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10 Great Horror Titles That You Can Stream on Tubi This Month
If you’re a regular reader of the weekly streaming column Stay Home, Watch Horror, or you listen to the Bloody Disgusting Podcast, you’ve likely noticed how frequently Tubi gets recommended. The completely free streaming service, meaning no subscriptions or hidden fees, offers an insane selection for viewers with currently over 35,000 titles available. That means a robust catalog of horror; Tubi covers just about every level of horror, from the well-known, mainstream titles to the obscure little gems awaiting discovery.
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Tubi is an always-free treasure trove for the genre fan, whether you’re in the mood for comfort watches or deep cuts, old and new alike. Here are ten horror titles to stream this month, from retro classics to obscure cult favorites. And almost all exclusively streaming for free on Tubi.
Candyman
August 27 brings the release of Nia DaCosta’s Candyman, making now the perfect time to revisit the original. Tony Todd turns in a career-defining performance as the eponymous Candyman, an urban legend made flesh for those that dare summon him. It’s scary, haunting, tragic, and oddly romantic. What else is there to say? You already know. Candyman does leave Tubi at the end of the month, though, so make sure you catch up ahead of the new film.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
It’s August, which means the Halloween season is officially here for most of us horror fans. That makes this adaptation of the children’s book series by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Stephen Gammell a perfect seasonal treat, especially for the gateway horror fan. In 1968, young Stella (Zoe Colletti) borrows and reads from a haunted book that writes its own stories in real-time, using her friends and enemies as the targets of horrors made flesh. The small-town setting, the surprising scares, and Gammell’s eerie art brought to life should help prepare you for fall.
Gamera the Brave
Another charming monster movie perfect for families or the young at heart, Gamera the Brave offers up a touching boy and his monster tale. A kaiju-style feature soon gives way to a light-hearted story about a boy who brings home a mysterious egg that hatches into a turtle. Not just any turtle, but a baby Gamera. Gamera will need to grow up quickly when a new rampaging monster enters the equation. If you’re a sucker for charming monster tales, bring tissues.
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning works as both prequel and sequel, using a framing device of Norman calling into a radio show discussing matricide and relaying stories from his youth, told in flashbacks, explaining the events that lead to Norman’s homicidal breakdown. This entry is directed by Mick Garris and sees a reformed Norman reckoning with his fears of fatherhood and cyclical trauma. Olivia Hussey plays Norman’s mother, Norma, in flashbacks, and Henry Thomas is young Norman. The rocking chair comes back in a spooky way here.
Masters of Horror
Tubi’s treasure trove of horror extends to series as well. True to its title, Mick Garris assembled many masters of horror for an unrestrained anthology series thanks to the premium channel that initially aired it, Showtime. That meant the likes of John Carpenter, Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, and more delivering one-hour movies without any horror restrictions. The result is a delightfully bloody and inventive series. Tubi’s first season collection even includes the episode Showtime refused to show for how far its director, Takashi Miike, pushed the envelope- “Imprint.”
Reflections of Evil
A gonzo entry in horror-comedy surrealism that has to be seen to be believed. The plot sees a woman who died in the ’70s from PCP searching from beyond for her brother in the ’90s. Filmmaker Damon Packard also stars as that brother, Bob, and was banned for life from Universal Studios after getting caught filming without permission. In other words, you’ll never look at the E.T. ride again after seeing Reflections of Evil. Nor will you be able to explain what you saw.
Housebound
If you’re feeling stir crazy from being stuck inside, this might be the perfect watch. At the very least, it’ll provide loads of entertainment. Kylie (Morgana O’Reilly) gets placed on house arrest after her latest crime. She doesn’t get along with her mother, Miriam (Rima Te Wiata), or her stepdad, and her frustrations become compounded when Miriam insists their house is haunted. A series of unexplained phenomena soon convince Kylie that her mother might be telling the truth. Creepy, twisty, and hilarious, this New Zealand comedy is a must.
Exte: Hair Extensions
Before Bad Hair, there was Exte. Sion Sono’s Japanese horror-comedy revolves around killer hair extensions. A fetishist working as a morgue’s night watchman becomes obsessed with a corpse’s luxurious hair and decides to sell it to various hairdressers. The hair inflicts visions of death before killing them, and it’s up to an aspiring hairstylist to solve the curious case. Sure, hair is technically organic tissue, but it’s not supposed to behave this way- the deaths get incredibly violent. Watch this to get a feel for Sono’s distinct type of humor ahead of Prisoners of the Ghostland‘s release.
