This Weekend on Streaming: Fantastic Four: First Steps, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, and Every New Movie

From an alternate-universe drama to streaming debuts, this week’s new releases give viewers plenty to choose from. The Fantastic Four: First Steps arrives on Disney+, offering fresh context before the larger MCU chapter of Avengers: Doomsday. Meanwhile, Guillermo del Toro’s take on Frankenstein reframes the familiar mad-scientist tale as an emotionally rich Gothic fable — after a short theatrical window, Netflix brings del Toro’s Creature to streaming.

If you’re after uncompromising scares, The Black Phone 2 ups the intensity from the original and is available to rent. And Keanu Reeves appears in a lighter turn as a guardian angel in Good Fortune, which lands on VOD.

Below is a concise guide to the most noteworthy new films streaming and available to rent this week — the biggest, boldest, and most talked-about titles you can watch at home right now.

New on Netflix

Frankenstein

• Genre: Gothic science fiction
• Run time: 2h 30m
• Director: Guillermo del Toro
• Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth

Guillermo del Toro stages Mary Shelley’s story as a sumptuous Gothic romance. Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein is a driven visionary who fashions a breathtaking Creature (Jacob Elordi). The film shifts into a character-driven, sometimes operatic drama as the Creature wrestles with identity, yearning, and an unexpected capacity for love.

Wick Is Pain

• Genre: Documentary
• Run time: 2h 6m
• Director: Jeffrey Doe

Shot across ten years, Wick Is Pain traces the rise of the John Wick phenomenon, chronicling Keanu Reeves’ collaboration with stunt choreographers-turned-directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. Expect in-depth looks at the franchise’s stunt craft and the filmmaking decisions behind its most memorable sequences.

New on Disney Plus

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

• Genre: Superhero
• Run time: 1h 54m
• Director: Matt Shakman
• Cast: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Julia Garner, Ralph Ineson

In a retro-futuristic alternate Earth, four astronauts return from a cosmic mission altered by radiation and form the Fantastic Four. When an enigmatic visitor warns that their world faces annihilation at the hands of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), the team must marshal their powers to protect their family and an entire planet.

Our review noted that while the film leans into blockbuster stakes, its strongest moments are the quieter, familial beats — and those intimate elements can feel at odds with a sweeping, cosmic threat. Read the full critique here.

New on Paramount Plus

The Cut

• Genre: Psychological thriller
• Run time: 1h 36m
• Director: Sean Ellis
• Cast: Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro

A washed-up boxer (Orlando Bloom) gets one last shot at redemption: a title bout that requires him to reach fighting form in just six days. Pushed by an uncompromising coach (John Turturro), he risks physical collapse and mental unraveling for a second chance in the ring.

New on Shudder

Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story

• Genre: Horror
• Run time: 1h 30m
• Director: Natasha Kermani
• Cast: Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Judah Mackey

Titus Welliver plays a strict, overbearing Abraham Van Helsing who grows convinced a terrible darkness is targeting his family. As his sons question whether he’s protecting them or losing his grip on reality, the film reframes Dracula lore as a tense family drama adapted from a Joe Hill short story.

New to rent

Black Phone 2

• Genre: Supernatural horror
• Run time: 1h 54m
• Director: Scott Derrickson
• Cast: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill expand the scope of the original with a bigger supernatural canvas. Four years after Finn’s abduction, he and his sister wrestle with psychic echoes from the past — the sequel amplifies spectacle and delivers some genuinely frightening moments, even as it embraces a more bombastic approach.

Boys Go to Jupiter

• Genre: Adult animation
• Run time: 1h 30m
• Director: Julian Glander
• Cast: Jack Corbett, Janeane Garofalo, Tavi Gevinson

Julian Glander’s off-kilter animated feature follows 16-year-old Billy (Jack Corbett) as a delivery route spins into surreal encounters and a strange alien discovery. The film leans into oddball humor and unexpected pathos.

Good Fortune

• Genre: Supernatural comedy
• Run time: 1h 37m
• Director: Aziz Ansari
• Cast: Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves plays Gabriel, a minor guardian angel who tries to nudge two men onto better paths by swapping their lives. The experiment backfires: Gabriel loses his celestial privileges and must reckon with being human while both men face unexpected consequences.

Killing Faith

• Genre: Supernatural Western
• Run time: 1h 49m
• Director: Ned Crowley
• Cast: Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Emily Ford, Bill Pullman

Set in 1849, this eerie frontier tale centers on a young girl whose touch seems fatal. Her mother enlists an ether-addicted physician and a faith healer to save her daughter, but the trek across the frontier reveals horrors that test their faith and sanity.

Source: Polygon