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Netflix UK: New Horrors added this week

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9 years ago

February 20, 2015

Friday 15th May

An update only every two weeks is becoming common place and it just isn’t good enough Mr Netflix UK! Only one movie added in that time but more than that taken away, among them are Shutter Island and Human Centipede 2. But on the up side, they have added The Omen 2!

The Omen II
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Friday 1st May

Nothing to report for a few weeks then a whopping 8 Horror’s removed with only one addition, Netflix… are you crazy?!?

Amongst the removals are Scream 2 and 3 which is surprising given that the news of a Scream 5 movie in the works was broken recently and there is a TV version coming to us shortly too. Also we say good bye to Hearstopper, My Soul to Take, The Ninth Gate and Stephen King’s Desperation.

But never mind all that because we did receive an awesome movie in return:

Hobo with a Shotgun
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Friday 10th April

Three new movies to the horror genre this well guys and gals. Some great ones too.

The Sentinel
This 70’s movie has raised its head I’m sure due to the recent interest the genre has been taking in the supernatural. Great movie for its time and still scary. A lady get a great deal on a new apartment only to find out she has just bought the gateway to hell. They don’t make them like that anymore.

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Tremors
Mother F@#!in Tremors man… What could be better than a cheeky but of Kevin Bacon trying to outrun underground thirty foot monsters that travel at the speed of a charging bull? Throw in a few gruesome deaths and you have yourself an instant classic. Watch it, watch it, watch it!

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Afflicted
I love indie movies and this is one of the best I have seen. It is a cam based found footage style recoding and follows a man as he becomes infected by…well, something that starts to take over him, increasing him in strength. But instead of him putting it to good use the he becomes more and more aggressive!

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Friday 4th April

Over a hundred videos removed from the Netflix UK options this week…and that’s not an April fools. Luckily for us there was not that many horrors but two new puppies to gork at.

Devil’s Backbone Texas
Starting as a documentary style following of a man who has eligibly seen spirits while suffering a near death experience, this movie takes a turn into the found footage genre as the story unfolds. Lots of scary moments as the journalist searches for the truth about his past farther, does he find it?

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Splatter
Rock star Corey Feldman kills himself to come back as a zombie type creature to take revenge on the people that abused him throughout his life. Very Gorey, very Corey and a short movie directed by Joe Dante check it out. That’s about it really.

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Friday 27th March

Two in, one out this week and unfortunately Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters has bit the dust. This was a massively enjoyable movie full of monsters with great visual effect and I will be sorry to see it go. Netflix UK and redeemed themselves however by adding two movies to make up for it, one of which I have not seen.

Poltergeist 3
The last in the series of the Poltergeist movies made its way to the Netflix UK servers this week. Given that there is a remake of the first instalment on the way, what better way to celebrate than to upload the third movie…well maybe upload the first two as well?

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Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Having never seen this 1971 movie I leave you with the blurb curtesy of IMDB.com

A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.

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Friday 20th March

Nothing to report in the horror genre for nearly two weeks, and then Netflix UK pulled their finger out and added a British horror.

Dead Cert
Staring some recognisable faces from British soaps, this movies combines the vampire underworld with the equally scary London gangster and what we get is a cross somewhere between Near Dark and Snatch! Well worth a watch.

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Friday 6th March

No horror movies added to the Netflix UK service this week which I’m not happy about and they have even removed one, Open Graves! If there is anything that can redeem the management over in the Netflix UK office it would be the addition of some horror TV series. What do you know…? Series 2 of Bates Motel has been added!

Bates Motel: Season 2
If you haven’t started watching the series I seriously suggest that you do, as they are brilliant. Based on the classic Psycho movies the series has had nothing but good feedback from its viewers. Starting where it all began, we follow Norman Bates’ younger years, before the events that took place in the original movies. Giving insight to the serious mental condition that will later turn into the multiply personality disorder spurring the grizzly events that took place in the wonderful movie by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Friday 27th February

This week it seems that the horror fans were not the priority to the Netflix UK team only releasing one movie to keep us going. Maybe we are not watching as many movies as the teen comedy genre and therefore Barely Legal took our spot.

