This week picks up in terms of new releases, with close to a dozen titles making their debuts. Tomorrow sees HER PRIVATE HELL and PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG land on VOD following their limited theatrical runs. Meanwhile, Friday brings the theatrical releases of BUDDY and the South Korean zombie flick COLONY. If you'd rather stay home on Friday, Shudder is offering the horror-comedy PENNY LANE IS DEAD, while Netflix has the new serial killer thriller THE WHISPER MAN. Check below for everything notable releasing 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

ABOVE & BELOW
TUESDAY - AUGUST 25th (VOD)

Friends embark on a dream vacation of parties and diving, but their trip takes a terrifying turn when criminals attack them at sea.

THE BEHEMOTH
TUESDAY - AUGUST 25th (VOD)(DVD)

What begins as a quiet holiday in a snow-covered mountain village quickly descends into terror when a young couple crosses paths with a secretive religious sect. As disappearances mount and the atmosphere grows increasingly oppressive, the couple realizes they are no longer observers-but targets-caught at the center of a ritual that will unleash something far worse than death.

HER PRIVATE HELL
TUESDAY - AUGUST 25th (VOD)

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.

PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG
TUESDAY - AUGUST 25th (VOD)

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.

TURNING POINT
TUESDAY - AUGUST 25th (VOD)

There is danger in the night, but the true terror is inside the house. Trapped within the home of a zombie in transition, Margot and her partner in crime must find their way out before they become the ghoul’s first victims. Their only hope for survival is a bizarre neighbor with an expert knowledge of the undead and the flicker of humanity remaining in their mutating stalker.

BUDDY
FRIDAY - AUGUST 28th (Theaters)

Remember BUDDY—the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic childrens' television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.

COLONY
FRIDAY - AUGUST 28th (Limited)

Yeon Sang-ho’s (Train to Busan) newest feature, COLONY, follows Professor Se-jeong as she is thrust into a terrifying hellscape when a mutating virus is unleashed during a biotech conference, forcing authorities to seal the facility to contain the outbreak. Unable to escape, Se-jeong and a group of survivors must fight to stay alive as the infected undergo horrific transformations and threaten to spread the virus.

GASKINS: THE HITCHHIKER KILLER
FRIDAY - AUGUST 28th (VOD)

South Carolina serial killer Donald “Pee-Wee” Gaskins carried out a reign of terror marked by extreme brutality. He stabbed, shot, drowned, and poisoned victims from his own community as well as hitchhikers, often targeting the vulnerable. Beneath the rural land near his home, bodies lay hidden in shallow graves, concealing years of violence. His history of crime masked the depth of his cruelty—until authorities uncovered the truth, exposing the full horror of his murders.

PENNY LANE IS DEAD
FRIDAY - AUGUST 28th (Shudder)

Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

THE WHISPER MAN
FRIDAY - AUGUST 28th (Netflix)

When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as "The Whisper Man."