Best Horror Movies on Pluto TV (February 2026)

If you’re looking for the best horror movies but aren’t ready to pay those scary monthly fees, Pluto TV is a great place to go. Their selection of horror movies ranges across all the subgenres, so any fan should be able to find what they’re looking for. Of course, that’s if you can handle the ads. If you’re brave enough to do that, here are some of the best horror movies on Pluto TV.

What are the best horror movies on Pluto TV?

The streaming site has plenty to choose from, ranging from classic horror to arthouse horror to horror musicals — any other Sweeney Todd fans out there? — to children’s horror, like the fantastically creepy Coraline. There’s even some of the most frightening stuff out there for those who like their horror on the darkest side. These are just a few of our favorites

Scream (1996)

One of the most inventive horror films ever made, and certainly one that helped usher in a new era of satirical horror that still manages to be genuinely scary. For those of you who somehow haven’t seen this film yet, the opening is definitely one to remember. If you like this one, Pluto TV has the other Scream movies in the franchise. And hey, there’s yet another Scream movie on the horizon, set to release at the end of the month.

In sleepy suburbia, a masked menace is on the loose, stalking (and brutally killing) the residents of a small town. The killer soon targets Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who lost her mother the year before to a brutal murder. Believing her mother’s murderer to be safely behind bars, she’s surprised to discover this new killer is after her.

Pet Sematary (2019)

Though the remake can’t top the original, the modern Pet Sematary does make a few tweaks that lend themselves to stronger storytelling. Based on Stephen King’s novel, the film begins as the Creed family is still trying to settle into their new life in Maine. They’re welcomed by their friendly neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), who introduces them to a strange burial ground tucked away in the woods behind their property, known as the “Pet Sematary.” Listen, cemetery is a hard word to spell. Give these kids some credit.

Tragedy befalls the Creed family shortly after they move to a quiet new home in rural Maine. When grief pushes Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) past the point of reason, he makes a desperate decision that unleashes something unnatural. Just a good reminder that sometimes what comes back isn’t what you lost.

The Babadook (2014)

Helping usher in the arthouse horror wave, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook follows Amelia (played beautifully by Essie Davis), a widowed mother who’s barely keeping her head above water while trying to raise her six-year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). The situation is a mess from the start, after Amelia’s husband died in a tragic car accident on the way to the hospital the day Samuel was born. Now, a growing Samuel has some difficult tendencies. His out-of-control behavior is taking a toll on Amelia when he begins to scream about a malevolent figure. When a pop-up book titled Mister Babadook appears in their home, Samuel recognizes the top-hat figure as the evil he’s been dreaming of.

There is so much brilliance in this movie that can’t be summed up in our best-of list, but check this film out if you haven’t. The plot might sound a little kooky, but everything from the writing to the acting to the directing is nothing less than masterful.

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

If you want to go back to the roots of zombie horror, it doesn’t get more essential than George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. This is the film that defined the modern zombie movie as we know it, and somehow it’s still just as good today as it was in 1968.

In terms of plot, a group of strangers barricades themselves inside a farmhouse as the dead begin to rise and swarm the living. But like any great zombie film, the real terror isn’t only outside — it’s inside, too. Ah, how quickly humanity can change with just a bit of pressure.

Let Me In (2010)

Not every vampire movie is about undying love, sparkling skin, or decaying, obsessive monsters who seriously need a manicure. Let Me In, a remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One In, is set in an isolated Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the 1980s. Like the original movie adaptation of  John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel, the story centers on a bullied young boy named Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who befriends a strange girl (Chloë Grace Moretz).

Their bond starts sweetly enough, but it soon becomes abundantly evident that something isn’t right. As mysterious killings begin happening around town, the boy realizes his new friend is hiding a horrifying secret.

How we picked the best horror movies on Pluto TV

There are a lot of titles to go through, and you can take your fair pick of franchises, including the Scream series and Friday the 13th. We narrowed our choices down to films with critical and audience acclaim, while also trying to keep our top picks varied across the genre.

We did make an exception for Pet Sematary, which falls outside our criteria. It isn’t the most beloved film, but it might be the scariest on this list if you ask us. And as any horror fan knows, sometimes you just have to go for the jump scares and that overwhelming supernatural dread.

Source: Comingsoon.net