Celebrate the vacations with some ho-ho-horror films.
Welcome to Horrorscope, a month-to-month column conserving horror nerds and initiates updated on all of the horror content material coming to and leaving your favourite streaming providers. Here’s what to observe in December 2023:
Congratulations, gang. We’ve made it by one other yr.
2023 added handful of horror flics to the style pile: When Evil Lurks offered an Argentine reply to Lucio Fulci; Huesera: The Bone Woman reminded us that motherhood has misplaced none of its physique horror lustre; Talk to Me proved that the possession style is in good hand(s), and Infinity Pool proved that Brandon Cronenberg’s expertise is barely appreciating with age.
We’re large followers of holiday horror round these components. When the air will get chilly and the ornamental lights begin to twinkle, all we wish to do is flood our screens with Krampus, Wendigos, and Satanic Santas. In that spirit I’ve culled by this month’s streamable horror choices and recognized the tendencies, highlights, and fearfully festive additions. So you’ll want to peruse the whole checklist beneath, calendar in hand, for a full image of what horror films are coming and going out of your favourite streaming providers in December 2023.
Please understand that all dates listed beneath could not apply to viewers exterior the US.
December 2023 Horror Streaming Cheat Sheet
- One of the enduring “hot-potato” franchises of the streaming panorama, the primary 5 Paranormal Activity films hit MAX on the primary of the month.
- If horror anthologies are your jam, keep watch over Hulu on December thirty first, which sees the arrival of movies from The ABCs of Death and V/H/S franchises in addition to XX.
- For the bug lovers on the market: The Mimic trilogy hits Paramount+ on December 1st.
- Shudder has very sneakily added six Mario Bava bangers to their service on December fifteenth.
- Franchise completionists ought to keep watch over the movies leaving MAX on the finish of the month (Conjuring universe! Final Destination! Scream! And extra!).
- Pretend it’s the summer time and catch the primary 4 movies within the Jaws franchise earlier than they depart Netflix on the thirty first.
Collection Corner: December 2023 Horror Streaming
- ARROW
- Happy Horror-days! (as of December 1st)
- Titles Include: Holiday Fear, The Leech, and Chill Factor.
- Happy Horror-days! (as of December 1st)
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- Gala Avary Selects Vol. II (as of December 4th)
- Titles Include: Bloody Birthday, Lady Morgan’s Vengeance, and The Initiation.
- Gala Avary Selects Vol. II (as of December 4th)
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- Travis Stevens Selects (as of December 18th)
- Titles Include: No The Case Is Happily Resolved, Inferno of Torture, and Shock.
- Travis Stevens Selects (as of December 18th)
New(ish) Releases
2022
- Beast on December seventh on Peacock;
- Halloween Ends on December thirteenth on Peacock.
2023
- Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! on December twenty fifth on MAX;
- The Exorcist: Believer on December 1st on Peacock;
- Devils and Santastein on December 1st on Screambox;
- It’s A Wonderful Knife on December 1st on Shudder;
- The Sacrifice Game on December eighth on Shudder;
- All Hallows Eve Trickster on December 1st on Tubi;
- Black Mold on December seventh on Tubi;
- Mirame on December nineteenth on Tubi;
- A Vampire within the Family on December twenty fourth on Netflix.
The streaming service champion of the month is Shudder, which simply introduced essentially the most Holiday-themed ho-ho-horror movies to the desk out of any service.
The streaming service dunce of the month is Peacock, which had the audacity to assail us with each The Exorcist: Believer and Halloween Ends, two legacy remakes that may kick rocks. Sure, each ARROW and Disney+ didn’t deliver any new horror to their providers, however a minimum of they aren’t sadists.
Horror Streaming Highlights for December 2023
Pick of the Month — The Sacrifice Game (2023)
Synopsis: It’s December within the Seventies, and whereas the remainder of the scholars on the Blackvale School for Girls have gone house for the vacations, two holdovers stay. What guarantees to be a boring snowed-in Christmas takes a Charles Manson-inspired flip when 4 maniacs present up with physique components aplenty to enact an occult ritual.
As somebody who dug 2018’s The Ranger, it delights me to announce that The Sacrifice Game is proof that Jenn Wexler is a reputation effectively value realizing. The Sacrifice Game looks like breath of contemporary freaky enjoyable in a style panorama that’s grow to be overly preoccupied with the true monster being, trauma, really. If you’ve ever puzzled what it could appear to be if Quentin Tarantino made a Christmas-set teen slasher, that is the movie for you!
Available to stream on Shudder December eighth.
The Must-Have Homicidal Doll of the Season
Synopsis: Even if she might afford it, Karen (Catherine Hicks) couldn’t get her arms on a Good Guy doll if she wished to. They’re the toy of the season. But wide-eyed Andy (Alex Vincent) needs one for his birthday. It’s all he needs. And you simply don’t say no to a face like that. Fortunately, Karen is ready to purchase a “Chucky” doll from a literal back-alley vendor for an inexpensive value. Unfortunately, the doll is possessed with the soul of the voodoo-practicing serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif).
