Nineties Horror 'Breakdown' Is Coming To Netflix Next Month And OMG

Breakdown, released in 1997, has all the hallmarks of a classic 90s horror - and its hitting Netflix on the 1st January.

It's action-packed, slightly cheesy, and involved a lot of Kurt Russell scaling moving vehicles and dodging explosions - which is exactly what a New Year's Day movie requires tbh.

The thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow is making us think about Wolf Creek, so if you're put off by films that have 'could happen to you' vibes, maybe avoid this one.

When his SUV breaks down on a remote road in Southwestern America, Jeff Taylor (Kurt Russell) lets his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) hitch a ride with a trucker to get help - but she never returns.

Jeff fixes his car and tracks down the trucker, who tells the police he's never seen Amy. The tense thriller then follows Jeff as he desperately searches for his wife, as he's gaslighted and made to question his own sanity along the way.

The horror bears resemblance to 2005's Wolf Creek, the film which saw three backpackers find themselves being hunted by a psychopathic killer in the Australian outback.

The film was directed by Greg McLean and starred John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, and Kestie Morassi.

It's also not dissimilar to Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals (2016) in premise either, which saw the Hastings family - played by Isla Fisher, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellie Bamber - driven off the road by a gang of hillbillies during a road trip through West Texas.

Dad Tony Hastings can't stop his wife and daughter from being kidnapped by the men, and he's left abandoned before attempting to find them.

And if you're after something a bit more modern for a New Year's Day binge, true crime thriller Deep Water is also hitting the streaming service on the same day.

The four-part thriller is based on the true story of a spate of gay hate murders which plagued Sydney in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Directed by Shawn Seet, it follows detectives Nick Manning (Noah Taylor) and Tori Lustigman (Yael Stone) who are assigned to a brutal murder case in Bondi.

Can't wait to remain seated on the sofa for the next couple of weeks frankly.

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Ciara Sheppard

Ciara is a freelance writer working for Tyla. After graduating with an English Lit and Media degree from the University of Sussex, Ciara held jobs at GLAMOUR and Yahoo Style before packing up for a solo travelling trip around South America.

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