The October list of the best new horror movies to stream is finally here. While you are decorating your lair with care and planning your party or your costumes, you can also plan ahead by finding your favorite scary movies and discovering some of the most terrifying flicks to watch when you finally sit down to relax with a big bowl of popcorn or candy. Yes, it is also officially time for candy corn.
Netflix has added 24 titles, including the premiere of a monstrous miniseries starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis, Charlie Heaton, Natasha Henstridge, and Rohan Campbell called Below, which won't be released until October 8. For fans of gothic horror romance, Netflix brings Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, and Tom Hiddleston, and the John Badham-directed adaptation of Dracula from 1979, which stars Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Jan Francis, and Kate Nelligan. For some unknown reason, it switches the character names of Lucy and Mina to different characters, but Lawrence Olivier is in it, so that's a surprise that makes more sense. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies add more costume drama to the mix.
For the more classic tastes, all three of the Psycho films, The Strangers, Evil Dead, The Sixth Sense, Split, culinary and tech bro nightmare The Menu, and Happy Death Day 2U will also be available on Netflix this month.
Prime is pairing movies, the classic film with a remake, with movies such as the 1979 and 2005 versions of The Amityville Horror, 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, and 2026's The Bride!, Child's Play (1988) and Child's Play (2019). You will also have such great choices as Dark Harvest, Tobe Hooper's gorgeously wild Lifeforce, Ari Aster's Midsommar, and Hereditary, the haunting Stir of Echoes, the Chiodo Brothers' classic Killer Clowns from Outer Space, found footage terror, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, and Russell Crowe's first possession movie, The Pope's Exorcist.
Shudder is locked and loaded for its Season of Screams, with the premiere of V/H/S Mixtape, a new direction in the found footage series based on the theme of music and the human body as an instrument. It features segments by Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones, some of the best episodes of The Walking Dead: Alone, Coda, Beside the Dying Fire, Seed, Welcome to the Tombs), who directs The Music of Mr. SZE, RZA, with a gory studio session, Death Tone, with a terror-rific performance from Neela Jolene, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, directed by Renee Zhan with a villainous, yet glamorous turn by horror queen Barbara Crampton, the terrifyingly claustrophobic Heartbeat, by David Moreau (Them and MaDs), Flying Lotus' animated segment Another Cabin, and Tobias Forge aka Ghost's segment Premature Burial.
The wrap segment has lots of GWAR and flying fluids. The newest V/H/S film will be unleashed on October 6 during a six-movie marathon watch party. The full Shudder Season of Screams watch party line-up is stacked, with eight watch parties in total, one of which is a double header, including a brand-spanking-new episode of Joe Bob Briggs' The Last Drive In, Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, and five new film premieres: Infirmary, V/H/S Mixtape, Hallowarrior, starring Hereditary‘s Milly Shapiro in a post-apocalyptic tale that had its West Coast theatrical premiere at Beyond Fest, The Cycle, recommended by Stephen King, and Spider One's Big Baby on Devil's Night. While you are at it, don't miss The Car, a quality fright film from the 1970s with an artsy touch from director Elliot Silverstein (Cat Ballou). Fangoria's Chainsaw Awards will be broadcast on Shudder this month, revealing all of this year's winners that you voted for, as well as Etheria Film Night 2026, with eight fright film shorts from female horror directors that will stream starting on October 15 through November 13.
Feast your eyes on Shudder's full watch party list. Yes, it's party time:
Friday, October 2: Found Footage Frights Watch Party – Infirmary and Host
Friday, October 9: V/H/S/Marathon” Watch Party – V/H/S/Mixtape, V/H/S/Halloween, V/H/S/Beyond, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/94
Friday, October 16: Surviving Halloween” Watch Party – Hallowarrior and Night of the Demons
Friday, October 23: Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party Watch Party (Titles TBA)
Sunday, October 25: 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Watch Party; followed by Full Moon Fever Watch Party at 10:30 pm in celebration of the Hunter’s Moon – The Cycle, Dog Soldiers and Werewolves Within.
Friday, October 30: Maniacs in Masks Watch Party – Big Baby and Night of the Reaper
Saturday, October 31: Trick or Treat Watch Party– Halloween (1978), Late Night with the Devil and Deadstream
Sunday, November 1: Día de los Muertos Watch Party – Huesera: The Bone Woman and La Llorona
HBO Max has three premieres in October: Evil Dead Burn and Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights on October 2, and The Housemaid, starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, on October 9. You can find six movies from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series, and William Castle's House on Haunted Hill. Castle was a showman of a director who would probably nod approvingly at the type of promotions we see in 2026, like The Last House‘s billboard that housed a man pretending to be trapped for the film's entire opening weekend or Ken Russell's The Devils' standee that shouts a key line of dialogue from the film, “Confess!!!” at patrons at the AMC 16 in Burbank, CA.
