Halloween Movie Guide: The Best Halloween Movies and Where to Stream Them

It’s the Halloween season, and with that comes Halloween movies. Though many love to watch horror movies during this time of year, there are plenty of subgenres of horror to choose from. Looking for a haunted house movie? A monster movie? Maybe something with a vampire or zombie? That’s what this list is here to help with. I have listed several horror subgenres as well as added categories like classics and kid-friendly films and listed some of my personal favorites of those genres. I’ve also listed where you can stream those titles so that you can have a great Halloween movie night.

Most, if not all of these movies are available for rent through Amazon Prime.

 

Haunted House

The Amityville Horror (1979) (available on Starz)

Crimson Peak (available on Netflix)

Poltergeist (available on HBO Max)

The Shining (available on HBO Max)

Sinister (available on Peacock)

 

Found Footage

The Blair Witch Project (available on HBO Max/Hulu/Peacock/Prime Video)

Lake Mungo (available on Tubi)

Paranormal Activity (available to rent)

The Visit (available on Peacock)

V/H/S (available on Hulu)

 

Zombie

28 Days Later (available on HBO Max)

Dawn of the Dead (2004) (available on AMC+/Peacock)

Night of the Living Dead (available on AMC+/HBO Max/Paramount+/Peacock/Prime Video)

The Sadness (available on AMC+)

Train to Busan (available on AMC+/Peacock)

 

Torture

Audition (available on AMC+/Tubi)

The Devil’s Rejects (available on ACM+/HBO Max)

Hostel (available on HBO Max/Hulu/Prime Video)

I Spit on Your Grave (available to rent)

Martyrs (available on AMC+)

 

Monster

Alien (available on Starz)

Cloverfield (available on AMC+)

Hatching (available on Hulu)

The Host (available on Showtime)

Jaws (available on HBO Max)

 

Vampire

Blade (available on Hulu)

Bram Stroker’s Dracula (available to rent)

Fright Night (2011) (available on Hulu/Prime Video)

The Lost Boys (available to rent)

Near Dark (available to rent)

 

Slasher

Friday the 13^th (available on AMC+)

Halloween (1978) (available on AMC+)

Psycho (1960) (available on Peacock)

Scream (available on Paramount+)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (available on AMC+/Showtime)

 

Exorcism

The Conjuring (available on HBO Max)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (available on Hulu)

The Exorcist (available on HBO Max)

The Last Exorcism (available to rent)

The Taking of Deborah Logan (available on Prime Video)

 

Foreign Horror

The Babadook (available on AMC+)

The Devil’s Backbone (available on HBO Max)

Funny Games (1997) (available on HBO Max)

Let the Right One In (available on Prime Video)

Suspiria (available on Tubi)

 

Cult Classics

Eraserhead (available on HBO Max)

The Evil Dead (available on AMC+)

Jennifer’s Body (available on Paramount+/Prime Video)

Orphan (available to rent)

Rocky Horror Picture Show (available on Prime Video/Hulu)

 

Horror and Humor

Beetlejuice (available on HBO Max)

Freaky (available on HBO Max)

Hubie Halloween (available on Netflix)

Shaun of the Dead (available on Starz)

What We Do in the Shadows (available to rent)

Young Frankenstein (available on HBO Max)

 

Halloween for the Kids

Casper (available on Peacock)

Coraline (available on Disney+)

Goosebumps (available to rent)

Hocus Pocus (available on Disney+)

ParaNorman (available to rent)

 

Old School Horror (Pre-1970)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (available on AMC+)

Cat People (available on HBO Max)

Nosferatu (available on AMC+)

Peeping Tom (available on Tubi)

Rosemary’s Baby (available on Showtime)

 

Modern Classics (2000 – Present)

The Descent (available on Prime Video)

The Final Destination Franchise (available on HBO Max)

Hereditary (available on Showtime)

The Ring (available on Paramount+)

The Strangers (available to rent)

 

Iconic Horror Directors

*These directors are responsible for some of the greatest horror movies ever made. Their filmographies are loaded with classics that should be seen by all.

John Carpenter

• Best Movies: Halloween, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness

Wes Craven

• Best Movies: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Red Eye

David Cronenberg

• Best Movies: Scanners, The Fly, Dead Ringers

Alfred Hitchcock

• Best Movies: Rope, Rear Window, Psycho

Sam Raimi

• Best Movies: The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Drag Me to Hell

James Wan

• Best Movies: Saw, The Conjuring, Malignant

 

Personal All-Timers

Alien (available on Starz)

The Exorcist (available on HBO Max)

Hereditary (available on Showtime)

Psycho (available on Peacock)

Scream (available on Paramount+)

 

 

 

 

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