Ridley Scott’s 131-Minute Horror Sequel Is Officially Leaving Streaming

Published Oct 18, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he’ll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

A sequel that seemed too transgressive for the director of one of the most thematically gruesome movies ever made was a cakewalk for Ridley Scott. The filmmaker was working on Gladiator when a producer pitched him the project, and he immediately signed on, as did the Oscar-winning star of the original. However, one key member of the original’s cast refused to return, and her role was recast. The movie was ultimately deemed inferior to the original, but it was a major box-office hit. It’s now streaming on Peacock in the United States, but not for much longer.

It was released theatrically a few months after *Gladiator *became a surprise Best Picture winner at the Oscars. In its opening weekend of release, the horror sequel broke numerous box-office records. It eventually grossed more than $350 million worldwide against a reported budget of almost $90 million, falling short of Gladiator’s haul but surpassing that of its predecessor. However, the reviews were mediocre, with high audience expectations being one of the reasons behind the film’s lasting reputation as a letdown. Featuring **Ray Liotta **and Gary Oldman, the movie now holds a 39% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else — good luck.

Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable — and that is the gap you would exploit.

Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect — until it’s too late for anyone who isn’t paying close enough attention.

Freddy wins by getting inside your head — using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.

Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror — but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.

Chucky’s greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it’s already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.

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