Umbrella / Shudder
It ’s no secret that the first two months of2024 have been pretty terrible for movies . The twelvemonth initiate with the mediocreMean Girlsmusical remake , then went down from there withThe Book of Clarence , The Beekeeper , Argylle , andMadame WWW . Streaming has n’t been any good , with original movies likeGood GriefandLifton Netflix andRole PlayonAmazon Prime Videodebuting and apace disappearing as critics and audiences refuse them .
March forebode to part this vicious cycle of mediocrity with a packed docket of studio blockbusters and compelling indies that are poised to get you to a theater each calendar week of the month . Dune : Part Twosems sure to get heaps of moviegoer on March 1 , so you wo n’t find that sci - fi heroic poem on this list . Instead , the follow three movies are a bit under the radar , but promise to be just as entertaining and memorable as Denis Villeneuve ’s much - anticipate continuation .
Umbrella/Shudder
Love Lies Bleeding (March 8)
It ’s been a while since there has been a good criminal offence noir , so when Rose Glass’Love Lies Bleedingpremiered at this yr ’s Sundance Film Festival , it was met with a critical reception normally hold for past musical style hits likeFargoandBound . The plot is classic noir with a modern twist : Lou , na introverted Las Vegas gym manager , fall for Jackie , a competitive female bodybuilder . When Lou ’s father threatens Jackie , Lou consecrate to endanger her sire ’s condemnable past times , setting off a chain of consequence that result to fierceness and murder .
The film ’s hurl includes Oscar - nominated actress Kristen Stewart as Lou , an unrecognizable Ed Harris as Lou ’s Fatherhood , and starter Katy O ’ Brien as Jackie . Glass , the movie ’s director , made the wondrous 2019 movieSaint Maude , which blurred the line between psychological dramatic event and horror , andLove Lies Bleedingpromises to do the same .
The Animal Kingdom (March 15)
In the sci - fi fantasyThe Animal Kingdom , the humanity as we know it is over . A mysterious virus has caused some people to mutate into risky animals , which causes fear and panic among the public , with those whowere changed driven away from society . François , a mediate - aged Frenchman , must protect his teenage son , Émile , while searching for his wife , who has changed into one of the creature .
It ’s not vulgar to see an external flick have the size , scope , and budget of a Hollywood film , butThe Animal Kingdom‘s trailer indicate that the film has an epic sweep that could rivalDune : Part Two‘s . The movie , which debuted in France last year , received 12 César nominations ( France ’s equivalent to the Oscars ) , so it already has a decisive seal of approval . Fans of such recent hits as Netflix’sLeave the World Behindand the Planet of the Apes remakes should see this one out .
Late Night with the Devil (March 22)
The premise alone is enough to hook most anyone : One night on Halloween 1977 , a springy taping of a former - night talk show capture a moment of unnameable evil that caused everyone necessitate unimaginable trauma . Jack Delroy , the show ’s toothy , polyester - raiment emcee , had invited a parapsychologist to talk about her patient , a teen little girl who was the only survivor of a Satanic rage . According to the moving picture ’s tormentor , what happens next “ shock the Carry Amelia Moore Nation . ”
present as a rediscovery of that lost program , Late Night with the Devil , like other similar “ feel footage ” or aver reenactment of veridical - sprightliness events likeThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreandThe Blair Witch Project , is effective because it gets the details so right . With it ’s discotheque - geological era music cues andMatch Game - comparable lay out pattern , it reallydoeslook like a lost artifact from the late seventies . But what makes the movie really deserving seeing is watching David Dastmalchian , a big quality actor you ’ve probably see inThe Dark KnightandThe Suicide Squad , sink his teeth into a rare go role . Stephen King has been singing the horror film ’s praisesfor almost a yr now , soLate Night with the Devilpromises to be the next nifty midnight moving picture of the decennium afterBarbarianandSkinamarink .
