Summer is coming, everything is heat and free time, but one thing is clear, the nights, despite being the shortest of the year, are often the ones we enjoy the most. Escape the heat with these horror movies that we recommend to watch streaming this summer. Only then can you have a complete summer full of fantasy, friends, popcorn and lots of soft drinks.
Mystic River,
A classic among classics, available on Movistar+ and Amazon Prime Video. In this film we can see Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon playing a real role during the more than two hours that the film lasts. In Mystic River we find the story of two young people from a dangerous neighborhood in Boston.
The young daughter of one of them is murdered at the young age of 19, so Sean, who is a police officer, sets out to solve the case and prevent Jimmy from taking the law into his own hands. It is one of the highest quality police thriller and horror plots in history.
Parasites
You can't miss the Asian film that won so many awards in 2019. Parásitos, available on Filmin and Movistar+, tells the story of a family without a job in a lower-class Korean neighborhood.
The eldest son of the family, intelligent and hard-working, begins to give private classes to children from wealthy families. This is how both families come together in a plot of psychological horror and very interesting script twists. We can enjoy the film in 4K HDR resolution on the available platforms, It will keep you glued to the couch for more than two hours.
American Psycho
A little gore and classic plot by the great Christian Bale, in which it is considered one of his best roles. The film, just over an hour and a half long, has a rating of 7,6 on IMBD and is available on Netflix.
A true psychopath, with numerous addictions and obsessive-compulsive disorders that allow us to detest the protagonist to unsuspected limits. A superb character, practically perfect, who seeks nothing more than to fit in on Wall Street while satisfying his most disgusting desires.
Seven
Another cinema classic, available in HBO Max and Movistar+ to enjoy in HD quality, without reaching 4K or HDR. For more than two hours it will keep you alert in a plot that, however, you will not understand until you see the credits.
Starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with the collaboration of the always estimable Gwyneth Paltrow, The film is considered a cult among the most basic mystery and horror, with an average score of 8,6 on IMBD and the main review platforms.
Alien, the eighth passenger
Let's see, I'm going to give you a spoiler, and as you have read in the title, there is an eighth passenger, however there are 7 crew members on the ship. Available on Disney+ we can enjoy the film in 4K HDR for almost two hours.
Directed by Ridley Scott and starring the Iron Lady, Sigourney Weaver, we will see a psychological horror plot, with some gore, but an inexplicable fear that will make us wish not to see that evil so-called eighth passenger at any time. The central computer, MOTHER, doesn't do much to help either, by the way.
The sixth Sense
This 1999 hit available on Disney+ has an 8,2 on IMBD, and makes you enjoy almost two hours of interesting dialogues. It tells the story of Malcom, a psychologist who is unable to help a young patient named Cole. terrified by certain sequences in your life that require immediate support.
Cole has a supernatural gift that Malcom can't explain, and to be honest, I think Malcom isn't even ready to hear what Cole has to tell him about it.
Misery
Another hit from 1990, starring Paul Sheldon and a spectacular Annie Wilkes, who you may remember from another infamous role in Matilda. Be that as it may, this movie has a score of 7,8 on IMBD and becomes a real nightmare.
Without too much technological deployment, With few locations, it manages to cause constant anguish in the viewer, a sense of hatred and permanent surprise regarding all the things we see. Honestly, for those with little tolerance for psychological horror, the film can be a bit long, which does not make it a worse film. Available on both Amazon Prime Video and Filmin in HD quality.
A peaceful place
A family with three children has managed to survive on a farm isolated from humanity in northern New York. This has been the key to their success on a planet invaded by aliens who are guided only by sound.
Noise is death, so The family has learned to live with it and deploy all their mental tricks to cope with it. It gets tough, and it takes away your desire to talk while you enjoy your hour and a half. Available on both Netflix and Sky to stream in HD quality.
Shark
We finish the list with another classic, ideal for summer, you will lose the desire to get into the warm and transparent waters of the Cabo de Gata beach in Almería.
At the address Steven Spielberg, guarantee of success. With a score above 8 on IMBD it keeps us afraid of getting a bite for more than two hours.
A small town in the eastern United States of America is threatened by a huge shark (we don't know if white or blue) that attacks several people indiscriminately and whose objective does not seem to be food. It has the largest animatronic used in cinema, in case the above had not yet motivated you to see the film.
Terror drives all the townspeople crazy, and thank goodness a mad scientist and the local police chief join together in a crusade, to hunt down and hang the shark that is threatening the town from the port's hook.