From inventive horror and post-apocalyptic thrillers to romance, drama and a major concert documentary, these ten films offer varied home-viewing options for the weekend of August 7–9, 2026.
If you enjoy cinematic scares alongside your arcade news, there are several genre picks here. For a more relaxed evening, choose from an Italian romance, a Cannes-screened Colombian comedy or Billie Eilish on tour.
10. Evil Dead Burn
- Available on: VOD
- Genre: Horror
- Run time: 1h 50m
- Director: Sébastien Vaniček
- Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan
After her husband dies, a woman joins his family at an isolated, deteriorating woodland home. Their grief is interrupted by Deadites, who attack with grotesque and inventive brutality.
Sébastien Vaniček brings a distinctive visual approach to the latest entry in the horror series. The script is uneven, but the filmmaking makes strong use of movement: one encounter is viewed from above, while another follows a character in a sustained floor-level escape shot.
9. The Last House
- Available on: Netflix
- Genre: Sci-Fi
- Run time: 1h 50m
- Director: Louis Leterrier
- Cast: Greta Lee, Wagner Moura
A family becomes imprisoned inside its own home by an unexplained force. As days become weeks, months and eventually years, shortages and mounting psychological pressure turn domestic life into something increasingly threatening.
The house itself is central to the film’s unease. Built and meticulously designed through collaboration between multiple departments, it becomes a claustrophobic environment where reminders of the outside world are impossible to escape.
8. Couture
- Available on: VOD
- Genre: Drama
- Run time: 1h 44m
- Director: Alice Winocour
- Cast: Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, Anyier Anei
Angelina Jolie leads this drama about three women navigating Paris Fashion Week: a filmmaker, a model and a makeup artist. The film continues Jolie’s recent run of dramatic roles while exploring the intersecting pressures faced by its central trio.
7. Big Baby
- Available on: VOD
- Genre: Horror
- Run time: 1h 43m
- Director: Spider One
- Cast: Brandon Scott
A horror screenwriter struggling financially begins dreaming about a murderer wearing a disturbing baby mask. When he turns the nightmare into a screenplay, the boundary between his invented story and reality starts to collapse.
6. You, Me & Tuscany
- Available on: Peacock
- Genre: Romance
- Run time: 1h 45m
- Director: Kat Coiro
- Cast: Halle Bailey, Rege-Jean Page
A struggling New York chef travels to Italy and adopts a false identity to stay at an opulent Tuscan villa. When its owners return, she claims to be engaged to an absent son, only to develop feelings for his cousin.
5. The Gates
- Available on: Prime Video
- Genre: Horror
- Run time: 1h 38m
- Director: John Burr
- Cast: Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, Keith Powers, James Van Der Beek
A group of college friends takes a shortcut through an affluent gated community in Texas. They soon see a woman murdered by a charismatic spiritual leader, leaving them trapped in a dangerous place with a killer.
4. A Poet
- Available on: Mubi
- Genre: Comedy
- Run time: 2h 3m
- Director: Simon Mesa Soto
- Cast: Ubeimar Rios, Rebecca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona
This Colombian comedy, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, follows an ageing writer living with his mother while battling alcohol addiction and a stalled career. A job at a high school gives him the chance to rebuild his life by mentoring a student.
3. The Run
- Available on: VOD
- Genre: Thriller
- Run time: 1h 57m
- Director: Stephen de Villiers
- Cast: Callan Mulvey, Charlotte Maggi, Felix Cameron
In a post-apocalyptic world facing a fertility crisis, a smuggler is tasked with transporting a woman and her baby to an island believed to be safe. The journey forms the film’s central survival challenge.
2. Beast
- Available on: Starz
- Genre: Drama
- Run time: 1h 33m
- Director: Tyler Atkins
- Cast: Daniel MacPherson, Luke Hemsworth, Russell Crowe
A retired MMA fighter returns to competition when his younger brother falls into debt with dangerous creditors. To settle the matter, he must face the reigning world champion.
1. Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
- Available on: Paramount+
- Genre: Documentary
- Run time: 1h 54m
- Directors: James Cameron, Billie Eilish
- Cast: Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish’s concert film captures her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour in an immersive presentation. Eilish and James Cameron co-directed the documentary, which uses a custom 3D camera system created by Cameron’s company, Lightstorm Vision.
Choosing your weekend watch
For horror fans, Evil Dead Burn, The Last House, Big Baby and The Gates offer very different kinds of menace. Viewers after something lighter can try You, Me & Tuscany or A Poet, while The Run and Beast suit a more action-focused night.
Pair a film marathon with one of RETROCADE’s compact bartop arcades, browse the arcade light guns range for a shooter setup, or compare options in the arcade machine buying guide.
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