Genre Guide
The Best Horror Movies Streaming Right Now (October 2026)
Start here: The Shining on HBO Max, Psycho on Peacock and Get Out on Peacock. Below, 11 titles worth your time right now (October 2026), each on an app included with Spectrum.
October is horror's natural habitat, and the streaming landscape floods with options, most of them not worth the darkness you'd watch them in. These picks across Netflix, HBO Max, Peacock, and beyond are the ones that earn the genre's best reputation.
Checked October 16, 2026. Availability from TMDB, US.
Every pick, and where it streams in the US
The Shining
1980 · 8.2 TMDB
HBO Max
Psycho
1960 · 8.4 TMDB
Peacock
Get Out
2017 · 7.6 TMDB
Peacock
Obsession
2026 · 8.2 TMDB
Peacock
Train to Busan
2016 · 7.8 TMDB
Peacock
The Exorcist
1973 · 7.7 TMDB
HBO Max
The Others
2001 · 7.6 TMDB
AMC+
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · 7.8 TMDB
Paramount+
Evil Dead Burn
2026 · 7.6 TMDB
HBO Max
Onibaba
1964 · 7.7 TMDB
HBO Max
Kwaidan
1965 · 7.7 TMDB
HBO Max
Most searched horror
The horror titles people search for most, each on an app included with Spectrum. Checked October 16, 2026.
- Sinners2025 · on HBO Max
- The Long Walk2025 · on HBO Max
- Together2025 · on Hulu
- Scream1996 · on Hulu
- The Conjuring2013 · on HBO Max
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