Spooky season is upon us, meaning it’s the perfect time to stream a horror movie. So pull up your laptop or turn on your TV, grab some popcorn and get ready for a good scare. All your favorite streaming platforms offer a stellar, year-round catalogue of horror movies of all subgenres. Looking for a bit of a laugh, too? Opt for Scary Movie on HBO Max or zombie comedy Juan of the Dead on Starz. If oldies are your thing, queue up 1958’s The Blob or Hitchcock must-sees The Birds and Psycho. Fans of more sinister stories can choose The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Children of the Corn or Rosemary’s Baby. You even have both versions of It right at your fingertips.
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And don’t forget, horror movies are more than just a good scare. Take it from John Carpenter, the director of seminal slasher film Halloween (1978). In 2015, he explained to Interview Magazine the universality of horor: “Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afraid, we're all afraid of things: death, disfigurement, loss of a loved one. Everything that I'm afraid of, you're afraid of and vice versa. So everybody feels fear and suspense. We were little kids once and so it's taking that basic human condition and emotion... and playing with it.”
See the full list of titles from HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime and Starz below.
The Shining
Scream
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Blade I-III
The Blob
The Conjuring
Eraserhead
The Evil Dead
The Final Destination
Freddy Vs. Jason
It (2017)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Return of the Living Dead
Scary Movie
Stephen King’s It
The Guest
The Strangers
It Comes At Night
Fear Street Trilogy
The Conjuring 2
Insidious
Creep
The Babysitter
His House
Under the Shadow
The Omen
You're Next
Let The Right One In
The Final Girls
Fright Night
Willy’s Wonderland
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Children of the Corn
Lights Out
Train to Busan
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Midsommar
The Fog
Hatchet
The Host
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Neon Demon
The Wailing
Unsane
Psycho
Hereditary
Wrong Turn
American Psycho
The Birds
Death Becomes Her
Drag Me to Hell
Green Room
High Life
Open Water
Rosemary's Baby
Sleepy Hollow
The Grudge
Devil
Christine
Paranormal Activity
Juan of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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