What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
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Perfect Blue 1998
Anime
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
The sides of Perfect Blue
- A pop singer who becomes an actress
- A fan website that knows her daily life
- Murders around her film set
Good for you if
- you like a stalker thriller where you can't trust what you see.
- you like a story where dream, filming and reality blur.
- you like being scared by your own reflection.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see a staged rape scene and a nude photo shoot.
- you can't stand stabbings shown up close.
- you don't watch anime.
About: fame · identity · obsession
Hereditary 2018
Film
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
The sides of Hereditary
- A family after a grandmother's funeral
- A clicking sound
- A mother's grief turning into something else
Good for you if
- you want horror that stays with you for days.
- you like a mother's grief played at full force.
- you like dread that builds slowly.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore. Some of its images are shown up close and held.
- a family torn apart by grief and mental illness is too much for you.
About: grief · family · fate
Tokyo Ghoul 2014
Anime
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
The sides of Tokyo Ghoul
- A student turned half-ghoul after a date
- A coffee shop run by ghouls
- Investigators hunting ghouls in Tokyo
Good for you if
- you can take a story where things keep getting worse for its hero.
- you like horror hiding behind a quiet Tokyo café.
- you like a hero who must hide what he has become.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch torture and people being eaten.
- you don't watch anime.
About: identity · hunger · monsters
Chainsaw Man 2022
Anime
Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.
The sides of Chainsaw Man
- A boy in debt to the yakuza
- A dog devil that becomes his heart
- A government devil-hunting squad
Good for you if
- you like crude, absurd jokes from a hero whose big dream is toast with jam and a girlfriend.
- you want chainsaws tearing through devils.
- you can take a world that keeps using its hero.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand blood and gore in every fight.
- you don't watch anime.
About: poverty · desire · being used
FROM 2022
Series
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
The sides of FROM
- A town you can't drive out of
- Creatures that come out at night
- Talismans that keep the houses safe
Good for you if
- you like creatures smiling at the window after dark.
- you like piecing together why every road leads back to town.
- you like a town where nobody is safe after sunset.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the gore of the night attacks.
- you need answers, and each season of FROM adds new questions.
About: being trapped · fear · community
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil
The Witch 2016
Film
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
The sides of The Witch
- A Puritan family alone by the woods
- A baby that vanishes
- A black goat
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds from small things.
- you like a slow, atmospheric horror.
- you like candlelit, grey images of 1630.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear harm coming to children. A baby vanishes in the first minutes.
- you need some hope. The family falls apart and nothing comes to save it.
About: faith · family · temptation
Kakegurui 2017
Anime
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
The sides of Kakegurui
- An elite school ruled by gambling
- Losers turned into house pets
- A transfer student who gambles for the thrill
Good for you if
- you like high-stakes games where a student can lose everything on one card.
- you like figuring out how each game is rigged before Yumeko does.
- you like twisted faces and students losing their minds over a bet.
Bad for you if
- you're uncomfortable with gamblers in near-erotic ecstasy and fan service.
- you don't watch anime.
About: gambling · power · madness
Attack on Titan 2013
Anime
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
The sides of Attack on Titan
- Survival against impossible odds
- Twists that flip who the enemy is
- War, freedom and what it costs
Good for you if
- you like humanity trapped behind walls with giants outside.
- you like a story that turns everything upside down halfway.
- you can take a dark, brutal war story.
Bad for you if
- giants eating people ruin it for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: freedom · war · revenge
The Haunting of Hill House 2018
Series
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
The sides of The Haunting of Hill House
- Five siblings and the house they fled
- A night their father never explained
- Ghosts hiding in the background of shots
Good for you if
- you want ghosts you only spot in the corner of the frame.
- you like a horror story that is really about brothers and sisters.
- you like a reveal that makes you rethink the first episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and suicide on screen.
- you need horror that moves fast. This one lingers on memories.
About: grief · family · memory
IT: Welcome to Derry 2025
Series
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.
The sides of IT: Welcome to Derry
- Children vanishing in 1962 Derry
- A clown that knows what you fear
- A town that looks away
Good for you if
- you like being scared by a small town where children disappear.
