Those of you looking for something midly unsettling or downright terrifying will find a lot of interesting choices to pick from this week, ranging from a fantasy frightfest to a spry horror-comedy, as well as a couple of paranoid thrillers and sci-fi TV series. Read on for the full list.
Writer/director Ted Geoghegan makes a strong, stylish feature debut with this horror story about a grieving couple who move to a secluded home after the tragic death of their son; little do they know that their new home has a bloody past.
Available now on: Netflix
This psychological thriller centers on a man who is convinced the world is on the verge of being overtaken by demons and attempts to hide his fear from a friend. Is he going mad, or is it real?
Available now on: Netflix
This French thriller follows a woman who takes her boss’s car on a joyride to an unfamiliar town, only to discover a body in the trunk and become the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Available now on: Netflix
Jack Black stars in this Certified Fresh fantasy adventure as author R.L. Stine, whose various Goosebumps creations come to life and terrorize his town. He must team up with his daughter (Odeya Rush) and next door neighbor (Dylan Minnette) to stop the madness.
Available now on: Netflix
Eric Dane and Rhona Mitra star in this TNT drama about a naval ship that doubles as a safe haven when a deadly virus wipes out much of the world’s population.
Available now on: Hulu
This Certified Fresh US-UK joint sci-fi production is set in an alternate reality where lifelike artificial intelligence has been perfected; the series follows a normal family as they deal with life… and robots.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This Certified Fresh drama from Colombia about two European scientists who venture into the Amazon jungle 20 years apart earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Available May 13 on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins star in this dramatic comedy about a group of aid workers who run into obstacles trying to extract a corpse from a well in Yugoslavia during the late 1990s.
Available May 13 on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
