Friday, September 23, 2022

More Screaming For Halloween, We Mean Streaming: '80s Horror, Streams & Screams & Peak Screaming

 Looks like all the streaming services have caught winds it's almost Halloween. So, they've created their own Halloween portals/areas to their sites.


80s Horror — Criterion Channel Teaser from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.

 
First up with have Criterion Channel showcasing one of the greatest decades for scary movies with it's 80s Horror section. A 30-Film Series Featuring Classics from Dario Argento, Kathryn Bigelow, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, Michael Mann, Ken Russell, Paul Schrader, and more.
 

Streams & Screams is open now for Netflix. It showcases all the horror movies and shows the service has in nice little sub-sections. If you've seen our Halloween Stream Guide, y'know they have plenty new stuff coming this October.


Then you also have Peak Screaming over at Paramount+. Sp, you can go through Paramount's back catalog of Horror and some new scary movies.

Let's not stop with Halloween portals, there's other things going bump in the night coming to streaming.

From press release: In celebration of Huluween, 20th Digital Studio’s Bite Size Halloween series of spooky shorts is back for a third season! Twenty new shorts from exciting emerging filmmakers premiere October 1 on Hulu, blending genres like horror, comedy, sci-fi, thriller, and more.

Shot in seven different countries, this season takes on topical issues such as racism, gender, parenthood, sexuality, and identity. SNATCHED (dir. Michael Schwartz) features Tatiana Maslany (“She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law”) in her first on-screen role with husband Brendan Hines (“Locke & Key”). Misha Osherovich (“Freaky”) stars as their son.

And two more from Netflix.

Nailed It! Halloween 
Coming out Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Midnight Club
From Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy's Intrepid Pictures, and Leah Fong, the new series comes to Netflix on October 7