Also currently streaming on Prime Video, it’s a truly unforgettable film.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 17 October) is Kill List, the utterly terrifying 2011 British thriller from co-writer and director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Free Fire, High-Rise).
The film centres around a solider-turned hitman named Jay (Neil Maskell, Hijack) still reeling from a disastrous mission abroad.
Because his family are financially broke, his wife Shel (MyAnna Buring, The Descent) urges him to accept a job with his assassin friend, Gal (Michael Smiley, Bad Sisters).
Their shadowy client has a list of three people he wants killed.
But as Jay and Gal carry out the assignment, they discover there is more to the mission than meets the eye – sending the killers “into the heart of darkness”.
Kill List begins as a gripping, slow-burn crime thriller before gradually descending into a full-on folk horror freak-out.
The thriller’s dark mysterious story, intense performances and shocker ending combine to create a movie with an almost pervasively evil mood.
The film has acquired a devoted fanbase since its release, with many considering it one of the best movies of the 21st century.
Kill List is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.35pm. It is also currently streaming on Prime Video.
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
Top Gun: Maverick – Film4 – 9pm
Probably the best blockbuster of recent years.
The Negotiator – Legend – 9pm
An expert hostage negotiator (Samuel L. Jackson) winds up taking hostages, leading to a stand-off, in this fun ’90s action thriller.
The Mirror Crack’d – BBC Four – 9pm
The 1980 movie version of the Agatha Christie’s mystery novel.
Extreme Prejudice – Legend Xtra – 9pm
An ’80s action thriller gem we’ve recommended before.
The Bad Education Movie – Comedy Central – 9pm
The movie spin-off of the Jack Whitehall sitcom.
The Reptile – Sky Arts – 10pm
A ’60s Hammer Horror picture.
Rocky III – ITV4 – 10.10pm
Sylvester Stallone fights Mr T AND Hulk Hogan.
That’s My Boy – Comedy Central – 10.50pm
This black comedy sees Adam Sandler play a middle-aged slacker who once enjoyed celebrity status as he tries to rekindle his relationship with his adult son (Andy Samberg).
Breathe – BBC Two – 11.05pm
Andrew Garfield stars in this 2017 biographical drama as a man who became paralysed from the neck down by polio at the age of 28.
Tales from the Lodge – Legend Xtra – 11.05pm
A 2019 British horror comedy anthology.
While She Was Out – Legend – 11.40pm
Oscar-winner Kim Basinger stars in this thriller as a suburban housewife forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.
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