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Best Horror Movies to Stream This Halloween (2026)
The best horror movies streaming right now for Halloween 2026 — ranked by critic and audience scores, with everything new on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and Prime Video this October, from The Shining and The Exorcist to The Substance.
October 1 was a horror free-for-all this year. HBO Max picked up The Shining, The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Trick 'r Treat and the whole Nightmare on Elm Street run. Netflix added Psycho, The Sixth Sense, Crimson Peak and The Menu. Prime Video went classic with the Universal monsters, Candyman and Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Huluween brought The Substance, Hereditary, Midsommar and Barbarian.
Here's the ranked list, from all-time classics to the modern stuff worth the jump scare, with where to stream each one tonight.
1. Psycho (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
8.5
97%
Streaming on: Netflix, Peacock Premium, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
8.695%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
3. Jaws (1975)
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
8.197%
Streaming on: Netflix, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
4. Get Out (2017)
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
7.898%
Streaming on: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, FXNow, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
Directed by: Jordan Peele
5. Alien (1979)
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
8.493%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
Directed by: Ridley Scott
6. Aliens (1986)
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
8.493%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, Philo, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Directed by: James Cameron
7. Freaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
7.895%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Bloodstream
Starring: Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles
Directed by: Tod Browning
8. A Quiet Place (2018)
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
7.596%
Streaming on: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
Directed by: John Krasinski
9. The Invisible Man (1933)
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
7.695%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
Directed by: James Whale
10. Dracula (1931)
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
7.396%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
Directed by: Tod Browning
11. Frankenstein (1931)
Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.
7.794%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
Directed by: James Whale
12. Carrie (1976)
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
7.494%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Directed by: Brian De Palma
13. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
7.493%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC, HBO Max
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund
Directed by: Wes Craven
14. Pearl (2022)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
7.093%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright
Directed by: Ti West
15. Companion (2025)
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
6.993%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage
Directed by: Drew Hancock
16. Barbarian (2022)
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
7.092%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV
Starring: Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Bill Skarsgård
Directed by: Zach Cregger
17. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
7.092%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC, HBO Max
Starring: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth
Directed by: Drew Goddard
18. X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
6.594%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow
Directed by: Ti West
19. Hereditary (2018)
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
7.390%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne
Directed by: Ari Aster
20. The Lighthouse (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
7.390%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
Directed by: Robert Eggers
21. The Sixth Sense (1999)
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
8.286%
Streaming on: Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads, Apple TV Amazon Channel
Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
22. Zombieland (2009)
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
7.589%
Streaming on: HBO Max
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
23. The Witch (2016)
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
7.091%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Directed by: Robert Eggers
24. Se7en (1995)
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
8.684%
Streaming on: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow
Directed by: David Fincher
25. Poltergeist (1982)
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
7.389%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
26. Hush (2016)
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
6.692%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
27. The Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
8.285%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
Directed by: John Carpenter
28. The Shining (1980)
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
8.484%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
29. M3GAN (2022)
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.
6.393%
Streaming on: Netflix, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald
Directed by: Gerard Johnstone
30. The Substance (2024)
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
7.289%
Streaming on: Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat
31. Misery (1990)
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
7.886%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth
Directed by: Rob Reiner
32. Heretic (2024)
Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
7.089%
Streaming on: Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
Directed by: Scott Beck
33. Ready or Not (2019)
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
6.989%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
34. Don't Breathe (2016)
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
7.188%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette
Directed by: Fede Álvarez
35. The Menu (2022)
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
7.188%
Streaming on: Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult
Directed by: Mark Mylod
36. Gremlins (1984)
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
7.386%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
Directed by: Joe Dante
37. They Live (1988)
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
7.286%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
Directed by: John Carpenter
38. Smile 2 (2024)
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
6.786%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage
Directed by: Parker Finn
39. Backrooms (2026)
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
6.786%
Streaming on: HBO Max
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett
Directed by: Kane Parsons
40. It Comes at Night (2017)
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
6.188%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo
Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
41. Videodrome (1983)
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
7.283%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits
Directed by: David Cronenberg
42. Midsommar (2019)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
7.183%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper
Directed by: Ari Aster
43. The Exorcist (1973)
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
8.178%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller
Directed by: William Friedkin
44. The Blackening (2023)
Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.
6.087%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV
Starring: Grace Byers, Antoinette Robertson, Jermaine Fowler
Directed by: Tim Story
45. The First Omen (2024)
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
6.584%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga
Directed by: Arkasha Stevenson
46. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
6.185%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la
Directed by: Halina Reijn
47. Trick 'r Treat (2025)
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
6.782%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC, HBO Max
Starring: Brian Cox, Quinn Lord, Anna Paquin
Directed by: Michael Dougherty
48. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
6.981%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
Directed by: Jack Arnold
49. Scream 2 (1997)
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
6.483%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Directed by: Wes Craven
50. Scream (1996)
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
7.478%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan
Directed by: Wes Craven
How we ranked these
We blend Rotten Tomatoes critic scores with IMDb audience ratings, drop anything that doesn't clear our quality bar, and only include films currently streaming on a major US service — no rentals.
Streaming availability is US only and reflects providers at time of publish.