Naomi Wattshas carved out a remarkable career in Hollywood acrossa host of genres, not least horror.
In particular, she’s found a niche appearing in English-language remakes of successful foreign horrors likeFunny GamesandGoodnight Mommy.
With this in mind, here are all of the star’s horror movies, ranked.
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Watts’s performance is solid, as one would expect, but everything around her is mediocre at best.
The plotting is muddled and there’s never much tension.
The filmmakers sought to have sorted the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
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In this regard,Downis significantly worse than its Dutch predecessorDe Lift, made by the same director.
That film at least blended humor and suspense, whileDownis just dull.
It all builds up to a jarringly abrupt ending, as graceful as an elevator hitting the ground.
Convinced that Tom’s spirit is haunting her home, she becomes increasingly paranoid as the danger mounts.
This could have been an enjoyable psychological thriller, butcliched writing and wooden acting kill any potential freakiness.
The score and cinematography are just as bland.
The plot features a groan-inducing twist, which feels like it was a middle schooler.
A tepid third act, unrealistic story developments, and a general lack of compelling characters makeShut Insafely skippable.
There are some charming moments and chilling scenes but, overall,The Ring Twois underwhelming.
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This is disappointing, given that it was directed byHideo Nakata, the filmmaker behind the originalRingu.
Still,The Ring Twowas a big commercial success,grossing$164m on a budget of $50m.
Her increasingly strange behavior fuels their paranoia, leading to a psychological showdown.
The original Austrian film is creepily effective butthis version doesn’t hit quite so hard.
It’s still enjoyable, but it’s got less character, less compelling direction, and less terror.
The only real highlight in the English-languageGoodnight Mommyis Watt’s layered performance.
Twin brothers arrive at their mother’s house and begin to suspect that something isn’t right.
Specifically,it critiques the audience’s complicity in cinematic violence, combining psychological realism with brutal satire.
2’The Ring' (2002)
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Seven days.
The cinematography is eerie but also frequently beautiful.
Indeed,The Ringtowered over most horror in the 2000s,bringing ina whopping $249m worldwide.
This is blockbuster horror done right.
1’Mulholland Drive' (2001)
Directed by David Lynch
Its strange calling yourself.
Claiming the top spot on this isDavid Lunch’s surreal magnum opus Mulholland Drive.
As the story progresses, Bettys sunny optimism gives way to despair and confusion.
Mulholland Drivedefies easy genre categorization but it contains strong horror elements, including more than s few freaky shots.
It’s one of both Lynch and Watts’s essential projects.
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Twin brothers arrive at their mother’s house and begin to suspect that something isn’t right.
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A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape that seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
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After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
