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This week brings the release of Bloody Disgusting and director Marcus Dunstan‘s candy-colored slasher #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead, which sees a group of friends and influencers staying at an Airbnb being picked off one by one. It’s the latest entry in a growing subgenre of horror that centers around influencers, content curators, and social media addicts so caught up in their internet presence that it also shapes the horror.
This week’s streaming picks are themed around influencer horror movies that follow the terminally online as they encounter various threats, from serial killers to vengeful spirits.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
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Deadstream – AMC+, Hoopla, Shudder
The feature directorial debut from husband-and-wife filmmaking couple Vanessa and Joseph Winter follows a disgraced internet personality who attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. It’s perfect for Halloween viewing; disgraced YouTuber Shawn (Joseph Winters) gets decked out in holiday gear as he introduces his latest stunt as a Halloween event. Messing with the supernatural during their most threatening time of year? Whatever could go wrong? The Winters channel Sam Raimi in their delightfully gonzo horror-comedy full of bodily fluids, gore, and ghostly creatures.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum – AMC+, Hi-Yah, Hoopla, Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi
In this Korean horror film, YouTubers plan a live stream event in one of the country’s most infamous abandoned hospitals. The host has rigged fake scares to spook his team for the sake of driving up ratings and going viral, but they prove unnecessary thanks to the sinister forces haunting the place. While this movie doesn’t reinvent the found footage wheel, it makes up for that with unrelenting terror. Turn the lights down low and prepare to get creeped out. A lot.
Scream 4 – Max
Surprise, Sidney! Wes Craven was once again ahead of the curve with this slasher sequel featuring a bloodthirsty killer eager to cut throats for internet fame. A book tour brings Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) home to Woodsboro, where she reconnects with old friends and family but finds the Ghostface Killer returning once more to resume the slaughter. This entry has it all: suspense, humor, meta-dissections of the subgenre, and a genuinely likable group of characters.
Sissy – AMC+, Hoopla, Shudder
Sissy follows Cecilia (Aisha Dee) and Emma (co-director/co-writer Hannah Barlow). They’re two teenage friends who were inseparable until mean girl Alex (Emily De Margheriti) arrived and bullied Cecilia, leading to a violent incident that drove a wedge between besties. Years later, Cecilia, a successful social media influencer, bumps into Emma and gets invited to reconnect at a bachelorette weekend excursion. But seeing Alex again reawakens past traumas and transforms a fun weekend with friends into murderous chaos. It’s a darkly comedic take on influencer culture, bullying, and more, with a gruesome body count to boot.
Tragedy Girls – Hulu, Peacock, Pluto TV, the Roku Channel, Tubi
Starring Brianna Hildebrand (The Exorcist TV series, Deadpool) and Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse) as two social media-obsessed teens with an ambition to achieve internet and modern horror legend fame, Tragedy Girls brings equal parts biting wit and a delightfully large, violent body count. Director Tyler MacIntyre does a great job playing with the tropes of slashers while upending the archetypical role of the final girl. It’s a witty, lethal horror comedy centered around aspiring influencers willing to cull their way to the top.
