Best Horror Movies on Shudder Right Now
Shudder is streaming 27 horror movies and 5 horror series from the HorroRated archive in the US today. The highest rated are The Ugly Stepsister, Late Night with the Devil and The Coffee Table, all Legendary.
Shudder is AMC Networks' horror-only service, and its shelf leans toward cult, international and independent films.
Horror movies on Shudder, best first
The Ugly Stepsister(2025)
Elvira lives in the shadow of her beautiful stepsister in a Norwegian Cinderella retelling where the fairy tale's embedded violence is treated as something real.
Late Night with the Devil(2024)
Jack Delroy's show Late Night with the Devil broadcasts from Studio 6B on Halloween night 1977. The special's escalating content is recovered on videotape years afterward.
The Coffee Table(2023)
Carlos and Ana's ordinary life is permanently altered by a catastrophic domestic event. The film documents the aftermath and what that horror does to their domestic routines.
The House That Jack Built(2018)
Jack, a methodical intellectual killer, narrates his crimes across a twelve-year span and asks the audience to follow his logic.
The Babadook(2014)
Amelia is still managing her grief over her husband's death when her son Samuel becomes obsessed with a picture book called Mister Babadook.
Body Bags(1993)
Three short horror stories hosted by a wisecracking coroner: a gas station night shift, a desperate hair transplant, and a transplanted eye with a troubling past.
Chopping Mall(1986)
Eight teenagers sneak into a mall after closing for a party. The new security robots have been programmed more aggressively than anyone anticipated.
Basket Case(1982)
Duane Bradley checks into a Times Square hotel with a locked wicker basket containing his brother Belial, and together they have a list of people to visit. What's inside the basket is the plan.
Halloween (1978)(1978)
Michael Myers escapes a psychiatric institution fifteen years after murdering his sister and returns to Haddonfield on Halloween night. Laurie Strode has no idea she's about to become his target.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)(1974)
Five friends on a road trip through rural Texas stop at a farmhouse that seems abandoned. It isn't.
The Crazies(1973)
Soldiers in white suits and gas masks seal off a sleepy Pennsylvania town after a secret germ weapon gets into the water supply. Neighbors start turning violent, and nobody can tell who's infected.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)(1968)
A visit to a country cemetery goes wrong, and by nightfall a handful of strangers are nailing boards over the windows of a lonely farmhouse. The dead outside are hungry, and the living inside can't agree on anything.
Watcher(2022)
Chloe moves to Bucharest for work and notices a man who seems to track her movements with a consistency that feels like threat.
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)(2009)
A German surgeon connects several people surgically into a continuous human chain. The film's concept is its primary content.
Frankenhooker(1990)
Jeffrey Franken loses his fiancée Elizabeth to a horrific lawnmower accident and decides to bring her back. Since he only saved her head, he goes shopping for the rest.
Magic(1978)
Corky Withers builds his stage act around a foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy named Fats. The success is real, but so is the fact that Corky can't seem to control what Fats says or does.
Black Sunday(1960)
A witch executed with a spiked mask in 1630 Moldavia vows revenge on her bloodline before she dies. Two centuries later, two travelers accidentally wake her.
Influencer(2023)
Cassidy becomes aware that a follower named Madison has inserted herself into a Thailand trip. The situation deteriorates beyond the social discomfort Cassidy initially expects.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe(2016)
Tommy and Austin Tilden perform an autopsy on an unidentified young woman with no visible cause of death. The examination reveals something not in any textbook.
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)(2015)
The Human Centipede trilogy concludes in a prison setting with a warden attempting to implement the procedure on his entire inmate population.
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)(2011)
Martin has watched the original Human Centipede so many times he's decided to build his own. He's not a surgeon, and that's very much the point.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)
Michael Myers wakes up after a decade and returns to Haddonfield, this time fixated on a small girl named Jamie Lloyd.
Maniac(1980)
Frank Zito hunts young women through New York City, scalping them and adding their remains to a growing mannequin collection in his apartment. The mother who made him this way is never far from his thoughts.
Tourist Trap(1979)
A group of stranded travelers finds shelter at Slausen's Lost Oasis, a rundown roadside wax museum. The mannequins there move on their own, and the man who runs the place has telekinetic powers he's not using kindly.
Dr. Giggles(1992)
Evan Rendell has grown up with his father's obsession and is now loose in a suburb where a teenager is dealing with a heart condition.
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker(1981)
Billy Lynch has grown up under the total control of the aunt who raised him and she has no intention of letting him leave. When she kills a man in their kitchen, the investigation that follows exposes something much darker than anyone expected.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers(1989)
Jamie survived last time but can't speak, and she seems to share some kind of psychic link with Michael. He comes back to Haddonfield.
Horror series on Shudder
Creepshow(2019)
The Creep hosts short horror stories adapted from the comics, brought to life with practical effects and that same mean streak the original Creepshow films had.
Tales from the Crypt(1989)
The Crypt Keeper hosts weekly horror pulled from the EC Comics catalog, complete with outstanding practical effects and a very mean sense of humor.
Chucky(2021)
A vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale and a small American town starts coming apart at the seams.
The Terror(2018)
An anthology series where each season follows a group of people in terrifying historical situations where the horror is real and the hope of rescue is not.
Channel Zero(2016)
Each season adapts a different internet creepypasta into a full horror narrative, giving viral horror legends the long-form treatment they were designed for.
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Streaming horror on Shudder: questions
What is the best horror movie on Shudder right now?
By HorroRated's scores, The Ugly Stepsister (2025) is the top-rated horror movie streaming on Shudder as of October 10, 2026, rated Legendary. Late Night with the Devil and The Coffee Table are close behind.
How many horror movies are on Shudder?
From the HorroRated archive, 27 horror movies and 5 series are streaming on Shudder in the US as of October 10, 2026. The archive is hand-curated, so this counts the titles HorroRated has reviewed, not every horror title on the service.
How often is this list updated?
Every week, and whenever the archive changes. Availability comes from JustWatch through TMDB and is checked every Monday, and titles that arrived since the previous check are marked new. Services add and drop titles without notice, so check the service before you settle in.
US availability from JustWatch via TMDB, checked October 10, 2026. Scores, verdicts and blurbs are HorroRated’s own; see how we rate.