21 New Horror Movies Streaming On Max And Netflix This Month

This third film in the Candyman series was directed by Turi Meyer and brings back the original Candyman Tony Todd. Candyman: Day of the Dead adds Donna D'Errico, Jsu Garcia, Wade Williams, Alexia Robinson, and Lupe Ontiveros to the cast.

The action in the film has been transferred to Los Angeles and takes place 25 years later. Never fear, Candyman is back in style, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.

Candyman 3: Day of the Dead is now streaming on Max.

If you are looking for an entertaining shark movie after watching the recent release Under Paris, you might want to check out this Renny Harlin-directed sharkfest. Deep Blue Sea is actually underrated for sheer entertainment value, as it brings shark terror and laughs with some serious acting talent on tap.

The film stars Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. The iconic moment in the diving pool is one for the ages, and LL Cool J even contributes an appropriate song to the soundtrack.

What is even better is that all of the slaughter happens because a scientist is trying to cure Alzheimer's. It's not frivolous!

Deep Blue Sea is now streaming on Max.

Based on Stephen King's novel from 1980, this tale of a young girl with the psychic gift of pyrokinesis and her father, who also has psychic powers, tries to stay out of the hands of the government agency that wants to control them.

The film was directed by Mark Lester (Class of 1984, Roller Boogie). It stars David Keith
Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Art Carney, and Louise Fletcher.

Firestarter is now streaming on Max.

Speaking of entertaining shark movies, Max will also start streaming the Jon Turteltaub-directed popcorn movie The Meg. It stars a fully game cast including Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis.

A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounters the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon. So these scientists go where no one has gone before and find that giant prehistoric sharks still exist. It's perfect for July..

The Meg is now streaming on Max.

This is the original, which has propelled the entire franchise for twenty years through 11 sequels and prequels. It was created by Leigh Whannel, who wrote the script, and James Wan, who directed the film.

The concept is very simple: two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game. But the movie captured fans' imaginations so much that they can never seem to get enough.

Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Shawnee Smith, Ken Leung, Leigh Whannell, Dina Meyer, and Tobin Bell.

Saw is now streaming on Max.

Leigh Whannel co-wrote this first new chapter in the series with Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed it. In it, a detective and his team must rescue 8 people trapped in a factory by a man known as Jigsaw.

Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Beverley Mitchell, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Shawnee Smith, and Tobin Bell star in the film, with many new actors replacing the characters who didn't make it in the first film.

Saw II (2005) is now streaming on Max

The third film in the Saw series tells the story of Jigsaw abducting a doctor to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen named Jeff through a brutal test.

Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, and Dina Meyer star, and Darren Lynn Bousman came back to the director's chair for the second time. The script was again penned by Leigh Whannel from a story by Whannel and James Wan.

Saw III is now streaming on Max.

No one ever said that death could stop Jigsaw, aka John Kramer, and Saw IV is the proof. Despite Jigsaw's death, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues.

This third sequel stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, and Betsy Russell and is the third film in the series directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Patrick Melton and
Marcus Dunstan (Feast) take over scripting duties and someone's face explodes.

Saw IV is now streaming on Max.

Jigsaw is still dead in Saw V, but the mayhem continues. No one can stop John Kramer. Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, and Meagan Good star in the film, which was directed by Canadian director and Saw production designer David Hackl. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan return to write the script in which people fail to grasp the advantages of working together as a team.  It's like the world's most dangerous team-building exercise.

Saw V (2008) is now streaming on Max.

The sixth sequel in the series, Saw VI, continues the story from the ending of Saw V. Agent Strahm is dead, and FBI agent Erickson draws nearer to Hoffman. Meanwhile, a pair of insurance executives find themselves in another game set by Jigsaw.

Directed by first-time director Kevin Greutert, it stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith. For the third time, writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan cook up a new storyline full of gruesome traps.

Saw VI  is now streaming on Max.

