New Horror on Netflix US in May 2018

May 2018 features lots of new movies and TV shows coming to Netflix US. Here’s a list of the new horror, thriller and sci-fi movies and TV shows coming to Netflix in May 2018.

The list will be edited regularly with new titles.

Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell

Available on Netflix: May 1, 2018

The subterranean, worm-like creatures are back, and Graboid-hunter Burt Gummer suspects they’ve been weaponized.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Available on Netflix: May 1, 2018

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.

Red Dragon

Available on Netflix: May 1, 2018

A retired F.B.I. Agent with psychological gifts, is assigned to help track down “The Tooth Fairy”, a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him, is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter.

Scream 2

Available on Netflix: May 1, 2018

Two years after the first series of murders, a new psychopath dons the Ghostface costume and a new string of killings begins.

The Reaping

Available on Netflix: May 1, 2018

A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.

The Rain – season 1

Available on Netflix: May 4, 2018

The world as we know it has ended. The story takes place six years after a brutal virus, carried by the rain, wiped out almost all human beings in Scandinavia. Two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization to be gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.

Read our review of The Rain season 1 >

Family Blood

Available on Netflix: May 4, 2018
Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.

Read our review of Family Blood >

Anon

Available on Netflix: May 4, 2018

Sal Frieland is a detective in a world with no privacy or anonymity; where everyone’s lives are transparent, traceable, and recorded by the authorities; where crime almost ceases to exist. But in trying to solve a series of murders, Frieland stumbles on a young woman known only as the Girl. She has no identity, no history and is invisible to the cops. Sal realizes this may not be the end of crime, but the beginning.

Desolation

Available on Netflix: May 8, 2018

A mother takes her son and her best friend on a trip into remote wilderness to scatter his father’s ashes; they must confront their fears when a lone hiker begins following them.

Safe – season 1

Available on Netflix: May 10, 2018

After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.

Only God Forgives

Available on Netflix: May 15, 2018

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok’s criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother’s recent death.

Cargo

Available on Netflix: May 18, 2018

Based on the viral short film, this is the story of a man and his infant daughter who are stranded in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in rural Australia. And when he becomes infected, the countdown begins for him to find her protection before he changes forever.

Small Town Crime

Available on Netflix: March 19, 2018

An alcoholic ex-cop finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.