16 Must-Watch Horror Movies to Stream Right Now (March 2026): ‘Black Phone 2’ and More

The Black Phone taught young Finney Blake (Mason Thames) that there’s life after death, so he should have known that the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) would only get more powerful in the afterlife. Black Phone 2 picks up a few years later, as Finney, his sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), and their friend Ernesto (Miguel Mora) discover that the Grabber’s spirit is haunting Alpine Lake camp.

To put an end to the Grabber’s reign from beyond the grave, the three children travel to the camp to learn more about the murders he committed there. Unfortunately for the kids, they’ve also come to the place where the Grabber is at the peak of his powers. He may be dead, but that doesn’t mean he can’t kill them.

Black Phone 2 is streaming on Peacock.

The late Tony Todd had one last appearance in Final Destination Bloodlines as his character, William Bludworth, tied the whole franchise together. It’s a great cameo to send off a horror legend, but the new story is about Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana). In her dreams, Stefani sees an incident from decades earlier in which her grandmother, Iris (Brec Bassinger), saved dozens of people who would have otherwise died.

In the present, death is catching up to all of those people and their descendants. Stefani can see death’s design, but if she can’t get her extended family to believe her, then they may all precede her on their way to the grave.

Final Destination Bloodlines is streaming on HBO Max.

You may think you know the story of Frankenstein, but most of the other films based on Mary Shelley‘s seminal novel are basically the CliffsNotes. Unlike some other directors, Guillermo del Toro didn’t skimp on the details. He also had a large budget and an even larger runtime to play with.

Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) is a brilliant man who just can’t leave his wildest ideas to the realm of theory. He assembles a patchwork man from various bodies and brings it to life as the Creature (Jacob Elordi). That’s the beginning of Frankenstein’s downfall. The Creature may not be inherently evil, but he doesn’t belong among humanity and their rejection of him may create a real monster.

Frankenstein is streaming on Netflix.

There’s a reason why writer and director Zach Cregger is blowing up in Hollywood. Between Barbarian and Weapons, the Whitest Kids U’Know cofounder has turned out to have a real gift for making scary horror movies. Weapons has a particularly enticing mystery that doesn’t necessarily unfold chronologically, but it gives out just enough info to keep you hooked until the answers arrive.

The small town of Maybrook, Pennsylvania, is rocked by the sudden disappearance of 17 children who ran away from home at exactly 2:17 a.m. Their teacher, Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), becomes a pariah as she tries to figure out why a boy named Alex (Cary Christopher) was her only student who didn’t run away. Josh Brolin plays Archer, the father of one of the missing kids. His investigation proves to be more effective than the local police’s efforts, but there’s something far beyond his reckoning at the end of his search.

Weapons is streaming on HBO Max.

There’s a monster on the loose in The Substance, and she goes by Sue (Margaret Qualley). However, Sue is the alter ego of faded star Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), a desperate actress who took a black market drug to save her career. That spawned a younger and more beautiful version of herself that she has to share her mind with, and they have to switch places once a week.

Unfortunately for Elizabeth, Sue’s willingness to break that arrangement causes a horrifying transformation. There’s only room at the top for one, and Sue’s willing to do anything to make sure it’s her.

The Substance is streaming on HBO Max.

You’ll never look at stay-cations the same way again after Stay. This isn’t a tale about a vacation gone wrong; it’s about the end of a marriage. Kiara (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and Miles (Mo McRae) once had a passionate love for each other. Now, they want to go their separate ways.

And they would, if the house would let them outside. Something supernatural is forcing the former couple to remain in their home, and no amount of pleading will change anything. Now, Miles and Kiara have to reexamine what brought them to this point, because the only way they’ll ever get out is together.

Stay is streaming on Hulu.

The Monkey has four great performances by two actors who are playing twin brothers at two different points in their lives. Christian Convery portrays Hal and Bill Shelburn as children, while Theo James takes over the roles when the Shelburn brothers reach adulthood.

In this Stephen King adaptation, Hal and Bill discover a cursed wind-up monkey that murders someone whenever it’s used. The monkey doesn’t take requests for its victims and makes life a living hell for the brothers. Decades later, Bill tells Hal that the monkey has resurfaced in their childhood home, and it’s leaving a string of bodies in its wake. That forces Hal to confront his past and his strained relationship with Bill.

The Monkey is streaming on Hulu.

In 1932, twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore (both played by Michael B. Jordan) thought they were hard men. They survived World War I and ripped off the mob before coming home to open a juke joint.

The twins get a good crowd for their opening night, but they also attract the attention of Remmick (Jack O’Connell), an Irish vampire who can turn anyone they know and love in a matter of minutes. Once Remmick transforms Stack’s ex, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), it paves the way for a bloodbath.

Sinners is streaming on HBO Max.

Oddity begins with a warning from a one-eyed mental patient, Olin Boole (Tadhg Murphy), to Dani Odello-Timmis (Carolyn Bracken) that she’s not alone in her home and someone means her harm. When Dani winds up dead, Olin is the natural suspect.

