Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

[payn]

You could go for a free month of Shudder. I keep meaning to, because there's a compilastion series of shorts called "V/H/S" that has on i really want to see; "V/H/S/99", the short called "Shredding."

If you got prime there a series from MGM+ (didnt know that was even a thing) called From thats pretty engaging. Horror unexplainable phenomena genre.

 

[Cadence]

You could go for a free month of Shudder. I keep meaning to, because there's a compilastion series of shorts called "V/H/S" that has on i really want to see; "V/H/S/99", the short called "Shredding."

Shudder got a mention on NPR earlier this week:

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/12/nx-s1-5566110/why-slasher-movies-still-have-us-watching-through-our-fingers

 

[jian]

We've been watching a lot of classic horror lately...and it is really dissapointing how few are on the four major streaming services that we have (D+, Prime, Netflix, HBO). Streaming just keeps getting worse - you are paying more for less. My spouse and I were musing the other day that our neighborhood could use a good video store...

That’s kind of our feeling too. Netflix continues to have a strong broad selection but even it still feels quite sparse these days, and no other streamer can compare, not even D+. I imagine the point of the planned Paramount/WB merger is to merge their two anaemic streamers into something that can compete - but ultimately it will probably result in fewer good or interesting films being produced, much as the Disney/Fox merger a decade ago did.

 

[payn]

That’s kind of our feeling too. Netflix continues to have a strong broad selection but even it still feels quite sparse these days, and no other streamer can compare, not even D+. I imagine the point of the planned Paramount/WB merger is to merge their two anaemic streamers into something that can compete - but ultimately it will probably result in fewer good or interesting films being produced, much as the Disney/Fox merger a decade ago did.

There is more than meets the eye behind that WB/P merger that I cant really go into. All I will say is it would not mean better quality programming for folks, maybe just higher quantity for a time.

 

[Ryujin]

There is more than meets the eye behind that WB/P merger that I cant really go into. All I will say is it would not mean better quality programming for folks, maybe just higher quantity for a time.

 

[jian]

There is more than meets the eye behind that WB/P merger that I cant really go into. All I will say is it would not mean better quality programming for folks, maybe just higher quantity for a time.

Yeah, it’s quite noticeable that since Disney ate Fox we’ve had lots of licensed stuff from their IPs (such as all the Star Wars films and series) but very little interesting filmmaking like Hidden Figures. WB is having a great year but maybe this will be the last time we see something like Sinners from them.