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‘Peak Screaming Collection’ from Paramount+ Returns with Massive Halloween Slate

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Just in time for the Halloween season, the Peak Screaming Collection from Paramount+ has returned to the service today with a monster-sized lineup. The popular collection returns bigger than ever with over 450 titles spanning iconic horror movies, complete collections of genre-defining franchises and Halloween episodes from fan-favorite series.

The seasonal collection includes the premiere of the Paramount+ original horror film VICIOUS (October 10) from writer/director Bryan Bertino, starring Dakota Fanning. Paramount+ will also be the streaming home to CBS’ seasonal content, including Halloween episodes of GHOSTS and ELSBETH October 30 as well as TRACKER on November 2.  

This year’s refreshed Peak Screaming packs in scares, screams and seasonal fun with new and returning titles across 25 expertly curated carousels*. Subscribers can also explore complete blockbuster franchises for thrillers such as Scream (NEW), Paranormal Activity (NEW), Smile, A Quiet Place and Pet Sematary offering a full, bingeable lineup. New and returning subgenres include the following and more:

  • (NEW) Witches, Vampires and Werewolves: Sink your fangs into this new carousel full of fright-night favorites with The Blade trilogy, The Craft, Beowulf, 30 Days of Night, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Brothers Grimm, From Dusk Till Dawn franchise and more.
  • New Releases: Recently released terrors such as Monster Summer*, A Quiet Place: Day One, Apartment 7A, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines; and Paramount+ original series Dexter: Resurrection* and Happy Face.
  • Big Screen’s Big Screams: Chilling classics include American Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, The Crow, Sleepy Hollow, The Ring (2002) and The First Purge.
  • Slash Hits: Horror-packed thrills await including Friday the 13th (parts 1-8) I Know What You Did Last Summer, Halloween II*, Orphan: First Kill and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
  • Killer Classics: Try not to hide under your blanket for this one! Classic chills like The Twilight Zone, To Catch A Thief (1955), Mommie Dearest, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return, Zodiac and Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
  • Family Fright Night: Halloween fun for the whole family with festive favorites like SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp, Teen Wolf (1985), Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Monster High The Movie, Labyrinth and a wide selection of Scooby-Doo movies available in October starring everyone’s favorite mystery-solving pup.
  • Horror Comedies: Don’t be afraid to laugh your spine off with the hit CBS original series GHOSTS** and classic films including the Scary Movie franchise, Vampire in Brooklyn, The Addams Family (1991), The Stepford Wives (2004), Love and Monsters, Extra Ordinary* and the Men in Black trilogy.
  • Flash Frights: 90 Minutes or Less: Quick frightful flicks including The Babysitter, Red Eye, April Fool’s Day, The Devil Inside and The Evil Dead (1981).
  • Psychological Horror: Includes mind-bending titles such as Mother!, Annihilation, The Machinist, Strange Darling* and The Girl on the Train* as well as Paramount+ original crime procedural series Criminal Minds: Evolution.
  • Truly Terrifying: A spine-tingling lineup including (NEW) original movie VICIOUS (premiering 10/10), The Woman in Black, Wrong Turn*, Nightcrawler, The Autopsy of Jane Doe* and more.
  • Horror Heroines: Scream Queens take the stage in series like Yellowjackets*, Why Women Kill and movies including The Menu, Panic Room, Margaux, Don’t Knock Twice and Paramount+ original movie Significant Other. 
  • Creature Features: Monstrous madness including King Kong, World War Z, Prophecy, Crawl and The Mist*.
  • Halloween Nickstalgia: Nostalgic episodes from Nickelodeon favorites including SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rugrats (1991), The Fairly OddParents and Invader Zim. 
  • Coming of Rage: Teen thrillers like The Babysitter, The Faculty, Talk to Me*, The Blob and Paramount+ original series School Spirits. 
  • Costume Inspiration: Looking for the perfect costume for that Halloween party? Check out Gladiator II, Top Gun: Maverick, Mean Girls, South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants, DORA, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more for inspo!

*A selection of the above carousels and titles may only be available in September or October.

The Peak Screaming collection is available to stream now here

Horror journalist, RT Top Critic, and Critics Choice Association member. Has appeared on PBS series' Monstrum, served on the SXSW Midnighter shorts jury, and moderated horror panels for WonderCon, SeriesFest, and Popcorn Frights Film Fest.

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7 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Lockbox’

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Katharine Isabelle and Lou Taylor Pucci in Lockbox

The holiday weekend means a light week for new horror releases, but it does bring the return of Dark Castle Entertainment to select theaters. It’s being joined by 6 new horror movies.

