4 New Horror Movies Streaming On Peacock This Month

In his feature film debut, Bryce McGuire directed Night Swim, which was produced by Jason Blum and James Wan and was released in January.  Night Swim stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon as parents who discover that the pool in their new home is haunted.

The idea of a haunted pool that can take possession of people is definitely more of a new idea in horror.  I don't know if you've ever lived at a home with a pool, but pools can be pretty creepy at different points of the day, so it is an idea that shows promise.

Don Mancini has created a monstrously funny and frightening television show by bringing Chucky to all of our TV screens. While you might have thought that the film series explored all of the ideas that there were to explore, Chucky has shown that there is so much yet to discover.

The show stars a cast of new and familiar faces, including Zackary Arthur, Björgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Teo Briones, Brad Dourif, Devon Sawa, Jennifer Tilly, and Fiona Dourif. The first half of the season aired last year, and fans have been anxiously waiting for the second half of this wild season. April is the month when their desire to watch more Chucky will be fulfilled.

Gerard Johnstone, the Australian director known for directing the cult film Housebound, and screenwriter Akela Cooper, who wrote Malignant, created a massive hit with M3GAN, the frightening story of an animatronic robot doll that was intended to keep children safe and happy, takes her job a little too seriously. 

Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Jenna Davis, Amie Donald, and Ann Dowd star in this smooth techno-terror tale, along with an animatronic doll and two other actresses who brought M3GAN to life.  The film became even more famous as M3GAN's dance moves went viral online.

There's M3GAN, the PG-13 version, and M3GAN Unrated on Prime Video this month. You can choose which version you want to watch, whichever one seems more your speed.  The unrated version is actually a few seconds shorter but is more bloody, with more profanity and gore during the violent sequences.

Audiences loved M3GAN, and a sequel was announced in November of the same year. In January 2023, it was confirmed that Johnstone was in talks to return and Akela Cooper would write M3GAN 2.0  with stars Allison Williams and Violet McGraw returning to their roles.