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Critically Acclaimed Internet Thriller ‘Searching’ Heads to Home Video in November
Aneesh Chaganty’s Searching, which has quietly become one of 2018’s hottest genre films, has been playing in relatively limited release since August, and we’ve learned this week that it’s headed home before the end of the year.
Sony will release the DVD & Blu-ray on November 27.
The latest thriller that plays out across computer screens, like Unfriended, Searching stars John Cho as a father investigating the mysterious disappearance of his young daughter.
Critically, Searching is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with an incredible 93% rating from the collected reviews of 176 critics. The audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is also incredibly high, currently at 89%. Many have been raving that it’s one of this year’s best and certainly one of the top “internet horror films,” with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver) even tweeting his praise last week. “I loved Searching. Fans of mysteries & thrillers should check it out. An ingenious use of the net, video, facetimes & texts combine to hypnotic effect on the big screen. And John Cho is brilliant in the lead,” Wright tweeted.
No special features information is available at this time.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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