You have a plethora of streaming platforms to choose from if you want to watch horror this spooky season. So why should you spend time sifting through HBO Max?
HBO Max is an excellent choice for streaming scary movies. It’s adding new flicks like Bring Her Back and The Substance in October, and that’s in addition to the 19 outstanding options you’ll find below. The streaming service starts at $10 per month or $100 per year, and you can also get it free with a DoorDash DashPass annual plan.
This is one you shouldn’t watch alone. Ari Aster’s feature directorial debut about what a family uncovers after the death of its matriarch may be the scariest entry on this list. If you’re up for a disturbing flick with great performances, venture cautiously into Hereditary.
You can’t go wrong with A Nightmare on Elm Street. The iconic ’80s slasher from Wes Craven is streaming on HBO Max along with most of its sequels, so a marathon may be in order. The first film follows teenager Nancy Thompson and her friends who begin to dream about the same man — a disfigured, sweater-wearing villain who wields blades on one hand. Get your binge on, and good luck trying to sleep tonight.
If you’re still on the hunt for a horror movie, you can’t go wrong with The Shining, the excellent Stanley Kubrick-directed movie starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. In this adaptation of a Stephen King novel, a writer (Nicholson) staying in a remote hotel with his family exhibits some troubling changes in behavior. This one will absolutely satisfy your horror cravings.
The inclusion of Hugh Grant may draw you into this religious horror movie, but once you hit play, there’s no escaping the creepiness of his character, Mr. Reed. Watch this one if you want to see if a pair of young missionaries are able to outwit their evil captor.
The Mia Goth-starring slasher Pearl is a prequel to Ti West’s film X, centering on a younger version of the elderly villain in that flick. HBO Max carries X, Pearl and a third film in the series, MaXXXine, but I recommend Pearl if you only have time for one movie.
Final Destination Bloodlines is the first film in the franchise in 14 years, and it won’t be the last — another entry with the co-writer of Bloodlines is officially in the works. Bloodlines manages to feel fresh while carrying on the series’ well-known elaborate killings, premonitions and efforts to outwit death.
Jodie Foster interviews Anthony Hopkins’ evil Hannibal Lecter in this classic psychological thriller. Foster plays FBI agent Clarice Starling, who’s determined to bring down a killer. It’s the only horror movie ever to win a best picture Oscar, and it also won for best director, screenplay, actor (Hopkins) and actress (Foster) in 1992.
When this adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel hit theaters in 2017, it had moviegoers like me looking twice at storm drains and dreading red balloons. With a cast of intrepid kids and a lot of heart, it makes a compelling case for more supernatural coming-of-age stories. And a strong case against clowns.
David Lynch’s first feature-length film will make you feel like you’re in a bizarre nightmare. The 90-minute black-and-white horror flick is packed with odd sounds and imagery, and the result is incredibly eerie. Don’t even get me started on the main character’s freakish, otherworldly looking “baby” (that’s oddly still kind of cute?). There are messages about men and parenthood here, but even setting aside the bigger picture, Eraserhead’s surreal world is absolutely worth a visit.
A family accidentally unearths some unimaginable evils in this gory supernatural horror story. It’s the fifth entry in the film franchise after The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (’87), Army of Darkness (’92) and Evil Dead (2013).
Source: CNET.
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