The scariest horror series and movies to stream

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.

Significant Other is now streaming on Showmax

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 on Showmax

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 on Showmax

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 is on Showmax

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 is now on Showmax

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

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.

Horror movie Smile is on Showmax

Smile (2022)

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a doctor starts experiencing frightening, unexplained incidences.

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Chucky Season 2 on Showmax

Chucky S2

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.

Let the Right One In is on Showmax

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 is on Showmax

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)

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 is on Showmax

Gaia (2020)

On a surveillance mission in a primordial forest, a park ranger encounters two survivalists following a post-apocalyptic lifestyle.

Chapelwaite S1

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)

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)

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)

Last Night in Soho (2020)

An aspiring fashion designer travels through dreams to her favourite era, where she embodies as a wannabe singer.

Scream (2022)

Scream (2022)

Twenty-five years on, Ghostface is back for the fifth instalment as teenagers are once again targeted by a masked killer in Woodsboro.

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The Baby

Natasha is 38 – all her friends have babies, and she’d like one, too. But when a baby appears on her doorstep, her life is turned upside down. Where does the baby come from? What does it want? British horror comedy from HBO.

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realise the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

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Pulse

Pulse

In the six-episode survival horror Pulse, a group of video game developers become trapped in a real-world version of their own creation.

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