Netflix’s #5 Movie Is Getting Dragged—But That’s Not Stopping People from Watching

Audiences are split

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A new day means a new Netflix Top 10 and with it, plenty to talk about. This week alone, we’ve seen a limited series rocket back to the top spot six months after its intial release and a number-one movie that has critics and fans totally divided. Now, there’s a new addition to the list, and it’s got viewers asking the question: Do I love this? Hate this? Or love to hate it?

The movie in question is Terror Comes Knocking.

Based on a true story, the film follows Marcela Borges and her growing family as their seemingly idyllic weekend takes a terrifying turn. When masked gunmen barge into their suburban Florida home, what begins as a peaceful day spirals into a full-blown nightmare. A newly pregnant Marcela, her husband and their young son are faced with an impossible demand: surrender $200,000—or their lives.

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Directed by Felipe Rodriguez and starring Dascha Polanco, Johnathan Souza, Nisa Gunduz, Alessio Andrada, Ivan Lopez, Marito Lopez and Mitchell Jaramillo, the film originally premiered on Lifetime back in January before hitting the streamer in September 2025.

While Terror Comes Knocking doesn’t yet have an official Rotten Tomatoes score (it needs at least 50 reviews to qualify), it does have some pretty harsh audience ratings—most clocking in at one star or less.

But on X, opinions are split.

“This Terror Comes Knocking movie is terrible,” one viewer wrote. Another admitted, “When Terror Comes Knocking on Netflix is so dumb but I can’t stop watching.” A third chimed in: “I keep trying to watch Terror Comes Knocking and Lifetime needs to keep their stuff on Lifetime.”

Still, others were moved.

Terror Comes Knocking was good—I cried a little. 10/10,” one user shared. Another wrote, “Y’all know I love me a corny Lifetime movie. Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story was so good.” And a third simply said, “Terror Comes Knocking is a really good movie.”

While the written reviews tell one story, the streaming numbers—and its current spot at number five on Netflix—tell another. At just 90 minutes long, it might be worth watching just to see where you land on the spectrum.

Terror Comes Knocking is streaming now on Netflix.

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