Quarantined with ‘The Platform’ a Horror/Thriller that Somewhat Parallels the Pandemic
It’s dark, uncomfortable, and there are things that don’t make sense.

Precocious and curious as hell, pre-teen Babygirl has noticed that once a month, in the dead of night, her mom sneaks out of their cabin and heads into the woods. Tonight she’s going to follow her mother and find out what happens out there in the dark. When a misstep along the way tosses her in the path of two hunters with unclear intentions, she’ll have her young eyes opened wide to the perils and powers of being a woman.
It’s dark, uncomfortable, and there are things that don’t make sense.
When it comes the horror genre, I am VERY hard to please or impress, much less scare. Coming from a current mindset of appreciation for chilling, unsettling, tension-inducing efforts such as "Hereditary", "The Conjuring" (ONLY the first one to date, mind you), "Lights Out", "The Babadook", "Midsommar", "Talk To Me", "Oddity", "Bring Her Back", and the like
There is no such thing as watching too many movies. Since we're still quarantined, I wanted to recommend another 19 movies for people to check out across Netflix, HBO Max, and more.
"65" (2023) is the latest Dino flick to try and answer "what else can we do with dinosaurs?"
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
Joker is a compelling, character-driven, psychological tale that has a message behind the madness.