One of 2023's creepiest films has been added to Netflix as fans are urged to ignore Rotten Tomatoes score

As annoying as it might be, the reality is a lot of people’s favourite films are often thought to be pretty crap by others.

And it’s always gutting when you’re loving watching something and find out it’s got a low rating.

But sometimes, you’ve just got to push past it - like when people think a new series is ‘nonsense’ and yet others are hooked on it.

Similarly, as one of 2023’s creepiest films being added to Netflix, fans are being urged to ignore its Rotten Tomatoes score.

It's got very mixed reviews (Lionsgate)

Yeah sure, there’s plenty of horror films on the site as it seems like a new one is added every day so you might wonder why there’s any point in watching something rated so badly.

But Cobweb really does have its fans.

With Superbad duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on the production team, the movie features The Boys’ star Antony Starr and Freaks and Geeks’ Lizzy Caplan.

It follows eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) who keeps hearing a mysterious tapping from inside his bedroom wall, which his parents (Caplan and Starr) insist he is imagining.

But as his fear gets worse, the kid believes they are hiding a dangerous secret which turns out to be deadly.

You can watch the trailer here:

It’s up to you which one you want to get your recommendation from, but the two scores on Rotten Tomatoes are pretty contrasting.

The critics make up a rather low 59 percent on the critic's Tomatometer, whereas viewers gave it a decent 71 percent on the Popcornmeter (formerly the audience score).

One critic says Cobweb ‘struggles to be a creepy horror film’ as another wrote: “If we listen closely enough to the knocking on the wall, we can hear the anguished whispers of a stronger story caught in the web of Cobweb’s weaker one.”

Ouch.

While others said it’s just stuck in a level of ‘bog-standard scariness’.

For some it's creepy but for others, it's crap. (Lionsgate)

But WhatToWatch called it one of the ‘creepiest movies’ of last year as it says horror fans should watch it and that the Tomatometer’s score is ‘unfairly low’.

Look not all viewers loved it either, but some said it ‘kept their heart pumping’ with a ‘great plot twist’.

“It’s actually a very good movie with a good story line and plot twist - the acting is great, not loads of jump scares but more suspense and had you on the edge of your seat,” another said.

You can watch Cobweb on Netflix.