While there’s plenty to be said and appreciated about cozy, comforting horror that offers catharsis, the genre’s ultimate aim is to terrify, shock, and even repulse. Of course, there is no shortage of ways that filmmakers accomplish this, frequently through gore, violence, and potent scare tactics, but transgressive horror is in a league of its own.
More than just gore, transgressive horror films revel in the taboo. Transgressive horror shatters cultural norms and seeks to explore beyond the boundaries of taste and social sensibilities, challenging viewers with shocking and sacrilegious imagery and themes. And yet, it’s not solely for shock value; transgressive horror has more on its mind than simply gore and depictions of depravity. There’s a purpose behind the pain. This week’s streaming picks are for the seekers of extreme cinema, unafraid to test their limits.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
More than just gore, transgressive horror films revel in the taboo. Transgressive horror shatters cultural norms and seeks to explore beyond the boundaries of taste and social sensibilities, challenging viewers with shocking and sacrilegious imagery and themes. And yet, it’s not solely for shock value; transgressive horror has more on its mind than simply gore and depictions of depravity. There’s a purpose behind the pain. This week’s streaming picks are for the seekers of extreme cinema, unafraid to test their limits.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
- 11/13/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Cesar nominee Lucie Zhang are set to star in Jenny Suen’s English language feature debut Peaches, which Coco Francini (Fingernails) will produce and Oscar winner Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton will executive-produce for Dirty Films.
Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the movie will follow two spoiled best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living. When they discover a Hermes Birkin bag they were gifted is a fake, their “boyfriends” and crimes catch up with them.
The film is an adaptation of Vera Chitylova’s 1966 Czech New Wave comedy Daisies.
Paris-based MK2 Films, whose slate includes Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner How to Have Sex, is handling international sales and discussed the project with buyers at last week’s AFM. The film will start production early next year in Hong Kong.
Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the movie will follow two spoiled best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living. When they discover a Hermes Birkin bag they were gifted is a fake, their “boyfriends” and crimes catch up with them.
The film is an adaptation of Vera Chitylova’s 1966 Czech New Wave comedy Daisies.
Paris-based MK2 Films, whose slate includes Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner How to Have Sex, is handling international sales and discussed the project with buyers at last week’s AFM. The film will start production early next year in Hong Kong.
- 11/6/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi has unveiled their November 2023 lineup, featuring notable new releases such as Ashley McKenzie’s Queens of the Qing Dynasty and Alain Gomis’ Thelonious Monk documentary Rewind & Play. Also in the lineup is three stellar earlier films from Christian Petzold––Yella, Jerichow, and The State I Am In––along with John Cassavetes’ Husbands and Gloria, a Hayao Miyazaki short, and a retrospective dedicated to Argentinian-born, French-educated filmmaker and theorist Nelly Kaplan.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
November 1
A Very Curious Girl, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
The Pleasure of Love, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Charles and Lucie, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Papa the Little Boats, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Yella, directed by Christian Petzold | Phantoms Among Us: The Films of Christian Petzold
Jerichow,...
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
November 1
A Very Curious Girl, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
The Pleasure of Love, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Charles and Lucie, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Papa the Little Boats, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan
Yella, directed by Christian Petzold | Phantoms Among Us: The Films of Christian Petzold
Jerichow,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It’s Monday. That might leave you seeing red. So, we’re celebrating accordingly by embracing horror movies that massively deliver on the red stuff. This week’s streaming picks showcase some of horror’s goriest offerings that wield the gore in various ways. Some use excessive bloodletting to elicit a laugh, while others aim to put you through an extreme gauntlet of visceral terror. These ultra-gory horror movies are all available on streaming now.
As always, here’s where you can watch them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
City of the Living Dead – AMC+, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Shudder, Tubi, Vudu
What’s a gory horror list without the Italian Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci? It seems appropriate to kickstart this week with the first entry in his “Gates of Hell” trilogy. The plot sees a reporter and a psychic try to close the...
As always, here’s where you can watch them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
City of the Living Dead – AMC+, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Shudder, Tubi, Vudu
What’s a gory horror list without the Italian Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci? It seems appropriate to kickstart this week with the first entry in his “Gates of Hell” trilogy. The plot sees a reporter and a psychic try to close the...
- 5/8/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s a brand new month, which means new titles have arrived on various streaming platforms. This month brings the potential for hidden gems in the form of international titles, obscure horror darlings, and new releases to your favorite streaming platforms.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in May 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ancestral – Screambox
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. In the film: “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. When both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors, their father seeks the help of a local psychologist. These chilling secrets and frightening visions eventually prove that not everything is what it seems in the old family house.”
Livid – Shudder
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo...
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in May 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ancestral – Screambox
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. In the film: “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. When both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors, their father seeks the help of a local psychologist. These chilling secrets and frightening visions eventually prove that not everything is what it seems in the old family house.”
Livid – Shudder
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo...
- 5/3/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Directed by Academy Award-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, Accused's "Ava's Story" is a poignant tale of two women who both desperately loved and wanted a child.
Accused Season 1 Episode 2 begins with the heart-wrenching story of a woman going to trial for kidnapping. We get a glimpse into her life as a surrogate who passionately wants to be able to give a child to a loving family.
Ava is played by Stephanie Nogueros, who does a fantastic job bringing desperation and anguish to her character. Ava, who is deaf, grew up in a hearing home.
Her callous and emotionally neglectful mother regards Ava's childhood as nothing more than a fulfilled obligation. And that lack of concern and compassion influenced the Ava we meet.
Ava's desire to have a child is rooted in her teenage pregnancy, a hearing child she was forced to give up for adoption. Knowing the pain of giving up a child,...
Accused Season 1 Episode 2 begins with the heart-wrenching story of a woman going to trial for kidnapping. We get a glimpse into her life as a surrogate who passionately wants to be able to give a child to a loving family.
Ava is played by Stephanie Nogueros, who does a fantastic job bringing desperation and anguish to her character. Ava, who is deaf, grew up in a hearing home.
Her callous and emotionally neglectful mother regards Ava's childhood as nothing more than a fulfilled obligation. And that lack of concern and compassion influenced the Ava we meet.
Ava's desire to have a child is rooted in her teenage pregnancy, a hearing child she was forced to give up for adoption. Knowing the pain of giving up a child,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Brandi Powell
- TVfanatic
Now seemingly a regular fixture at the Cannes Film Festival, before this year’s Corsage and More Than Ever, Vicky Krieps debuted Bergman Island and Hold Me Tight there last year. The lattermost film, directed by international cinema icon Mathieu Amalric, arrives in U.S. theaters (courtesy Kino Lorber) next month and the new trailer has landed.
Adapted from a stage play by Claudine Galéa, the film follows Clarisse, a mother coping with great emotional upheaval, and Arieh Worthalter (Girl) as Marc, the husband she leaves behind. Krieps’ character is a woman on the run from her family for reasons that aren’t immediately clear, alternating between scenes of Clarisse’s road trip and of Marc as he cares for their two children, Paul, and Lucie, a pianist prodigy.
See the trailer below.
Hold Me Tight opens on September 9.
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Adapted from a stage play by Claudine Galéa, the film follows Clarisse, a mother coping with great emotional upheaval, and Arieh Worthalter (Girl) as Marc, the husband she leaves behind. Krieps’ character is a woman on the run from her family for reasons that aren’t immediately clear, alternating between scenes of Clarisse’s road trip and of Marc as he cares for their two children, Paul, and Lucie, a pianist prodigy.
See the trailer below.
Hold Me Tight opens on September 9.
The post Vicky Krieps is on the Run in U.S.
- 8/4/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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