2025 was a big year for dystopian movies about deathly, televised competitions based on the work of Stephen King. Two of the prolific horror writer’s stories, featuring two very different portrayals of how government controls the masses through a mix of entertainment and economic motivation, arrived in theaters last year. And in case that wasn’t enough of a freaky coincidence, they’re both making their streaming debuts within a week of one another in January 2026.

