9 Horror Movies Streaming This Weekend (8/30)
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Creepy Catalog obsessively tracks the best horror movies streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, Hulu, Shudder, Peacock, Paramount+, and Tubi as well as new and upcoming horror releases. This guide is a weekly roundup of new movies and the best hidden gems currently streaming. You can check the individual lists linked above for more selections from each platform and what is added each month. Here’s what’s on our radar this weekend (8/30):
The Deliverance (2024). Streaming on Netflix. Official synopsis: “A family living in a home in Indiana discover strange, demonic occurrences that convince them and the community that the house is a portal to hell.”
Genres: psychological horror, Glenn Close, demonic possession, dysfunctional families
The Watchers (2024). Streaming on Max. Official synopsis: “A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.”
Genres: folk horror, 2024 horror movies
Something in the Water (2024). Streaming on Hulu. Official synopsis: “A group of five friends must fight for their lives in open water after a dream wedding turns into a nightmare.”
Genres: beach horror, scary shark movies, scary movies about getting married
Brain Damage (1988). Streaming on Tubi. Official Synopsis: “One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.”
Genres: 80s horror, LOLs, body horror
New horror + thriller movies in theaters or on video on demand:
Slingshot (2024). In theaters. “An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.”
AFRAID (2024). In theaters. “The Curtis’ family is selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.”
Out Come the Wolves (2024). Streaming on video on demand. “At a cabin deep in the wilderness, a weekend of hunting turns to mayhem and a fight for survival when a pack of wolves attack a man, his female best friend and her fiance.”
Hush (2016). After being non-existent on streaming platforms for the last year, Hush is now streaming on video on demand. Mike Flanagan has teased a forthcoming physical media release from Scream Factory. “A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.”
Trap (2024). Streaming on video on demand. “A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they’ve entered the center of a dark and sinister event.”
This week in horror:
- We ranked the best kills in the X franchise.
- The trailer for Apartment 7a, the Rosemary’s Baby prequel series, was released.
- We also got a trailer for Terrifier 3.
- Freeform released this 2024’s 31 Nights of Halloween schedule.
- Hell Hole (2024) review.