1. BLOOD RED SKY:-
In the case of Peter Thorwarth's "Blood Red Sky," dropping on Netflix today, I genuinely hope that some studio picks up the rights and redoes it so that they can get it right. From the "how do you mess that up" school of filmmaking, "Blood Red Sky" takes a phenomenal concept that mixes genre hits like "From Dusk Till Dawn," "Snakes on a Plane," and "Train to Busan" and just blows it on poorly choreographed action, momentum-draining flashbacks, and an interminable runtime. I was so excited to take this journey but quickly just wanted the plane to land so I could get off.
Nadja (Peri Baumeister) travels across the Atlantic with her son Elias (Carl Anton Koch) when it's hijacked by a group of terrorists intent on taking it down. She hides a secret, but Thorwarth is depressingly uninterested in holding it for long. "Blood Red Sky" should be a film that takes a sharp turn at maybe the halfway mark or possibly even later when the "bad guys" realize there's something they didn't plan for on the plane. Imagine this story told from the POV of the loosely-defined terrorists that then shifts to Nadja when the chaos agents realize that one of the passengers is a vampire.
2. The FEAR STREET TRILOGY:-
The films are based on R. L. Stine's book series of the same name from Leigh Janiak, from scripts and stories she co-wrote with other contributors. The overall story centers around teenagers who work to break the curse that has been over their town for hundreds of years. Produced and developed by 20th Century Studios and Chernin Entertainment, Netflix eventually purchased film rights following The Walt Disney Company's purchase of 21st Century Fox.
3. The VIGIL:-
The Jewish tradition of Shamira, keeping vigil over a dead body until it's buried, is so ripe for an excellent horror that it's surprising there isn't a genre film about this every year. Writer-director Keith Thomas humanizes the unnerving custom with the story of Yakov (Dave Davis), a young man recently separated from his Orthodox Jewish community, who is compelled to keep overnight watch of a deceased member to make a few extra bucks to keep his rent paid. Of course, it starts suspicious (looking after the corpses in the dead of night already sounds frightening). Still, the graduating sense of unease—and sheer horror—that occurs within these dark hours is utterly paralyzing to watch.
4. A QUIET PLACE 2:-
A Quiet Place Part II is a 2021 American horror film and the sequel to 2018's A Quiet Place, following the family from the first film as they continue to navigate and survive in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind aliens with an acute sense of hearing. The film was written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski for Paramount Pictures. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe reprise their roles from the first film, while Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou join the cast; Krasinski returns from the first film in a new flashback sequence.
5. SAINT MAUD:-
In her feature directorial debut, Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film written and directed by Rose Glass. The story follows hospice nurse Maud (portrayed by Morfydd Clark), a recent convert to Roman Catholicism. He becomes obsessed with a former dancer in her care (Jennifer Ehle), believing she must save her soul.
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