However, Dani’s twin sister, Darcy (Bracken), isn’t necessarily convinced. Darcy may be blind, but she has a psychic gift that’s served her well. On the first anniversary of her sister’s death, Darcy travels to the home of her ex-brother-in-law, Ted Timmis (Gwilym Lee), and his new lover, Yana (Caroline Menton). Darcy also brought her creepy golem with her, and it isn’t long before Yana is convinced that this inanimate creation is somehow coming to life. Darcy is going to get her answers, and the golem may be the only way to get justice for her murdered sister.

Oddity is streaming on Hulu.

Ethan Hawke makes the ’70s super creepy in The Black Phone. Hawke plays a child murderer nicknamed The Grabber, and he preys on helpless kids. A boy named Finney (Mason Thames) is The Grabber’s latest victim, and he discovers that this killer loves to torment his abductees before slaying them.

Finney, however, has some unexpected support from the ghosts of The Grabber’s previous victims. These spirits can contact Finney through the titular black phone and tell him what to do. They may even be the only thing keeping Finney alive as he looks for a way to escape.

The Black Phone is streaming on Peacock.

Universal’s latest reboot of The Wolf Man features Christopher Abbott in the lead as a writer named Blake Lovell. Unlike some previous incarnations, Wolf Man starts with Blake as a normal family man with a wife, Charlotte (Julia Garner), and a daughter, Ginger (Matilda Firth). Blake’s life didn’t even have a whiff of the supernatural, save for a glimpse of a werewolf when he was a child three decades ago.

After returning to his hometown following the death of his father, Grady (Sam Jaeger), Blake and his family are attacked by a werewolf that injures him. It’s all Blake can do to keep Charlotte and Ginger out of the creature’s grasp, even as his own transformation into a werewolf appears to be inevitable.

Wolf Man is streaming on Peacock.

Talk to Me is an indie horror flick that finds some new ground in the genre. A group of young adults has come across an embalmed hand with a direct line to the spirit world. They also get an immense high if they let a spirit possess them within certain limits. Any possession lasting longer than 90 seconds can lead to some serious problems for the person holding the hand.

Mia (Sophie Wilde) knew all of that going in, and she still refused to break the connection when her best friend’s little brother, Riley (Joe Bird), asked for a chance with the hand. It was Mia’s only opportunity to reconcile with her late mother, but she may have doomed Riley to an early death or worse. Collectively, they broke the rules and there’s going to be hell to pay.

Talk to Me is available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.

After starring in countless rom-coms, Hugh Grant is having a late-career resurgence by embracing his dark side onscreen. Heretic may be Grant’s darkest role to date as he plays Mr. Reed, a reclusive man who lives an isolated life. Two LDS members, Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East), visit Reed’s cabin and attempt to share their passion for their religion.

Reed, however, has other ideas for the two young women. Once they’re trapped in his house of horrors, he intends to give them an unwilling education about his religious views. And they may never get a chance to tell anyone what happened to them at his hands.

Heretic is streaming on Max.

Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is one of the biggest pop stars in the world in Smile 2, but she’s just as vulnerable to the Smile entity as everyone else in the first Smile. When Skye witnesses the suicide of the entity’s previous victim, that makes her its next target. At first, Skye doesn’t realize what’s happening or why she keeps seeing people with unnerving smiles.

The entity just loves using the curse to drive people insane, and Skye’s meltdown is happening in a very public way. She can’t escape the spotlight of her own life, and her sanity is barely hanging on as the entity intends to finish her off just as it has with everyone who came before her.

Smile 2 is streaming on Prime Video

Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) would practically sell his soul for ratings in Late Night with the Devil, and in a way, he already has. In 1977, Jack is the host of his own talk show, and he’s got a very spooky Halloween theme going with some special guests, including a parapsychologist, June Ross-Mitchell (Laura Gordon), and her patient, Lilly D’Abo (Ingrid Torelli).

While Jack doesn’t necessarily believe in the idea that Lilly is possessed by something evil, she’ll eventually make a believer out of everyone. By exploiting her, Jack has unintentionally put the lives of his guests on the line and perhaps even his own. And this demon is just getting started.

Late Night with the Devil is streaming on Hulu.

The original Nosferatu was a silent film that shamelessly ripped off Dracula. Robert Eggers’ remake of Nosferatu plays up the connections even further with an even more unsettling take on Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård), a vampire whose hideous true form doesn’t conform to the more popular romantic incarnations of the undead.

In the 19th century, Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp) inadvertently linked herself to Orlok when she was a child. Now that Ellen is an adult, Orlok fully intends to claim her as his own, regardless of her wishes or those of her husband, Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult).

Orlok has a way of bending humans to his will, and Ellen’s mind and desires are an open book to him. Albin Eberhart von Franz (Willem Dafoe) may be Ellen’s only hope of escape, and even his knowledge may not be enough to thwart Orlok’s plans.

Nosferatu is streaming on Peacock.