Species 3
Cool Species 3 is on Netflix UK, I better catch up on Species 1 and 2 first. Oh wait, they aren’t on there. That right folks they’ve done it again, Species 3 has been added to the list which is great news, but bad news for those of you that haven’t seen the first two movies that came before it. Better get yourself down to Blockbuster and rent the first to there instead – Oh yeah…

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Friday 20th February

Well Netflix UK are keeping us horror fans engaged with some new spookies released this week. Had these one been on the server last week they would have made my list of top horrors. Sadly all good things must come to an end and unfortunately Jack Brooks Monster Slayer has been removed but I guess Netflix UK have made up for it with the following.

Mama
Two infants are left to take care of themselves in an old shack in the woods following the death of their mother. Discovered five years later, now with obvious differences from the normal preteen child, it is up to their uncle (Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) to take care of them. But it would appear their deceased mother has not let go of this world and wants to take her children with her.

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Spooky as hell and goes from a less-is-more style movie to a full on, in your face supernatural experience. Defiantly one work giving your time.

Vampires
What a great addition to the list of already top horrors on Netflix UK. Known commonly as John Carpenter’s Vampires, James Woods and Daniel Baldwin kick vampire ass all over the place with their team of hunters, until the head vamp comes to town looking for a talisman that will allow him to walk in the sunlight.

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You can’t help but love Woods’ character in this one, a little bit cheesy in places but that just makes it more enjoyable. Pencil this one into your Netflix UK horror diary!

Well that’s all for this week but don’t worry, if you find yourself still searching for something to watch, head over to my article The Best Horror Movies on UK Netflix. See you guys next Friday, hopefully with more additions to the Netflix UK horror category, until then happy viewing!

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New to Netflix (U.S.) This Month [May 2024]

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24 mins ago

May 2, 2024

Timothy Rawles

atlas movie Netflix starring Jennifer Lopez

Another month means fresh additions to Netflix. Although there aren’t many new horror titles this month, there are still some notable movies well worth your time. For instance, you can watch Karen Black try to land a 747 jet in Airport 1979, or Casper Van Dien kill giant insects in Paul Verhoeven’s bloody sci-fi opus Starship Troopers.

We are looking forward to the Jennifer Lopez sci-fi action movie Atlas. But let us know what you are going to watch. And if we have missed something, put it in the comments.

May 1:

Airport

A blizzard, a bomb, and a stowaway help create the perfect storm for the manager of a Midwestern airport and a pilot with a messy personal life.

Airport ’75

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When a Boeing 747 loses its pilots in a midair collision, a member of the cabin crew must take control with radio help from a flight instructor.

Airport ’77

A luxury 747 packed with VIPs and priceless art goes down in the Bermuda Triangle after being hijacked by thieves — and time for a rescue is running out.

Jumanji

Two siblings discover an enchanted board game that opens a door to a magical world — and unwittingly release a man who’s been trapped inside for years.

Hellboy

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A half-demon paranormal investigator questions his defense of humans when a dismembered sorceress rejoins the living to wreak brutal vengeance.

Starship Troopers

When fire-spitting, brain-sucking bugs attack Earth and obliterate Buenos Aires, an infantry unit heads to the aliens’ planet for a showdown.

May 9

Bodkin

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A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.

May 15

The Clovehitch Killer

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A teenager’s picture-perfect family is torn apart when he uncovers unnerving evidence of a serial killer close to home.

May 16

Upgrade

After a violent mugging leaves him paralyzed, a man receives a computer chip implant that allows him to control his body — and get his revenge.

Monster

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After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.

May 24

Atlas

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A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

The Camp Cretaceous gang come together to unravel a mystery when they discover a global conspiracy that brings danger to dinosaurs — and to themselves.

