The Best Horror Movies Streaming Now on Hulu
Last Updated: September 3, 2024
Hulu is being very demure and very mindful this September. Sure, the streamer is getting the fresh from VOD film Handling the Undead, and debuting the new season of The Old Man. However, the real magic is with the slightly older titles like Independence Day, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. They also have less popular films from the last 20 years that some of us may have missed. So, while it may not look like their most exciting month, at a glance, it does feel like the right streamer to spend the last few days of summer. While I carved out five movies I believe are the best bets this month, I strongly recommend checking out their entire lineup.
Check out my top picks on Hulu this September.
Boy Kills World (dir. Moritz Mohr)
Boy, a deaf guy with a powerful imagination, becomes an instrument of death after his family is murdered. This 2023 action-revenge flick is finally hitting the streaming streets, so all of us couch potatoes can weigh in on the conversation. Although I already have many thoughts from what little I have heard, I am going to see it for myself anyway. I missed Boy Kills World in festivals and theaters, so I am very happy with this streaming development. Watching it for free in my jammies on Hulu this month sounds like a damn good way to spend a Friday night. I am not sure I am the audience for this movie, but I love seeing Bill Skarsgård make weird movies.
Jennifer’s Body (dir. Karyn Kusama)
A cheerleader is turned into a succubus who targets her male classmates, forcing her best friend to put an end to her reign of terror. I am here to support women who eat men. However, I also love Karyn Kusama’s work, so I will always find the time to tell you where you can find her movies. This late-aughts horror comedy stuck it out long enough to become a respected feminist cult classic after meeting some pretty mixed reviews when it originally premiered. Every time I revisit Jennifer’s Body, I like it a bit more. Although, I love most of the cast and am a sucker for the nostalgia-packed soundtrack. So, it is really only a matter of time before it consumes me and becomes my entire personality.
Ready Player One (dir. Steven Spielberg)
A posthumous challenge from the creator of a virtual reality program promises users the keys to his fortune and control of his world if they find his Easter Egg. I keep missing my window with this Steven Spielberg film on other streamers. So, I am making a date to finally watch it this September before it leaves Hulu. As a person who loves video games, sci-fi, and movies with eccentric rich people, this feels like something I am going to enjoy. Fingers crossed that I have not built it up too much over the years because I expect a lot from this one.
Us (dir. Jordan Peele)
The Wilson family vacation is ruined by an identical family who wants to have a word with their matriarch. Jordan Peele has yet to fail a horror assignment, but Us might be my favorite of his three films. At least, for this hour anyway. Is it because of the combination of Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke? Is it the battle of Lupitas, which ends in a beautiful and bloody dance-off? Could it be because it is a treasure trove of horror references, and I walk out with new theories every time I watch it? Or, is it the easiest answer, which is that it is a damn good movie? Whatever the reason, this movie speaks to my cold and dead heart. I will be watching this on Hulu to close out my summer shenanigans and feel alive again.
What You Wish For (dir. Nicholas Tomnay)
A chef with gambling problems flees to a villa and steals another man’s identity. I am still working on the impossible task of watching all of the genre movies that came out in 2023. So, I am very excited to finally have access to What You Wish For. It is also just always cool to see Nick Stahl (Disturbing Behavior and Hunter Hunter) in the genre. I am personally rooting for this chef. I hope he gets away with this theft because I just rewatched both of the mentioned movies and now want all of Stahl’s questionable characters to succeed. He is just that good at being bad.
Everything coming to Hulu In September
A Glitch in the Matrix (2021)
Asphalt City (2023)
Boy Kills World (2023)
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
Dragonkeeper (2022)
The Favourite (2018)
Grotesquerie: Series Premiere
Handling the Undead (2024)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Independence Day (1996)
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
The Old Man: Season 2 Premiere
Poltergeist (2015)
Ready Player One (2018)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
The Roommate (2011)
See How They Run (2022)
Seoul Busters: Series Premiere (SUBBED)
Sicario (2015)
Snatch (2000)
Straw Dogs (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
Us (2019)
What You Wish For (2023)
Hulu is giving us a lot of cool titles this month, and I definitely have my favorites queued up. Some of you will probably go ape for Rise of the Planet of the Apes while I investigate this new Seoul Busters series.
Let me know what you are excited to watch this month at @misssharai. May the streaming odds be ever in your favor!
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