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Horror Movies Coming to Prime JANUARY 2021
A new month of Prime releases is upon us again...This time for JANUARY. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. Gretel & Hansel (2020) A long time ago i...
Horror Movies Coming to Hulu JANUARY 2021
A new month of Hulu releases is upon us again...This time for JANUARY. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. The Dead Zone (1983) Johnny Smith is a sc...
Horror Movies Coming to Shudder JANUARY 2021
A new month of Shudder releases is upon us again...This time for JANUARY. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. Super Dark Times (2017) Teenagers Zach...
Movies Like Suspiria
A remake of the 1977 Dario Argento classic, Suspiria is helmed by Luca Guadagnino and follows an American ballet dancer (Dakota Johnson) as she joins a prestigious dance academy in Berlin, Germany only to find that other girls are disappearing, and t...
Movies Like The Meg
The Meg is a sci-fi action horror, from director Jon Turteltaub, that follows Captain Jonas Taylor 5 years after he witnessed a 70-foot shark that ruined his Naval team’s deep sea dive. Originally discharged and disbelieved he is the one they call ...
Movies Like Hereditary
Hereditary is the first feature film from writer and director Ari Aster, starring Toni Colette and Alex Wolff, about a grief-stricken and dysfunctional family succumbing to their own inner most demons at the prodding and pushing of a mysterious demon...
Movies Like The First Purge
The First Purge is the 4th film in The Purge Series from Blumhouse Productions and is the first to be made by a new director, Gerard McMurray . The series has always been heavy handed with its politics and opinions but mixed those serious topics with...
Movies Like Truth or Dare
Truth or Dare is a 2018 Blumhouse release following Lucy Hale as Olivia Barron, a senior year college vlogger who vacations with her friends in Mexico for Spring Break. While there they run into a mysterious stranger who tricks them into playing a ga...
F*CK, SCARE, KILL: An Autopsy of Teen Horror BLACK CHRISTMAS
A monthly column dissecting teen horror films. John Carpenter’s biggest influence for Halloween was not the hit that Carpenter’s film was. In fact, most casual horror fans have never seen Bob Clark’s 1974 Canadian horror Black Christmas. (Ye...
Movies Like Annihilation
Annihilation is the second feature film from director Alex Garland, starring Natalie Portman and Oscar Issac . It is a sci-fi thriller following a scientist who is called to venture into an alien new territory off the coast of Florida. After a comet ...
Movies Like The Strangers: Prey at Night
The Strangers: Prey at Night is the sequel film to 2008’s The Strangers from horror director Johannes Roberts . Prey at Night continues the first film’s home invasion theme as the same masked psychopaths stalk new protagonists in the middle of a ...
Movies Like Get Out
Get Out is the horror debut for writer-director Jordan Peele who previously had only worked in the comedic area of film. Despite this, Peele pulled off a fine crafted satirical film that skewered race relations in America. Following Daniel Kaluuya as...
Movies Like The Endless
The Endless is a mind melting film about a pair of brothers who, after surviving and escaping an UFO death cult a decade before, find themselves unable to readjust to regular life until they are mysteriously called back to the camp. Realizing that th...
Movies Like Upgrade
Upgrade from director Leigh Whannell, known for co-creating the Saw Franchise with James Wan as well as writing plenty of Wan’s other films, follows the story of Grey Trace, a mugging victim implanted with new microchip technology. A Blumhouse film...
Movies Like Unsane
Unsane is a horror film from Steven Soderbergh shot entirely on an iPhone 7 Plus. After moving away from her home to escape a stalker, Sawyer Valentini tries going to see a psychiatrist for help recovering. She accidentally signs a paper committing h...
Movies Like Summer of 84
The slower paced and self-aware Summer of 84 follows a group of young teenage boys in the eponymous time period as they begin to suspect that one of their neighbors is a serial killer. Davey Armstrong knows his neighbor is a respected cop, but what i...
Movies Like A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place is a horror film with a refreshingly new take on apocalypse. The film follows one family as they try to live their rural lives without sound in a world now ravaged by vicious creatures that use only sound to hunt. With one deaf daughter...
Movies Like The Predator
Building on the back of the three previous films, The Predator, from director Shane Black, takes us to the suburbs of Tennessee as the universe’s most lethal hunters are let loose on the streets. They are more dangerous than ever, having spliced th...
Chucky Franchise Ranked Worst to First
Chucky, the legendary horror villain. Cooler than Jason and wisecrack-ier than Freddy. The Good Guy doll possessed by the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray AKA the Lakeshore Strangler. The original Child's Play from 1988 introduced Chucky to...
Movies Like The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Blackcoat’s Daughter showcases two timelines that revolve around a prestigious Catholic boarding school isolated in the winter. Two teen girls are staying over during the winter break and the older one, Rose, tells the younger, Kat, a story abo...
