This Week's Notable Horror: 02/02 - 02/08
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We're now in February and the week's already starting off with a number of notable new releases to check out. This week sees THE HOUSEMAID debut on PVOD tomorrow, while a majority of new titles come out this Friday. Among the lot is the DRACULA remake from writer/director Luc Besson, which lands in theaters, along with THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 and the supernatural flick WHISTLE. Check below for everything else releasing this week.
NOTE: This is not a comprehensive list (there's simply too much to keep track of), but it is a list of the more notable movies to look out for. If you spot an error or if a movie is missing from the list, contact me. Also, keep in mind that these are US release dates, so they may differ if you're in another country.
VOD: Video on Demand
PVOD: Premium Video on Demand
Limited: Limited Theatrical Release
Theaters: Wide Theatrical Release
THE HOUSEMAID
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd (PVOD)
Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous — a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.
THE MORRIGAN
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd (VOD)(Screambox)
A successful archaeologist but absentee mother travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. But within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful Pagan War Goddess, The Morrigan.
THE PLAGUE
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd (VOD)
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially awkward 12-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” As he endures the ruthless hierarchy, his anxiety spirals into psychological turmoil while the lines between game and reality blur, and he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
WE BURY THE DEAD
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd (VOD)
After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don’t just rise - they hunt. Ava (Daisy Ridley) searches for her missing husband, but what she finds is far more terrifying.
THE ARBORIST
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (VOD)(Limited)
After suffering a devastating loss, grief-stricken arborist Ellie and her son Wyatt are hired by mysterious recluse Arthur Randolph to fell the trees in part of his vast, remote estate. As Wyatt starts showing signs of erratic behavior and falls prey to creature hallucinations, a past tragedy reveals itself, a haunting awakens, and Arthur discloses the real reason he hired them.
DRACULA
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (Theaters)
When a 15th-century prince (Caleb Landry Jones) witnesses the brutal murder of his wife (Zoë Bleu), he renounces God and damns heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, he is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death, no matter the cost. On the verge of reuniting, Dracula is hunted by a relentless priest (Christoph Waltz), sworn to end his immortal reign.
THE HUNTSMAN
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (VOD)
When an ICU nurse volunteers to help a coma patient accused of murdering six women, he's drawn into a chilling web of lies, obsession, and deadly secrets as a detective races to stop the killer.
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (Theaters)
Madelaine Petsch returns as Maya for the Final Girl’s long-awaited vengeance, delivering a final chapter that fans won’t want to miss. Tethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.
TEACHER'S PET
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (VOD)
On the verge of escaping her toxic foster home for Yale, brilliant high school senior Clara finds herself drawn to her new teacher’s mentorship—until his fascination turns obsessive. When she uncovers his connection to a string of mysterious deaths, Clara must use her intellect to survive a deadly game of wits with a killer who sees her as his newest star pupil.
TWISTED
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (VOD)
Follows two millennials who flip NY apartments they don't own to new buyers who don't know they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment owner with a dark secret who flips the game on them.
WHISTLE
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6th (Limited)
A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.