Low stakes, good films. No thinking required. That's the whole point.
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
When a fearless enemy out for revenge unleashes a brutal and deadly new virus, BSAA captain Chris Redfield enlists the help of Agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers to bring down the death merchant and save New York City.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
A film for tired brains isn't a lesser film. It just knows what you need tonight.
Mood-driven rather than plot-heavy. More about atmosphere than following details.
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear - only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.