The Nun 2, Netflix’s Honest Play, and each new film to now watch at dwelling

Comfortable Friday, Polygon film watchers! Every week, we spherical up probably the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the largest and greatest new films so that you can watch at dwelling.

This week, Haunted Mansion, the brand new supernatural horror comedy starring LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish and based mostly on the Disney theme park trip, involves streaming on Disney Plus. The Nun II, the sequel to the 2018 supernatural horror thriller starring Taissa Farmiga, is obtainable to hire on VOD together with Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 starring Denzel Washington. The Boogeyman involves Hulu, together with a bunch of different thrilling new releases on Peacock, Prime Video, Netflix, Paramount Plus, and extra.

Right here’s every little thing new to observe this weekend!

New on Netflix

Honest Play

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Netflix

Picture: Netflix

Style: Erotic thriller
Run time: 1h 53m
Director: Chloe Domont
Solid: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan

Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton) and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) star on this erotic thriller as two co-workers at an elite hedge fund whose secret engagement is jeopardized when one in all them is promoted. Is that this a ploy by their supervisor (Eddie Marsan) to set them in opposition to each other? Can their relationship face up to the stress?

New on Disney Plus

Haunted Mansion

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Disney Plus

Picture: Disney

Style: Horror comedy
Run time: 2h 3m
Director: Justin Simien
Solid: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson

After discovering that their new house is haunted by ghosts, a widowed physician and her son enlist assistance from a gaggle of paranormal investigators to exorcise the spirits. Issues don’t go precisely as deliberate, nonetheless, forcing the staff to improvise in opposition to an onslaught of ghoulish apparitions.

From our evaluate:

In 2003, Verbinski distanced Pirates of the Caribbean from being a theme park film. In 2023, Simien and crew experience the truth that Haunted Mansion is one. Simien may’ve merely simply leaned on the theme park of all of it, like 2021’s Jungle Cruise, however he dedicated to getting all of the little particulars on display — and he dedicated laborious. It’s full-throttle indulgence, and a full 180 from the Pirates of the Caribbean tackle theme park films. Each takes work, although this time round, the area of interest in-jokes won’t hit with everybody. However for the subset it resonates with, Haunted Mansion is a grim, grinning delight.

New on Hulu

The Boogeyman

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Hulu

Picture: Walt Disney Studios Movement Photos

Style: Supernatural horror
Run time: 1h 38m
Director: Rob Savage
Solid: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair

Primarily based on Stephen King’s 1973 brief story of the identical identify, The Boogeyman follows a teenage woman named Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and her youthful sister, Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), who discover themselves inexplicably stalked by a malevolent otherworldly presence seemingly related to their deepest and darkest fears.

From our evaluate:

The tailored model of The Boogeyman is filled with classically tailor-made scares and creeping temper. Much more so than Lights Out or James Wan’s Conjuring films, Savage’s tackle the creature function is buttoned up and infrequently overextended within the try and hold the Harper household’s bereavement on the heart of the story. The motion will get a bit repetitive: Within the wake of Lester’s loss of life, the movie oscillates between Boogeyman assaults within the more and more acquainted Harper dwelling, and Sadie’s journeys to high school, the place she’s tormented for being a tragic sack who wears her useless mother’s attire. (Are excessive schoolers the true monsters? Makes you assume.) Savage is playful about teasing out the darkish corners of the house — whoever invented the cordless mild ball deserves residuals on this movie, given how typically it rolls into the shadows to catch the silhouette of a spindly monster — however finally, the leap scares put on skinny.

Appendage

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Hulu

Picture: Hulu

Style: Horror
Run time: 1h 34m
Director: Anna Zlokovic
Solid: Emily Hampshire, Hadley Robinson, Deborah Rennard

This horror-thriller stars Hadley Robinson (Little Girls) as Hannah, an aspiring dressmaker experiencing vital private {and professional} stress within the lead-up to a consequential skilled alternative. Her frustrations physicalize as a monstrous development that tackle a life and type of its personal, feeding her darkest impulses till she reaches her breaking level.

New on Prime Video

Completely Killer

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Prime Video

Picture: Blumhouse Tv

Style: Horror comedy
Run time: 1h 46m
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Solid: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie

Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) stars on this new horror-comedy as Jamie, a teenage woman whose mom is brutally murdered by a mysterious killer referred to as the “Candy 16 Killer” 35 years after their first homicide spree. After by chance touring again in time, Jamie should discover a solution to cease the killer earlier than they declare their first sufferer as a way to save the previous and her personal current.

