Three brand new horror movies that were each released in theaters across the past month have made their way home today, a couple of them catching us totally by surprise this week.
Here are three straight-from-theaters frights you can watch at home now…
CUCKOO
After scaring up $6 million in theaters last month, NEON’s horror movie Cuckoo starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens is now available at home via Digital outlets.
You can rent the film for $9.99 or purchase it for $19.99.
Cuckoo will be also available on Blu-ray and DVD starting October 22.
Following his festival sensation Luz, German director Tilman Singer has once again succeeded in creating an atmospheric and visually outstanding horror trip with an original plot and perfidious twists. Cuckoo features Euphoria star Hunter Schafer in her first leading role, hailed as a “terrific final girl performance” alongside exhilarating performances from Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), and Greta Fernandez (A Thief’s Daughter).
Shot on 35 mm, the film was produced by NEON, Fiction Park, and Waypoint Entertainment. Cuckoo also features an original song ‘Gretchen’s Song” with vocals by the film’s star Hunter Schafer, which was released last month on all platforms.
Cuckoo tells the story of 17-year-old Gretchen (Schafer) who leaves her American home to live with her father and moves into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König (Stevens), her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma.
Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.
BLINK TWICE
Directed by Zoë Kravitz (The Batman), and formerly titled Pussy Island, MGM’s Blink Twice was released in theaters less than a month ago and it’s already now available at home.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.
Naomi Ackie stars alongside Channing Tatum in Blink Twice, with the film’s impressive ensemble cast of familiar faces also including Kyle MacLachlan, Adria Arjona, Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, and Geena Davis.
In Blink Twice, “Tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, and sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun-soaked days and everyone’s having a great time.
“No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.”
Kravitz wrote the script alongside E.T. Feigenbaum.
AFRAID
Formerly titled They Listen, Blumhouse’s new horror movie Afraid (stylized as AfrAId) tackles the threat of AI, and it’s available on Digital just two weeks after its theatrical release.
You can rent the film for $9.99 or purchase it for $14.99.
John Cho (Searching) and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant) star in Afraid from Sony, Blumhouse, and Depth of Field. The film released in theaters on August 30.
In Afraid, “Curtis (Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all.
“She learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing — and no one — gets in her family’s way.”
Afraid is written and directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy). Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine also star in the AI horror movie.
If you missed any of these in theaters, find them all on Digital outlets today.