Monday, March 26, 2018

Screambox Vs. Shudder

Now for those of you who have never heard either of Screambox or Shudder they are both fairly new and essentially the Netflix and Hulu for horror fans. I keep seeing all over Facebook horror groups, YouTube horror vlogs, ect. the question of which of the two sites is a better choice to subscribe to.

Now which one is better?
 Personally I've had Shudder for a bit over a year now and have loved every minute of it. Currently my only issue with it is that I always have trouble finding something to watch. Many would argue that it's because they don't have a large selection. Well possibly because they don't yet have the funds to continue adding films to their already nicely sized selection let only to keep the selection of films already on. My issue is that there is so much that I want to watch but don't have the time in my schedule nor do I know Shudders' either. They have this awesome thing on their website and app called "Shudder Tv" its constantly broadcasting films that they have in their selection and if you click it in the middle of the film just go search for it and start it from the beginning! As for Screambox I am on day two of the free trial.

Screambox has a totally different selection of things like Cat In The Brain, Bonnie & Clyde Vs. Dracula which looks totally cheesy(anyone who knows me personally can tell you that I absolutely adore cheesy), Snakes On A Train, and Monday at 11:01 AM which I am extremely looking forward to watching.
So far I'm having the same issue as when I first started with Shudder. The films constantly stop randomly for no reason even if my WiFi is strong enough to broadcast films, but eventually Shudder fixed it so I will be giving Screambox the benefit of the doubt and keep them past the free trial for a bit to see if the problems succeed or dissipate.

In conclusion, neither of the two is better. They both have very simple websites, easy to browse through, nothing too complicated. Both sites have very different material, Shudder has a bit more range which some people don't and others do; while Screambox seems to be trying to limit their films to only horror which I do know a lot of people will appreciate. Yes you may have you preferance based on the selections of films but my personal opinion if you are a true fan of all things horror you will appreciate both sites equally and aim to subscribe to the both of them.

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