Classic horror movie Get Out is among the movies you should keep an eye out for on TV over this weekend.
A number of other gems are also being broadcast over the next day or so, including an acclaimed recent sci-fi as well as a classic 1970s family drama with a Call the Midwife star.
Digital Spy has handily rounded-up five of the best films airing this Saturday and Sunday, which you can take a look at below.
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Adapted from E Nesbit’s novel, The Railway Children follows three wealthy siblings in the early 20th century who relocate from London to Yorkshire after their father is arrested on suspicion of being a spy. There, they try to learn about the reason for his disappearance.
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Featuring performances from a teenage Jenny Agutter (Call the Midwife) and the late Doctor Who star Bernard Cribbins, the movie is a classic that sits at a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, and was called “a wonderful piece of family entertainment” by The Guardian.
Airing Saturday at 1pm on BBC Two. Available on BBC iPlayer afterwards.
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The Creator
Starring John David Washington, this 2023 sci-fi is set decades into the future amid a conflict between humans and AI, as a former special forces agent must hunt down the architect of advanced AI who has developed a weapon that could end the war.
Directed and co-written by Rogue One’s Gareth Edwards, The Creator also stars Eternals’ Gemma Chan, Tokyo Vice’s Ken Watanabe and Oscar-winner Allison Janney, and was called “a true vision” by Vanity Fair.
Airing Saturday at 9pm on Channel 4.
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Carrie (1976)
This classic 1976 horror is based on a book by Stephen King, and focuses on a shy teenage girl who gains the ability of telekinesis and uses it to wreak revenge on bullies at her school.
Starring Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek, Grease’s John Travolta, Traffic’s Amy Irving and Twin Peaks’ Piper Laurie, Carrie has a near-perfect score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and was called “a terrifying lyrical thriller” by The New Yorker.
Airing Sunday at 10pm on BBC Two. Available on BBC iPlayer afterwards.
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Get Out
If you’re looking for even more horror, then this modern classic follows straight on after Carrie. Released in 2017, Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya as a young Black man who finds shocking secrets when he spends a weekend with his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) parents.
Taking many unexpected twists and turns, Jordan Peele’s movie sits at a near-perfect score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, whose consensus called it a “funny, scary, and thought-provoking” movie that “seamlessly weaves its trenchant social critiques into a brilliantly effective and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride”.
Airing Sunday at 11.35pm on BBC Two. Available on BBC iPlayer afterwards.
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The Guilty
Danish crime thriller The Guilty – which was remade into a 2021 Jake Gyllenhaal movie – centres on a police officer who answers emergency calls, as he is contacted by a woman who has been kidnapped, leading to a search.
The movie takes a unique approach in that it takes place entirely within the call centre, and drew huge acclaim upon its release in 2018, earning a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Expect thrills aplenty, as The Australian called it “a compelling and tense evening in the cinema”.
Airing Monday morning at 12.55am on Channel 4. Available on Channel 4 afterwards.
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