Paramount+ has announced the return of its Peak Screaming collection. Arriving on the streaming service today, September 18, 2024, this year’s lineup features more genre-defining hits and classics than ever before, with over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies, and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.
The seasonal collection will include the debut of the Paramount+ original film “Apartment 7A,” a haunting prequel to the cult classic “Rosemary’s Baby, on September 27;” and “Spongebob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp,” a new hour-long special arriving on October 10, where, while at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.
The curated collection is a scare for a variety of movie fans, with terrifying thrillers, spine-chilling films, and frights for the fainthearted, with 25 expertly curated carousels. New and returning subgenres include the following and more:
- Big Screen’s Big Screams: Box-office hits such as “Smile,” “Pet Sematary” (2019), “A Quiet Place” franchise, “War of the Worlds,” and “Annabelle: Creation”
- New Releases: New frights such as “A Quiet Place: Day One,” “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines,” “Scream VI,” and “Apartment 7A,” which debuts on service and within the collection on Friday, September 27
- Slash Hits: Spine-tingling slashers such as “Orphan: First Kill,” “Dexter,” “Pearl,” “Scream” (2022), and selections from the “Halloween” franchise, including “Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later”
- Horror Heroines: Scream queens take the stage in films such as “The Ring” (2002), “A Quiet Place: Day One,” “Why Women Kill,” “Crawl,” “Gothika,” and “It Follows”
- Flash Frights: 90 Minutes or Less: Bite-sized horror such as “Cloverfield,” “The Crow,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “Beneath” and “Friday the 13th: Part II”
- Killer Classics: Horror mainstays such as “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), “The Blob” (1988), “Murder on The Orient Express” (1974), “King Kong” (1976), “Spawn” and “To Catch a Thief” (1955) as well as the first eight films of the “Friday the 13th” franchise
- Suspenseful Series: Spooky seasons of “Evil,” “Bargain,” “Criminal Minds,” “Yellowjackets, “The Twilight Zone,” “Ghosts,” and “Dexter: New Blood”
- Family Fright Night: Scares for the whole family such as “The Addams Family” (1991), “The Little Vampire,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “A Really Haunted Loud House,” and “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
- Horror Comedies: Freaky films with a side of dark comedy such as the “Scary Movie” franchise, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Weird Science,” “Clue,” “Love and Monsters,” “Vampire in Brooklyn,” and “Fido”
- Halloween Nickstalgia: Nostalgic episodes from Nickelodeon favorites including “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Hey Arnold!,” “Rugrats” (1991), and “Invader Zim”
- Critically Acclaimed: Lauded films such as “Bound,” “Post Mortem,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Shutter Island,” “Super 8,” and “Zodiac”
- Psychological Horror: Mentally sinister movies such as “Annihilation,” “American Psycho,” “Criminal Minds,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Don’t Worry Darling,” and “Mother”
- Coming of Rage: High-school haunts such as “Teen Wolf: The Movie,” “School Spirits,” “You’re Killing Me,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “The Faculty,” and “The Wrath of Becky”
- Costume Inspiration: Cosplay goals such as “Gladiator,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Clueless,” “Tales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” and “Top Gun: Maverick”
The Peak Screaming collection is now available to stream on Paramount+.
