Netflix’s new zombiehorror moviehas become a global streaming hit. Netflix has been producing original movies since the mid-2010s. Although they take on a variety of genres, they began making horror projects about a year in, with 2016’sI Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Their roster has significantly expanded since then to include movies such asThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre,The Perfection,Apostle, andThe Cloverfield Paradox, the Stephen King adaptationsGerald’s Game,Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, andIn the Tall Grass, as well as theFear Streettrilogy and theBabysitterandBird Boxfranchises.
Netflix has also dabbled in the zombie genre before, with their most successful feature-length installment in the genre most likely beingZack Snyder’sArmy of the Dead, which spawned the prequelArmy of Thieves. On the series side,one of their most popular efforts is the South Korean showAll of Us Are Dead, which has been renewed for an upcoming season 2. Other original zombie titles on the platform include theZ NationspinoffBlack Summerand the Martin Freeman dramaCargo.
Outside Has Become A Hit For Netflix
The Zombie Horror Movie Has Millions Of Views
Outsidehas now become a global hit for Netflix. The zombie horror movie, which hails from the Philippines and was written and directed by Carlo Ledesma,follows a family that seeks refuge in a farmhouse during the zombie apocalypse, only to find that their fractured relationships are more dangerous than the undead menace. TheOutsidecastincludes Sid Lucero, Beauty Gonzalez, Marco Masa, and Aiden Tyler Patdu. Although the movie does not have an official Rotten Tomatoes score because it has too few reviews, five of its six reviews are Fresh, effectively earning it a solid 83% score.
Sid Lucero won a Gawad Urian award for Best Actor for his role in 2007’sSelda, a drama about two freed prisoners crossing paths after sharing a cell together years before.
Now,Netflixhas tabulated their Top 10 chart of the most-watched Non-English movies for the week of October 14 through October 20.Outsidehas landed on the chart at No. 4with 8.1 million viewers accumulating 19.1 million viewing hours. It has only fallen behind the South Korean historical dramaUprising(8.3 million viewers), the Indonesian action movieThe Shadow Strays(10.6 million), and the Polish crime dramaJustice(10.8 million). The movie also has more viewers than all but two of the movies on the English-language chart, namelyWoman of the Hour(9.9 million) andLonely Planet(13.7 million).
What This Streaming Success Means For Outside
The Movie Could Have A Bright Future
The Netflixhorror movieisn’t the highest-performing title on the platform, but its success is still palpable, especially when it’s compared to the other charting English-language movies, which include popular titles such asThe Menendez Brothers,Sing, andBad Boys: Ride or Die. If it continues to attract viewers and maintains a position on the chart, which is a distinct possibility during the lead-up to Halloween, it couldpotentially even garner enough viewership to get a sequel greenlit. While not every character survives theOutsideending, the door has indeed been left open for the filmmakers to embrace this possibility.
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Set in a remote Philippine province, a family escapes a zombie outbreak by seeking refuge in the father’s fortified childhood farmhouse. Despite their efforts to keep out the undead, they face equal horror and trauma within the ancestral home, revealing that safety is elusive both outside and inside the gates.
