15 Horror Movies You Really Need to Stream on HBO Max

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Pick out a frightening feature to week. Meara Isenberg Writer Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in journalism. When she's not writing, she likes to dote over her cat, sip black coffee and try out new horror movies. See full bio Meara Isenberg June 10, 2026 p. m. PT 4 min read If you want to stream a horror movie, you have a ton of platforms to choose from. So why should you spend time sifting through HBO Max? HBO Max is an excellent choice for frightening films. In addition to the 15 outstanding options you'll find below, you can watch Bring Her Back and The Substance. The streaming service starts at $11 per month, or $110 per year, and you can also bundle HBO Max, Disney Plus and Hulu. Csaba Aknay/A24 Horrors take place in broad daylight in this haunting film from Ari Aster. Set at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village, Midsommar has plenty of disturbing surprises in store for its guests. Prepare for some shocking scenes and a gripping performance from Florence Pugh. Companion is a scary movie you should boot up and watch without much Googling ahead of time. It's clever, unsettling and thrilling, with great performances from Sophie Thatcher of Yellowjackets and Jack Quaid of The Boys. Produced 2022's Barbarian, Companion sets the bar high for 2025 horror films.  Warner Bros. Amy Madigan won an Oscar for her performance in Weapons. In the mystery-horror movie, 17 kids go missing on the same night at the same time, and no one knows where they went or why. Video footage seems to show that children left their houses on their own. Weapons follows shaken members of the community, including the students' teacher (Julia Garner) and a parent (Josh Brolin). HBO Max has added The Conjuring: Last Rites, which marks the last appearance of Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren. But there's nothing to stop you from revisiting the demonologists' earlier exploits in The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2 -- arguably the best films in the franchise. When this adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel hit theaters in 2017, it had moviegoers like me looking twice at storm drains and dreading red balloons.