This Week in Horror History (Mar 9–15) is your weekly horror release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation built for nights when you want your horror a little meaner, stranger, and more paranoid. This week we’ve got killer kids, franchise reinvention, slow-walk supernatural dread, survival-horror blockbuster energy, and a deep-cut faux-documentary that feels eerily ahead of its time.
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Horror releases from Mar 9–15Mar 9, 1984 — Children of the CornA Stephen King cornfield nightmare that turned a tiny budget into a franchise: rural isolation, fanatical children, and one of the great creepy-premise hooks of 1980s horror.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video with subscription; TubiTV, The Roku Channel, and Plex free with ads; rent or buy wherever you rent or buy movies.
Mar 10, 2023 — Scream VIGhostface goes big-city in the franchise’s nastier New York chapter: subway panic, bodega chaos, and a sharper, meaner pulse.
Where to watch: Paramount Plus with subscription; free on Pluto TV.
Mar 13, 2015 — It FollowsA modern horror classic that makes sex, distance, and everyday space feel cursed: dream-logic suburbs, synth dread, and a threat that never stops coming.
Where to watch: free with ads at Fandango at Home or Plex; Philo with subscription; Kanopy with library card; or rent at the usual suspects.
Mar 15, 2002 — Resident EvilA zombie video-game blockbuster that helped prove game-based horror could work as durable theatrical horror.
Where to watch: Prime Video with subscription; Hulu with subscription.
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Deep-Cut SpotlightMar 9, 1998 — The Last BroadcastA faux-documentary Jersey Devil chiller made for almost nothing that now plays like a warning shot for digital-horror history.
Where to watch: free with Prime Video subscription; totally free with ads on Tubi; rent or buy digitally at the usual suspects.
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Horror birthdaysMar 9, 1986 — Brittany SnowMar 13, 1985 — Emile HirschMar 14, 1933 — Michael CaineMar 15, 1979 — Pollyanna McIntosh ⭐
Weekly RecommendationMar 13, 2015 — The InvitationA slow-burn dinner-party nightmare built from grief, paranoia, and that awful feeling that everyone in the room knows more than you do.
Where to watch: Tubi TV free with ads; The Roku Channel free with ads; Philo, Peacock, or Amazon Prime with subscription; rent or buy on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime.
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