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‘Cult of Chucky’ Is One of Six New Horror Arrivals to Netflix in February
The bad news? Netflix is once again raising its prices, with ad-supported subscriptions rising $1 to $7.99/month and premium ad-free subscriptions rising $2 to $24.99/month.
The good news? Well, at least Cult of Chucky is coming back to Netflix!
Don Mancini’s Cult of Chucky, which brought Chucky into a mental institution back in 2017, is headed to Netflix on February 1, the streaming service has announced this morning.
The seventh installment of the Child’s Play/Chucky franchise introduced the idea of multiple killer Chucky dolls and also firmly integrated original Child’s Play franchise characters Andy and Kyle back into the mix, the film also starring Fiona Dourif and Jennifer Tilly. The events of Cult of Chucky set the stage for the “Chucky” television series, which was cancelled just last year.
Bloody Disgusting’s review raved back in 2017, “Seventh films have no right to be this good or break this much new ground. Cult of Chucky takes this wild story in a whole host of new directions that franchise fans are sure to get a kick out of. There are so many batshit delights, especially as things escalate towards the finale. Without a doubt, Child’s Play is a horror franchise worth treasuring. In a world where most of the other heavy-hitting horror icons are struggling to even get new films off the ground, Chucky keeps delivering the goods.”
Cult of Chucky will be joined on Netflix by the arrival of Andy Muschietti’s IT (2017) on February 1, while both Train to Busan and its sequel Peninsula arrive on February 11.
Starring Maika Monroe, director Chloe Okuno’s Watcher (2022) will also be added to Netflix in February, available for at-your-convenience streaming beginning on February 25.
And don’t forget that the brand new for-adults animated movie The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep will be premiering exclusively on Netflix on February 11. Geralt of Rivia gets drawn into an epic conflict between land and sea in this animated film from “The Witcher” universe.
As for the horror movies leaving Netflix in February 2025, they include The Pope’s Exorcist on February 11, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged on February 15, and Pearl on February 15.
Both Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed also leave Netflix on February 28, along with the horror movie spoofs A Haunted House and A Haunted House 2.
Netflix says goodbye to ‘Pearl’ on February 15, 2025
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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