One thing Netflix deserves credit for is taking chances on original projects, the new horror flick In the  Tall Grass being one of them. Based on a novella by Stephen King and son Joe Hill, In the Tall grass is about a brother/sister duo who enter a field of, well, tall grass in order to help a lost boy. Given this comes from the mind of King and Son, things quickly go downhill from there. Written and directed by Vincenzo Natali, In the Tall grass plays a little like his debut feature Cube; this is a claustrophobic and nasty piece of work set within a disorienting environment where escape seems impossible. And somehow Natali, along with a capable cast that includes genre vet Patrick Wilson, makes it work. You see, at the centre of the field is a large rock -- I'm guessing meteor -- that has unleashed a force on the surrounding areas. This power can manipulate people's fears and desires, and even resurrect the dead. Got all that? It's pretty cool, but requires the vi...

Everybody likes a good ghost story, right? Well, how about a story where pretty much everyone is a ghost? That's the premise behind Cube and Splice director Vincenzo Natali 's Haunter . Original, yes. Any good? Stick with me. The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate.