
The scariest horror series and movies to stream
You don’t want to watch these alone. Here are some of the best horror series and movies available on Showmax.

Smile (2022)
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a doctor starts experiencing frightening, unexplained incidences.

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
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.

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.

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)
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.

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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Shining Vale
An author moves into a house with a troubling history – but nobody else in her family notices anything odd. Is she possessed? Depressed? Both?

Fried Barry (2020)
Barry is a drug addict who is abducted by aliens. Soon, his body is being taken on a joyride through Cape Town as an alien assumes control.

The Reckoning (2020)
In the aftermath of the Great Plague, a grieving widow is accused of witchcraft after rejecting her landlord’s advances.

Yellowjackets S1
In this dark, compelling horror, a high school girls’ soccer team becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the wilderness.

The Purge Collection
Could a night of mayhem and disorder keep crime rates down? This movie franchise dares to toy with this theory, with frightening results.

The Witch (2015)
A family moves to the edge of the woods to start a new life in New England in the 1630s and are soon tormented by witchcraft.
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The Last of Us S1
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.

The Flight Attendant S2
Cassie’s back, and this time she’s sober, cleaning up her mess of a life … and working as a CIA asset on the side.

Julia
Without Julia Child’s 1960s television series The French Chef, the modern cooking show would not exist. This series is inspired by her extraordinary life.

Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me (2022)
Picking up where her debut special left off, Emmy-nominated Yvonne Orji returns to the stage to offer her point of view on the pandemic, being the child of Nigerian immigrants and much more.

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Gossip Girl S2
HBO Max’s edgy revival of the hit TV series follows a new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip.

House of the Dragon
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The Vow Part II
Follow the journey of defecting members of the self-improvement cult NXIVM as they struggle to overcome indoctrination and reveal the truth.
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The scariest horror series and movies to stream
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!
Shows you'll find only on Showmax

Jeffrey Sekele on his role in Showmax film AboMkhulu
Veteran actor Jeffrey Sekele talks about his role as a former freedom fighter in comedy AboMkhulu, now streaming on Showmax.
South African

Swimming With Sharks S1
Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger star in this series about a female assistant who is thrust into a movie studio filled with danger.

AboMkhulu (2023)
After a crime committed in the Struggle 30 years ago, three childhood friends are set free and have to face a whole new reality.
Made in South Africa

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.