‘Best horror movie of the year’ is streaming on Netflix now | Films | Entertainment

An underrated horror movie has entered the Netflix UK Top 10 chart this week and fans say the forgotten flick packs some serious jump scares. 

The film, which was first released back in 2024, is based on the 1992 novel Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams.

Directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, the supernatural horror stars Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Wolfgang Novogratz, Humberly González, Larsen Thompson, and Jacob Batalon as a group of college students who mysteriously start dying after playing with a strange deck of cards. 

The synopsis reads: “When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings.”

Tarot received generally negative reviews from critics, with a low Rotten Tomatoes score of 17%, but it was successful at the box office nonetheless. 

Fans have shared rave reviews for the film on the website, praising it as “genuinely scary” and as an “amazing” new addition to the genre.

One wrote: “Honestly, best horror movie of the year so far. The acting is okay, the plot is okay. But the jump scares did what they had to do. Would definitely recommend watching if you like horror films.”

A second penned: “Underrated. Don’t trust the critics reviews for Tarot. Interesting story and solid acting. The kill scene with the Magician is as good as any other PG13 horror scene. Would’ve love to see a rated R version of Tarot.”

“Right amount of gore, monster variety, spooky moments,” another fan praised, as a fourth added: “Great Movie!!! Will make you jump!!”

“It was a great film. Solid with lots of jump scares! While the newcomers feel fresh, they do a good job and keep up with the story,” another wrote, as one more commented: “Genuinely scary. For anyone that is familiar with tarot cards.”

“AMAZING! My friends and I absolutely loved this movie! Totally worth it!” another fan gushed, as one more reflected: “Wasn’t expecting outcome! I absolutely loved this movie. My daughters loved it to. A must see actual scary movie.”

However, not everyone was a fan, with one person writing: “Just an ok movie with a couple jump thrills. It definitely was not the best acting either. I went on discount day so for the price it was worth it.”

“Not scary at all. Predictable,” another viewer complained, as one more wrote: “Not a very good movie. Had potential but fell extremely short of any real horror.”

Nevertheless, many fans defended the film, with one more adding: “Movie was really good. Plenty of scares and the storytelling was well written. Much better than some of the scarier movies out lately. Does not deserve the rating it’s getting now.”

Tarot is available to stream now on Netflix.

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