What’s New to Stream This Weekend: The Conjuring: Last Rites, Blue Beetle, and More

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This week brings several notable additions to streaming services. The record-breaking horror entry The Conjuring: Last Rites arrives on HBO Max, while the dog-centered haunted-house movie Good Boy debuts on Shudder. Family-friendly superhero fare and smart animated capers also find new life on major platforms.

The DCEU may be reshaping, but Blue Beetle has landed on Netflix, offering a heartfelt origin story for Jaime Reyes. Meanwhile, The Bad Guys 2 — a slick, Bond-adjacent animated heist — joins Peacock. Below is a concise guide to the most prominent new films and where to watch them.

New on Netflix

Blue Beetle

• Genre: Superhero
• Run time: 2h 7m
• Director: Ángel Manuel Soto
• Cast: Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar

Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) is a hardworking young man trying to support his family who unexpectedly bonds with an alien artifact, the Scarab. As powerful interests close in, Jaime must learn to control the Scarab’s abilities and accept his place in the Blue Beetle legacy—with his family at the center of the journey.

From our review:

The film is an energetic, family-oriented superhero tale that foregrounds Latinidad while balancing action and heart—though some of its political touches remain understated.

New on HBO Max

The Conjuring: Last Rites

• Genre: Supernatural horror
• Run time: 2h 15m
• Director: Michael Chaves
• Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson

Presented as the concluding chapter in the Warrens’ long-running saga, The Conjuring: Last Rites follows Ed and Lorraine as they confront one final case involving a family haunted by a malevolent mirror. The film leans into familiar franchise beats while emphasizing the Warrens’ devotion to one another and the families they help.

From our review:

Effective at delivering jolts and atmosphere, the movie sometimes stretches its emotional intentions across a lengthy runtime, leaving character development feeling a bit thin.

New on Hulu

Osiris

• Genre: Science fiction action
• Run time: 1h 48m
• Director: William Kaufman
• Cast: Max Martini, Brianna Hildebrand, Linda Hamilton

A squad of special-ops soldiers awaken aboard a spacecraft with no memory of how they arrived. They must battle their captors and survive—and they’re aided by a hardened survivor (Linda Hamilton) who claims years of fighting alien predators that use humans as livestock.

New on Peacock

The Bad Guys 2

• Genre: Heist comedy
• Run time: 1h 44m
• Director: Pierre Perifel
• Cast: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina

The reformed criminal crew from The Bad Guys struggles to find honest work after prison. When they’re coerced into a high-stakes theft targeting an experimental rocket — and a satirical tech mogul — they decide to subvert the heist to prove they can do good.

New on Shudder

Good Boy

• Genre: Supernatural horror
• Run time: 1h 13m
• Director: Ben Leonberg
• Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden

Playing on our collective anxiety for canine characters, Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy unfolds from a dog’s point of view: a loyal pet senses an eerie presence in the home he shares with his chronically ill owner, and the film escalates that domestic dread into a chilling, intimate horror.

New to rent

Lesbian Space Princess

• Genre: Science fiction comedy
• Run time: 1h 26m
• Directors: Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
• Cast: Shabana Azeez, Bernie Van Tiel, Gemma Chua-Tran

Princess Saira (Shabana Azeez) mounts a daring rescue when her ex, Kiki, is abducted by the xenophobic Straight White Maliens. With the help of former pop star Willow, Saira must juggle her growing feelings for Willow and the lingering ties to Kiki in this whimsical, colorful animated adventure.

Reawakening

• Genre: Psychological thriller
• Run time: 1h 30m
• Director: Virginia Gilbert
• Cast: Erin Doherty, Jared Harris, Juliet Stevenson

After a decade apart, Clare Reed — who vanished as a teenager — suddenly reappears. Her mother embraces her return, but her father, John (Jared Harris), is suspicious and worries that the woman claiming to be their daughter may not be who she says she is.

Stitch Head

• Genre: Fantasy comedy
• Run time: 1h 29m
• Director: Steve Hudson
• Cast: Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Rob Brydon

Based on Guy Bass’s graphic novel, Stitch Head is a family-friendly reinvention of Frankenstein lore. The kindly creation Stitch Head cares for other bizarre inventions until he flees to join the circus—then must help protect his new family when the ringmaster turns predatory.

Source: Polygon