April has arrived, and it brings a massive wave of new library titles joining your favorite streaming services. To save you from the endless scroll, we’ve broken down exactly what is dropping and where you can find it.
The Heavy Hitters Debuting on Streaming
–Dust Bunny (HBO Max): Bryan Fuller’s highly anticipated darling makes its official streaming debut on April 17.
–Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Peacock): If you missed the box office juggernaut sequel in theaters, head to Peacock on April 3.
–Thrash & Apex (Netflix): Netflix is unleashing a double feature of genre originals with Tommy Wirkola’s shark movie Thrash and the serial killer thriller Apex.
HBO Max
Perfect if you want to binge the entire Alien franchise. To take it a step further, you can find a guide to watching the Alien franchise in the intended order.
-April 1: Alien (and Director’s Cut), Aliens (and Director’s Cut), Alien 3 (and Assembly Cut), Alien Resurrection (and Special Edition), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (and Extended Cut), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (and Extended Cut), Practical Magic, The Hole in the Ground, The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
-April 3: Alien: Romulus
-April 17: Dust Bunny
Hulu
-April 1: Monster House (2006), Pacific Rim: Uprising
-April 3: Pizza Movie
-April 4: Primitive War
-April 5: The Boogeyman
-April 6: Sirat
-April 17: Shelby Oaks – After you watch Shelby Oaks, be sure to check out our interview with its star, Sarah Durn.
-April 24: No Other Choice (2025)
-April 25: Good Boy (2025)
-April 30: A Haunting In Venice
Kanopy
-April 3: Together, Dream Scenario, High Life, Lamb
-April 10: Shelby Oaks, Cloud, Vivarium
-April 17: Event Horizon
-April 24: George A. Romero’s Resident Evil, Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Netflix
-April 7: Beast (2022)
-April 10: Scream (2022), Thrash
-April 11: A Quiet Place Part II
-April 13: Halloween Ends
-April 19: Him
-April 24: Apex
Paramount+
Get some popcorn and dive into a marathon of the Paranormal Activity franchise.
-April 1: Addams Family Values, Cujo, Mindhunters, Monstrous, Paranormal Activity (1 through 4, Ghost Dimension, and The Marked Ones), Shutter Island, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator Genisys, Terminator: Dark Fate, The Addams Family, The Woman in Black.
Peacock
Get ready to sink your fangs into killer movies this month!
-April 1: Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity, Red Eye, This Is the End
-April 3: Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
-April 21: Nosferatu
-April 26: Five Nights At Freddy’s (Original)
Pluto TV (Free!)
-April 1: Dream Scenario, From Dusk Till Dawn (1, 2, and 3), High Life, Hollow Man, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Ultraviolet, Under the Skin.
Prime Video
-April 1: Anna And The Apocalypse, Child’s Play (1988 & 2019), Dark Harvest, End of Days, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Lifeforce, Teen Wolf: The Movie, The Addams Family (2019 & 2021), The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005), The Great Wall, The Menu, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, The Prodigy, White Noise.
-April 17: The Running Man (2025)
-April 21: The Conjuring: Last Rites
Shudder
Shudder isn’t joking around this month. It’s unleashing a horde of great horror films!
-April 1: Ben (1972), Blood for Dracula, The Boogeyman (1980), The Crazies, The Devils (1971), Flesh of Frankenstein, House of Wax (2005), Luther the Geek, Pumpkinhead, Season of the Witch, Steppenwolf (2024), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Three…Extremes, Three (aka Three Extremes 2), Troll (1986), Troll 2 (1991), Willard (1971).
-April 3: Deathstalker (2025)
-April 4: Phantasm: Remastered, Phantasm III, Phantasm IV, Phantasm: Ravager
-April 9: Shiver
-April 10: Somnium
-April 15: Black Eyed Susan
-April 17: Night Patrol
-April 24: Dolly
Tubi (Free!)
One of the must-see movies streaming on Tubi this month is Hive, a new Tubi original that takes creepy kids to a whole new level.
-April 1: Blood Creek, Cabin Fever, Carrie (1976 & 2013), Child’s Play (1988 & 2019), Dream Scenario, Event Horizon, High Life, Identity, It Comes at Night, Lamb, Poor Things, Queen Of the Damned, Scary Movie (1, 2, and 3), Scooby-Doo (1 & 2), Scream (1, 2, and 3), Straw Dogs (2011), Sunshine, Teen Wolf: The Movie, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Under the Skin, Vampire in Brooklyn, You’re Next, Zombieland 2: Double Tap.
-April 10: The Caretaker
-April 15: Predator, Predator 2
-April 17: Hive
-April 24: Hijacked
Happy watching!
