There are certain movies that sound interesting because of the cast, others because of the director, and then there are movies like Primetime, where the entire idea feels slightly uncomfortable before you have even seen a frame. Robert Pattinson playing a fictionalized version of Chris Hansen, Lance Oppenheim making his narrative feature debut, A24 behind…
There are some movies that make you curious because of the cast. Others grab you because the subject matter is already uncomfortable enough to make you wonder how anyone could turn it into entertainment. Primetime somehow manages to do both. Lance Oppenheim’s upcoming A24 thriller takes one of the ugliest corners of early-2000s television culture…
There are some movies where the casting alone makes you clear your evening schedule. The Whisper Man is one of those movies. Robert De Niro. Michael Keaton. Adam Scott. Michelle Monaghan. A bestselling horror novel as source material. The Russo brothers’ AGBO behind the production. James Ashcroft in the director’s chair. On paper, this thing…
There are horror movies that scare you while you’re watching them, and then there are movies that become significantly worse once you start thinking about them. The Whisper Man belongs firmly in the second category. James Ashcroft’s 2026 Netflix thriller spends most of its runtime playing a nasty little game with the audience. You think…
Spoilers ahead for Netflix’s The Whisper Man (2026). I went into The Whisper Man expecting a fairly grim serial-killer thriller. What I got was something considerably nastier—and, honestly, much sadder. Yes, there are murders. Yes, there is a creepy house, a child in danger, a killer hiding in the shadows and enough unsettling whispers to…