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

Joyful Friday, Polygon film watchers! Every week, we spherical up essentially the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the most important and greatest new motion pictures so that you can watch at house.

This week, Haunted Mansion, the brand new supernatural horror comedy starring LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish and primarily based on the Disney theme park experience, involves streaming on Disney Plus. The Nun II, the sequel to the 2018 supernatural horror thriller starring Taissa Farmiga, is on the market to lease 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 all the things new to look at this weekend!

New on Netflix

Honest Play

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Netflix

Style: Erotic thrillerRun time: 1h 53mDirector: Chloe DomontCast: 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 certainly one of them is promoted. Is that this a ploy by their supervisor (Eddie Marsan) to set them in opposition to each other? Can their relationship stand up to the stress?

New on Disney Plus

Haunted Mansion

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Disney Plus

Style: Horror comedyRun time: 2h 3mDirector: Justin SimienCast: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson

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

From our overview:

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 might’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 screen — and he dedicated arduous. It’s full-throttle indulgence, and a full 180 from the Pirates of the Caribbean tackle theme park motion pictures. 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 look at: Out there to stream on Hulu

Style: Supernatural horrorRun time: 1h 38mDirector: Rob SavageCast: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair

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

From our overview:

The tailored model of The Boogeyman is stuffed with classically tailor-made scares and creeping temper. Much more so than Lights Out or James Wan’s Conjuring motion pictures, Savage’s tackle the creature function is buttoned up and infrequently overextended within the try to preserve the Harper household’s bereavement on the middle of the story. The motion will get a bit repetitive: Within the wake of Lester’s dying, the movie oscillates between Boogeyman assaults within the more and more acquainted Harper house, and Sadie’s journeys to highschool, the place she’s tormented for being a tragic sack who wears her lifeless mother’s attire. (Are excessive schoolers the actual 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 bounce scares put on skinny.

Appendage

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Hulu

Style: HorrorRun time: 1h 34mDirector: Anna ZlokovicCast: Emily Hampshire, Hadley Robinson, Deborah Rennard

This horror-thriller stars Hadley Robinson (Little Ladies) as Hannah, an aspiring clothier 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 look at: Out there to stream on Prime Video

Style: Horror comedyRun time: 1h 46mDirector: Nahnatchka KhanCast: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie

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

New on Peacock

Strays

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Peacock

Style: ComedyRun time: 1h 33mDirector: Josh GreenbaumCast: 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 house 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 look at: Out there to stream on Paramount Plus

Style: Supernatural horrorRun time: 1h 27mDirector: Lindsey Anderson BeerCast: 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 along with his buddies in a battle in opposition to an historical evil that haunts the city of Ludlow.

New on Mubi

Passages

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Mubi or to lease

Style: Romance dramaRun time: 1h 31mDirector: Ira SachsCast: 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 certainly one of them engages in an affair with Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a major faculty trainer that they meet whereas out clubbing one evening.

New on Starz

The Blackening

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Starz

Style: Horror comedyRun time: 1h 37mDirector: Tim StoryCast: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg

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

From our overview:

Horror followers who’re extra into the style for distinctive gore results, gnarly kills, and different excessive shocks could 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 larger catharsis because of this. However by the ultimate shot, the film’s method 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 an odd film, and infrequently a really foolish one. However the creators can a minimum of boast that they’ve put one thing on display screen that horror followers don’t see typically, and gained’t expect.

New on Shudder

V/H/S/85

The place to look at: Out there to stream on Shudder

Style: Horror anthologyRun time: 1h 50mDirectors: David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Mike P. NelsonCast: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone, Jordan Belfi

The most recent installment within the long-running horror anthology sequence 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 look at: Out there to stream on Showtime

Style: Authorized dramaRun time: 1h 48mDirector: William FriedkinCast: 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 considerations about his psychological stability amid an emergency.

New to lease

The Equalizer 3

The place to look at: Out there to lease on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Style: ActionRun time: 1h 49mDirector: Antoine FuquaCast: 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 sequence. After transferring to Italy, McCall learns that his new buddies from a southern Italian city are being terrorized by members of a Mafia group. Dangerous information for the Mafia: They’re about to get equalized.

The Nun II

The place to look at: Out there to lease on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Style: Horror thrillerRun time: 1h 50mDirector: Michael ChavesCast: 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, is known as upon to analyze and compelled to as soon as once more confront her unearthly nemesis: the demonic nun referred to as Valak.