The film’s first half is deliberately crafted to fill in the personalities of its group of women, while slowly and almost imperceptibly ratcheting up the sense of dread and foreboding. But ah, how The Descent transcends its one-sentence synopsis. True camaraderie or complex relationships between female characters isn’t so much “rare” in horror cinema as it is functionally nonexistent, which is one of the things that still makes The Descent, nominally about a bunch of women fighting monsters in a cave, stand out so sharply all these years later. Year: 2005 Director: Neil Marshall Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone Rating: R Ultimately, though, the Swedish original is still the superior film thanks to the strength of its two lead performers, who vault it up to become perhaps the best vampire movie ever made. The film received an American remake in 2010, Let Me In, which has been somewhat unfairly derided by film fans sick of the remake game, but it’s another solid take on the same story that may even improve upon a few small aspects of the story. At the same time, it’s also a chilling, very effective horror film whenever it chooses to be, especially in the absolutely spectacular final sequences, which evoke Eli’s terrifying abilities with just the right touch of obstruction to leave the worst of it in the viewer’s imagination.
As Oskar slowly works his way into her life, drawing ever-closer to the role of a classical vampire’s human “familiar,” the film questions the nature of their bond and whether the two can ever possibly commune on a level of genuine love. Let the Right One In centers around the complicated friendship and quasi-romantic relationship between 12-year-old outcast Oskar and Eli, a centuries-old vampire trapped in the body of an androgynous (although ostensibly female) child who looks his same age. Vampires may have become cinema’s most overdone, watered-down horror villains, aside from zombies, but leave it to a Swedish novelist and filmmaker to reclaim frightening vampires by producing a novel and film that turned the entire genre on its head. Year: 2008 Director: Tomas Alfredson Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Ika Nord, Peter Carlberg Rating: R Here are the 40 best horror movies on Amazon Prime: 1. The best horror movies streaming on Shudder. The best horror movies streaming on Hulu. The best horror movies streaming on Netflix. You may also want to consult the following horror-centric lists: Therefore, fall back on our list of films that are worth your time for one reason or another-just don’t expect to find them via browsing. Sure, it’s no surprise that something like Midsommar or M3GAN is now on Amazon Prime, but the service is also packed with more obscure 1980s slashers and zombie movies than you can wave a machete at. The trick is realizing those movies are there at all. Slowly but surely, they’ve built one of the biggest (and most random) horror streaming libraries. That said, Amazon subscribers have access to a wealth of riches, many of them hiding in plain sight. If you’ve been paying attention, then you know this is only compounded by the fact that the “browse” function on Amazon Video is so frequently broken.
But we’ve never really experienced a library with just as much junk and treasure in it as the Amazon movie library. Oh, and we bypassed rom-coms: For that, check out our list of Netflix Romantic Comedies Ranked by Tomatometer.After drawing up huge rankings of the best horror movies on Netflix and the best horror movies on Hulu, it’s safe to say we’ve gotten used to the challenge of diving through the refuse of a streaming service and searching for the gems. The only stipulation for consideration in this list of Netflix funnies was a Fresh rating from at least 20 reviews. And, of course, there’s Netflix’s own stable of exclusive originals ( Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs). There are feel-good movies ( The Sapphires, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) and dark comedies ( The Lobster, A Serious Man).
The streaming service’s library for comedy flicks includes stone-cold classics ( Groundhog Day, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Naked Gun), and modern films that like to dabble in a little drama with their yuks ( The Squid and the Whale, The Meyerowitz Stories, Young Adult). If you’re looking for some funny movies on Netflix on the Fresh side of the Tomatometer, you’ve come to the right place as Rotten Tomatoes presents the 60 Best Movie Comedies on Netflix to Watch Right Now! (Photo by New Line Cinema courtesy Everett Collection) The 60 Best Movie Comedies on Netflix