What To Watch On Netflix That’s New This Week

Streamline recommends “Hold the Dark” as the thing to watch on Netflix this week. The new movie debuts on Sept. 28. 

Premise: A mother convinces a wolf expert to travel to her home in northern Alaska and find the wolves that took her son. The wolves apparently keep killing children in the town. The woman’s husband then returns from the Iraq War and becomes vengeful upon learning about the death of his son. The wolf expert decides to stick around as an investigator after finding himself in the center of a deadly mystery that plagues the town. 

Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård and Riley Keough. Jeremy Saulnier directed.

How excited should you be? Netflix has released three truly great shows over the last couple of weeks. If you haven’t watched “American Vandal,” “BoJack Horseman” or “Maniac” yet, maybe start there as those three shows are the true September highlights. That said, if you like horror, you’ll probably want to check this out.

Any reasons to be skeptical? Reviews have been far more mixed than Saulnier’s last directorial effort, “Green Room.” At over two hours, the wilderness-based plot might be a bit of a “slog.” That said, even the more tepid reviews still find much to praise in “Hold the Dark.” 

Will everyone be talking about this? The trailer has over 1 million views on YouTube alone. To put that in perspective, the trailer for the new Coen brothers’ Netflix movie has half that. Although media outlets might not focus on this too much, don’t be surprised if you have a few friends who check it out.

Check out the trailer for “Hold the Dark” below.

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