New on Peacock

Strays

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Peacock

Photograph: Chuck Zlotnick/Common Photos

Style: Comedy
Run time: 1h 33m
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Solid: Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher

Canines! Who doesn’t love ’em? These little rascals. Will Ferrell stars on this rated-R comedy as Reggie, a naive however lovable canine who’s deserted on the streets by his negligent proprietor. Befriending a streetwise stray (Jamie Foxx) and his pack of fellow ne’er-do-well mutts, Reggie embarks on a quest to return dwelling and get again on the one who betrayed him. Assume Homeward Sure, however with extra revenge and curse phrases.

New on Paramount Plus

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Paramount Plus

Photograph: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Plus

Style: Supernatural horror
Run time: 1h 27m
Director: Lindsey Anderson Beer
Solid: Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern

One other yr, one other adaptation of Pet Sematary. Set 50 years earlier than the occasions of the 2019 movie directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines follows a younger Jud Crandall (Jackson White), who uncovers a darkish household secret that forces him to unite together with his associates in a battle in opposition to an historical evil that haunts the city of Ludlow.

New on Mubi

Passages

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Mubi or to hire

Picture: Mubi

Style: Romance drama
Run time: 1h 31m
Director: Ira Sachs
Solid: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Franz Rogowski (Transit) and Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) star on this romantic drama as Tomas and Martin, a longtime couple whose relationship is thrown into turmoil when one in all them engages in an affair with Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a main college instructor that they meet whereas out clubbing one evening.

New on Starz

The Blackening

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Starz

Photograph: Glen Wilson/Lionsgate

Style: Horror comedy
Run time: 1h 37m
Director: Tim Story
Solid: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg

This new horror comedy follows a gaggle of Black associates who discover themselves ensnared within the villainous clutches of a homicidal assassin. Pressured to play a harmful board sport the place “proving” their Blackness is vital to survival, the buddies should use each ounce of their wits to beat their captor and make their means safely to freedom. Bear in mind Scary Film 2? Yeah, it’s quite a bit like that.

From our evaluate:

Horror followers who’re extra into the style for distinctive gore results, gnarly kills, and different excessive shocks might not spark to The Blackening. The film may land oddly even with extra mainstream audiences who’re used to greater tensions than this movie brings in, and greater catharsis in consequence. However by the ultimate shot, the film’s strategy feels unusually beneficiant and sort to this goofy ensemble, as if the filmmakers worth the characters, their humanity, and their relationships greater than horror-movie administrators usually do. The Blackening is a wierd film, and infrequently a really foolish one. However the creators can a minimum of boast that they’ve put one thing on display that horror followers don’t see typically, and gained’t expect.

New on Shudder

V/H/S/85

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Shudder

Picture: Shudder

Style: Horror anthology
Run time: 1h 50m
Administrators: David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Mike P. Nelson
Solid: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone, Jordan Belfi

The newest installment within the long-running horror anthology collection introduces 5 new authentic horror tales framed because the contents of a taped-over made-for-TV documentary. V/H/S/85 options administrators together with Scott Derrickson (The Black Telephone), David Bruckner (2022’s Hellraiser), Natasha Kermani (Fortunate), and extra.

New on Showtime

The Caine Mutiny Court docket-Martial

The place to observe: Obtainable to stream on Showtime

Picture: Showtime

Style: Authorized drama
Run time: 1h 48m
Director: William Friedkin
Solid: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy

The ultimate movie directed by the late, nice William Friedkin (The Exorcist), this adaptation of Herman Wouk’s 1953 play stars Jason Clarke as a protection lawyer who defends Lt. Stephen Maryk (The White Lotus’ Jake Lacy), an officer being tried for mutiny after relieving his commanding officer (Kiefer Sutherland) of responsibility following issues about his psychological stability amid an emergency.

New to hire

The Equalizer 3

The place to observe: Obtainable to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Photograph: Stefano Montesi/Sony Photos Leisure

Style: Motion
Run time: 1h 49m
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Solid: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman

Denzel Washington reprises his function because the surgically exact vigilante Robert McCall within the third installment of the Equalizer collection. After shifting to Italy, McCall learns that his new associates from a southern Italian city are being terrorized by members of a Mafia group. Unhealthy information for the Mafia: They’re about to get equalized.

The Nun II

The place to observe: Obtainable to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Picture: Warner Bros. Photos

Style: Horror thriller
Run time: 1h 50m
Director: Michael Chaves
Solid: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid

4 years after the occasions of The Nun, a priest is murdered in a terrifying supernatural incident within the city of Tarascon, France. Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), now serving in a convent in Italy, known as upon to research and compelled to as soon as once more confront her unearthly nemesis: the demonic nun referred to as Valak.