The best new movies to watch at home this weekend, including Hellraiser on Hulu, Werewolf by Night on Disney Plus, and the Norwegian period horror-thriller Possession on VOD.
Spooky season is officially in full swing with the premiere of Hellraiser, the 2022 reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror film starring Odessa A’zion (Let’s Scare Julie) and Jamie Clayton (Sense8), on Hulu. If creepy puzzle boxes and sadomasochistic demons aren’t your thing, not to worry — there’s plenty more spine-tingling goodness to choose from on streaming and VOD this weekend.
We’ve got Werewolf by Night, the horror-themed “Marvel Studios Special Presentation” featuring Gael García Bernal (Y tu mamá también, Old) and Harriet Sansom Harris (Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza) on Disney Plus; the Stephen King adaptation Mr. Harrigan’s Phone starring Donald Sutherland (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Jaeden Martell (Knives Out) on Netflix; the sci-fi horror drama Significant Other on Paramount Plus; the found-footage horror comedy Deadstream on Shudder; and the Norwegian period horror movie Possession on VOD. Plus tons more, including Lena Dunham’s medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy on Prime Video!
Here’s everything new you can watch at home this weekend.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
The Night House director David Bruckner’s 2022 reimagining of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser stars Odessa A’zion (Let’s Scare Julie) as Riley, a young woman struggling with addiction who inadvertently comes into possession of a malevolent puzzle box during a failed robbery orchestrated by her boyfriend, Trevor (Drew Starkey).
Upon solving the box, Riley sets in motion a terrible chain of events which summon the Cenobites — demons from another dimension, led by a mysterious entity known as the Priest who will not relent until their bloodlust is sated and the box assumes its final terrible form.
From our review:
Hellraiser 2022 easily clears the admittedly low bar of being one of the best Hellraiser movies. It’s the best one since Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and might even be the second best in the series after that film. It has some great, grotesque visuals, which makes it a real shame that this film isn’t getting a theatrical release. And it accomplishes what many fans (including this one) wanted for the series, which was to pull it out of the creative purgatory where it’s been stuck for a couple of decades now. The only thing to fret about at this point are the points where Barker’s kinky edge has been sanded down for a more sex-averse era, and his enigmatic storytelling scrapped in favor of exposition that’s more legible, but less compelling.