Child’s Play isn’t a Christmas film within the strictest sense of the time period. But there’s one thing about Tom Holland‘s 1988 film that has an affinity, shall we say, with this time of year. Maybe it’s the crisp Chicago setting or the toy-centric-mania. Maybe it’s the genuinely touching sense of familial love and belief between Karen and Andy. In any case, if you’d like a rock-solid seasonal double invoice about how terrifying things come in small packages, boot up this and Gremlins.
Leaving MAX on December thirty first.
A Holiday Hallmark Romance for the Witch in Your Life
Synopsis: After studying that her cute neighbor Shep (James Stewart) is engaged to her nemesis, modern-day witch Gillian (Kim Novak) conspires to work her magic to make him fall in love together with her, as an alternative. Sure, if she catches emotions herself, Gillian might loser her powers. But hey, that form of reversal solely occurs within the films. Oh, wait.
A hex on anybody who questions whether or not or not Bell, Book and Candle is a horror movie. Frankly, I believe style followers deserve their very own spooky model of a holiday-set romantic comedy. Sue me for wanting the most effective for us!
Directed by former youngster actor Richard Quine (whose pitch-black How to Murder Your Wife is equally horror-adjacent), Bell, Book and Candle options immaculate Christmas vibes, an impish cat named Pyewacket, and supporting performances by the likes of Elsa Lanchester (The Bride of Frankenstein) and Jack Lemmon. It’s like a heat Technicolor cup of sizzling apple cider on a chilly night time. Did I point out there’s a Zodiac-themed nightclub?
Available to stream on Screambox on November 1.
Celebrate Christmas with Cronenberg
Synopsis: A automotive accident leaves improbably-named schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) in a coma. He wakes up 5 years later. The dangerous information is that his girlfriend left his facet and began a household with one other man. The “good” information is that he now has the flexibility to psychically join with anybody he touches. Burdened with foresight, Johnny wrestles with the obligations of his new present … particularly when he learns that if elected, a well-liked third-party political candidate (Martin Sheen) will incite a nuclear holocaust.
A little bit of an oddity each inside Stephen King cinematic universe and David Cronenberg‘s style choices, The Dead Zone is a cold political thriller with a scrumptious Twilight Zone-fashion twist to it. Produced by the nice Debra Hill and decisively shot by frequent Cronenberg collaborator Mark Irwin, The Dead Zone additionally advantages from an tailored screenplay by Jeffrey Boam (the man who introduced us Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Lost Boys).
Reagan-era coded and chilly to the contact, The Dead Zone earns its frigid feeling largely because of Cronenberg’s dogged dedication to shoot as a lot in Ontario, Canada as attainable — even within the midst of a historic deep freeze. So, cuddle up subsequent to the area heater and strap in for an icy genre-mish mash that additionally occurs to function one of many worst bowl cuts in cinema.
Available to stream on Prime Video and Paramount+ on December 1st.
Streamable Horror Incoming This Month
Fresh blood: A listing of all of the horror content material coming to streaming providers in December 2023.
| Streaming Service | Movie | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Criterion Channel | Bell, Book and Candle (1958) | Dec 1 |
| Freevee | Hotel Transylvania (2012) | Dec 1 |
| Freevee | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Dec 1 |
| Freevee | The Purge (2013) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | 9 (2009) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Jurassic World (2015) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Paranormal Activity (2009) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) | Dec 1 |
| MAX | Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! (2023) | Dec 25 |
| Hulu | District 9 (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Hulu | Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) | Dec 1 |
| Hulu | Hostel: Part III (2011) | Dec 1 |
| Hulu | The Omen (2006) | Dec 1 |
| Hulu | Shutter (2008) | Dec 1 |
| Hulu | The ABCs of Death (2012) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | The ABCs of Death 2 (2014) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | I Saw the Devil (2010) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Satanic (2016) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Splinter (2008) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Vanishing on seventh Street (2010) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | V/H/S (2012) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | V/H/S 2 (2013) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | V/H/S: Viral (2014) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | XX (2017) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Black Swan (2010) | Dec 1 |
| Netflix | Insidious (2010) | Dec 1 |
| Netflix | The Meg (2018) | Dec 1 |
| Netflix | Blood Vessel (2019) | Dec 8 |
| Netflix | A Vampire within the Family (2023) | Dec 24 |
| Paramount+ | 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Carriers (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Cloverfield (2008) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Crawl (2019) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Grindhouse: Death Proof (2007) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Mimic (1997) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Mimic 2 (2001) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Mother! (2017) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | Rosemary’s Baby (model unclear) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Dead Zone (1983) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Prophecy (1995) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Prophecy II (1998) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Shining (1980) | Dec 1 |
| Paramount+ | The Thing (model unclear) | Dec 1 |
| Peacock | The Exorcist: Believer (2023) | Dec 1 |
| Peacock | Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) | Dec 1 |
| Peacock | Pitch Black (2000) | Dec 1 |
| Peacock | Beast (2022) | Dec 7 |
| Peacock | Halloween Ends (2022) | Dec 13 |
| Plex | Shutter (2008) | Dec 1 |
| Plex | Splinter (2008) | Dec 1 |
| Plex | Trollhunter (2010) | Dec 7 |
| Plex | It Comes At Night (2017) | Dec 8 |
| Prime Video | Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990) | Dec 1 |
| Prime Video | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) | Dec 1 |
| Prime Video | The Dead Zone (1983) | Dec 1 |
| Prime Video | The Ring (2002) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Adam Chaplin (2011) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Antibodies (2005) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Bitter Feast (2010) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Blood Conscious (2021) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Darlin’ (2019) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Devils (2023) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Eaten Alive (model unclear) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | The Honeymoon Phase (2019) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Norway (2014) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Phenomena (1985) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Rare Exports (2010) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Santastein (2023) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Sleep Tight (2011) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Stake Land (2010) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Summer of Blood (2014) | Dec 1 |