- you like dread that builds long before anything shows itself.
- you like a band of misfit kids facing what the adults won't.
Bad for you if
- you can't take gore and bloody attacks.
- you need to stay away from stories where children are harmed.
About: childhood fear · a town's silence · friendship
The Shining 1980
Film
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
The sides of The Shining
- An empty hotel in winter
- A father going mad
- A boy riding his tricycle down the halls
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds slowly in empty corridors.
- you like long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle.
- you like a performance that becomes truly frightening.
Bad for you if
- you scare easily. Some images stay for years.
- you can't watch a family threatened by the father. Jack's drinking and rage turn on his wife and son.
About: isolation · madness · family
The Sixth Sense 1999
Film
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
The sides of The Sixth Sense
- A boy who sees dead people
- A psychologist trying to help him
- A mother who doesn't understand
Good for you if
- you like an ending that makes you replay the whole film in your head.
- you like quiet, creeping fear.
- you like a ghost story that's really about grief.
Bad for you if
- you scare easily, especially with children in danger.
- you need momentum. It moves quietly, one session with Cole at a time.
About: grief · communication · fear
American Horror Story 2011
Series
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
The sides of American Horror Story
- A new horror story each season
- A haunted house, an asylum, a coven, a freak show
- The same actors in new roles
Good for you if
- you like ghosts, witches and killers, a new nightmare every season.
- you like a story that gets stranger with every episode.
- you like camp horror that laughs at its own excess.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore, torture and cruel deaths.
- you can't commit to thirteen seasons, even when each one stands alone.
About: madness · sin · outsiders · family secrets
JUJUTSU KAISEN 2020
Anime
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
The sides of JUJUTSU KAISEN
- A boy who swallows a cursed finger
- A demon king living in his body
- A school for sorcerers in Tokyo
Good for you if
- you like fast, inventive fights between sorcerers.
- you like a hero who could lose control of the monster inside him.
- you like a hidden world of curses with its own rules.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gruesome deaths and curses that twist bodies out of shape.
- you don't watch anime.
About: death · fate · friendship
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
- Angels attacking Tokyo-3
- A final two episodes inside his head
Good for you if
- you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
- you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
- you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness
The Promised Neverland 2019
Anime
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.
The sides of The Promised Neverland
- A gate the orphans are forbidden to pass
- Three clever kids planning an escape
- A caretaker the children call Mom
Good for you if
- you like children keeping a secret from the adult who watches them.
- you like working out an escape plan one step ahead of the kids.
- you like three young minds that think out loud.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch children in danger.
- you don't watch anime.
About: childhood · escape · trust
Sleepy Hollow 1999
Film
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
The sides of Sleepy Hollow
- A rational constable in a superstitious village
- A headless horseman
- Misty woods in autumn
Good for you if
- you like a grey, gothic world drained of colour.
- you like a murder mystery with a supernatural killer.
- you like Tim Burton's dark fairy tales.
Bad for you if
- lots of decapitations ruin it for you.
- a headless rider swinging a sword through dark woods is too scary for you.
About: reason · superstition · revenge
The Thing 1982
Film
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
The sides of The Thing
- A research station in Antarctica
- Something that copies anyone
- A blood test
Good for you if
- you like paranoia where anyone could be the monster.
- you like practical creature effects that still shock.
- you like an ending that leaves you unsure.
Bad for you if
- grotesque body horror ruins it for you.
- films from 1982 feel dated to you.
About: paranoia · trust · isolation
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018
Series
Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.
The sides of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- A half-witch teenager in Greendale
- Two aunts who run a mortuary
- A coven that answers to the Dark Lord
Good for you if
- you like a town where witches, warlocks and demons live next door to a high school.
- you like a girl choosing between her mortal friends and her witch side.
- you like Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda bickering over how to raise their niece.
Bad for you if
- you can't take satanic rituals and horror imagery.
- you can't stand blood, curses and bodies on screen.
About: witchcraft · identity · family · freedom