You can also watch William Friedkin's The Exorcist, Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist, and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. They are not Halloween-themed, but they are undeniable classics.
Screambox has given audiences the gift of streaming one of maestro Lucio Fulci's wildest creations: Murder-Rock: Dancing Death, a blend of Fulci-style Giallo and Flashdance among 78 other scary movies. Tobe Hooper pops in for a third time this month with one of his lesser-known films, Spontaneous Combustion, featuring an “unhinged” performance from Brad Dourif. As we all know, everything improves when Brad Dourif is even more frenzied than normal in a movie. The Giant Spider Invasion is exactly what is advertised. Prepare to see what might have seemed impossible, but Screambox is streaming Identikit, aka The Driver's Seat, an Italian production that stars no less of a celebrity actress than Elizabeth Taylor. Yes, that Elizabeth Taylor. One could hold that Suddenly, Last Summer is a horror movie (cannibalism, an attempted forced lobotomy), but we don't know if everyone is ready for that conversation.
Paramount+ is releasing the first episode of the second season of Dexter: Resurrection on Devil's Night, aka October 30, along with Drag Me to Hell, Doctor Sleep, and It Follows. Dexter: Resurrection is not only a continuation of the anti-hero serial killer's story, but horror stars David Dastmalchian, Barbara Crampton, and Brian Cox join the show this season. Not as many as some streaming services, but some fantastic eerie selections for a dark October night. It's really nice to see Devil's Night being celebrated more and more this year.
Peacock weighs in with 69 movies for the scary season, including the new zombie apocalypse classic Train to Busan and its underappreciated sequel Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, on the heels of the release of Yeon Sang-ho's newest killer film, Colony. The Omen, the first three Scream movies, all three Blade movies, the better to celebrate before the vampire rave, Death Becomes Her, and Event Horizon are other films you won't want to miss this month. The streamer will also premiere the new series Crystal Lake, a prequel to Friday the 13th, starring Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, the mother of Jason Voorhees. The first two episodes of the series were screened as a teaser at Beyond Fest, and it will be most interesting to see where this new series takes the story.
Hulu is unleashing Hokum, acclaimed Irish director Damian McCarthy's latest fright flick, and The Substance, and has the premiere of Soulm8te, a spin-off from the horror hit M3GAN. Screambox has quite a few films exclusive to their service, including The Buildout, Dark My Light, Noclip, Noclip 2: Return to Lunchland, Noclip 3: The Chattanooga Syndrome, which is a series of experimental found footage films for all of the found footage fans who love to explore films that haven't gotten a lot of press, and Remote. Checking out the selections on services like Bloodstream that program experimental and obscure films is a great way to expand your knowledge as a true fan of horror.
Best New Horror Movies on Netflix
Below – October 8
The Boogeyman
Cocaine Bear
Crimson Peak
Dracula
Evil Dead
Friday the 13th
Happy Death Day 2U
Haunted Hotel
A Haunted House
A Haunted House 2
Hush
Lake Placid
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Ouija
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Psycho
Psycho II
Psycho III
Red Dragon
The Sixth Sense
Split
The Strangers
Underworld: Blood Wars
Best New Horror Movies on Prime
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Bride!
