![]() The primary difference is that you aren’t liable to spot nearly as many movies you recognize on Screambox. ![]() Cost: $5.99/month or $56.99/year, 7-day free trial Screambox Though not quite as high-profile as Shudder, Screambox-which bills itself as having been “started by fans, for fans”-drips with authenticity. The material could be better organized, but there are some curated collections as well as TV and podcast offerings. ![]() If you’re looking for truly classic movies-older than 1960 or so-the pickings are slim, but there’s plenty to choose from when it comes to the dark side of cinema from the ‘70s and ‘80s to today. The content runs the gamut from popular franchises like Friday the 13th to bizarro cult entries to high quality originals like the quarantine-themed Zoom-based chiller Host. Shudder This Netflix for the horror freak, owned by the AMC Network, is an absolute must if you want the scariest scares and the most blood-curdling shrieks streaming. Content is sorted by decade and subject matter, from “‘30s Comedies” to “’70s Blockbusters” to the Big Apple-centric “New York, New York.” Cost: $14.99/month, 7-day free trial While not nearly as all-encompassing as The Criterion Channel’s offerings, the TCM hub is more than worth exploring if you dig movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Max’s content is sorted into various subsections, or “hubs,” and one of them collects content from Turner Classic Movies. ![]() But the issues with the launch of HBO Max (which is, at least, finally available on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick) obscured the fact that it’s one of the best services around for movie-lovers-and for fans of classic cinema in particular. The TCM hub on HBO Max Yeah, you probably know all about HBO. Offering up a rotating monthly catalogue of classics from around the world, not to mention a healthy smattering of more recent critical darlings, it offers a movie for every mood, and the high level of curation-with movies grouped into monthly themes or paired off in related “double features”-makes exploration a delight (and makes up for the slightly byzantine way its offerings are sorted). The Criterion Channel From the dawn of the Laserdisc era through today, The Criterion Collection has been considered the gold standard of film labels among those who think of themselves as cinema buffs, but its streaming service-launched in the wake of the shutdown of Filmstruck in 2018-might be even better. ![]()
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