As summer wanes, August serves as a calm entry point before Halloween season kicks off in earnest next month. While it may be a relatively light period for major horror drops, major streaming platforms are quietly packing their libraries with a mix of original premieres, cult favorites, and franchise marathons.
Netflix is handing us a double order of psychological damage this August with two brand-new originals, The Last House and The Whisper Man. Prefer your terror stuffed with polyester and sheer spite? They’re also unloading virtually the entire Chucky collection—ideal for anyone nostalgic for a simpler era of micro-budget plastic slayings.
Over at Shudder, the algorithm remains wonderfully unhinged. They’re unleashing a creature-feature trifecta that includes the monstrous Hellcat and an Ozploitation madness trip dubbed Penny Lane is Dead.
.
HBO Max
August 1
Barbarian
It Comes At Night
Orphan
Tusk
August 7
The Strangers: Chapter 2
August 17
Thanksgiving (2023)
August 21
Mother Mary
August 30
Knock Knock
The Cabin in the Woods
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Prey at Night
.
Hulu
August 1
The Blackening
The Bye Bye Man
Halloweentown
Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Life
Untitled Home Invasion Romance
August 3
Ex Machina
MaXXXine
Pearl
X
August 4
Imaginary
August 14
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn – Director’s Cut (2026)
Red Eye
August 7
The People’s Joker
Red Eye
August 14
Dementia 13: The Director’s Cut (1963)
Species
August 21
A Different Man
Netflix
August 1
Anaconda
Bride of Chucky
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Seed of Chucky
August 3
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
August 7
The Last House
August 13
Immaculate
August 15
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Shallows
August 24
M3GAN
August 28
The Whisper Man
.
Paramount+
August 1
10 Cloverfield Lane
Body Cam
Cloverfield
Crawl
Crawlspace
Disturbia
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
Organ Trail
Overlord
Vampire in Brooklyn
August 23
The Cured
.
August 1
Escape Room
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
The Faculty
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Insidious*
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Knock Knock
Old
One Hour Photo
Predator
The Predator
August 27
The Woman in the Yard
Pluto TV
August 1
Angel Heart
Approaching The Unknown
The Astronaut’s Wife
The Blob (1988)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Cursed
Deepstar Six
District 9
Event Horizon
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
Fright Night (1985)
Green Room
Hellboy (2004)
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellworld
The Loved Ones
Mars Attacks!
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Mimic
Mimic 2
Mimic 3: Sentinel
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Phantoms
Red Eye
Spell
The Time Machine (2002)
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Wes Craven Presents Dracula II: Ascension
Wes Craven Presents Dracula III: Legacy
The Woman In Black (2012)
.
Prime Video
August 1
Primate
.
Screambox
August 7
A Bay Of Blood
Caligula The Untold Story
Cries Of Pleasure
Dark Places
Death Brings Roses
Dracula And Son
Mummy Resurrection
Murderlust
Running Time
Scream Of The Demon Lover
The Candy Snatchers
August 11
A Balcony in Limoges
August 14
Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw
Evilenko
Voices From Beyond
August 18
Yellow Eyes
August 21
Behave
Bunker
Butchers Book Two: Raghorn
Hammer And Beyond: The Jimmy Sangster Legacy
Playhouse
Spandexorcist
The Mutant (English Dub)
August 28
Alfred Hitchcock: More Than Just a Profile
Burning Moon
Byleth: The Demon Of Incest
Closed Circuit
Death Ride
Nightmare Man
There’s Nothing Out There
.
Shudder
August 1
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Baxter (1989)
Bruiser (2000)
The Frighteners
George A. Romero’s Resident Evil
Salt Along the Tongue
Tales From the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin
The Living and the Dead
They Came Back (2004)
What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
August 3
13 Exorcisms
Dark Nuns
Devils Stay
Exorcismo
The Devil’s Exorcist
The Priest
August 7
The Yeti
August 10
Creation of the Damned
Morbus
Poppers
Rostros
Supernatural (1981)
The Bell from Hell
The House in the Outskirts
The People Who Own the Dark
August 14
Hellcat
August 17
Threads
August 21
Buffet Infinity
August 28
Penny Lane is Dead
.
Tubi
August 1
The Black Demon
The Blackening
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 3
Flatliners (1990)
Flatliners (2017)
Ghost Stories
Godzilla (1998)
Halloween (2018)
Medusa Deluxe
Mimic
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Death Island
Resident Evil: Degeneration
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scream (1996)
Scream 2
Scream 3
They
Zodiac
August 3
God is a Bullet
August 4
Imaginary
August 10
Bambi: The Reckoning
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 2
August 18
Fall
.
Get comfy and stock up on snacks! August is going to be filled with both new movies and classic films! And don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted on all upcoming Halloween news.
