The scariest horror series and movies to stream
Do you love the thrill of watching scary horror series and movies that make you want to bury your face in a pillow at crucial moments?
Consider yourself warned: you might want to keep the lights on and have a friend nearby for comfort for this horror line up. You don’t want to watch these alone – they’re the most terrifying horror series and movies to stream on Showmax, and are best experienced with company.
Margaux (2022)
A group of college friends rent a mansion for a party but soon realise that Margaux, the house’s AI system, has sinister designs for them.
Shining Vale S1-2
An author moves into a house with a troubling history – but nobody else in her family notices anything odd. Is she possessed? Depressed? Both?
Renfield (2023)
Renfield, Dracula’s long-time henchman, longs for a life away from the Count, his demands and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.
Scream VI (2023)
This horror dynasty continues with more gore and death as the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
Chucky S3
Based on the popular horror movies: a vintage doll turns up at a yard sale and soon the tone faces a series of horrifying murders.
Significant Other (2022)
All is not as it seems in this sci-fi horror. A young couple take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, where things take a dark turn.
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
A party game during a hurricane turns deadly for a group when a body is found at a remote family mansion. Is the killer among them?
Halloween Ends (2022)
The long-running rivalry between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode ends here as the epic Halloween franchise reaches its conclusion.
Torn Hearts (2022)
Two rising musicians seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted ordeal of mental and physical torment.
Demonic (2021)
An evil force is unleashed as a young woman enters a simulator to confront her mother about her traumatic past.
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Yellowjackets S1-S2
In this dark, compelling horror, a high school girls’ soccer team becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the wilderness.
Smile (2022)
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a doctor starts experiencing frightening, unexplained incidences.
Let the Right One In
A 12-year-old girl and her father live an isolated life, but when is turned into a vampire, he faces new challenges to provide for her.
Kindred (2020)
Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child. Tamara Lawrence (Small Axe) was nominated for Best Lead […]
Candyman (2021)
A chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman and unleashes a wave of violence.
Gaia (2020)
On a surveillance mission in a primordial forest, a park ranger encounters two survivalists following a post-apocalyptic lifestyle.
Chapelwaite S1
A captain relocates his family to his ancestral home, where family secrets and a darkness confront them in this chilling horror series.
Black Friday (2021)
A group of toy store workers must deal with shoppers seeking discounts, bargains, and even blood on the busiest day of the year.
Malignant (2021)
When a woman has visions of people being killed, she learns the murders are real and involve a figure from her past.
Last Night in Soho (2020)
An aspiring fashion designer travels through dreams to her favourite era, where she embodies as a wannabe singer.
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Tokyo Vice S1
In this powerful HBO crime thriller based on true events, a Western journalist working in Tokyo takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses.
When We Were Bullies (2022)
A mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth-grade class and fifth-grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago.
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show S1
A docuseries following Jerrod Carmichael in his encounters with friends, family and strangers, all in his search for love, sex and connection.
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