I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Twits, and Every New Movie Streaming This Weekend

This week delivers a heavy dose of horror sequels and genre fare across streaming platforms. The legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer arrives on Netflix with a fresh cast whose cover-up of a fatal accident draws the attention of a vengeful killer — and forces them to seek help from survivors of the 1997 original. If you prefer different scares, new installments of The Jester and The Strangers are available on VOD, delivering more home-invasion and supernatural terror.

For science-fiction horror fans, The Astronaut debuts on digital rental platforms. On Netflix’s family-friendly slate, the animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits offers a darkly comic take on a monstrously unpleasant couple.

Below is a curated roundup of notable new releases on streaming and VOD — the biggest, most talked-about, and most watchable films you can stream right now.

New on Netflix

Good News

• Genre: Black comedy
• Run time: 2h 16m
• Director: Byun Sung-hyun
• Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, Ryoo Seung-bum

Loosely inspired by the 1970 hijacking of a Japanese passenger jet, Good News follows an escalating and absurd plan to redirect the plane. As hijackers aim for Pyongyang, a shadowy operator known only as Nobody coordinates a deceptive operation with military and intelligence operatives to steer the flight to Seoul instead.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

• Genre: Slasher horror
• Run time: 1h 51m
• Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
• Cast: Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr.

A tight-knit group conceals a deadly accident and soon finds itself tormented by a hooked assailant. As the killings mount, the younger survivors turn to the only people who might understand — characters from the 1997 film, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. returning to offer guidance in a seaside town steeped in old wounds.

The Twits

• Genre: Animated musical
• Run time: 1h 38m
• Director: Phil Johnston
• Cast: Margo Martindale, Johnny Vegas, Natalie Portman

Phil Johnston, co-writer of animated hits such as Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia, adapts Roald Dahl’s mischievous tale into a musical-tinged animation. The story centers on a vile couple who harvest magical creatures’ tears to fuel a grotesque amusement operation — until a band of resourceful orphans disrupts their scheme. Read more about the Dahl adaptation here.

New on Hulu

40 Acres

• Genre: Post-apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: 1h 53m
• Director: R.T. Thorne
• Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes, Kataem O’Connor

Set in a grim near future, a secluded family sustains itself through farming and militant preparation. When an armed militia overruns the region and kills the local Union Army, their hard-won stability collapses — forcing the family to defend everything they’ve built.

New on Shudder

Other

• Genre: Horror
• Run time: 1h 35m
• Director: David Moreau
• Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Jean Schatz, Lola Bonaventure

Alice (Olga Kurylenko) returns to settle her late mother’s estate and discovers the family home is wired with surveillance and littered with unnerving videotapes. As she investigates, the house and its recordings reveal a malevolent presence that leads to a chilling revelation.

New to rent

The Astronaut

• Genre: Science fiction horror
• Run time: 1h 31m
• Director: Jess Varley
• Cast: Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna

Sam Walker (Kate Mara), an astronaut, returns mysteriously to Earth with no memory of her failed mission to the ISS. Quarantined while authorities investigate, she develops unexplained bruises and disturbing hallucinations that suggest she may not have come back alone.

The Jester 2

• Genre: Horror
• Run time: 1h 27m
• Director: Colin Krawchuk
• Cast: Michael Sheffield, Kaitlyn Trentham, Jessica Ambuehl

On Halloween, lonely teen magician Max (Kaitlyn Trentham) becomes trapped in a terrifying game imposed by a supernatural killer known as the Jester. To survive, she must outwit his fatal illusions before the night ends.

The Strangers: Chapter 2

• Genre: Horror
• Run time: 1h 38m
• Director: Renny Harlin
• Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath

The second chapter continues Maya Lucas’s (Madelaine Petsch) ordeal as masked assailants relentlessly hunt her. With authorities unable or unwilling to help, Maya struggles to determine who can be trusted while the killers close in.

Source: Polygon