13 Creepy Movies + Shows Streaming This Weekend (9/20)
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.
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New movies on streaming:
No Voltees (2024). Streaming on Tubi. Official synopsis: “When two siblings return to their childhood home, they are confronted by a violent, supernatural presence that dwells deep within their worst traumas.”
Genres: dysfunctional families, horror movies about trauma
Handling the Undead (2024). Streaming on Hulu. Official synopsis: “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?”
Genres: zombie movies, Nordic horror
Grave Torture (2024). Streaming on Netflix. Official synopsis: “When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.”
Genres: Indonesian horror, urban legends
The Perfect Couple (2024). Streaming on Netflix. Official synopsis: “When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin–with a body discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony–everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect.”
Genres: TV shows, thrillers, murder mysteries
Deep cuts on streaming:
Revenge (2017). Streaming on Shudder. This is The Substance (2024) — now in theaters — director Coralie Fargeat’s feature debut. If you’re excited about The Substance you should definitely watch (or rewatch) this criminally underrated action horror movie. Official synopsis: “Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting – a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.”
Genres: horror movies directed by women, revenge movies, desert horror
Reality+ (2014). Streaming on YouTube. Also written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, with ideas similar to The Substance. Official synopsis: “In a near future, the brain chip ‘Reality+’ acts on your sensory perceptions and allows you to see yourself with the perfect physique you’ve always dreamed of. All the people equipped with the chip can see your new appearance and you can see theirs. But the chip can only be activated for 12h a day…”
Genres: short horror films, science fiction, movies like ‘The Substance’
The Conjuring (2013). Streaming on Netflix. If you want to watch The Conjuring this spooky season, watch it before it leaves Netflix on Sept. 30. Official synopsis: “Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.”
Genres: haunted houses, Ed and Lorraine Warren, demonic possession
The Tenant (1976). Streaming on Paramount+. Official synopsis: “A lonely young man rents an apartment in Paris that was formerly occupied by a girl who committed suicide and gradually finds himself drawn into the same web of dangerous paranoia.”
Genres: haunted houses, psychological horror
New horror + thriller movies in theaters or on video on demand:
The Substance (2024). In theaters. “A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.”
Never Let Go (2024). In theaters. “A family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.”
Last Straw (2024). In limited theaters. “A small town killing spree lands on the doorstep of a rural diner, where a young waitress must fight for her life over the course of one long night.”
The Shade (2024). In limited theaters. “Following the loss of his father, a grieving twenty-year-old struggles to hold his family together as an unspeakable darkness plagues his older brother.”
Blink Twice (2024). New on video on demand. “When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.”
Cuckoo (2024). New on video on demand. “A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.”
Hauntology (2024). Available on video on demand. “A queer horror anthology about an older sister who takes her fearless runaway sibling on a road trip, to share the most chilling tales surrounding their hometown.”
Invoking Yell (2023). Available to rent on AppleTV. “Set in 1990s story of three twenty something women who venture into the woods to shoot a demo tape for their black metal band.”
Lord of Wolves (2024). Available on Fandango on demand. “When his housemate dies under mysterious circumstances, Nic Cross inherits a mysterious pyramid-shaped contraption left at the scene, unwittingly summoning a cult of wolf-people who dwell in the dark underbelly of London.”
This week in horror:
- One of the best horror movies of 2024 is streaming free on YouTube!
- The full schedule for this year’s annual Fear Fest on AMC is out.
- Movies to watch if you loved The Substance (2024).