10 Great Horror Movies You'll Only Watch Once
6. Don't Look Now (1974)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg, Don't Look Now employs an intense slow-burn approach to a tale that tackles grief without compromise and plenty of unsettling scares.
Starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as grieving parents who are roped into the visions of two psychic sisters in the English countryside, Roeg's classic horror releases its secrets methodically and with great care, so each twist and turn of the story comes with such an emotional thud you may be inclined to pause the TV.
With its moody aesthetic, tantalising score and recurring motifs, Don't Look Now is a contemplative piece of work that demands patience and reaps many rewards for those willing to settle into its rhythms.
This slow-burn approach doesn't exactly beg you to come back for seconds, and all told the film is best watched once anyway, because it's so orderly and ends with such force that any re-watch couldn't possibly match that first time viewing experience. When it comes to watching Sutherland hold the body of his dead daughter, once will cut it.