Five horror flicks to scare yourself silly

Ahead of tomorrow’s highly anticipated release of Us — the new film from Get Out director Jordan Peele — here are five similarly fine horror flicks from last year to stream yourself some chills.

Ahead of tomorrow’s highly anticipated release of Us — the new film from Get Out director Jordan Peele — here are five similarly fine horror flicks from last year to stream yourself some chills.

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Hereditary bleeds its way into your consciousness until it leaves a bruise there.

HEREDITARY (2018)

Foxtel Now, Netflix

****

An astonishing thriller built around an incredible, career-best performance from Toni Collette, playing an artist experiencing a delayed reaction to the death of a mother she loved and loathed. Hereditary’s carefully controlled release of essential intel bleeds its way into your consciousness until it leaves a bruise there. A modern masterpiece from first-time filmmaker Ari Aster.

A Quiet Place is a brilliant apocalyptic mind-flipper.

A QUIET PLACE (2018)

Foxtel Now, Amazon

****1/2

A brilliant apocalyptic mind-flipper. Some kind of catastrophe has all but emptied our planet. Those few that remain alive do so by observing a vow of complete silence. The slightest noise means certain death. A close-knit family of survivors is about to face their day of reckoning, where a single sound will seal several fates. Stars Emily Blunt, John Krasinski.

Searching is a gripping thriller seen through the same virtual windows we open daily.

SEARCHING (2018)

Google, iTunes

***1/2

An unusually gripping movie, seen through the same virtual windows we open daily: smartphones, webcams, social media posts, chat rooms, instant messaging apps and viral video clips. A tension-riddled story tracks the efforts of a worried father (John Cho) to find his absent daughter (Michelle La) before authorities downgrade her from missing person to homicide victim.

Cargo an eerily effect Australian zombie spooker.

CARGO (2018)

Netflix

***1/2

An eerily effective Australian zombie spooker. Martin Freeman stars as a man who has just 48 hours to deliver his infant daughter to safety before an irreversible infection strips him of his humanity forever. Much of Andy’s journey across the outback is conducted on foot, while his chirpy little baby is perched in a backpack, oblivious to the fact she is actually hanging on for dear life.

Overlord is a mix of Saving Private Ryan and Inglorious Basterds with added Nazi zombies.

OVERLORD (2018)

Google, iTunes

***

Put Saving Private Ryan in a blender with Inglorious Basterds. Now add some Nazi zombies. Voila! You have just made yourself a movie as gory, funny, gruelling and flat-out crazy as Overlord. This very well-made hybrid of war movie and horror kill-fest keeps going too far — yet keeps staying the distance — for expat Australian director Julius Avery (Son Of a Gun) and influential producer J.J. Abrams.