I'm a TV writer and these are 10 of the best horror films to watch on Paramount+
Halloween is here once again, and horror fans may be getting in the mood for a frightening film to kick off the spooky season. If you’re wondering what macabre movies are available on streaming services this All Hallows’ Eve, we have you covered.
Whether you fancy a slick slasher or a sinister sci-fi, Paramount+ has something for everyone. All of this awesome content is available to stream with a subscription to Paramount+ for £6.99 a month.
Film fans can even enjoy all this hair-raising horror without paying a penny thanks to Paramount’s seven-day free trial. A Sky Cinema package will also give fans access to Paramount+ at no extra cost thanks to Sky’s TV deal, which also comes with hundreds of Hollywood films like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Here, we have compiled the 10 best horror films and shows available on Paramount+ this Halloween.
Scream VI
Ghostface heads to the big city in Scream VI (Paramount Pictures)The latest instalment of the iconic slasher franchise sees Ghostface hit the Big Apple. In Scream VI, four survivors of the Woodsboro murders move to New York City for a fresh start, but a new series of grisly killings leaves them in a fight for their lives.
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Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding reprise their roles from the 2022 ‘requel’. Courteney Cox returns once again as journalist Gale Weathers, alongside newcomers to the franchise Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Tony Revolori and Samara Weaving.
Scream one to four are also available to stream on Paramount+.
Smile
Smile became a huge hit thanks to a seemingly ubiquitous marketing campaign (Paramount Pictures)This haunting supernatural horror became a huge hit after its release in 2022, grossing more than $217m worldwide on a budget of just $17m. It follows psychiatrist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon), who witnesses the bizarre and violent suicide of a patient at a public hospital.
She soon becomes increasingly convinced she has been cursed by an uncanny and toothy entity, which forces Rose to confront her troubling past in order to break its pattern.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Serving as a prequel to 2019’s Pet Sematary – which was based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel – Pet Sematary: Bloodlines follows young Jud Crandall (Jackson White). Set 50 years before the original story, it follows Jud and his attempts to leave his hometown of Ludlow, Maine.
But before he’s able to leave he discovers a local cemetery that holds a dark power. Jud soon unravels the town and his family’s sinister secrets of the town which holds him back and connects him to Ludlow forever.
Slotherhouse
This bizarre horror centres on a cute and not-so-cuddly killer (Gravitas Ventures)In this outlandish horror-comedy college senior Emily (Lisa Ambalavanar) wants nothing more than to be elected president of the Sigma Lambda Theta (SLTH) sorority and adopts a cute pet sloth thinking it will win votes. But when bodies begin to pile up, Emily and her sorority sisters realise the deaths are being caused by their new house mascot, Alpha.
It isn’t until the girls lock themselves inside the house to celebrate the presidential election night that the truth is discovered about their sluggish pet – that this lacklustre furball is actually nature’s perfect predator.
A Quiet Place
Directed, co-written by and starring The Office star John Krasinski alongside his wife Emily Blunt, this tense post-apocalyptic horror centres on the Abbott family. Along with their children, the Abbott’s fight to survive in a world overrun with blind, blood-thirsty aliens that hunt using sound.
This nail-biter creates its tension with sound – or a lack of – as its protagonists figuratively and literally tip-toe around a world where making the slightest noise could be the death of them.
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Significant Other
Maika Monroe in Significant Other (Paramount+)This sci-fi horror follows young couple Ruth (Maika Monroe) and Harry (Jake Lacy) as they embark on a backpacking trip through the United States’ remote Pacific Northwest. After a meteor strike interrupts their trip, the couple realise they’re not alone as they come up against otherworldly creatures in a series of tense situations that shake the foundations of their relationship.
Event Horizon
Paul W. S. Anderson’s cosmic horror takes viewers to the outer reaches of space in the year 2047 alongside the astronauts aboard the Lewis and Clark starship. When a distress signal is received by the Event Horizon – a ship that mysteriously vanished years earlier – Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) and his crew are dispatched to investigate.
Upon boarding the Event Horizon with its designer, Dr. Weir (Sam Neill), the crew finds signs of a bloody massacre, as they themselves are thrown into a hellish nightmare.
The Ring
Based on the 1998 Japanese horror Ringu, Gore Verbinski’s 2002 supernatural horror centres around a cursed videotape that leads anyone who views it to die exactly one week later. When four teenagers all meet mysterious deaths after watching the tape together, investigative reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks it down.
After watching the video with her young son, Rachel realises the legend is coming true and she has just seven days to avoid her fate.
Orphan: First Kill
Isabelle Fuhrman and Julia Stiles star in the creepy horror prequel (Paramount Pictures)This psychological horror serves as a prequel to 2009’s shocking horror hit, Orphan, and continues Esther’s terrifying saga. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
But an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
Mimic
The second feature film from Mexican writer-director Guillermo del Toro, this 1997 sci-fi horror stars Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino and Josh Brolin in a battle between man and nature. A deadly disease is spreading throughout New York City and causing the deaths of hundreds of children, leading biologist Susan Tyler (Sorvino) and her team to develop a cure to eradicate the deadly bugs.
Three years later, Tyler learns that her experiment in genetic engineering has gone horribly awry and the bugs have evolved to mimic their next prey, humans.
Join Paramount+ to stream all this horrifying content this Halloween. A host of horrors are also available on other streaming platforms including Disney+ and Apple TV+.
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