5. Evil Dead Rise
Release Year: 2023 | Rating: from 18 years | Director: Lee Cronin | Duration: 97 minutes
Evil Dead Rise is the complete opposite and only suitable for fans of bloody and bitterly evil films. When the Necronomicon is found and used, it unleashes an evil force that takes possession of a mother, threatening the well-being of her own family.
Evil Dead Rise fundamentally deals with the question of what happens when a mother’s duty to protect her children is reversed, creating a threat. The entity controlling the mother constantly makes Evil Dead-like evil jokes to torture the victims and resembles an even more brutal version of Pennywise. Here, the lead actors are also truly fantastic.
6. The Babadook
Release Year: 2014 | Rating: from 16 years | Director: Jennifer Kent | Duration: 94 minutes
In The Babadook, Amelia Vanek has mixed feelings towards her son. She loves him but also holds him responsible for her husband’s death. The son, named Samuel, is a difficult child who regularly dreams of an evil monster. After an incident, he finds the book Mister Babadook
, which awakens something evil in the house.
In The Babadook, the core is about the relationship between mother and son and how they must come together to defeat the big monster. As in It, the focus is on one’s own feelings and the influence those feelings have on others.
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