Happy New Year! As expected, the new year brings a slew of notable new titles to the various ever-growing streaming libraries, giving you plenty to watch in January 2024.
Whether you’re looking to catch up on 2023 releases or looking ahead to shiny new 2024 horror or sci-fi titles, January has it all.
These ten noteworthy horror titles will be available for streaming this month on some of the most popular streaming services out there. Here’s when/where you can watch them.
All Fun and Games – Hulu (January 4)
Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games in Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu’s teen horror movie. The 2023 horror release stars “Strange Things” actor Natalia Dyer alongside Asa Butterfield. The cast also includes Keith David (They Live, The Thing), Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio), Annabeth Gish (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Laurel Marsden (“Ms. Marvel”), and Kolton Stewart (“Locke & Key”).
Foe – Prime Video (January 5)
The couple at the center of apocalyptic thriller Foe, based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) novel, have far more than the usual relationship woes to navigate. Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre star in the twisty apocalyptic marital thriller that sees a couple’s secluded life upended by the arrival of a stranger. Expect this sci-fi effort to veer more into dramatic, philosophical territory over scares.
Where the Devil Roams – Tubi (January 5)
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and followed it up with Shudder’s Hellbender. Their latest shifts gears a bit for a Depression-era horror movie that follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the carnival circuit. Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the ambitious film, as well as write and direct.
Landscape with Invisible Hand – Prime Video (January 9)
This sci-fi fable is set in a wildly creative world post-alien invasion. The hyper-intelligent alien race, the Vuvv, didn’t see to destroy Earth, but their advanced technology left most of the job force obsolete, plunging humanity into poverty. Through teen Adam (Asante Blackk) and his poignant art, Cory Finley‘s Landscape With Invisible Hand paints a portrait of human resilience and heart. It’s a strange, heady tale that frequently veers into comedy thanks to the absurd sci-fi setup.
Underground – SCREAMBOX (January 9)
Found footage fans will want to check out this original release that sees a bachelorette party turn into a claustrophobic nightmare. A group of young women find themselves trapped in an underground complex, a long forgotten relic of WWII. Lost in the concrete maze, a night of revelry becomes a harrowing fight for survival in Lars Janssen’s found footage feature.
Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva – SCREAMBOX (January 16)
The mystery deepens in Luminol Entertainment’s “Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva.”
Writer/Director Dutch Marich continues his pseudo-documentary series that explores the unsettling horror lurking around Northeastern Nevada. Marich packs the short runtime with maximum scares and atmosphere, upping the ante on both the unsettling mythology and the horror. If you haven’t caught up on the first film, you’re in luck; both Horror in the High Desert and Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva arrive on SCREAMBOX, making for a brisk and terrifying double feature.
Destroy All Neighbors – Shudder (January 12)
Shudder kicks the new year off with a rockin’ splatter-comedy starring Alex Winter and Jonah Ray Rodrigues. Rodrigues stars as a neurotic, self-absorbed musician whose ambitions for prog-rock greatness get beset by his grotesque neighbor Vlad (Winter) and a pile of (un)dead bodies. Contracted: Phase II‘s Josh Forbes directed Destroy All Neighbors from a screenplay by Charles Pieper and Jared Logan, with story by Pieper and Mike Benner.
The Passenger – Shudder (January 15)
The latest by Carter Smith (The Ruins, Swallowed) begins with a harrowing inciting event that results in the mild-mannered Randolph “Randy” Bradley (Johnny Berchtold) getting trapped in a car with volatile coworker Benson (Kyle Gallner). While much of the horror drama plays out within the confines of a small vehicle, Smith finds engaging ways to keep the emotionally intense thriller moving along at a compelling pace.
Deliver Us – Hulu (January 26)
The Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate a nun’s claims of immaculate conception at a remote convent. The woman’s pregnancy may be tied to an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twins, with one being the Messiah and the other the Anti-Christ. Deliver Us is directed by Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis, from a screenplay by Lee Roy Kunz and Kane Kunz. This pick is for fans of psychological, religious-based horror or those looking to catch up on 2023 horror releases.
Suitable Flesh – Shudder (January 26)
This adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Thing on the Doorstep,” written by Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon), and produced by Brian Yuzna and Barbara Crampton, seamlessly inserts itself into the late Stuart Gordon’s cinematic Lovecraft universe. Director Joe Lynch captures the humorous, oft-sexy tone of Gordon’s ‘80s/’90s Lovecraftian horror output while putting his own stamp on a fun and bloody body-hop romp. Heather Graham leads an infectious cast as the psychiatrist trapped in a nightmare when her latest patient isn’t who he appears to be.
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