When you turn on a horror movie, you more or less know what you’re going to get: eerie music, jump scares, suspenseful editing. You also usually know what kind of horror movie you’re getting yourself into: a found-footage movie like Paranormal Activity will have a lot of night-vision, a supernatural movie like The Conjuring will have spooky ghosts, and a classic monster adaptation like Nosferatu will have some great special effects.
But one 2022 movie now streaming on Netflix managed to completely upend expectations to create a horror movie unlike any other: one that’s equal parts hilarious and horrific, classic and cutting-edge.
