![]() When a woman named Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) checks in, hoping to hide from the police after stealing thousands in cash, Bates brutally murders her. Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, a strange young man who operates a roadside inn. Hitchcock practically invented the slasher drama with this tense, violent thriller about a hotel proprietor with a sick obsession. The only problem? STD in this case stands for “sexually transmitted demon.” Her only hope to not end up dead is to pass the curse onto someone else - or figure out why this being is haunting people in the first place. The film follows a young woman named Jay (Monroe), who contracts an STD after a backseat hookup. Maika Monroe carries this supernatural thriller that once had 2014-era hook-up culture shaking in its boots. What elevates this nightmare is how Flanagan puts the audience in Siegel’s shoes, having his villain prowl and stalk and rather creepily invade her home without her knowledge.Ĭast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto ![]() The premise is fairly simple: a deaf woman (Kate Siegel), reeling from a break-up and seeking solitude in a cabin in the wilderness, is terrorized by a masked killer. Mike Flanagan has produced some spine-chilling work for Netflix in recent years with his Haunting of Hill House series and Midnight Mass but he excels at horror in its feature-length form as well, and this film proves it. With new episodes premiering every Wednesday, you can watch a video version of the podcast over on GameSpot Universe or listen to audio versions on Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts.Cast: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco So here's GameSpot's guide to the best and scariest animal attack movies to stream-and after you've checked these out, we've also got guides to the best body horror, monster, alien, and cosmic horror movies to stream right now.Īnd speaking of things you should be watching, consider listening to GameSpot's weekly TV series and movies-focused podcast, You Should Be Watching. But there are plenty of other great examples, and many of them can be watched right now on streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Shudder. These classics were made 12 years apart (in 19) and it's hardly an exaggeration to say that every film about a killer animal that has been made since was influenced by them in some way. The two granddaddies of animal attack movies are, of course, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Steven Spielberg's Jaws. ![]() Sure, these beasts might be rabid, genetically mutated, or interbred (these are horror movies after all), but ultimately they're all animals that very much exist in the real world. Other times, they are seemingly "innocent" animals that we see every day-dogs, cats, and birds-that for some reason want to kill us. ![]() Sometimes these creatures are dangerous predators that we'd normally steer clear of at all costs, such as sharks, tigers, and bears. But it's easy to take comfort in the fact these are all supernatural creatures, and we're not likely to meet them in real life.īut this isn't the case with animal attack movies, and for decades, filmmakers have used familiar animals to evoke fear in audiences. Sure, there are many highly effective zombie, ghost, vampire, and werewolf movies. The threat in horror movies can come from many places, but there's something about the natural world that is particularly frightening. ![]()
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