26 Scary, Creepy, And Messed Up Movies You Can Watch On HBO NOW

    Aliens, vampires, and serial killers...oh my!

    Crystal Ro
    by Crystal Ro

    BuzzFeed Staff

    There's just 23 days left until Halloween, which means there's still PLENTY of time for you to get in the ~mood~ by watching some scary movies. From classic thrills to more recent frights, here's what's streaming on HBO NOW this October...

    DreamWorks Pictures

    1. Halloween (2018)

    Universal Pictures

    Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her iconic role as Laurie Strode, but this time she's armed with a shotgun and a booby trapped house...not that it'll stop Michael Myers from coming after her.

    2. Halloween II (1981)

    Universal Pictures

    Picking up where the OG Halloween left off, this terrifying sequel finds murderous escaped mental patient Michael Myers continuing his bloody reign of murder on Halloween night.

    3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

    Universal Pictures

    Taking the Halloween franchise in a new direction, this 1982 horror film tells the chilling story of a mask-making company with evil designs. There's no Michael Myers, though, so...make of that what you will.

    4. Happy Death Day (2017)

    Universal Pictures

    It's basically Groundhog Day as a horror film. ENJOY.

    5. Happy Death Day 2U (2019)*

    Universal Pictures

    *Premieres Oct. 12

    The sequel to Happy Death Day with a twist on the plot line from the first one. Weeeeeird.

    6. Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

    Universal Pictures

    Parapsychologist Elise Rainier heads back to her childhood home to take on a ferocious demon she encountered years earlier.

    7. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

    Sony Pictures Releasing

    Alice is in Horrorland — again — in this sequel that pits her against another army of flesh-eating zombies.

    8. The Conjuring 2 (2016)*

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    *Premieres Oct. 21

    The first movie to feature Valek (aka The Nun)...so YEAH. Have fun with those nightmares.

    9. The Nun (2018)

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Speaking of Valek, this one dives into her backstory and also the sinister convent she was a part of. SUPER CHILL.

    10. The First Purge (2018)

    Universal Pictures

    This is the FOURTH film in the Purge series, but it's the one that shows how it all began.

    11. The Ring Two (Extended Version) (2005)

    DreamWorks Pictures

    The vengeful ghost of a murdered girl follows reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) to a new town.

    12. Truth or Dare (2018)

    Universal Pictures

    A seemingly innocent game of Truth or Dare takes a sinister supernatural turn for a group of vacationing college students in this horror tale.

    13. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    A remake of Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic. That's it. That's the summary.

    14. The Fourth Kind (2009)

    Universal Pictures

    People keep mysteriously disappearing from a small town in Alaska. One guess as to who (or what) is responsible based on the title.

    15. Funny Games (2007)

    Warner Independent Pictures

    A family vacation takes a nightmarish turn when a pair of nut jobs subject them to a sadistic series of torments. Not for the faint of heart.

    16. Stay Alive (2006)

    Buena Vista Pictures

    For a group of hard-core gamers, the chance to play an underground game is too tempting to turn down. There's just one little issue: when you die in this sinister game, you die for real...dun, dun, dun!!!

    17. The Lost Boys (1987)

    Warner Bros.

    You got Kiefer, a teen vampire gang, and an oiled-up shirtless man playing the saxophone! Need I say more about this '80s classic?!

    18. Jessabelle (2014)

    Lionsgate

    Trauma sends a young woman back to her father's Louisiana home, where she finds a series of haunting videotapes from her late mother…and an evil presence.

    19. Cabin Fever (Director’s Cut) (2002)

    Lionsgate Films

    You'll never be able to shave your legs without thinking of this movie again. Sorry.

    20. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (Extended Version) (2009)

    Lionsgate Films

    A flesh-eating virus at prom?!?! Carrie could never.

    21. Captivity (2007)

    Lionsgate

    A model is abducted and held captive along with a young man in a maniac's basement where he unleashes a series of hellish tortures upon them. Sigh.

    22. American Nightmares (2018)

    Patriot Pictures

    Seven morality-themed horror tales play out as host Danny Trejo (!!!) hacks into two millennials' computer screens and forces them to view videos depicting the consequences of various immoral crimes.

    23. Dracula (1979)

    Universal Pictures

    A horror story...a love story. Frank Langella stars as the infamous vampire and Laurence Olivier co-stars as his nemesis, Professor Van Helsing. An oldie, but a goodie.

    24. Victor Crowley (2017)

    Dark Sky Films

    10 years after his Louisiana swamp massacre, mass murdering maniac Victor Crowley returns to unleash another horrific bloodbath in this fourth film in the Hatchet series.

    25. Knock, Knock (2015)

    Lionsgate Premiere

    When two strangers come knocking on his door, happily married dad Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves) makes the mistake of his life letting them in. What follows is a male fantasy that goes terribly wrong as they seduce him…and then begin to punish him for his indiscretion.

    26. Signs (2002)

    Buena Vista Pictures

    Aliens...with a twist!

    Happy spooky viewing!

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