Completed season 2 of The Last of Us on Max? In the event you just like the collection’ post-apocalyptic horror, it’s best to peruse Max’s scary motion pictures subsequent.
The streaming service hosts quite a lot of horrifying flicks, from classics like Oscar winner The Silence of the Lambs to newer chillers just like the Hugh Grant horror movie Heretic. The choices change typically, so should you aren’t feeling Max’s spooky choice, it is value swinging again by later.
Max begins at $10 per 30 days or $100 per yr, and you can even get the streamer free with a Doordash DashPass annual plan. In the event you’re prepared for a horror film, listed below are 11 wonderful choices.
The inclusion of Hugh Grant could draw you into this spiritual horror film, however when you hit play, there is not any escaping the creepiness of his character, Mr. Reed. Watch this one if you wish to see if a pair of younger missionaries are capable of outwit their evil captor.
Companion is a scary film it’s best to boot up and watch with out a lot pre-Googling. It is intelligent, unsettling and thrilling, with nice performances from Sophie Thatcher of Yellowjackets and Jack Quaid of The Boys. Produced by the filmmakers behind 2022’s Barbarian, Companion units the bar excessive for 2025 horror movies.
The Mia Goth-starring slasher Pearl is a prequel to Ti West’s movie X, centering on a youthful model of the aged villain in that flick. Max carries X, Pearl and a 3rd movie within the collection, MaXXXine, however I like to recommend Pearl should you solely have time for one film.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jodie Foster interviews Anthony Hopkins’ evil Hannibal Lecter on this traditional psychological thriller. Foster performs FBI agent Clarice Starling, who’s decided to convey down a killer. It is the one horror film ever to win a best picture Oscar, and it additionally received for greatest director, screenplay, actor (Hopkins) and actress (Foster) in 1992.
In the event you’re nonetheless on the hunt for a horror film, you possibly can’t go flawed with The Shining, the superb Stanley Kubrick-directed film starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Within the movie — one other Stephen King adaptation — a author (Nicholson) staying in a distant resort along with his household reveals some troubling modifications in conduct. This one will completely fulfill your horror cravings.
When this adaptation of the traditional Stephen King novel hit theaters in 2017, it had moviegoers like me wanting twice at storm drains and dreading pink balloons. With a solid of intrepid children and numerous coronary heart, it makes a compelling case for extra supernatural coming-of-age tales. And a robust case in opposition to clowns.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
The 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice might not be on Max, however you possibly can catch Michael Keaton’s ghost with probably the most within the 2024 sequel. Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara additionally reprise their roles within the spooky follow-up movie.
It is extra Stephen King, and it’s a must to watch Sissy Spacek’s Oscar-nominated portrayal of the promenade queen at the least as soon as in your life. Why not now?
David Lynch’s first feature-length movie will make you’re feeling such as you’re in a weird nightmare. The 90-minute black-and-white horror flick is full of odd sounds and imagery, and the result’s extremely eerie. Do not even get me began on the principle character’s freakish, otherworldly wanting “child” (that is oddly nonetheless sort of cute?). There are messages about males and parenthood right here, however even setting apart the larger image, Eraserhead’s surreal world is completely value a go to.
Evening of the Residing Lifeless (1968)
George Romero’s first horror movie is a straightforward suggestion. A gaggle of survivors take refuge in a home whereas members of the undead swarm outdoors. The influential flick is usually considered the primary modern zombie movie, and whereas it could not provide Freddy Krueger-level frights, you will be drawn in by the characters on the heart of its story. You are going to wish to depart the door open for this one (however within the case of an precise apocalypse, maintain it very, very shut).
A household by accident reveals some unimaginable evils on this gory supernatural horror story. It is the fifth entry within the movie franchise after The Evil Lifeless (1981), Evil Lifeless II (’87), Military of Darkness (’92) and Evil Lifeless (2013).