Here’s all the new horror releasing June 29, 2026 – July 3, 2026!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.


Inde Navarrette in the 'Obsession' trailer

You wished for it. The highest-grossing horror movie of the year (so far), Curry Barker’s Obsession, arrived on Digital on June 30. 

In Curry Barker’s theatrical debut Obsession, after breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Michael Johnston (Teen Wolf), Inde Navarette (Superman & Lois), Cooper Tomlinson (“That’s a Bad Idea,” Milk & Serial), Megan Lawless (The Death That Awaits), and Emmy Award-nominee Andy Richter (“Conan,” Elf) star.


Based on a story by director James Kondelik (Behind The Walls) and a screenplay by Canadian writer Victor Rose, survival thriller Pitfall headed home to Digital on June 30. Family is murder in this Cineverse release.

In Pitfall, a young man becomes separated from his friends in the woods and plunges into a ten-foot pit lined with spikes, impaling his leg and leaving him helpless. As reality sinks in and his situation grows dire, he realizes the fall wasn’t an accident.

The film stars Richard Harmon (Final Destination: Bloodlines), Alexandra Essoe (The Pope’s Exorcist), and UFC champion Randy Couture (The Expendables) as the ruthless killer who stalks his prey in the woods. Marshall Williams (The Ice Road), Jordan Claire Robbins (The Umbrella Academy), and Matt Hamilton (Murder for Sale) also star.


The Amityville IP leans into Jaws with Amityville Shark House, just in time for the Fourth of July holiday too, as it released on Digital June 30.

Will Collazo Jr. (Amityville Thanksgiving) and Shawn C. Phillips (Amityville Karen) co-direct from a script they wrote with Julie Anne Prescott.

In the movie, after discovering an ominous shark idol hidden beneath the decaying floorboards, Richard unknowingly awakens an ancient and savage force. As the entity begins to merge with him, a quiet coastal town descends into blood-soaked chaos.

With each victim claimed, the monstrous predator grows stronger, fueling a cult’s belief that their dark god has been reborn. Now, the race is on to stop the carnage before evil consumes everything in its path.

Phillips and Prescott also star alongside Tasha Tacosa, Maritza BrikisakGigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Adam Marino, and Carl Solomon.


Available on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD as of June 30 is Jacked, directed by John Fucile from a script he co-wrote with Simon Fraser.

The synopsis: “Set in the summer of 1987, JACKED follows two small-town teenagers whose day at the lake turns into a fight for survival after their car breaks down and they encounter a violent stalker.”

Marla Jean Robison, Tom Koch, Anthony Cipriani, Wynn Reichert, Kam Perez and Bella Marie star.


Slashercise teaser

Get ready to work up a killer sweat and maybe spill some blood with Slashercise, a workout meets slasher hybrid that arrived exclusively on Bloodstream on July 1.

Written and directed by Ama Lea (Deathcember), the retro-styled feature follows “a masked killer known only as Meathead as he stalks the fitness clubs of Los Angeles, turning workout sessions into blood-soaked nightmares. As the city’s top trainers are picked off one by one, a group of determined fitness fanatics must fight back before they become the next bodies on the mat.”

Vanessa Decker (Stiletto), John Bloom (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills), Sarah French (Blind), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Sarah Nicklin (V/H/S/Halloween), Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Jared Rivet (The Once and Future Smash), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley), and Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) star.


After a record-breaking box office run, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ feature debut is heading back to theaters with bonus footage. AMC Theatres is unleashing Backrooms: Everything Must Go Editiontoday, July 3.

In the film written by Will Soodik, the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsvestar.

AMC describes this release as a “theatrically exclusive post-credit” with additional footage from Kane Parsons. Expect 16 minutes of bonus footage, with the new version clocking in at 2 hours and 6 minutes.


The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm and Dark Castle Entertainment are back with Lockbox, in select theaters July 3. It adapts Soren Narnia‘s Knifepoint Horror Podcast story “Winthrop” by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe.

In Lockbox, “Seeking peace after her mother’s death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.”

Lou Taylor Pucci (Touch Me, Evil Dead), Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill HouseGerald’s Game, The Fall of the House of Usher) and Katharine Isabelle (Ginger SnapsBackrooms) star.


This week’s new release roundups are presented by Lockbox.

Be careful who you let in. Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci star in Lockbox, only in select theaters this Friday. Get tickets.

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