A new Netflix horror movie has an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

The Old Ways
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A new horror movie has arrived on🍬 Netflix – and it's definitely one to get watched, as it has an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Old Ways hit the streamer in August foll💟owing its October 2020 debut at Sitges Film Festival, and has netted an impressive 95% Critics Score on at the time of writing (H/T ).

The film, directed by Christopher Alender and written by Marcos Gabriel, follows a repoཧrter named Cristina (Brigitte Kali Canales) who goes back to her hometown in Veracruz, looking into witchcraft. Things take a turn for the worse when Cristina is kidnapped by a group of people, which includes a bruja (a female witch), who believe she is demon🐼ically possessed.

Only 🌼o🍷ne of the 21 aggregated reviews on Rotten Tomatoes has been judged as negative, with the rest positive.

"The Old Wa🥀ys is the greatest exorcism movie since The Exorcist, do not miss it," writes Michael Talbot-Haynes of , which is high praise indeed.

Kat Hughes of deems the movie "an absolute must-see," while Ben Robins of calls the film "a smart, slender little exorci♍sm thriller with plenty of bang for its buck, and a lot to say about culജtural and personal identity."

The film's lone rotten review, from Roger Moore of , calls it "a horror movie you watch but don't 'experience'" with a "bland heroine" – though 's Michelle Swope is among those ꦅwho has good things to say about the lead: "Brigitte Kali Canales gives a phenomenal performance as the tortured Cristina."

You can check out The Old Ways on Netflix now, and if you're in the mood for a fright, see our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix horror movies to fill out your watchlist.  

Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at Gam𝕴esRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously w🐓orked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.