The Best Horror Movies to Stream

Creepy Catalog is a community of obsessive horror fans. In the streaming guide, we send our recommendations for the best horror on the internet — featuring horror entertainment news, true crime updates, and select scary stories from our readers.

Read The Latest

5 Creepy Movies + Shows Streaming This Weekend (7/26)

“The world, right now, is experiencing unusual paranormal activity.”

Nicolas Cage stars in the apocalyptic action horror movie Arcadian (2024), now streaming on Shudder.

Creepy Catalog obsessively tracks the best horror movies streaming on NetflixPrime VideoMaxHuluShudderPeacockParamount+, and Tubi. You can check our individual guides for our selections from each platform. This streaming guide is a weekly round up of new releases and the best hidden gems streaming each weekend with an aim to include mostly free content already included in streaming services you may already have:

Here are the movies and shows that should be on your radar this weekend (7/26):

Arcadian (2024). Streaming on Shudder. Nic Cage stars as a father living with his two sons at an isolated farmhouse fifteen years into the apocalypse. Arcadian is currently ranked as the 25th (out of 80+) best horror movie of 2024.

Monolith (2024). Streaming on Prime Video. A podcast host investigates an alien conspiracy and learns something about her own past. We ranked Monolith as the 29th best horror movie of 2024 (so far).

The Boy Next Door (2015). Streaming on Netflix. A woman (Jennifer Lopez) has an affair with her young neighbor, only to discover he is actually a student at the high school where she is a teacher. When she tries to break it off, the boy becomes unhinged. The Boy Next Door is a psychological thriller stalker movie in the lineage of The Crush (1993).

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). Streaming on Netflix. New Ghostbusters team up with old Ghostbusters to save New York City from a second ice age. Ghostbusters is a supernatural comedy and our #39 pick for 2024.

Dexter (8 seasons). Streaming on Netflix. This crime drama originally aired on Showtime and the whole series is now on Netflix. The show follows Dexter (Michael C. Hall) a forensic technician by day and a serial killer by night. Dexter doesn’t kill at random, he targets pedophiles and murderers who would otherwise escape justice.

More in the Streaming Guide