Disney+ recently announced Star, after rumours circulated online, a new selection of TV Shows and Films for a more mature audience. Of course with Disney now owning several different companies, including Fox, it was only a matter of time before we were given access to a wider selection of entertainment to watch. And much to my delight, this selection also included an array of horror related content.
I thought I'd fill you in on what Disney+ now has to offer us horror fans; it's a pretty decent selection to be fair.
Television Shows
The X-Files
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Helstrom
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorising worst of humanity - each with their attitude and skills.
Scream Queens
A semi-anthology series that centres on characters being terrorised by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.
The Strain
A mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism ravages the city of New York.
Films
Independence Day
An alien race destroys major cities of the world with their advanced weaponry. However, a geek, a pilot, the US President and a group of ragtag survivors unite to save mankind from annihilation.
Independence Day: Resurgence
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defences be enough?
Starship Troopers
Johnny Rico completes his graduation and joins the Mobile Infantry to serve the nation. Soon, he finds himself fighting against alien bugs that are hell-bent on destroying life on Earth.
The Village
An isolated town lives in fear of an unknown monster from the surrounding woods. But when one from the community is badly injured, a blind girl sets out into the woods to find help from beyond.
Jennifer's Body
A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specialises in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Signs
Father Graham Hess and his family migrate to a farmhouse that later becomes the site of strange crop circles that suggest the existence of alien life.
The Happening
A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.
Damien: The Omen II
Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
Omen III: The Final Conflict
The now adult Antichrist, Damien, plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.
The Devil's Due
After their wedding, Zach (Zach Gilford) and Samantha McCall (Allison Miller) head to the Dominican Republic for the honeymoon. The trip takes an unsettling turn when a psychic gives them an ominous warning. The newlyweds eventually make their way to a bar and get very drunk; the next morning, they remember little of the night's events. Later Sam learns that she is pregnant. However, strange physical and mental changes lead her to the realisation that the pregnancy has a sinister origin.
Day Watch
When Anton, a Warrior of Light, is falsely accused of murdering some vampires, he embarks on a journey to find the real killer and search for an ancient object that has the power to alter destiny.
The Fly
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
The Puppet Masters
Aliens have spread terror in the Midwest and are taking control of human lives and using them as puppets. Government officials Sam and Andrew are assigned the task to stop the aliens.
The Pyramid
An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.
From Hell
In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Dark Water
A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.
Cold Creek Manor
A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate. As they begin renovations, they discover their new home harbours a secret and may not be completely free of its former inhabitant.
Ravenous
In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward, a synthetic man with scissor hands, is taken in by Peg, a kindly Avon lady, after the passing of his inventor. Things take a turn for the worse when he is blamed for a crime he did not commit.
Club Dread
When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort--a hedonistic island paradise for swingers--it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence...or at least hide it.
Deep Rising
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who had already invaded the ship.
The Good Son
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and be friends with his cousin, a boy of the same age who shows increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behaviour.
One Hour Photo
A mentally unstable photo developer targets a middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.
Sleeping With the Enemy
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
My only complaint with this is that they haven't yet created a horror only section, instead all the horror related content currently sits in with the thrillers. And of course the introduction with this new content has come with a £2.00 price increase (making the total monthly cost now £7.99) but for so much choice I feel it's a reasonable price to pay.
Star also includes a huge selection of other popular/well known films and TV shows not listed here, so it'll keep you busy and entertained for a long time. There's some fantastic non-horror in there as well! My biggest question now is when are we going to see all the Alien & Predator franchises on there?! Hopefully we won't have to wait too long.
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