The Fourth of July holiday is here, which means summer is officially in full swing. It’s the season for road trips, beach excursions, weekend getaways, and summer camps. All things horror finds creative, bloody ways to exploit for our entertainment.
This week’s streaming picks bring the summer themed horror fun through bloodletting and terror, from creature features to intense thrillers. Let’s spill some blood in the sand, shall we?
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
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Jaws – Peacock
If you’re looking to celebrate the Fourth of July with horror, Steven Spielberg’s quintessential shark horror movie arguably makes for definitive holiday horror viewing. Set over the Fourth of July weekend, one massive man-eating shark threatens to ruin tourist season for Amity Island. It’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and a shark hunter to intervene in this suspenseful feature that makes everyone afraid to go into the water. Stay cool inside with the air conditioner and watch the film that kickstarted shark horror – and the summer blockbuster – instead.
Joy Ride – Hulu
“Candy Cane? Hey, anybody know a Candy Cane?” A long summer road trip leads to boredom for college kids Lewis (Paul Walker) and Venna (Leelee Sobieski) and Lewis’s estranged brother Fuller (Steve Zahn). For entertainment, they play a prank via CB radio on a truck driver nicknamed Rusty Nail, luring him to a motel room while posing as seductive woman Candy Cane. They quickly realize they chose the wrong person to humiliate. A laid-back summer road trip turns into an intense and dangerous cat-and-mouse game with Rusty Nail in relentless pursuit. This early Aughts thriller brings the suspense.
Psycho Beach Party – Tubi
A strange comedic blend of ‘60s beach party movies, psychodrama, and ‘80s slashers, this parody based on an off-Broadway play brings the camp. Lauren Ambrose leads as the Gidget-like Florence, a young woman determined to become the first female surfer at Malibu Beach. Complicating matters is a string of murders, in which Florence becomes the prime suspect because of her dissociative identity disorder. In terms of kills, Psycho Beach Party is pretty tame. This is more of a genre-adjacent spoof than an outright slasher movie, so this pick is more for fans seeking something outside of the box.
Sleepaway Camp – Crackle, freevee, Peacock, Pluto TV, Roku, SCREAMBOX, Tubi
Summer isn’t complete without a summer camp slasher, and Sleepaway Camp ranks near the top of the most memorable thanks to meanspirited kills and one unforgettable finale. Shy, traumatized Angela Baker (Felissa Rose) gets sent to summer sleepaway camp with her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), where fellow campers bully her. It’s not just Ricky trying to stick up for her; someone’s ruthlessly dispatching Angela’s tormentors. It all builds to one of the most debated endings in horror history.
Zombeavers – Pluto TV, Tubi
It’s not always sharks ruining summer vacation plans. Thanks to a runaway canister of toxic chemicals rolling into a nearby river, a weekend of summer fun on the water turns into a terrifyingly funny fight for survival. It’s college kids versus mutant zombie beavers in this horror-comedy. It’s over-the-top fun, filled with gore, one-liners, and wacky creature feature mayhem. In other words, it’s an entertaining summer watch perfect for a long holiday weekend.
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