With shifting POVs and a multi-chapter plot, the story follows Neve (Ashley Madekwe), a white-passing. This British thriller from first-time director Nathaniel Martello-White pulls inspiration from Jordan Peele films like Get Out and Us to deliver a haunting examination of race, class, and generational trauma. They’re searching for Lena’s husband (Oscar Isaac) who was part of a previous team that ventured into the extraterrestrial abyss, but what they find instead is equal parts mesmerizing and horrifying. Portman’s Lena, a biologist, leads the team into “The Shimmer,” a quarantined zone mutated by alien DNA that seems to be transforming matter at will and spreading further each day. Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, and Jennifer Jason Leigh play badass scientists investigating a natural phenomenon that could have world-ending consequences in this tense, trippy thriller. Even if you’ve seen this thing a dozen times, the thrills keep coming.Ĭast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez Watts plays Rachel, a journalist investigating the mysterious deaths of her niece and another teen girl who watched a cursed videotape and then suffered bizarre deaths just days later. What elevates this nightmare is how Flanagan puts the audience in Siegel’s shoes, having his villain prowl and stalk and rather creepily invade her home without her knowledge.ĭid horror movies even exist before this Gore Verbinski-directed nightmare? Well, yes, but few have had the pop culture impact than this early aughts film starring Naomi Watts. The premise is fairly simple: a deaf woman (Kate Siegel), reeling from a break-up and seeking solitude in a cabin in the wilderness, is terrorized by a masked killer. Mike Flanagan has produced some spine-chilling work for Netflix in recent years with his Haunting of Hill House series and Midnight Mass but he excels at horror in its feature-length form as well, and this film proves it. Cast: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco
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