-week long
murder spree that would claim ten lives in the Washington D.C.
Area. The terror came to an end when police arrested
two snipers who'd been shooting their way across the U.S. For months, leaving a total
of 17 bodies in their wake. 2013'S ripped-from-the-headlines Blue Caprice
takes place in the months leading up to the shootings, focusing on the twisted relationship
between the snipers, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo.
Abandoned by his mom, the teenage Malvo gravitates
toward the manipulative Muhammad, who takes the boy under his wing. But in exchange for a father figure, Malvo
agrees to help Muhammad enact his homicidal plan. "I did it" Cold in July It starts off like a typical revenge flick
about a man caught in the crosshairs of an angry ex-con. But about midway through, 2014's Cold in July
takes such a hard left turn that it becomes a completely different beast.
"Don't you have any mirrors on this damn Pinto? Do you know how to use it? Who's gonna pay for it? We could split it ..." Richard Dane, played by Dexter's Michael C.
Hall, is in a tricky situation after accidentally killing a burglar who's broken into his home. Things get worse when he discovers that the
crook's dad is one bad dude. At first, Cold in July plays like a cat-and-mouse
game between the two, but our hero soon realizes there's a conspiracy afoot, and he's a pawn
in a much larger scheme. The Double If you're a fan of Jesse Eisenberg, well,
2013's The Double is definitely the movie for you: it's got two Eisenbergs for the price
of one.
Based on the novella by Dostoyevsky, The Double
follows a young office worker named Simon James, a guy beaten down by the system. He's nervous, shy, and ignored by everyone,
including Hannah, the girl of his dreams. "Hannah, the creepy guy's here again." "Hi, Creepy Guy." His life gets turned upside down when a man
named James Simon becomes his co-worker. James is Simon's exact opposite in almost
every way.
Simon is introverted, while James is outgoing. Simon is full of self-doubt, whereas James
is confidence personified. Of course, the two men do share one eerie
similarity: they look exactly alike, a fact that no one else seems to notice. Unfortunately, the creepy resemblance allows
James to completely invade Simon's life, but everybody's got a breaking point, and Simon
eventually decides it's time to stand his ground, whatever the consequences.
"He stole my face!" "You need to leave." "No, you do. Get off of me! "Arrgh!" Frailty The late great actor Bill Paxton also dabbled
in directing, with a 2005 golfing flick starring Shia LaBeouf called The Greatest Game Ever
Played, and the 2001 thriller Frailty, a terrifying portrait of religion gone wrong that dances
on the fine line between "thriller" and "horror." In addition to calling the shots behind the
camera, Paxton also played a loving father who becomes an axe murderer after God supposedly
orders him to rid the world of demonsdemons that look like humans. But he isn't going to fight the forces of
evil by himself. Believing he's truly a divine warrior, he
recruits his two sonsone who's totally on board, and another who think his dad has
gone mad.
"We don't fear these demons. We destroy them. We pick them up, one by one, and we pitch
them out of this world." While ultimately more thriller than horror,
be warned: the film does involve a whole lot of head-chopping, body-burying, and disturbing
scenes of child abuse. "God saw you.
"Dad no! Please!" "And you can't escape God's wrath!" The Imposter A true story of a creepy con man that will
leave your mind reeling when the credits start to role, 2012's The Imposter is the rare documentary
that also works as a pulse-pounding thriller. "I didn't give a damn what other people were
thinking and what they were feeling. I care about myself." The less you know about the part documentary,
part staged thriller the betterbut here's a taste: The Imposter tells the story of a
French criminal who posed as a missing Texas teen and convinced the boy's family that he
was their long-lost relativeeven though he was too old, had a French accent, and the
wrong hair and eye color. How? You'll have to watch and find out.
"A story so bizarre it's hard to believe it's
true." "I mean, seriously?" The Invitation We've all been invited to some pretty weird
parties, but none compare to the ultra-creepy affair in 2016's The Invitation. It all starts when quiet, brooding Will shows
up for dinner at his ex-wife's house. She's back in the States after getting remarried
in Mexico and wants to get together with the old gangincluding Will, who's still struggling
with their loss of their son. So maybe that's why Will starts acting so
strangely once he arrives at the party.
Or maybe there's something rotten going on
in the Hollywood Hills. "We chose you, because you matter to us." "You chose me?" "To be here, tonight." After all, why are there bars on all the windows? Why is the front door locked? As the evening unwinds, Will finds himself
battling a sneaking suspicion that something terrible is about to happen, all while battling
his own emotional breakdown. We Need to Talk About Kevin The 2011 domestic thriller We Need to Talk
About Kevin focuses on Tilda Swinton's Eva and her son Kevin. To say they don't get along would be an understatement.
"I don't give a rat's ass." Kevin is an absolute monster a budding
psychopath who charms the world into thinking he's a normal kid. But when he's alone with his mom, that's when
we see the teen's true sadistic side, a darkness that's been growing ever since Kevin was an
infant. "Then finally once you've sucked up that entire
bottle of wine, you can go all gooey-eyed and say how nice it is to spend quality time
together." His downward spiral divides Eva and her husband
as it becomes increasingly clear what Kevin is truly capable of. "There is no point.
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