Netflix Horrors is a regular column in which Shock Till You Drop alerts you to the latest genre titles to hit the VOD service. For our archive of titles, head right here.
A small update this late May Thursday, but the streaming service is now host to a mysterious Nicole Kidman thriller, a zombie animal shlockfest and the fourth film in celebrated Spanish Horror series, [REC].
Netflix Horrors 5/28
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Netflix Horrors 5/28 #1
Before I Go To Sleep (dir. Rowan Joffe)
After surviving a brutal assault, Christine Lucas awakens each morning incapable of remembering anything about her past, including the previous day. Little by little, however, she begins to suspect that her husband played a role in her misfortune.
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, from left: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, 2014. ph: Laurie Sparham/©Clarius Entertainment
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Netflix Horrors 5/28 #2
[REC] 4: Apocalypse (dir. Jaume Balaguero)
Director Jaume Balaguero closes out the beloved [REC] series with a lean action-thriller that finds Angela Vidal battling the virus—and possessed monkeys—on a freighter. Pulpy and bloody, but not enough when compared to the heights of its predecessors.
Full review here.
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Netflix Horrors 5/28 #3
Zombeavers (dir. Jordan Rubin)
In its first half, Zombeavers bucks expectation a bit as a knowing, fun bit of zombie aquatic rodent shlock. Unfortunately, the momentum dies out and it becomes exactly what you thought. Still, a movie called Zombeavers being exactly what you thought might be exactly what you want.
Full review here.
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Netflix Horrors 5/28 #4
The Blue Room (dir. Mathieu Amalric)
A brisk erotic thriller from director Mathieu Amalric, The Blue Room is based on a novel by essential French crime writer Georges Simenon. In the film, Amalric "stars as Julien, a middle-aged salesman embroiled in a steamy love affair with a married woman who, after a round of kinky sex, makes a startling suggestion. Suddenly Julien is caught up in a police investigation—but just what exactly happened?"
