The first day of January brings the new horror film Ghost Stories to Netflix, an Indian anthology from the makers of Bombay Talkies and Lust Stories.
Netflix also bites into “Dracula” on January 4. Meanwhile, in theaters, January 3 brings with it the latest film in the long-running The Grudge series, which transports the viral haunting to the United States, where a series of strangers encounter the angry spirits and take them home with them. The Grudge (2020)
January 9 brings with it a new horror film on Shudder, The Marshes, in which a group of biologists in – you guessed it! – a marshland are stalked by a homicidal maniac. Then on January 10 get ready for Underwater, where Kristen Stewart finds herself and a group of scientists – you guessed it! – underwater, when an undersea earthquake unleashes mortal peril. Vincent Cassel and John Gallagher Jr. co-star in a new film by William Eubanks (The Signal).
And on January 12, the Stephen King mini-series The Outsider debuts on HBO, starring Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, and Jason Bateman (who also directed the first two episodes). The series centers around an investigation into a brutal child murder. Additional directors include Karyn Kusama (The Invitation) and Andrew Bernstein (Fear the Walking Dead).
January 23 brings with it the new Netflix series October Faction, about a family of monster hunters. The series is based on a comic book by Steve Niles and Damien Worm, and is executive produced by Damian Kindler (Sleepy Hollow).
Also on January 23, Shudder releases the new TV series The Dead Lands, based on the award-winning New Zealand thriller about warring Maori tribes.