10 More Hidden Horror Gems On Netflix

2. Nobody Sleeps In The Woods Tonight

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A somewhat grumpy so-and-so who's likely more into middle-age than he realises, your writer very much appreciates Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight's approach to the online world and social media. As in, the film centres on a camp where mobile phones, tablets, and the like are all banned.

You see, this camp is designed to encourage real-life human interaction and remove the reliance - or "addiction", as it's described here - on staring at screens 24/7. Of course, this being a horror film, such devices being off the table makes it incredibly unfortunate when our campers find themselves in the midst of a couple of hulking, mutated beings who crave bloodshed and human flesh.

A 2020 Polish language movie - known as W lesie dziś nie zaśnie nikt in its native tongue - this Bartosz M. Kowalski-helmed effort is a belter, mixing classic tropes of slasher, supernatural, and creature feature films. Adding to that, there's some great gore, some magnificent SFX work, and Julia Wieniawa puts in a phenomenal performance as our lead character Zosia.

As an added bonus, Netflix also currently houses the imaginatively-titled 2021 sequel, Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight Part 2.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.