All Horror Movies and Shows You Can Stream This Week at Home or Watch in Theaters, Including ‘Beast of War’

There’s a busy slate of spooky releases landing over the next few days, from classic carnage storming back into theaters to new festival darlings and folklore chillers hitting your streaming apps. Below you’ll find quick, useful rundowns for each title—what the story is, who’s in it, and who made it—plus exactly when and where you can watch this week.

To keep things handy, every entry includes plot and key credits only—no fluff—followed by the date and platform in the body text so you can jump right to the one you want tonight or circle a day for the weekend watch.

‘The Devil’s Rejects’ (2005)

Rob Zombie’s follow-up to ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ tracks the fugitive Firefly clan—Otis (Bill Moseley), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig)—as they flee a relentless lawman, Sheriff John Quincy Wydell (William Forsythe). The film leans into grindhouse road-horror with a crime thriller spine and a Tyler Bates score, shot by cinematographer Phil Parmet and edited by Glenn Garland. It returns to theaters on October 6, 2025.

Written and directed by Rob Zombie, the movie is produced by Mike Elliott, Andy Gould, Rob Zombie, Michael Ohoven and Marco Mehlitz. Supporting players include Ken Foree and Matthew McGrory, expanding the Firefly mythos that later continued with ‘3 from Hell’.

‘Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait”‘ (2025)

This adaptation centers on a petty thief who wanders into an antique shop where an aspiring artist and a mysterious shopkeeper are drawn to a portrait harboring a vengeful spirit. Written and directed by Adrian Langley and produced by Langley alongside Doug Phillips, Adrian Faynwachs, Alphonse Ghossein and Kevin Preece, the film stars Michael Swatton, Pragya Shail, Paul Thomas, Simon Phillips and Louisa Capulet. It opens in theaters on October 10, 2025.

Langley, whose credits include ‘Bunker’ and ‘Ash & Dust’, oversees cinematography and editing on the project. Distributed domestically by Blue Fox Entertainment.

‘Beast of War’ (2025)

Set in the Timor Sea during World War II, this genre mash-up strands a group of Australian soldiers after a Japanese attack while a great white stalks the survivors. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (‘Wyrmwood’), the film stars Mark Coles Smith as Leo, with Sam Delich and others, and features stylized visuals from cinematographer Mark Wareham. It hits theaters on October 10, 2025.

The movie blends war-film tropes with a creature feature’s menace and was showcased on the festival circuit ahead of release. Early coverage highlights its soundstage craft and fog-shrouded look.

‘True Haunting’ (2025– )

This Netflix docuseries presents first-person accounts of alleged paranormal encounters, combining present-day interviews with cinematic reenactments. Season 1 features Wyatt Dorion, Rhys Alexander Phillips and Makenna Pickersgill among the reenactment cast, and is rated TV-MA across five episodes. It premieres on Netflix on October 7, 2025.

The show’s structure emphasizes the witnesses’ perspectives, framing each case through immersive recreations rather than a hosted format.

‘Vicious’ (2025)

Writer-director Bryan Bertino (‘The Strangers’) crafts a reality-warping night of terror after Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a strange box with cryptic rules that pull her into a nightmare. The cast includes Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard and Devyn Nekoda; the film is produced by Richard Suckle with music by Tom Schraeder. It premieres on Paramount+ on October 10, 2025 (also available digitally the same day).

The project world-premiered at Fantastic Fest in September 2025 ahead of its streaming bow. Paramount confirmed the title as part of its Halloween collection, positioning it as an original film debut.

‘Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait”‘ (2025)

In addition to theaters, the Adrian Langley–directed ghost story is available on digital/on-demand on October 10, 2025, with Blue Fox Entertainment handling U.S. distribution. The ensemble includes Michael Swatton, Pragya Shail, Paul Thomas, Simon Phillips and Louisa Capulet.

The narrative follows a cursed painting that ensnares an artist, a shopkeeper and a thief in a deadly supernatural trap.

‘Within the Pines’ (2025)

A sound recordist, Sam Evans, heads deep into an isolated forest to capture clean ambience—until his microphone picks up a sound no one wants to hear alone in the woods. Credits list Sam Evans as the central lead; the film’s page details a 72-minute runtime and horror-suspense tagging. It begins streaming on Plex on October 10, 2025.

Expect a minimalist survival-horror setup built around field-recording tension.

‘Solvent’ (2024)

An American expat joins a small team combing an abandoned Austrian farmhouse for hidden Nazi documents, only to awaken an ancient presence beneath the property. Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner and written by Grenzfurthner with Ben Roberts, the film features an ensemble led by Gunner S., with U.S. distribution by Film Movement. It starts streaming on October 10, 2025.

The movie has drawn strong early notices, holding a 93% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing. U.S. materials note Film Movement’s handling and home-streaming rollout.

‘Protein’ (2024)

Set in South Wales, this dark crime-horror follows Sion (Craig Russell), a gym-obsessed serial killer whose cannibalistic “bulking plan” ignites a turf war with local gangs. Written and directed by Tony Burke, the film also features Steve Meo, Kai Owen and Ross O’Hennessy, with Buffalo 8 as distributor. It becomes available on Plex on October 10, 2025.

Reviews highlight a bleak, blackly comic tone as detectives Patch (Andrea Hall) and Stanton (Charles Dale) close in on Sion.

‘Stay’ (2025)

A supernatural marital siege thriller, ‘Stay’ centers on Kiara (Megalyn Echikunwoke), a PhD author of African spirituality, and Miles (Mo McRae), a former MMA fighter, whose collapsing marriage is interrupted by terrifying forces. Written and directed by Jas Summers, the cast includes Brandon Firla, Patrick Cloud and Dominic Stephens. It streams on Hulu on October 8, 2025.

Credits list Summers as writer-director with John Rosario as cinematographer and a principal cast led by Echikunwoke and McRae.

‘The Drowned’ (2025)

After an art heist, three thieves reach a seaside safe house to find their partner missing, forcing them to question one another as a sinister, myth-tinged presence rises from the deep. Written and directed by Samuel Clemens, the film stars (among others) Michelangelo Fortuzzi and has been praised for moody, coastal atmosphere. It arrives on major digital platforms on October 7, 2025.

The project was previously titled ‘The Waterhouse’ and premiered at FrightFest Halloween before its multi-territory digital rollout handled by Sunrise Films and Vertigo Releasing.

‘The Healing’ (2025)

A folk-horror thriller from director Denis Kryuchkov, ‘The Healing’ follows Lyuba as she flees an abusive husband to a remote retreat with friends, where ritual-tinged therapy spirals into nightmare. Cast includes Alena Mitroshina, Wolfgang Cerny, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Ekaterina Solomatina and Viktoria Skitskaya. It releases on digital (Fandango at Home) on October 7, 2025.

Recent materials and trailers emphasize cult-like rites and hallucinatory imagery as Lyuba confronts a terrifying choice between escape and assimilation.

Share which titles you’re queuing up first—and what you think after watching—in the comments!