Horror

Under Paris

Under Paris

Under Paris (French title: Sous Paris) is a 2024 thriller co-produced by France and Canada and directed by Benoît Jacquot. The story follows Clara Delacroix, a forensic botanist played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, who returns to the city after years abroad when her estranged brother Étienne is sentenced for murdering a young art student near the […]

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Mantra Surugana

Mantra Surugana

Mantra Surugana is an Indonesian supernatural horror thriller released in 2023. It was directed by Dyan Sunu Prastowo and co-written with Budhita Arini, Ervina Isleyen, and Raditya Mangunsong. The movie is set on a university campus and integrates ancient rituals entwined with trauma and modern-day justice. Plot Summary The plot follows the life of Tantri,

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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel (2023) distinguishes itself in the oversaturated genre of haunted-house horror by virtue of its psychological and emotional layers as well as its cultural context. While the film is a blend of psychological thriller and drama, the jump scares are substituted with sustained internalized horror, something deeply unsettling—and universal, directed by Guntur Soeharjanto,

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Primbon

Primbon

Soedjarwo’s Rudi 2023 Indonesia horror thriller movie goes by Primbon and it highlights family loyalty, psychological unraveling, and unfathomable superstitions. It draws on the traditional Javanese belief systems and uses almost no jump scares. Rather, the film employs slowly accumulating dread to create suspense. It is mostly about the disappearance of a young woman, as

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Qorin

Qorin

Introduction Qorin is a supernatural horror film from Indonesia that was released in 2022. It was directed by Ginanti Rona and co-written with Lele Laila. The film takes place mostly in an ultra-orthodox Islamic boarding school and tells the story of a group of adolescent girls whose lives fall apart after they inadvertently summon their

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Sabrina

Sabrina

Overview Sabrina’s name traces back to two capitalist icons, film adaptations of the 1954 and 1995 Melo-Dramatic films where a woman was portrayed as elegant and romantic. Both of these movies tell the same crude story where a woman of humble origins undergoes a transformative travel experience, wherein she wins over some self-sufficient capitalist rich

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Indigo

Indigo

“Indigo,” an Indonesian horror film released in 2023, combines violent family dynamics with grief as it follows a traditional haunting storyline and explores deeper themes concerning trauma. From the perspective of modern Indonesian horror traditions, Rocky Soraya’s direction creates a frightful, yet mystical, atmosphere through the lenses of Indonesian folklore, weaving together themes of death,

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Red Dot

Red Dot

“Red Dot,” Sweden’s first original movie on Netflix, is a survival thriller that came out in 2021. The film was directed by Alain Darborg and written along with Per Dickson. It mixes psychological elements and brutal, physical survival in the hostile, frozen landscapes of northern Sweden. With a tight plot and emotional impact, Red Dot

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Gone in the Night

Gone in the Night

“Gone in the Night,” first released in 2022, is an American mysterious thriller combining psychological terror and science fiction elements. Eli Horowtiz directs and co-writes the film with Matthew Derby. It stars key characters played by Winona Ryder, John Gallagher Jr., Dermot Mulroney, Brianne Tju, and Owen Teague. The film premiered in South by Southwest

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