Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 12.8.23

Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 12.8.23

- By Nicolas Delgadillo

Thrillers and terrifying new originals hit streaming this week, along with a pair of fascinating documentaries

NOW STREAMING:


‘Leave the World Behind’ (Netflix)


The first of many big Netflix originals this month: A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.




‘The Sacrifice Game’ (Shudder)


It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives on their doorstep - just in time for Christmas.



‘Blood Vessel’ (Netflix)


Brought together by chance, six people fleeing a town devastated by oil pollution stow away on a mysterious ship -not realizing the dangers that await.



‘Culprits’ (Hulu / Disney+)


After a heist, the tight-knit crew have gone their separate ways, but now, they are being targeted by a killer one-by-one.




‘The Mission’ (Hulu / Disney+)


The story of how 26-year-old American missionary John Chau was killed as he attempted to make contact with an Indigenous group off the coast of India, one of the last communities on the planet still living in isolation.




‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’ (Apple TV+)


This documentary features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos of cultural icon John Lennon and the investigation and conviction of Mark David Chapman, his confessed killer.




‘Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder’ (Disney+)


The TARDIS, out of control, abandons the Doctor and Donna on a faraway, mysterious spaceship, with deadly secrets in every corner.




‘Blood Coast’ (Netflix)


A group of police officers with particular methods who track down a dangerous criminal in order to prevent Marseille from plunging into a bloodbath.




‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ (Netflix)


A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. The smash hit animated blockbuster is now finally streaming.




‘Mob Land’ (Hulu)


A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.




CONTINUED WEEKLY EPISODES:

‘30 Coins (Season 2)’ (Max)

Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict exiled to a remote town in Spain, enlists the help of the mayor and a veterinarian when a series of paranormal phenomena begins to occur. In season 2, a new enemy feared by even the devil himself will put the world at risk. The first seven episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/UrcIRPX6Qbc?si=G7ZGUSa9vHN7qCeu

‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula (Season 5)’ (Shudder)

The Boulet Brothers host a competition - featuring morbid themes and dark challenges - for nine drag performers, looking to find the world's finest drag supermonster. The first six episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/xUsxJvS66fE?si=2jY6kNK2kA3MaDaT

‘For All Mankind (Season 4)’ (Apple TV+)

The new season explores the Mars colonization in 2003, where former adversaries collaborate on asteroid mining, offering hope for Earth and Mars. However, growing tensions within the international base jeopardize their ambitious goals, adding drama to the space program's future. The first five episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/kBcqdqYxZVg?si=33SFlMEC-hfvh6OS

‘Rap Sh!t (Season 2)’ (Max)

As Mia, Shawna and Chastity navigate new stages and audiences, they learn that fame and notoriety don't change origin stories or past traumas. Dreams can come true, but they can also unearth nightmares. The first six episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/OhovQZPK43Y?si=uu1tbs1e8rRH2Xkr

‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ (Apple TV+)

Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco, and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. The first five episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/JLHsM4bpfxY?si=zTl5m9rSPvpD8OFV

‘A Murder at the End of the World’ (Hulu)

A Murder at the End of the World is a mystery series featuring a Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker “Darby Hart.” Darby and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use her skills to prove it was murder before the killer takes another life. The first five episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/AnPl4PuNb5U?si=oH-TheNDtrWhHEjY

‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Season 12)’ (Max)

A trio of fast-food items works to solve mysteries in this long-running edgy adult cartoon. The brains of the group is Frylock, a floating box of fries, but Master Shake does a lot of the talking, most of it aimed at making life miserable for Meatwad, a sweet-natured ball of meat. The first three episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/c4fLE-75ZR8?si=bbk-vSnLAL3CWWWv

‘Slow Horses (Season 3)’ (Apple TV+)

In season three, a romantic liaison in Istanbul threatens to expose a buried MI5 secret in London. When Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and his team of misfits are dragged into the fight, they find themselves caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future not just of Slough House but of MI5 itself. The first three episodes are now streaming.

https://youtu.be/HLVg_D1cznE?si=Gj-5ePgbVLa4E2vI

Also streaming now:

Netflix - ‘World War II: From the Frontline’

Hulu - ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, ‘The Bling Ring’, ‘Proximity’

Max - ‘Boom Boom Bruno’, ‘Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning’

Prime Video - ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Netflix - ‘Love and Monsters’, ‘Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only’, ‘Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team’, ‘1670’, ‘If I Were Luísa Sonza’, ‘As the Crow Flies (Season 2)’, ‘The Crown (Season 6 Part 2)’, ‘Yu Yu Hakusho’, ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’, ‘Martin’, ‘The Golden Hour’, ‘Gran Turismo’

Hulu - ‘The Matrix Resurrections’, ‘Science Fair: The Series’, ‘Blue Jean’, ‘Higher Power’, ‘A Nurse to Die For’, ‘Such Brave Girls’, ‘Freakonomics’, ‘The Giver’, ‘Two Days in New York’, ‘Alan Partridge’, ‘I Give it a Year’, ‘Lemon’, ‘Results’, ‘White God’, ‘The Retirement Plan’

Shudder - ‘Wendigo’, ‘Devil’s Pass’, ‘I Trapped the Devil’, ‘Bay of Blood’, ‘Baron Blood’, ‘Black Sunday’, ‘Kill, Baby…Kill!’, ‘Lisa and the Devil’, ‘The Evil Eye’

Max - ‘Trees, and Other Entanglements’

Prime Video - ‘Asteroid City’, ‘Blue’s Big City Adventure’, ‘Reacher (Season 2)’

Apple TV+ - ‘The Family Plan’

Disney+ - ‘Doctor Who: The Giggle’, ‘The Curse of Oak Island (Season 2)’, ‘Planners (Season 2)’, ‘Tierra Incognita (Season 2)’

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