Time Cut is Netflix’s #2 movie but it’s not worth your time – here are 3 better sci-fi horrors with over 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

Time Cut has met a killer end

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The new sci-fi slasherTime Cutis Netflix’s second most-watched film this week, with the horror thrillerDon’t Movetaking the number one spot once again.

The Netflix global top 10 list has been taken over by tense suspense movies likeWoman of the HourandHijack ‘93.However,Time Cuthas unfortunately fallen flat with critics with a 26% Rotten Tomatoes score. Thenew Netflix moviefollows Lucy (Madison Bailey) who travels back in time to 2003 to stop the murder of her older sister Summer (Antonia Gentry).

While it follows a similar premise toTotally KilleronPrime Video, which has 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, this wasn’t enough to makeTime Cutone of thebest Netflix movies. So without further ado, here are three sci-fi horrors that are definitely worth your time.

I Am Mother

I Am Motheris similar to another one of my favorite sci-fi horrors,10 Cloverfield Lanewith its edge-of-your-seat twists and heart-pounding life-and-death situations. The movie follows Daughter (Clara Rugaard-Larsen), a teenage girl who has been raised in a post-apocalyptic bunker by Mother (Rose Byrne), a robot who is helping the repopulation of Earth.

However, their relationship is threatened when a stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives with startling information about the outside world that changes everything.I Am Motheris the definition of how we love and loatheAIwith jaw-dropping reveals that have left a lasting impression on me.

Cargo

Based on a short film of the same name,Cargostars Martin Freeman as Andy, a father who has been infected with a zombie virus. With 48 hours until he turns, he desperately treks through the Australian Outback to find a new home for his baby daughter before he changes forever.

Many people may have grown tiresome of the zombie genre and the familiar format of humans transforming into violent creatures after contracting some sort of rabies-like disease. I’ve devoured some of Netflix’s zombie titles over the years (I re-watched my favorite zombie movieWorld War Zon Netflixand wrote about my dismay ofNetflix canceling the most realistic zombie show I’ve ever seenBlack Summer),butCargois particularly striking due to its emotional, character-driven approach and remote Australian setting that made me shed a tear or two.

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InUpgrade,after a violent mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed and his wife dead, he receives an artificial intelligence implant that enhances his body with super strength so he can seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life. Techradar’s Matt Bolton wrote in hisNetflix movie of the daythat: “The plot is a good ol’-fashioned twisty mystery, so I won’t go further into it, but it’s definitely worth watching for that as well as the ultra-stylish cinematography, and it gets deliciously dark.”

Available to stream on Netflix in the US and Sky Go in the UK. In Australia, you can rent or buy it onAppleTV orAmazon.

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After graduating with a degree in Writing and Film Studies, Grace dived into the world of entertainment where she started writing all about the must-watch shows and movies at What To Watch. Now Grace is on her next writing adventure at TechRadar, where she uses her expertise to help readers keep up to date on the biggest TV shows and movies in the ever-changing world of streaming. If she’s not writing about her passion for entertainment, you’ll find her watching reality shows while feasting on chocolate.

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