Scream 4 is the final entry in the franchise helmed by Wes Craven, who cranked out four consecutive bangers in the series in a feat of unmatched Hollywood consistency. What better time than now to catch up on one of the most consistent franchises in Hollywood history? There’s a new Scream movie coming out next month, from the creators of the last one. AG Scream 4 Image: Dimension FilmsĬast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette Origin of Evil isn’t Flanagan’s best movie - that title still belongs to his director’s cut of Doctor Sleep - but it is pretty creepy and a lot of fun for anyone who has loved his Netflix work since. As fans of Flanagan’s might expect, Origin of Evil is mostly focused on its characters, drawing out how this supernatural haunting affects each one and getting more than a few creepy monologues in for good measure. The woman knows her job is a scam and employs her daughters in the tricks, at least until her youngest starts exhibiting strange behaviors that suggest she may really be in communication with something supernatural. Origin of Evil follows a young widow who works as a medium with her two young daughters. But under the care of writer and director Mike Flanagan, who is practically Netflix royalty by now with series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and, best of all, Midnight Mass, the movie becomes something better and more haunting than you might expect. Ouija: Origin of Evil may at first just seem like a cash-in prequel to a horror series based on a board game (which, technically, it is), but it turns out to be a much more interesting and much better-made movie than its own origins might suggest. AG Ouija: Origin of Evil Image: Universal PicturesĬast: Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Annalise Basso It Chapter 1 is equal parts fun adventure story and gory horror show, which director Andy Muschietti manages to keep in perfect balance, making it an excellent choice for a Netflix night. His menacing smile, with blood-red lips that dash up his cheeks and through his eyes, has already become iconic, and his dancing has been a meme since the moment it first appeared. The kids themselves each get their own horrific encounters with the entity, but it’s Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown that really steals the show here. Thankfully, the earlier half, with all of the main characters as kids, is all It Chapter 1 covers. But, as sometimes happens with King’s work, the earlier part is much stronger than the later one. King’s original novel combines two separate stories, decades apart from each other, of his main characters doing battle with the monster known as It. The story follows a group of kids, played by actors like Finn Wolfhard ( Stranger Things) and Sophia Lillis ( Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), and their battle against an intergalactic clown that feeds on fear, known as Pennywise. In the long canon of Stephen King adaptations, 2017’s It Chapter 1 remains one of the best and most faithful ever. Home EntertainmentĬast: Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis But it’s also just an extremely fun movie - at least as fun as a movie about a mother of five being possessed by the demon Bathsheba could be. The film follows the Perron family, who have to call in the Warrens (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), a church-supported, though unofficial, team of exorcists willing to take on some of the more difficult cases that may be a little too fringe for the Vatican’s official sanction.Īside from just launching a monumentally successful franchise and horror movie universe - which now includes two official sequels, three Annabelle movies, one Nun film (soon to be two), and The Curse of La Llorona - The Conjuring is full of carefully built tension and expertly made freakouts, punctuated by a few good-natured jump scares. One of the best demonic possession movies ever, and arguably the real kickoff point for the still-going horror boom, director James Wan’s first movie about the husband-and-wife demonologist duo remains one of the best and most enjoyable horror movies of the last few decades. PictureĬast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston
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