Sick days need the right film. Not too heavy, not too boring. These land right.
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can't help questioning exactly what they're doing in Victory, and why.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
The sick-day film is a category unto itself. Not too demanding, not too forgettable.
Engaging without being stressful. Low physical tension.
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there's something sinister hiding beneath the island's lush façade.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.