Movies Like The Devil's Rejects
The Devil’s Rejects, a sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses from Rob Zombie, follows the three psychopathic antagonists from the previous film as they are on the run from police and state troopers who have raided their home. Featuring Zombie’s tradem...
Movies Like Rosemary's Baby
In Roman Polanski’s legendary Rosemary’s Baby the eponymous Rosemary begins to feel unsafe in her new infamous New York apartment. When she becomes pregnant her fear and suspicion grows with the child as she believes her strange neighbors are out...
Movies Like Don't Breathe
In Don’t Breathe, directed by Fede Álvarez, we follow a group of teenagers as they attempt to rob a blind man’s home. Rocky, Money, and Alex all have their reasons, but Rocky’s is forefront as she is desperate for the funds to run away from ho...
Movies Like The Devil's Candy
In The Devil’s Candy a demented stranger beholden to the supernatural voices in his head clashes with he family who has just moved into his old home. The Hellmans are a heavy metal family and the father, a unique painter, is trying to be a better d...
Top Christmas Movies to Make Your Holiday Horrific
‘Tis the season to be jolly, not scared, right? Who are we kidding, horror movies work year round. With the snow falling, now is the perfect time to cuddle up under a blanket and enjoy some top-notch scary movies. And while Halloween is the he...
Every Horror Movie Spoofed by the Scary Movie Franchise
Everyone loves a good parody flick from time to time, and the Scary Movie franchise is excellent at doing them right. Each installment is packed with so many pop culture references and spoofs, it’s legitimately hard to keep them all straight. But, ...
Chinese Horror Explained Ep 08 - MIDNIGHT MELODY
Welcome back to our series on Chinese Horror Movies Explained, where we explore the wacky, silly and crazy world of C-Horror movies and explain to you how the filmmakers get around the strict regulations and censorship imposed upon them by the Chines...
Interview with The Boy Behind the Door Production Designer Ryan Brett Puckett
The dark and unbelievably tense indie The Boy Behind the Door relied heavily on its set production and cinematography to tell a story of two kidnapped boys. I chatted with production designer Ryan Brett Puckett to get some backstory on how the set so...
Horror Movies Coming to Netflix DECEMBER 2020
A new month of Netflix releases is upon us again...This time for DECEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. U Turn (2020) U turn tells the story ...
Horror Movies Coming to Prime DECEMBER 2020
A new month of Prime Video releases is upon us again...This time for DECEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. Priest (2011) n an alternate worl...
Horror Movies Coming to Hulu DECEMBER 2020
A new month of Hulu releases is upon us again...This time for DECEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. 30 Days of Night (2007) This is the stor...
Horror Movies Coming to Shudder DECEMBER 2020
A new month of Shudder releases is upon us again...This time for DECEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. The Lost Boys (1987) TA mother and he...
F*CK, SCARE, KILL: An Autopsy of Teen Horror BLOOD RAGE
A monthly column dissecting teen horror films. Every November, lovers of the horror genre come together to bitch about the lack of Thanksgiving-themed horror movies. The holiday seems like the perfect setting: familial issues, holiday stress, and ...
Chinese Horror Explained Ep 07 - GHOST IN BARBERS
Welcome back to our series on Chinese Horror Movies Explained, where we explore the wacky, silly and crazy world of C-Horror movies and explain to you how the filmmakers get around the strict regulations and censorship imposed upon them by the Chines...
The Saw Franchise Ranked Worst to First
"I want to play a game." Saw was released to the world back in 2004. It's the Silence of the Lambs of torture porn. Silence of the Lambs came after Manhunter which was basically the same movie, just not quite as good. Saw came after Se7en ("W...
Chinese Horror Explained Ep 06 - THE STRANGE HOUSE
Welcome back to our series on Chinese Horror Movies Explained, where we explore the wacky, silly and crazy world of C-Horror movies and explain to you how the filmmakers get around the strict regulations and censorship imposed upon them by the Chines...
No Happy Endings
Hollywood loves a happy ending. Horror prefers hopeless, bloody and tragic. Watching someone ride off into the sunset is boring. Watching a blood-soaked Sally running and screaming down a desolate Texas highway at sunset, while a maniac with a chains...
Horror Movies Coming to Netflix NOVEMBER 2020
A new month of Netflix releases is upon us again...This time for NOVEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. Prom Night (2008) Donna's senior ...
Horror Movies Coming to Prime NOVEMBER 2020
A new month of Prime releases is upon us again...This time for NOVEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) ...
Horror Movies Coming to Hulu NOVEMBER 2020
A new month of Hulu releases is upon us again...This time for NOVEMBER. Whether its a gore-filled scarefest or a classic slasher, follow this page for a list of new additions for your streaming pleasure. Amulet (2020) Tomaz, an ex-soldier now h...
