It’s always exciting when an original horror film manages to break records and beat the odds, and this has been the case with Netflix’s newly released horror film The Privilege. The foreign German-language film has just barely hit Netflix, having been released on the streaming platform earlier this month on February 9. But as of this writing, this new horror film has already managed to become the third most-watched title for Netflix globally. This is quite a feat, and proves that the film is already a popular one with both horror fans and general audiences.
This information comes via FlixPatrol, where fans can see just how high on the list the film is. While it has received some mixed reviews, as horror films often times do, it’s still a surprising record for such an original and random film release as this. While Netflix has a wide variety of content available on their streaming service, it goes to show that sometimes new original horror films are the most popular choices.
The horror genre has always been one known for breaking records, with films such as Halloween and The Blair Witch Project managing to become the highest-grossing independent horror hits of their times. But in today’s modern age, streaming is often the way to go, and The Privilege certainly did. Hopefully we’ll continue to see such record-breaking horror films released on Netflix.
As for the film’s plot which reveals the setting that takes place at “an elite private school…”
“A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.”
The film was directed by Felix Fuchssteiner and Katharina Schöde. The screenplay was written by Felix Fuchssteiner, Sebastian Niemann, Katharina Schöde and Eckhard Vollmar.
The cast for The Privilege stars Max Schimmelpfennig, Lise Risom Olsen and Caroline Hartig.