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Movie Reviews

Panic Fest 2024 Review: ‘Never Hike Alone 2’

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29 mins ago

May 2, 2024

Jacob Davison

There are fewer icons more recognizable than the slasher. Freddy Krueger. Michael Myers. Victor Crowley. Notorious killers who always seem to come back for more no matter how many times they are slain or their franchises seemingly put to a final chapter or nightmare. And so it seems that even some legal disputes cannot stop one of the most memorable movie murderers of all: Jason Voorhees!

Following the events of the first Never Hike Alone, outdoorsman and YouTuber Kyle McLeod (Drew Leighty) has been hospitalized after his encounter with the long thought dead Jason Voorhees, saved by perhaps the hockey masked killer’s greatest adversary Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) who now currently works as an EMT around Crystal Lake. Still haunted by Jason, Tommy Jarvis struggles to find a sense of stability and this latest encounter is pushing him to end the reign of Voorhees once and for all…

Never Hike Alone made a splash online as a well shot and thoughtful fan film continuation of the classic slasher franchise that was built up with the snowbound follow up Never Hike In The Snow and now climaxing with this direct sequel. It’s not only an incredible Friday The 13th love letter, but a well thought out and entertaining epilogue of sorts to the infamous ‘Tommy Jarvis Trilogy’ from within the franchise that encapsulated Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, and Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. Even getting some of the original cast back as their characters to continue the tale! Thom Mathews being the most prominent as Tommy Jarvis, but with other series casting like Vincent Guastaferro returning as now Sheriff Rick Cologne and still having a bone to pick with Jarvis and the mess around Jason Voorhees. Even featuring some Friday The 13th alumni like Part III‘s Larry Zerner as the mayor of Crystal Lake!

On top of that, the movie delivers on kills and action. Taking turns that some of the previous fils never got the chance to deliver on. Most prominently, Jason Voorhees going on a rampage through Crystal Lake proper when he slices his way through a hospital! Creating a nice throughline of the mythology of Friday The 13th, Tommy Jarvis and the cast’s trauma, and Jason doing what he does best in the most cinematically gory ways possible.

The Never Hike Alone films from Womp Stomp Films and Vincente DiSanti are a testament to the fanbase of Friday The 13th and the still enduring popularity of those films and of Jason Voorhees. And while officially, no new movie in the franchise is on the horizon for the foreseeable future, at the very least there is some comfort knowing fans are willing to go to these lengths to fill the void.

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New Vampire Flick “Flesh of the Gods” Will Star Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac

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39 mins ago

May 2, 2024

Cameron McFarland

80s nostalgia is still going strong in the horror community. As proof of this, Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) is developing a new 80s themed vampire film. However, unlike some of the other nostalgia bait films that have come out recently, Flesh of the Gods is packing some serious talent.

First, the film is written by the legendary Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en). If that wasn’t enough, the film will star Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) and Kristen Stewart (Underwater).

Variety gives us a glimpse into the story line, stating that: “Flesh of the Gods is set in glittering ’80s L.A., where married couple Raoul (Oscar Isaac) and Alex (Kristen Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.”

Cosmatos offers his own opinion of the film. “Like Los Angeles itself, ‘Flesh of the Gods’ inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare. Both propulsive and hypnotic, ‘Flesh’ will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell.”

Producer Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) seems to also be excited about The Flesh of the Gods. “This director, this writer, these incredible actors, vampires, choice ’80s punk, style and attitude for miles… that’s the film we’re bringing you today. We think it’s wildly commercial and wildly artful. Our ambitions are to make a movie that ripples through popular culture, fashion, music and film. Can you tell how excited I am?”

Flesh of the Gods is set to begin filming later this year. It will launch at Cannes with WME Independent, CAA Media Finance, and XYZ Films. The Flesh of the Gods does not currently have a release date.

That’s all the information we have at this time. Make sure to check back here for more news and updates.

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