| Screambox | Wake Wood (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | It’s A Wonderful Knife (2023) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | The Children (2008) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | Black Christmas (2006) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | P2 (2007) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | Night of the Comet (1984) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | To All a Good Night (1980) | Dec 1 |
| Shudder | The Sacrifice Game (2023) | Dec 8 |
| Shudder | Wendigo (2001) | Dec 11 |
| Shudder | Devil’s Pass (2013) | Dec 11 |
| Shudder | I Trapped the Devil (2019) | Dec 11 |
| Shudder | Bay of Blood (1971) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | Baron Blood (1972) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | Black Sunday (1960) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | Kill, Baby … Kill! (1966) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | Lisa and the Devil (1974) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | The Evil Eye (1963) | Dec 15 |
| Shudder | The Gingerdead Man (2005) | Dec 18 |
| Shudder | Barbarians (2021) | Dec 25 |
| Tubi | Constantine (2005) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Eve’s Bayou (1997) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | All Hallows Eve Trickster (2023) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Annabelle (2014) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Cabin Fever (2002) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Cabin Fever 2 (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Doctor Sleep (2019) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Final Destination (2000) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Final Destination 2 (2003) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Final Destination 3 (2006) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Final Destination 5 (2011) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | It Comes At Night (2017) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Jason X (2001) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Slither (2006) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | The Final Destination (2009) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | The Skeleton Key (2005) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Casper’s Haunted Christmas (2000) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Scooby-Doo (2002) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) | Dec 1 |
| Tubi | Black Mold (2023) | Dec 7 |
| Tubi | Mirame (2023) | Dec 19 |
Horror Streaming Titles Expiring Soon
On Their Way Out: These movies have one foot within the grave—bump ‘em to the highest of your December 2023 queue when you can!
| Streaming Service | Movie | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Criterion Channel | Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | In the Mouth of Madness (1995) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Body Snatchers (1993) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Videodrome (1983) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Phantom of the Paradise (1974) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Freaks (1932) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Donnie Darko (2001) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Ravenous (1999) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | The Rapture (1991) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | The Old Dark House (1932) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Island of Lost Souls (1932) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | The Black Cat (1934) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Thirteen Women (1932) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | Svengali (1931) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | The Raven (1935) | Dec 31 |
| The Criterion Channel | The Lodger (1944) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Annabelle (2014) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Annabelle Comes Home (2019) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Annabelle: Creation (2017) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Child’s Play (1988) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Conjuring 2 (2016) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Constantine: City of Demons (2018) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Curse of La Llorona (2019) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Final Destination (2000) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Final Destination 2 (2003) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Final Destination 3 (2006) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Final Destination 5 (2011) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Final Destination (2009) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Haunting (1999) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Misery (1990) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Scooby-Doo (2002) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob! (2021) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Scream (1996) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Scream 2 (1997) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Scream 3 (2000) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift (1990) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Stephen King’s Thinner (1996) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Take Shelter (2011) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Teen Witch (1989) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Trick ‘r Treat (2009) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Urge (2016) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | Warm Bodies (2013) | Dec 31 |
| MAX | You’re Next (2013) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Blade (1998) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Blade 2 (2002) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Blade: Trinity (2004) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Body At Brighton Rock (2019) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Dark Shadows (2012) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Daybreakers (2010) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Devil’s Due (2014) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Godzilla (1998) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | Interview With the Vampire (1994) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | The Possession (2012) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) | Dec 31 |
| Hulu | The Village (2004) | Dec 31 |
| Plex | Diabolique (model unclear) | Dec 31 |
| Plex | A Haunted House 2 (2014) | Dec 31 |
| Plex | The Quiet (2005) | Dec 31 |
| Plex | Train to Busan (2016) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Casper (1995) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Jaws (1975) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Jaws 2 (1978) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Jaws 3-D (1983) | Dec 31 |
| Netflix | Jaws: The Revenge (1987) | Dec 31 |
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Based within the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys lengthy scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with piece of Nineteen Sixties eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg’s goal is to unfold the great phrase about the most effective of sleaze, style, and sensible results.
