Five Suburban Horror Movies to Stream This Week

Out this weekend from Barbarian director Zach Cregger is Weapons, a horror movie so shrouded in mystery that its suburban setting is one of the few details revealed about it. It’s enough, really; the suburbs have long terrified horror-loving audiences with no shortage of classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Poltergeist.

There’s always something sinister and strange lurking beneath the idyllic facade of well-manicured lawns and polite neighbors, after all. And this week’s streaming picks highlight suburban horror movies that invade and shatter the American Dream through nightmarish scenarios, paranoia, and otherworldly threats.

Here’s where you can watch them this week.

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The Clovehitch Killer – AMC+, Hulu, Kanopy, Shudder

Set in the suburbs in the Bible Belt, teen Tyler begins to suspect his father might be the infamous killer responsible for murdering ten women a decade ago before disappearing. The crimes were so vicious that the memory of the Clovehitch Killer never faded from the town’s memory, and Tyler stumbles onto proof that the killer has started anew. Dylan McDermott plays Tyler’s father, a squeaky-clean church-goer and doting family man. But there’s an underpinning of danger there, and the more Tyler begins to dig into the Clovehitch Killer, the creepier dad gets. Because of McDermott’s performance, this coming-of-age story by way of a terrifying serial killer cat and mouse game is as captivating as it is horrific.

Dark Skies – Fandango at Home

The Barrett family’s peaceful suburban life gets upended in horrific ways thanks to a series of escalating, bizarre events. All signs point to a home invasion that’s extraterrestrial in nature. Writer/Director Scott Stewart (“Siren,“ Legion) creates a sci-fi horror movie that’s half home invasion horror and half family drama, starring Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as the disturbed parents. This pick is for the cryptid and alien lovers who prefer their sci-fi horror to come with a hefty dose of paranoia and conspiracy-induced mania. To really drive home the Americana horror, Dark Skies also sees the Barretts barricade their house against the alien threat on the Fourth of July.

Get Out – HBO Max

Jordan Peele’s feature debut and Oscar-winning screenplay reinvigorated social horror in a massive way. Daniel Kaluuya stars as a photographer who visits his white girlfriend’s family in the suburbs for the weekend, only to discover that perhaps they’re not as progressive as they claim. Is there something nefarious beneath their warmth, or is it all in his head? Peele mixes biting satire with edge-of-your-seat suspense, coiling the tension tighter until a go-for-broke horror finale that’ll leave you gasping and cheering.

Paranormal Activity – Hoopla, Paramount+

A contemporary entry in suburban haunted house fare made popular by Poltergeist, the 2007 found footage film Paranormal Activity launched a franchise that proved you don’t need much to create atmosphere. For Micah and Katie, moving into a new home turns into an inescapable nightmare when strange activity becomes a nightly occurrence, ramping up with every passing night. The personalities of the two lead characters and the slow build of tension and scare-crafting have proven divisive in the years since release, but it’s hard to discount a movie that delivers such chilling moments. And the original kick-started a series with even better sequels.

Parents – Hoopla, Tubi

Set in the 1950s, the Laemle family is the idyllic American suburban family. On the surface, anyway. Michael, an only child, has an overactive imagination, and after accidentally catching his parents having sex, he suspects they might actually be cannibals. His nightmares of copious pools of blood are the first sign that he’s not wrong. Then there’s the body parts stocked in the basement. Michael gets caught in a battle of morality and will, as his parents hope to teach him the family way of eating flesh. As far as the suburbs go, the neighborhood has never been weirder or more surreal in this peculiar cannibalistic horror-comedy framed from the perspective of a timid young boy.

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