On in the room. Not requiring your full attention. These are built for that.
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
The background film is a genuine category. These have the right texture for it.
Bad background choice. Silence and sudden sounds don't work with divided attention.
Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.