'The Boys' Favorite Officially Goes Full Horror in This New Free Streaming Gem

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Published Nov 1, 2026, 6:45 PM EST

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This year has been packed with major streaming returns, including the final season ofThe Boys, one of the past decade's most defining shows. Karl Urban's Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid's Hughie Campbell, Antony Starr's Homelander, and co. returned in an explosive final installment of Eric Kripke's beloved series, putting the negativity of a disappointing fifth season to bed. With an average of 57 million viewers per episode globally, The Boys Season 5 was the most-watched in the show's history.

The fifth season also broke 800 million viewing minutes following its two-episode launch, which was short of only HBO's The Pitt in the same period. These impressive viewing figures and strong critical response are indicative of one of the year's biggest shows. Even now, months after the finale aired, The Boys' presence is missed in the Prime Video catalog. Fans across the world yearn for one more outing with their favorite culturally subversive superheroes. If that's you, then one of The Boys' biggest stars has his underrated horror film heading to a new streamer.

Starting on November 1, you can watch Homelander himself, Antony Starr, as the emotionally distant Mark in the 2023 horror film Cobweb on the free streaming site Plex. The creepy film also stars Mean Girls' Lizzy Caplan, Cleopatra Coleman, and Woody Norman. "It might not be a particularly memorable horror film, but it’s still entertaining, and sometimes that’s all the reason we need to go to theaters," wrote Collider's Marco Vito Oddo in one of several fairly positive reviews of the film, which scored an average rating of 58% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

Anthony Starr Is Tackling a Big American Biopic

Following the end of his time on The Boys, Starr is turning his attention to a film about a hugely famous New York street artist. Julius Onah's Samo Lives stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, with the likes of Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez, Lukas Gage, Dane DeHaan, and more featuring in a stacked cast. Starr is one of the only actors to have his character confirmed in the film, with The Boys favorite portraying the legendary artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol.