It is now October, and if you’re looking for a great new horror movie to stream, one of 2024’s best has now arrived, though you’ll have to shell out a bit for it at the moment.

That movie is Strange Darling, the new horror thriller that clocks in at just 96 minutes for a quick watch. But it is one of 2024’s best new horror films with a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 138 critics. It also boasts an 85% audience score. Here’s a synopsis of the film:

“Set in rural Oregon, [Strange Darling] focuses on a man and woman who engage in a one-night stand that devolves into a cat-and-mouse game of murder. It is divided into six narrative chapters arranged in nonlinear order, and presented as a dramatization of the pinnacle of a serial killer’s years-long murder spree in the Western United States. The director has neither confirmed nor denied if the film is actually based on real events, saying “perhaps” it is.”

The draw here is the somewhat Memento-like mixed-up chapter format which works really well for the narrative, if you can keep up. So where to watch it? Right now you have to buy it rather than rent, but given that it may have been hard to find in theaters near you, this is the first time many will be able to watch it, myself included. Here’s the streaming locations:

If you wait a little while the “rental” price will probably be $15, before it sinks lower than that eventually. And if you want to wait until it’s “free” on a service you may own, that’s probably going to be at least a solid month, if not more. It’s a Miramax film which is owned in part by Paramount, so it may make its way to Paramount Plus, though I don’t think that’s confirmed.

Strange Darling’s score makes it one of the best-reviewed horror films of the year, and the year is almost over. Here’s the top 10 list as it stands:

1. Late Night with the Devil – 97%
2. Infested – 96%
3. Strange Darling – 95%
4. Oddity – 95%
5. In Flames – 95%
6. New Life – 94%
7. Stopmotion – 91%
8. The Substance – 91%
9. The Devil’s Bath – 90%
10. A Quiet Place Day One – 86%

So that’s even higher than the likes of higher profile horror films like The Substance and Longlegs, even if it didn’t do that level of box office. Maybe it should have with a wider release. But now you can watch it at home.

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