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Candyman (1992)
Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play (2019)
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Dark Harvest (2023)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
Hereditary (2018)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Krampus
Lifeforce
Maxxxine
Midsommar
Pearl
The Pope’s Exorcist
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Scream 7
Stir of Echoes
Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
The Witch
X
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Shudder
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Big Baby – October 30
Bury Me Twice
The Boulet Brothers’
Dragula Season 7
The Car
Crazy Lips
Crystal Lake Memories
Curse of the Ghoul Logs
The Cycle – October 23
Dead of Night (1945)
The Descent
Deviant
The Endless
Etheria Film Night 2026
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards – October 25
Fear No Evil
The Ghost (2024)
God of Frogs
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Gore From Outer Space
Hallowarrior – October 16
Harbinger
Haunt (2019)
The Haunting (1963)
The Horror of Frankenstein
Hunting Matthew Nichols
Infirmary – October 2
Insidious
Jitters
Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party – October 23
Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo Revisited
Lords of Salem
The Mill Killers
The Monster Within
New Normal
The North Witch
Play Dead
The R.I.P. Man
Session 9
Twilight Zone: The Movie
V/H/S/ Mixtape – October 9
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on HBO Max
Coraline
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Evil Dead Burn – October 2
The Exorcist
Final Destination 3
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th
From Hell It Came
House of Wax
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Housemaid – October 9
Indestructible Man
Isle of the Dead
Little Shop of Horrors
The Mummy (1959)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Paranorman
Poltergeist
The Shining
Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights – October 2
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Trick ‘R Treat
The Walking Dead
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Screambox
A Cold Grave
A Corpse for Christmas
A Knife in the Dark
Alien Country
Alraune
Anything That Moves
Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders
Attack of the Killer Donuts
Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies
Behemoth
Black Eyed Susan
Blackout
Blood for Dracula
Blood Relic
Blood Tracks
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Bloody New Year
Calvaire
Companion
Compulsion
Cradle of Fear
Creature of the Pines
Dead in Love
Demo_n
The Devonsville Terror
Don’t Trip
Edgar Allan Poe: Master of the Macabre
Eight Eyes
Falcon Lake
Fatal Exam
Fatal Games
Feral Female
Flesh for Frankenstein
The Fuzzies
The Giant Spider Invasion
Goblin
Goblin II
Granny of the Dead
Gush
Hammer: Heroes, Legends He and Monsters
Hideout in the Sun
The Hills Have Eyes II (1984)
Horror Candy (Season 1+2)
Identikit
Jack the Ripper: Conspiracies
Jessie’s Super Normal Average Day
Kat Crime: Tales of the Occult
Lady in the Urn
The Lamp
Legion of the Dead
Limbo
Lovesick: Sick Love
Lust, Magic, and the Witches’ Sabbath
Luz
Murder-Rock: Dancing Death
The Mutant
Mutant War
New York Ninja
Night Mother / Ogun ORU
Phantom of the Opera
Red Mob
The Reverend
Sator
Saturnalia
Savage Dawn
She’s Allergic to Cats
Silent Bite
Singapore Sling
Slashers VA
Slaughterhouse 2: Death Metal
Smashing Pumpkins
Space Babes From Outer Space
Spontaneous Combustion
Sukma
Tammy and the T-Rex
Time of the Witch
Vick & Tarstar’s Scarecrow
Factory
Water Damage
Weird SH*T / Weirder SH*T/Weirdest SH*T
Year 10
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Paramount+
Colossal
Dexter: Resurrection – October 30
Doctor Sleep
Drag Me to Hell
Firestarter
A Haunted House
A Haunted House 2
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 2
It Follows
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Peacock
3 From Hell
9
10 Cloverfield Lane
28 Weeks Later
American Psycho
Blade
Blade II
Blade: Trinity
The Boogeyman
Cloverfield
Coraline
The Crazies
The Crow
Crystal Lake
Darkman
The Devil’s Rejects
Event Horizon
The Fly
The Fog
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th: Part II
Friday the 13th: Part III
Fright Night
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Grudge
Hannibal
Hannibal Rising
The Haunting
Hostel
House of 1000 Corpses
Jennifer’s Body
Krampus
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Last House on the Left
Last Night in Soho
Leatherface
Ma
Night Swim
The Omen
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranorman
The People Under the Stairs
Pinocchio Unstrung
The Prodigy
Pulse
Red Dragon
The Ring
Rob Zombie’s Halloween
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
Saw
Scary Movie
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
The Silence of the Lambs
Silent Hill
The Strangers
Terror Train
Train to Busan
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
Van Helsing
What Lies Beneath
The Witches
World War Z
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Hulu
American Horror Story: 13
Barbarian
Clown Panic
Companion
Coven Academy
Edward Scissorhands
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
Hereditary
Hokum
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 2
Midsommar
Soulm8te
The Substance
Wolf Man
Best New Horror Movies Streaming on Bloodstream
Bad Voodoo
Bio Slime
The Buildout (Exclusive)
Camp Pleasant Lake
Christmas Chaos: Making the Mean One
Creature Fear
Cryptid: Goatman
Dark My Light (Exclusive)
Echo Hell Collective
The Films of Brian Lonano (Collection)
The Films of Brianna Lee (Collection)
The Films of Chris McInroy (Collection)
The Films of Lindsay Denniberg (Collection)
Forgotten
Frost Park
Frosty Nights, Santa Fights
Halloween Candy 2
The Haunting of Center Radio
Incomplete Chairs
I Watched You Become Death
Last Chance Motel
Make Them Die Quickly
The Mean One
Noclip (Exclusive)
Noclip 2: Return to Lunchland (Exclusive)
Noclip 3: The Chattanooga Syndrome (Exclusive)
Remote (Exclusive)
She Did It
22 Small Town Monsters
Smile as You Kill
Stream of Terror
Weird Kidz
The Witches of Hollywood
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Presents: Horror Anthology V1
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Presents: Horror Anthology V2
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Presents: Science Fiction Anthology VI
