A brilliantly dark mystery thriller is one of the movies on TV this weekend

Here are the best films airing on telly over the stormy weekend.

The Godzilla actress plays Beth, a widow reeling from the unexpected death of her husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit).

Left alone in the lakeside home Owen built for her, Beth begins digging into her husband’s belongings – yearning for answers.

“What she finds are secrets both strange and disturbing – a mystery she’s determined to unravel,” the plot synopsis reads.

Released amid the COVID pandemic, The Night House deserves a bigger audience thanks to Hall’s phenomenal emotional lead performance, the movie’s gripping and consistently surprising plot, as well as its creepy and tense atmosphere.

Boasting an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is airing on TV this weekend on Saturday on Film4 at 11.40pm. If that is too late for readers, it is also streaming on Disney+.

Here are the best other movies airing over the weekend:

FRIDAY

John Wick – Sky Showcase – 9pm

Keanu Reeves gets justice for his dog.

Nobody – Film4 – 9pm

From the producers of John Wick, Bob Odenkirk makes for a surprisingly great action man in this very entertaining flick.

Riders of Justice – Film4 – 10.50pm

Our Friday pick would be this incredible 2020 Danish action comedy which sees Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, Hannibal) play a soldier in Afghanistan who returns home after his wife dies in a train crash.

While struggling to look after his daughter, Markus is approached by a group of outcast statistics and probability experts who determine that the crash was not an accident – leading the solider to seek out the people he believes responsible.

I, Tonya – BBC Two – 11.05pm

Margot Robbie is controversial figure skater Tonya Harding in this very watchable sports biopic.

SATURDAY

The Equalizer – Film4 – 9pm

Denzel Washington plays a man with a dark past who reluctantly returns to action in order to protect a teenage trafficking victim from the Russian mafia in this action flick that launched a trilogy.

The Lost City – Channel 4 – 9pm

Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock headline one of the best comedies of recent years.

John Wick: Chapter 2 – Sky Showcase – 9.35pm

Arguably the best of the John Wicks.

The Football Factory – MTV – 10pm

The cult British crime drama about a bored male Chelsea football hooligan (Danny Dyer) and his mates.

The Purge – ITV4 – 10.30pm

The first in the dystopian horror thriller franchise set in a US where for one night a year, all crime is legal.

Under Siege – Comedy Central – 11.10pm

Steven Seagal’s best film.

Captain Philips – BBC One – 11.55pm

Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are terrific in this action thriller about a ship hijacking which is based on true events.

SUNDAY

Midnight Special – Sky Sci-Fi – 9pm

Our Sunday pick would be this gripping sci-fi thriller about a father (Michael Shannon) and son (Jaeden Martell) who go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child’s special powers.

The Hangover – Comedy Central – 9pm

“You probably get this a lot. This isn’t the real Caesar’s Palace is it?”

The Equalizer 2 – Film4 – 9pm

Arguably the best of The Equalizer trilogy.

The Silence of the Lambs – ITV4 – 10.15pm

The first and to date only horror film to win the Best Picture Oscar.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – BBC One – 11.40pm

Gary Oldman leads an all-star cast in this incredible Cold War spy drama.

Eternal Beauty – BBC Two – 11.45pm

In this dark British comedy, a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia (Sally Hawkins) encounters new sources of love and life with surprising results.

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