It's been a lot. These don't add to it.
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller's success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.
D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
End-of-week viewing is about unwinding, not stimulating. These get that balance right.
Not for everyone at end of week. Fine if that's your reset.
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.
When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.