13 Creepy Movies Streaming This Weekend (11/22)
Ballerina/vampire/heist movie Abigail hits Prime Video!
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.
Abigail (2024). Official synopsis: “After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
Genres: funny horror movies, heist movies, best of 2024
Rita (2024). Official synopsis: “Rita, a 13-year-old girl, runs away from her abusive father to the big city. She finds solace until she’s placed in a safe house run by the State. Rita and her cellmates plot an escape that ends in a shocking act of violence.”
Genres: Latin American horror, best of Shudder
The Meg (2018). Official synopsis: “A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed – the Megalodon.”
Genres: shark attack movies, dumb shark movies
Silence & Darkness (2019). Official synopsis: “Blind and deaf sisters, Anna and Beth, live happily in a secluded small town with Father. However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to realize Father’s intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined.”
Genres: isolation horror movies, dysfunctional families, disabled characters in horror
You Won’t Be Alone (2022). Official synopsis: “In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.”
Genres: movies about witches, period horror movies, best of 2022
The Stylist (2020). Official synopsis: “A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.”
Genres: weird girls of horror, feminist filmmaking
Let the Right One In (2008). Official synopsis: “Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.”
Genres: nordic horror, vampire movies, winter horror movies
The Descent (2005). Official synopsis: “A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.”
Genres: survival horror, elite jump scares, movies with alternate endings
Grave Encounters (2011). Official synopsis: “A reality show crew filming inside an abandoned mental hospital realizes that the building is not only haunted, but isn’t going to let them leave.”
Genres: found footage, insane asylum horror movies
The Hunt (2020). Official synopsis: “Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen – for a very specific purpose – The Hunt.”
Genres: political horror, humans hunting humans
Willow Creek (2013). Official synopsis: “A man and his girlfriend camp in the woods to capture firsthand evidence of Bigfoot.”
Genres: found footage, movies about Bigfoot
New in theaters/on demand:
Smile 2 (2024). Available on video on demand. “About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.”
Street Trash (2024). Available on video on demand. “A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city.”
This week in horror movie news:
- Isabel May has been cast as Sidney Prescott’s daughter in Scream 7.
- Juno is the best character in The Descent (2005) and she did (almost) nothing wrong.
- The director of The Mask (1994) says it was originally intended to be a horror movie.
- Thanksgiving horror movies.
- Horror movies to watch on Black Friday.