October is coming to an end, and with that comes the end of Halloween. Don’t worry, though – there are still a few days left, and fall is just around the corner. And there are plenty of great movies to catch up on when you leave the office to say goodbye to the spooky season ahead of you.
To fit the season, we’ve brought out the horror movies leaving the streaming platforms – a stellar found footage movie, an all-time classic franchise starter, and a TV reboot that betters the vampire classic. If you’re not a horror buff, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered, too. The dark city it’s the perfect vibe for this time of year, and it remains a criminally underrated cult classic. Change, etc., etc.
Here’s what you need to watch this weekend before these titles leave their offices.
Editor’s Pick
The dark city
Image: New Line Home Video
Director: Alex Proyas
Send: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Leaving: 31 on the Crite Channel
The late ’90s was the height of time for science fiction brain movies that speculated on the concept of simulation theory, a hypothesis that mirrors everything that humans know and experience, from the physics of our bodies to the validity of beliefs and security. of our institutions, there is only one large artificial simulation running inside the computer that houses the universe. Alex Proyas beat the Wachowskis to the punch with his neo-noir sci-fi film The dark citywhich came out a year ago Matrix. And while it may not command the same level of fervent fandom (or even a sequel) as that film, Proyas’ film is still fascinating and an experience in its own right.
The film opens with John Murdoch, a disturbed amnesiac, waking up in the bathroom with no memory of how he got there. Stumbling upon the murder, he flees only a moment before the authorities arrive to arrest him. Wandering through the mysterious city under the perpetual darkness, John embarks on a mission of darkness in search of survival and answers to his life’s oblivion, a search that has put him in the crosshairs of a shadowy sect of psychics who seem to have unquestionable power. this city and all its inhabitants.
The dark city An absolute must see for anyone who considers themselves a fan of grungy noir aesthetics and cerebral sci-fi horror. Kiefer Sutherland delivers a fantastically left-field performance as a nervous, super-physicist who knows too much, and Jennifer Connelly is absolutely stunning in her role as John’s wife, a jazz club singer whose personal life is turned upside down in this strange series. of things done. If you want a beautifully shot piece of mind-bending fiction, give it a go The dark city to be shot – YOU
Watch it on Netflix
Collateral
Image: DreamWorks Pictures
Director: Michael Mann
Send: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Leaving: Oct
Cruise delivers one of the most unique (and terrifying) performances of his career as a steel-eyed contract killer Collateral. Hired to commit a series of murders around LA one night, an unwitting cabbie hires Max (Jamie Foxx) to chauffeur him around the city.
Collateralnighttime lighting and brilliant cinematography courtesy of Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron combine to create one of the most hypnotic and memorable images of the LA metropolitan area ever committed to film. It’s hard to pick a favorite Michael Mann movie, but for all these reasons and more; Collateral sits firmly in my personal top five list of the best directors. – YOU
Watch out for Max
Conversation with a Vampire
Image: AMC
Creator: Rollins Jones
Send: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Eric Bogosian.
Leaving: Oct
I’m a little confused because this is a show. But it’s our list and we make the rules, and here’s a new rule: The Conversation with a Vampire The league show is better than the movie, and you should watch it while it’s on Max.
Conversation with a Vampire one group AMC shows that they had a short stay with Maximilian, and with all the respect of the greats Gangs of London and Dark Windsthat would be the best package.
If you are a fan of Hannibalyou are, you like this. A very queer, very gory adaptation, the show takes the queer subtext of the book and renders it textual. This is not only a significant departure from the source material, moving the period of development and behavior of Louis from a white plantation owner to a mixed-race farmer. It features a terrific plot trio in Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Eric Bogosian, and a sharp script from Rolin Jones, the show’s creator. It’s the best show of recent years — watch it in preparation for the upcoming release of season 2. —PV
Watch on Hulu
Evil Dead (2013)
Image: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Director: Faith Álvarez
Send: Jane Levy, Silo Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci
Leaving: Oct
With only a few films under his name, Fede Álvarez has already established himself as one of the exciting new voices in horror. If you want to know why the director was tapped to direct the next entry in the Alien franchise, look no further than his 2013 remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead series — a gory and twisty take that’s a tongue-in-cheek horror-comedy. the original in favor of the scene of the black woman cleaving the tongues in half with a sword.
Álvarez’s The Evil Dead The movie is filled with intense, violent and gory, truly bone-chilling kills and gripping imagery. I really can’t stress this enough: If you can’t shake the sight of such horror as a man being stabbed with a hypodermic needle, don’t watch this movie. For who is he? – YOU
Watch on Prime
(REC)
Image: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Send: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Leaving: Oct
It’s an absolute must-watch in terms of footage; (REC) a short and terrifying film filled to the brim with tension and scares. It follows a small TV news crew in Barcelona who joins the local fire department and are sent into an apartment complex undergoing a mysterious disaster.
(REC) It came out in the middle of a run of zombie movies in the mid-2000s, and it might be the best of the bunch from that era, with George A. Romero. Land of the Dead (It’s hard to beat the boss). It’s also one of the smartest uses of found footage, bringing out all the tension and terror you could ever want from a movie before it descends into pure chaos as the monsters really come on board. –PV