5 Excellent Horror Movies and Shows You Can Watch This Week at Home or in Theaters, Including ‘The Toxic Avenger’

This week serves up fresh frights at home and in cinemas along with a creepy new chapter from a returning series. Whether you want a gritty period shocker, a mutant vigilante rampage, a shark classic back on the big screen, or nightmares born in a lab, there is something ready to pounce.

Below you will find quick, fact filled rundowns for each pick with dates and where to watch baked right into the descriptions. The focus is on the stories and the people who made them so you can decide exactly what to queue up next.

‘Brute 1976’ (2025)

This period horror story unfolds against a 1970s backdrop where a small group wanders into an isolated community and runs into brutal forces that hold the town in their grip. It leans into sun baked Americana and roadside menace as secrets from the past close in on new victims, and it begins streaming on August 26, 2025.

The film frames its terror around strangers who realize too late that the locals are not what they seem, with the plot tightening as disappearances pile up and escape routes vanish. Expect a stark setting, retro costuming, and a focus on survival as tensions mount through the night on its first day on streaming.

‘The Toxic Avenger’ (2025)

This reimagining follows Winston Gooze, a down on his luck janitor who suffers a catastrophic incident and transforms into the monstrous hero known as Toxie. The story tracks his fight against a corrupt corporation while he tries to protect his family, and it hits theaters on August 29, 2025.

The film is written and directed by Macon Blair and draws its DNA from the 1984 cult favorite created by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Peter Dinklage leads the cast alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, and more, with the new version blending outrageous creature action and pitch black humor for its big screen debut.

‘Jaws’ (1975)

The summer classic returns to cinemas as a great white shark terrorizes the beach town of Amity Island and forces police chief Martin Brody to join shark hunter Quint and oceanographer Matt Hooper on a deadly hunt. The anniversary re release lands in theaters on August 29, 2025.

Steven Spielberg directs from a screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb based on Benchley’s novel, with Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Lorraine Gary headlining. John Williams provides the instantly recognizable score and editor Verna Fields and cinematographer Bill Butler shape the suspense that defined modern blockbuster horror.

‘Somnium’ (2025)

This sleeper shocker centers on a young woman who takes a job at a research facility where dreams are monitored and manipulated, only to find the experiment bleeding into her waking life. The setup unspools as a mystery that slips from clinical observation to escalating terror, and it opens in theaters on August 28, 2025 before rolling out on digital soon after.

The story uses the lab setting to explore consent and control as the lead uncovers what the program really does to its subjects. Cast and crew place the camera inside the facility’s controlled rooms and nocturnal corridors to keep the focus tight on the experiment, with the narrative building toward a confrontation with the minds behind the project.

‘Enigma Black Stage’ (2025– )

The follow up to the supernatural mystery series returns with a new case that circles a prestigious stage production where auditions and rehearsals take a sinister turn. The latest episode arrived on August 23, 2025, and the season continues with weekly rollouts on its regular streaming home after local broadcast.

This chapter keeps the anthology style framework that ties teenage anxieties to occult forces, bringing back the show’s investigative thread while introducing fresh characters linked by the theater’s secrets. Expect a blend of classroom drama and backstage intrigue as clues point to a past tragedy and the company realizes the production itself may be cursed.

Tell us which nightmare you are starting with this week and what you think in the comments.