Where else could the Saw series go? That's a good question, and if you had made the film into a 3-D gore extravaganza on your bingo card, you would be correct! This film has one of the nastiest and possibly the first public execution in the franchise. In 3-D!

This sixth sequel brings back Kevin Greutert, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan as the director and writers and at least one surprise return of a beloved character. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Cary Elwes.

Saw 3D  is now streaming on Max.

M. Night Shyamalan's Signs is the director's fifth film. It is about a priest who loses his faith and who has the opportunity to rediscover that faith during an alien invasion of Earth.

Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, and Cherry Jones star in the film, which Shyamalan also penned. The director gives himself a pivotal role in the film and may be most famous for the reveal of the aliens and Joaquin Phoenix's shocked reaction to it.

This cult-favorite supernatural horror film is about a newcomer to a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft. They all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True star as the witches in the high school coven who are granted incredible powers. Skeet Ulrich, Christine Taylor, and Breckin Meyer play the bullies who make their lives miserable until the girls start to use magic to get revenge.

The Craft is now streaming on Max.

M. Night Shyamalan's third film and first smash hit, The Sixth Sense, was a sensation upon its release and is still a favorite among film fans. It is how Shyamalan became known as a filmmaker who would have a twist ending that upended the audience's expectations.

Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, and Haley Joel Osment star in the film, and it is an early genre film appearance for Collette, who would go on to the star turn in Ari Aster's Hereditary. 

Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.

The Sixth Sense is now streaming on Max.

Max has all three of M. Night Shyamalan's first three genre films that he wrote and directed streaming in July. The third is Unbreakable, the superhero film between The Sixth Sense and Signs in the director's filmography.  The first film in the Unbreakable trilogy stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robin Wright.

In the film, an ordinary man discovers that he is indestructible after a deadly train wreck and seeks answers when he meets up with another man with extraordinary abilities.

Unbreakable is now streaming on Max.

Mary Harron's American Psycho is a triumph as the novel it is based on, written by Bret Easton Ellis, was considered unfilmable because of the intense and gory graphic violence in the novel. A satire of 90s culture and male ego, it tells the story of a wealthy New Yorker who is also a serial killer who has never even been under suspicion.

Christan Bale stars as the wealthy New York City investment banking executive Patrick Bateman, who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Cara Seymour, and Justin Theroux play Bateman's colleagues and other victims.

American Psycho is now streaming on Netflix.

A spin-off in The Conjuring Universe, Annabelle was inspired by a real-life doll that paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren kept as a cursed object. Shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists, a couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll.

The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard, and one of the creepiest dolls you've ever seen.

Annabelle is now streaming on Netflix.

The eighth film in the Saw franchise, directed by The Spierig Brothers, stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, and Hannah Emily Anderson. If you are planning a Saw binge this month, Netflix is where you can find the eighth film for that binge.

Once again, the series proves that death has no power over John Kramer as bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.

Jigsaw is now streaming on Netflix.

Another branching of The Conjuring Universe in which a priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun. This is the fifth installment of the overall franchise and spawned a sequel in 2023.

The film stars Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, and the very scary Bonnie Aarons in the titular role.

The Nun is now streaming on Netflix.

Ruben Fleischer's rambunctious horror comedy about the survivors of the zombie apocalypse roaming the ruins of America never fails to entertain, both as a horror movie and as a comedy.

Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin star as the cagey, ruthless humans who live as best they can, dodging the zombie hordes. A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America. There's also a surprise supporting character that actually works better if you don't know who it is before you watch it for the first time.

Zombieland is now streaming on Netflix.

The third season of the reality television show produced by The History Channel is coming to Netflix soon. The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch has been so popular on the streamer that it hit the top ten last week. 

A team of experts and scientists undertakes exhaustive research at Skinwalker Ranch, an infamous location for paranormal activity and UFO sightings.

The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch: Season 3 will begin streaming on Netflix on July 5