This Week's Notable Horror: 07/20 - 07/26
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We've entered another week with just a half dozen new flicks to check out. Tomorrow sees SCARY MOVIE debut on PVOD, while Friday delivers HER PRIVATE HELL and PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG to theaters. Check below for everything new and notable coming our way this week.
NOTE: This is not a comprehensive list (there's simply too much to keep track of), but it is a list of the more notable movies to look out for. If you spot an error or if a movie is missing from the list, contact me. Also, keep in mind that these are US release dates, so they may differ if you're in another country. Dates are subject to change.
VOD: Video on Demand
PVOD: Premium Video on Demand
Limited: Limited Theatrical Release
Theaters: Wide Theatrical Release
THE REBRAND
TUESDAY - JULY 21st (VOD)
Nicole, an eight-months-pregnant videographer, is hired by lesbian lifestyle influencers, Thistle and Blaire, to film their redemption documentary after they’ve been publicly canceled. After spending time with Thistle and Blaire in their natural habitat, Nicole quickly discovers that the couple have nefarious ulterior motives.
SCARY MOVIE
TUESDAY - JULY 21st (PVOD)
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. Every line gets crossed. The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.
CRUEL HANDS
FRIDAY - JULY 24th (VOD)
Amid the worst bushfires in Australia’s history, Maria and her son Dai escape a violent and abusive husband and make their way to an abandoned farmhouse. While keeping hidden, Maria tries to create a new home for Dai, as Jason, the police, and the fires rage toward them. In a climactic battle, the fate of Dai is fought over by two damaged and traumatized parents, with deadly consequences.
HER PRIVATE HELL
FRIDAY - JULY 24th (Theaters)
When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
FRIDAY - JULY 24th (VOD)
The cast and crew of hit reality series PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS travel to rural North Carolina to film inside the notorious Hennesy “Hell” House. What begins as a routine ghost hunt becomes a savage descent into the supernatural. Their final episode — pieced together from camera feeds and surveillance footage — is now being seen for the first time.
PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG
FRIDAY - JULY 24th (Limited)
A chilling reimagining of the familiar fable, ‘Pinocchio Unstrung’ unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Influenced by a sinister Cricket (Robert Englund) and created by Geppetto (Richard Brake), Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.