The Company of Wolves
What if the story of Little Red Riding Hood didn’t have a wolf but werewolves? Then you have Neil Jordan’s dreamlike Gothic horror fantasy film The Company of Wolves. It’s a sort of anthology that weaves in Little Red Riding Hood among other werewolf-centered fables; it’s linked together by Sarah Patterson’s Rosaleen, a young girl maturing into womanhood. Angela Lansbury plays her grandmother. Remember, beware men whose eyebrows meet.
The Beyond
One of Lucio Fulci’s most beloved horror films, and the second entry in his unofficial “Gates of Hell” trilogy, The Beyond is the director’s most influential. Set in Louisiana, a young woman inherits a hotel and discovers it was built over one of the gates to Hell. Bleak, surreal, and dreamlike in its storytelling, The Beyond toes the line between beauty and horror. Essentially, The Beyond is what happens when you cross Fulci with H.P. Lovecraft. The hotel is a gateway, essentially a portal to another world full of horrors.
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A luxury team-building trip descends into a bloody fight for survival against a vengeful retreat leader in Corporate Retreat, out today in theaters. It’s the latest entry in a cathartic subgenre of workplace horror that examines every harrowing aspect of job employment.
No job is safe from horror, either, from babysitting to even the most white-collar gigs. But if you work an overnight shift? All bets are off. Vengeful co-workers and bosses aside, the night shift is likely to come armed with witches, creatures, demons, and all manner of things that go bump in the night. Even deadly outbreaks.
Corporate Retreat, along with these five horror movies centered around some of the worst night shifts, will make you glad the weekend has finally arrived.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Passenger director André Øvredal goes full throttle for the scares in this quiet little chiller that sees a father and son coroner team stumped over the bizarre mysteries contained within the body of an unidentified young woman during an unexpected night shift. Well-executed scares, clever twists, and earnest performances by Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch give this supernatural haunter serious heft. While the narrative bides its time unveiling the truth behind Jane Doe’s battered body, it’s heavily steeped in witchcraft. In other words, The Autopsy of Jane Doe presents a new take on the subgenre. More importantly, it’s seriously scary.
Cold Storage
COLD STORAGE, StudioCanal 2023
A lethal, mutated fungus breaks free from confinement deep within the bowels of a storage facility. At the frontlines of the madness are Teacake (Stranger Things’ Joe Keery) and Naomi (Barbarian‘s Georgina Campbell), two employees thrust into the middle of the chaos when they investigate an alarm beeping somewhere deep within the building. Director Jonny Campbell (Netflix’s Dracula), working from a script by David Koepp based on his novel, helms the goopy madness with workman efficiency. This lighthearted, goopy horror comedy romp makes the deadly night shift a bit more bearable.
Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift follows new hire Hall (David Andrews) tasked by his mean boss Warwick (Stephen Macht) to assist with the insane rat infestation beneath their mill. They find something much most monstrous as the cause. Though the film was panned, it’s a fun creature feature with an always welcome appearance by Brad Dourif as the intensely eccentric exterminator. The film also opts for a happier ending, whereas (spoiler), the story sees both Hall and Warwick getting devoured by the mutated rats, the crew in the upstairs mill none the wiser.
Last Shift
‘Last Shift’
Rookie Officer Jessica Loren (Juliana Harkavy) has been assigned to watch over a closing precinct on its final night of operation…alone. With nearly everything already moved over to the new station, including rerouted 911 calls, it should be a pretty quiet night as she waits for a Hazmat team to arrive to remove biohazardous waste. Instead, it becomes a waking nightmare as she’s forced to deal with unsettling visitors. Last Shift, co-written by Scott Poiley and director Anthony DiBlasi, brings the scares.
Intruder
The overnight stock crew of a local grocery store finds themselves falling victim to an unseen killer in this highly infectious late ‘80s slasher. The deaths are delightfully gruesome and inventive; look for this killer to make excellent use of grocery store items as weapons. Frequent Raimi collaborator Scott Spiegel directed this bloody slasher, which means a lot of overlap with the Evil Dead II. That means putting Sam Raimi in front of the camera for a change, along with Ted Raimi and Evil Dead II’s Dan Hicks. Look for a cameo by Bruce Campbell as well!
Corporate Retreat releases in theaters today; get tickets now.
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