Resurrection, a new psychological suspense/horror movie starring Rebecca Hall, debuted on Friday, July 29. Having experienced trauma in the past, Margaret (Hall) is now controlled by David, an aggressive ex-boyfriend (Tim Roth). At its Sundance Film Festival premiere, the movie truly frightened the audience. Let’s take a look at movies like Resurrection.
1. The Invisible Man (2020)
Director- Leigh Whannell
The emotionally traumatised architect Cecilia Kass musters every ounce of bravery. In order to escape out of Adrian Griffin’s opulent beachfront villa in the dark of night. Adrian is a talented but harmfully controlling optics engineer. Even though Cecilia has sought sanctuary in the home of a close friend, she is aware that she will eventually have to face manipulative Adrian again. As no location is secure from him. Then, for the first time in a long time, Kass receives perversely happy news, and she feels liberated. But, unsettling occurrences of an uncanny presence stalking and watching her every move imply otherwise. But the deadliest foe is fear.
2. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Director- Jonathan Demme
The Special Agent, Jack Crawford, enlists the help of F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling to help in the pursuit. After becoming perplexed by a spate of gory killings skillfully carried out by the elusive mass murderer known as “Buffalo Bill.” The young detective unwillingly seeks the assistance of another horrible monster. The brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic mass murderer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. All in an effort to gain a greater understanding of the psychotic serial killer’s modus operandi. Clarice now goes a little bit more deeply into the evil psyche of a homicidal lunatic with each trip to the cunning doctor’s heavily fortified prison cell.
3. The Night House (2020)
Director- David Bruckner
High school teacher Beth is freshly bereaved and emotionally traumatised. She goes to the vast, eerily empty lake house her late husband built for her in the middle of a dark forest. But as distressed Beth struggles to put the pieces back together, eerie shadows and chilling window reflections soon begin to torment her. Soon she is opening boxes and searching through the deceased’s possessions. And gradually, Beth’s vivid late-night nightmares grow more acute, straining her already brittle sanity. Today’s important questions require precise responses.
4. The Others (2001)
Director- Alejandro Amenábar
Grace Stewart is a widow in 1945. She cohabitates with her son Nicholas and daughter Anne in a desolate old home on Jersey, Channel Islands. Since their children, Anne and Nicholas, are photosensitive and Grace lost her beloved husband Charles in World War II. She keeps the curtains drawn and the doors locked to shield them from the sun. Grace is a stern disciplinarian who upholds moral standards when rearing her children. Mrs. Bertha Mills, a weird housekeeper, Lydia, a silent maid, and Mr. Edmund Tuttle, a gardener. They are all hired by Grace after they apply for a position. A boy named Viktor allegedly visits them out of the blue, and odd things start happening at the mansion. Up to the day she receives a discovery regarding the house and its burglars, Grace tries in vain to find them.
5. Panic Room (2002)
Director- David Fincher
Meg Altman, who recently got divorced, and her little daughter Sarah are trapped in their New York brownstone’s panic room, a secret space designed as a refuge in the event of break-ins, where they engage in a fatal game of cat-and-mouse with three invaders named Burnham, Raoul, and Junior. However, the room itself serves as the main attraction because it contains what the intruders are actually after.
6. The Ring (2002)
Director- Gore Verbinski
Anyone who views a weird video recording is dying. Every time the victim views it, their phone rings and a message informs them that they have one week to live. The investigation into these events is being conducted by a young reporter named Rachel, but as she and her little son watch the film, it turns into a race against time to figure out why the tape is killing everyone and how it might be stopped.
7. Black Swan (2010)
Director- Darren Aronofsky
Ballerina Nina’s love of dancing governs every aspect of her life. Nina is the first person the company’s artistic director selects to replace his prima ballerina for their opening staging of “Swan Lake.” However, Lily, a newbie, is a rival. In contrast to Lily, who personifies the Black Swan, Nina is the ideal choice for the White Swan position. Nina’s dark side starts to show as the two dancers’ competition turns into a perverse camaraderie.
8. Watcher (2022)
Director- Chloe Okuno
For a new career, Julia and Francis relocate to Francis’ native Romania. She currently has no employment possibilities, so she spends her days attempting to learn the language while being bored. Julia, however, catches a neighbouring building’s window occupant looking into their flat during the night. The Spider, a serial killer who preys on young women, is currently at large. While Julia is exploring the city, she is constantly aware of someone monitoring and following her. She starts to wonder if her sinister neighbour is the serial killer but grows more terrified that she might be the next victim.
9. Hereditary (2018)
Director- Ari Aster
Unsettling incidents and perceptible spiritual manifestations begin to nestle in the remote house’s dark corners as the miniature artist Annie Graham and her family get ready for her mother Ellen Leigh’s funeral, the achingly complex and enigmatic septuagenarian. The already distressed mother is being engulfed in a thick mist of sorrow, remorse, and a sinfully delicious sense of pleasure. The increasing distress of Charlie, Annie’s 13-year-old daughter, becomes apparent, and Peter, Charlie’s older brother, starts to experience the unrelenting agony of guilt. Currently, a dark, menacing force is gradually taking Annie’s autonomy from her and demanding that she make a terrible sacrifice in exchange for wonderful benefits.
10. Fatal Attraction (1987)
Director- Adrian Lyne
Having a lovely wife named Beth and a 6-year-old kid who spends the weekend with a book editor named Alex Forrest, Dan Gallagher is a successful New York attorney. While Alex has more in mind, she amply proves even before the weekend is done. In Dan’s eyes, it’s a one-time thing, but Alex has something else in mind. As soon as he makes it plain that there is no hope for them, Alex starts to look for him. He will phone him frequently at home or at work, as well as go to his up for sale apartment and meet Beth. Dan’s life and the lives of his family are in peril when Alex, whose obsession knows no bounds, turns violent.
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