If you’re looking for something light and fun, this isn’t your week. Dark and scary, however, is plentiful on your favorite streaming platforms.
Sharper
Catch the crime thriller on Apple TV+.
Motivations are suspect, and expectations are turned upside down, as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
Halloween Ends
After its theatrical-paired run on Peacock, you can now stream the slasher film on Prime Video.
Four years after her last encounter with masked killer Michael Myers, Laurie Strode is living with her granddaughter and trying to finish her memoir. Myers hasn’t been seen since, and Laurie finally decides to liberate herself from rage and fear and embrace life. However, when a young man stands accused of murdering a boy that he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that forces Laurie to confront the evil she can’t control.
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Catch the fantasy drama on Prime Video.
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he’s real, and second, because she’s a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she’s beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
The Woman King
Stream the historical action film on Netflix.
In the 1800s, a group of all-female warriors protects the African kingdom of Dahomey with skills and fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Faced with a new threat, Gen. Nanisca trains the next generation of recruits to fight against a foreign enemy that’s determined to destroy their way of life.
The Outwaters
You’ll find this horror film on Screambox.
An excursion to the Mojave Desert turns creepy when a group of campers starts to experience unexplained sounds, vibrations, and unnatural animal behaviour. Then one night everything changes, sending the foursome on a mind-bending trip through terror.