Best horror series and movies to watch on Showmax
Browse all series nowYou don’t want to watch these alone… This list of horror series and movies will have you shrieking like a child. If you love thriller and horror, then this is the list for you!
Fried Barry | First on Showmax
Barry is a drug-addled degenerate who, after yet another bender, is abducted by aliens. Soon Barry is riding shotgun in his own body as an alien visitor assumes control and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. Watch now »
Glasshouse | First on Showmax
In this compelling South African dystopian thriller, a family survives The Shred, a toxin that erases memory. The sisters are seduced by a stranger who shatters their peace and stirs up their past. Watch now »
Yellowjackets S1
Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where it was the fourth highest-rated drama of 2021, and became the second-most streamed series in Showtime’s history (topped only by Dexter: New Blood), leading to the show’s renewal for a second season before the first had even concluded in the States. Watch now »
The Reckoning (2021)
Thrones), The Reckoning is set in London, 1665, where the great plague stalks the narrow streets, leaving death in its wake. As fear and superstition take hold, Grace, a young widow haunted by the recent death of her husband Joseph, rejects the advances of her landlord… and finds herself accused of being a witch. Watch from 14 April 2022 »
Chucky S1 | First on Showmax
In this sequel to the iconic horror movies, Chucky, a doll possessed by a serial killer, turns up at a yard sale in an idyllic town. A boy takes him home and the town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders unfold. Watch now »
Hereditary (2018)
Disturbing and unsettling, Toni Collette stars in this intense horror following a grieving family who start experiencing a terrifying haunting, after the death of their matriarch. Watch now »
Antebellum (2020)
Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late. Watch now »
Midsommar (2019)
A carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when a couple is drawn into the villagers’ bizarre rituals. Disturbing scenes make this one for adults only. Watch now »
Freaky (2020)
Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton play a game of cat and mouse in this slasher comedy. After a girl swaps bodies with a serial killer, she has less than 24 hours to change back. Watch now »
IT: Chapter Two (2019)
In the sequel to the classic horror film based on Stephen King’s novel, it’s 27 years later and the seven kids have grown up and gone their separate ways. But when Pennywise the evil clown returns, they reunite to end him for good. Watch now »
Into the Dark S1-2
A horror anthology series in which each episode is based on a holiday, including Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Starring the likes of Dermot Mulroney and Suki Waterhouse. Watch now »
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson lead this book-inspired sequel to the 1980 film The Shining. A now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult. Watch now »
Countdown (2019)
A group of young people is plagued by a life-or-death app in this horror film. A young nurse attempts to cheat death after she installs an app that says she has three days to live. Watch now »
Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)
A frightening horror. After suffering a family trauma a troubled student resurrects his childhood imaginary friend to help him cope, not realising how dangerous it is. Watch now »
Haunt (2019)
A thrilling horror movie. On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. But the night turns deadly. Watch now »
Her Mask (2020)
A young British woman arrives in South Africa looking for answers after her mother is murdered. While trying to unravel the past, several sinister encounters leave her with even more questions. Watch now »
The Domestics (2018)
In the weeks following an apocalyptic event, a husband and wife venture across the countryside inhabited by deadly factions in search of safety, and must work together as they are pushed to the breaking point in order to survive. Watch now »
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
On Halloween in 1968, Stella and her friends meet a mysterious drifter and uncover a notebook filled with sinister stories. From the dark imaginations of Academy Award-winner Guillermo del Toro. Watch now »
Lovecraft Country
A black man sets out across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. What follows is a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and some terrifying monsters. Watch now »
The Outsider
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Stephen King, this horror crime miniseries focuses on the investigation of the gruesome murder of a young boy. The case is surrounded by a mysterious force. Watch it now »
Rancid (2011)
Four people sign up for medical experiments, each with their own agenda. Locked in a remote facility, they’re left to figure out what part they’re supposed to play. But the experiment quickly devolves into a fight for survival. Watch it now »
Rage (2020)
What is supposed to be the best holiday of their lives turns to horror as a group of teenagers is picked off one by one in a small coastal village. This is just one of the local horror series and movies streaming on Showmax – proving that local is lekker scary! Watch it now »
Parable (2020)
While trying an extreme form of conversion therapy, a preacher summons an evil demon – one that’s intent on triggering a mass suicide. The pastor must keep the demon contained – but there’s a posse coming to set it free. Watch it now »
Pinky Pinky (2020)
A teenager tries to cope with the loss of her twin sister by running away to boarding school. There, she finds a monster not too different from the one she was escaping – but way more powerful. Will she keep running, or defeat it? Watch it now »
Captive State (2019)
Two brothers are part of a rebel movement planning to overthrow the alien race ruling Earth, 10 years after they first invaded the planet. Watch it now »
Wildling (2018)
Raised in isolation, a teenage girl is suddenly thrust into the real world and into the care of a no-nonsense police officer. She realises that she is far from ordinary and can’t ignore the lust for blood she’s developing. Watch it now »
Hell Fest (2018)
A group of friends plan a fun night out at a horror festival. But someone is killing people in plain sight and no one can tell whether it’s part of the show or not. Watch it now »
Siembamba (2017)
She thought her depression was caused by her child’s birth. Then Chloe starts to suspect that an evil entity is haunting them, but nobody believes her… Watch it now »
True Blood
In the not-too-distant future, vampires have come out of the coffin. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, these oft-maligned creatures of the night no longer need a human fix – and as a result can walk freely, if not yet comfortably, among their living counterparts. Watch it now »
Bedeviled (2016)
This horror flick will have you looking at your smartphone in a whole new light. A group of friends is terrorised by a paranormal presence after they download a mysterious app called Mr Bedevil. Watch it now »
Die Ontwaking (2016)
A serial killer is stalking women and killing them for their tattoos. But only one cop, a new rookie, is getting close to the truth in this gripping thriller. Watch it now »