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The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in April 2022

The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in April 2022

In this month's Nerd's Watch, io9 picks the best genre movies and TV shows coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and more.

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Side-by-side images of The Incredible Hulk, Trick 'r Treat, Lindsay Lohan in Herbie: Fully Loaded, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Joaquin Phoenx in Her.
A few of the films coming to streaming this month.
Image: Various

Welcome back to io9's monthly Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most.

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As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock. Folks, there may be too many streaming services.

A quick note: Disney+ is pretty bare this month in terms of new catalog movies. So don’t fret when you get to that page. There’s just not a bunch of new titles coming this month. Beyond that, it’s on to the good stuff: the best of what’s streaming in April 2022. If you’re only interested in the services you subscribe to, you can jump directly to that page with these links:

  1. What’s coming to Netflix in April 2022?
  2. What’s coming to Prime Video in April 2022?
  3. What’s coming to Hulu in April 2022?
  4. What’s coming to Disney+ in April 2022?
  5. What’s coming to HBO Max in April 2022?
  6. What’s coming to Paramount+ in April 2022?
  7. What’s coming to Shudder in April 2022?
  8. What’s coming to Peacock in April 2022?
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What’s coming to Netflix in April 2022?

What’s coming to Netflix in April 2022?

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Joaquin Phoenix in Her.
Image: Warner Bros.

What’s available on Netflix on April 1?

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

The Bubble

A Cinderella Story

Blade

Blade II

Blade: Trinity

Eagle Eye

Her

How to Train Your Dragon

Inception

Puss in Boots

The Ring

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Shrek Forever After

What’s available on Netflix on April 14?

Ultraman: Season 2

What’s available on Netflix on April 15?

Choose or Die

What’s available on Netflix on April 16?

Ouija: Origin of Evil

What’s available on Netflix on April 19?

Pacific Rim: The Black: Season 2

What’s available on Netflix on April 20?

Russian Doll: Season 2

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What’s coming to Prime Video in April 2022?

What’s coming to Prime Video in April 2022?

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Marvin, Martin, and Mos in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Image: Disney

What’s available on Prime Video on April 1?

Armageddon

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Carrie (1976)

Con Air

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

District 9

Jet Li’s Fearless

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Jeepers Creepers 2

Knowing

Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior

Shanghai Noon

Shrek Forever After

Signs

The Sixth Sense

The Spy Next Door

Unbreakable

Young Frankenstein

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What’s coming to Hulu in April 2022?

What’s coming to Hulu in April 2022?

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Rian Johnson’s Looper is coming to streaming.
Image: Sony

What’s available on Hulu on April 1?

Antz

Battleship

Brigsby Bear

Casper (1995)

Conspiracy Theory

Crank

Hanna (2011)

Hot Shots! Part Deux

John Carpenter’s Vampires

Knowing

Look Who’s Talking

Looper

Mr. Poppers Penguins (2010)

Practical Magic

Scooby-Doo (2002)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Shrek

Shrek 2

Twilight

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Watchmen (2009)

Wolf (1994)

What’s available on Hulu on April 8?

Let the Right One In

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What’s coming to Disney+ in April 2022?

What’s coming to Disney+ in April 2022?

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Lindsay Lohan in Herbie: Fully Loaded.
Image: Disney

What’s available on Disney+ on April 1?

Herbie: Fully Loaded

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What’s coming to HBO Max in April 2022?

What’s coming to HBO Max in April 2022?

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One of the missing MCU movies, The Incredible Hulk, is coming to streaming.
Image: Universal

What’s available on HBO Max on April 1?

Annabelle

Battle Los Angeles

Beetlejuice

Children of the Damned (1964)

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Hugo

Insidious

Kin

Krull

Limitless

Moon

Only Lovers Left Alive

Red (2010)

Salt

Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The Last Airbender (2010)

The Last Dragon

The Raid: Redemption

The Relic

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)

The Thirteenth Floor

The Toy

Universal Soldier: The Return

Vice Versa

William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

Wrath of the Titans

What’s available on HBO Max on April 2?

Batwoman: Season 3

What’s available on HBO Max on April 5?

Man of Steel

What’s available on HBO Max on April 8?

The Night House (2021)

What’s available on HBO Max on April 29?

Snowpiercer: Season 3

What’s available on HBO Max on April 30?

The Blair Witch Project

House of 1,000 Corpses

The Devil’s Rejects

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What’s coming to Paramount Plus in April 2022?

What’s coming to Paramount Plus in April 2022?

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That’s not Indiana Jones, it’s Allan Quatermain.
Image: Cannon Films

What’s available on Paramount+ on April 1?

Across the Universe

Addams Family Values

Allan Quatermain & the Lost City of Gold

Charlotte’s Web

Forrest Gump

King Arthur

Reign of Fire

Sunshine

The Fly

The Haunting

The Legend of Zorro

The Manchurian Candidate

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

What’s available on Paramount+ on April 4?

Carrie

What’s available on Paramount+ on April 22?

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

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What’s coming to Shudder in April 2022?

What’s coming to Shudder in April 2022?

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Sam is coming to Shudder in Trick ‘r Treat.
Image: Warner Bros.

What’s available on Shudder on April 1?

Candyman

The Evil Dead

Evil Dead II

The Fog

Near Dark

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Session 9

The Funhouse

The Devils

Trick ‘r Treat

What’s available on Shudder on April 4?

 Ritual

 Summer of 84

What’s available on Shudder on April 7?

See For Me

What’s available on Shudder on April 11?

Rocktober Blood

Puppet Master

Puppet Master 2

Puppet Master 3

What’s available on Shudder on April 12?

Subspecies

The Pit and the Pendulum

Intruder

What’s available on Shudder on April 15?

The Cellar

What’s available on Shudder on April 18?

 The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Seasons 1-3

What’s available on Shudder on April 21?

Virus 32

What’s available on Shudder on April 25?

Etheria: Season 5

Jamie Marks is Dead (2014)

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What’s coming to Peacock in April 2022?

What’s coming to Peacock in April 2022?

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Paul
Remember Paul? It’s good!
Image: Universal

What’s available on Peacock on April 1?

Apollo 13

Balls of Fury

Bruce Almighty

Clash of the Titans

Despicable Me

Despicable Me 2

Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Field of Dreams

Hook

Hotel Artemis

The Hulk

Last Witch Hunter

Liar, Liar

Man of Fire

Meet Joe Black

Megamind

Mercury Rising

Minority Report

Mortal Engines

Mystery Men

No Escape

The Nutty Professor

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Paul

The Purge: Anarchy

Spy Game

Waterworld

XXX: Return of Xander Cage


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