horror – Stream On Demand

What to stream: ‘Extrapolations’ on Apple TV+, ‘Swarm’ on Prime Video, ‘Boston Strangler’ on Hulu, Oscar winner ‘The Whale’ on VOD

!Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, horror, Hulu, Science Fiction, Streaming TV, thriller, What to Stream 03/17/2023 Sean Axmaker

Plus ”Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ on Peacock, ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ and ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ on Netflix, ‘A Spy Among Friends’ on MGM+, ‘Class of ’07’ on Prime Video, ‘Official Competition’ and the Oscars on Hulu, and ‘Ted Lasso’ returns on Apple TV+

‘World War Z’ – Brad Pitt vs. the zombie hordes on Netflix and MGM+

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, horror, MGM+, Netflix, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 03/08/2023 Sean Axmaker

The zombie movie becomes a global pandemic thriller in this adaptation of the bestselling Max Brooks novel.

‘The Cabin in the Woods’ – engineering horror on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, HBO Max, horror, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 03/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon deliver a clever, witty, self-aware, love letter to horror movie fandom featuring a pre-Thor Chris Hemsworth.

The giant monster invasion begins on ‘Cloverfield’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, giant monsters, Halloween, horror, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/05/2023 Sean Axmaker

This high-concept reworking of an old-fashioned creature feature is a 21st century Godzilla movie with a DIY aesthetic. Matt Reeves directs and J.J. Abrams produces.

The United States of ‘Zombieland’ on Hulu

!Featured, adventure, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, horror, Hulu, Peacock, road movie, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/27/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Emma Stone team up to survive the zombie apocalypse in this gory road movie comedy.

Sissy Spacek stars in Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

The original ‘Carrie’ on Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, MGM+, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 02/26/2023 Sean Axmaker

Sissy Spacek is brilliant as the sensitive, shy teen whose powers erupt when she’s tormented in Brian De Palma’s dreamy and bloody film of Stephen King’s novel.

Bong Joon-ho's 2006 South Korean monster movie 'The Host'

‘The Host’ – Bong Joon-ho’s monster mash on MUBI

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Halloween, Hoopla, horror, International Cinema, Kanopy, MUBI, SVOD 02/20/2023 Sean Axmaker

This South Korean thriller combines political commentary, dysfunctional family satire, and earnest emotional pathos with the conventions of seventies drive-in movies and Japanese monster movies.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ on Prime Video

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion, DVD, Halloween, HBO Max, historical, horror, International Cinema, SVOD, thriller, war 01/10/2023 Sean Axmaker

Guillermo del Toro directed this haunting ghost story, set in a remote orphanage in Spain, against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

‘Warm Bodies’ – young zombies in love on Hulu and Peacock

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, feel good movies, Have You Seen...?, horror, Hulu, Peacock, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD, young adult 01/09/2023 Sean Axmaker

Nicholas Hoult plays a self-aware, dissatisfied zombie whose heart is kicked back to life when he falls in love with a human in the rom-zom-com by Jonathan Levine. Teresa Palmer costars.

‘Grimm’ – the fairy tale underworld of Portland on Prime Video and Peacock

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult TV, DVD, fantasy, Halloween, horror, Peacock, Streaming TV, supernatural, SVOD 01/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

A cop discovers his monster-hunting legacy in this entertaining mix of dark fairy tale, modern crime, and supernatural conspiracy set in the emerald forest of Portland, Oregon