5 best horror movies on Hulu to watch this Halloween

Hulu whitethorn not beryllium nan apical streamer, but it has immoderate of nan champion scary movies that you tin stream. Apparently, nan squad astatine Hulu really took Huluween earnestly erstwhile putting this lineup together, because this is conscionable astir everything that a scary person could inquire for.

Our picks see 2 films directed by scary maven James Wan, 2 indie scary flicks, and a Stephen King adjustment that was primitively made for Hulu. These are nan 5 champion movies connected Hulu to watch this Halloween.

The Boogeyman (2023)

20th Century Studios

The adjustment of Stephen King’s The Boogeyman was primitively meant to spell consecutive to Hulu. Instead, it sewage a theatrical merchandise earlier coming to Hulu. Because King’s original communicative was truthful short, nan movie greatly expands upon and changes things up. In this retelling, Lester Billings (David Dastmalchian) tells his therapist, Will Harper (Chris Messina), that his full family was killed by an evil animal that defies explanation.

Lester dies soon thereafter, but nan entity apparently moves connected to Will and his family, who are already mourning nan nonaccomplishment of Will’s wife. Will’s youngest daughter, Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), is nan first 1 to announcement “the Boogeyman” successful their house. But it’s not agelong earlier her older sister, Sadie (Sophie Thatcher), encounters this malevolent unit arsenic well.

Watch The Boogeyman on Hulu.

Saw (2004)

Lionsgate

Director James Wan made his sanction successful Hollywood pinch Saw, and it has spawned 9 sequels to date. But nan original movie remains nan champion successful portion because it’s a overmuch much restrained communicative than immoderate of nan sequels. Cary Elwes stars arsenic Dr. Lawrence Gordon, a hubby and a begetter who wakes up successful a ruined bath chained to a wall alongside a alien named Adam (Leigh Whannell).

Gordon realizes that nan Jigsaw Killer (Tobin Bell) is down this, and that he was erstwhile a fishy successful nan case. Now, Jigsaw is playing a crippled pinch nan lives of Gordon’s family connected nan line. Gordon tin prevention them if he murders Adam, and he only has a fewer hours to break free of his chains to make that happen.

Watch Saw on Hulu.

Malignant (2021)

Warner Bros. Pictures

Wan besides directed nan underrated Malignant, a one-off scary movie that wasn’t meant to spawn a franchise. Annabelle Wallis stars arsenic Madison Mitchell, a pregnant young female who has struggled done erstwhile miscarriages. After Madison’s husband, Derek Mitchell (Jake Abel), brutally attacks her, she has a nightmare astir personification breaking successful and sidesplitting him.

When Madison awakens, she discovers that Derek’s decease wasn’t conscionable a dream and nan slayer is still successful nan location pinch her. Madison loses her babe successful nan encounter, but soon realizes that she someway shares a nexus to nan slayer arsenic he strikes again and again. And she can’t tally from him forever.

Watch Malignant connected Hulu.

The Babadook (2014)

Umbrella Entertainment

Forget each of nan humorous memes you’ve seen of The Babadook. The animal successful nan original movie is nary laughing matter. The Babadook features Essie Davis arsenic Amelia Vanek, a widowed mother successful Australia who is struggling to raise her son, Samuel Vanek (Noah Wiseman). That would person been difficult moreover nether nan champion of circumstances. But it’s moreover much analyzable erstwhile Samuel becomes terrified of The Babadook, a menacing characteristic successful 1 of his books.

Or is it a character? Because nan much Amelia learns astir The Babadook, nan much she’s convinced that it’s existent and coming for her son.

Watch The Babadook on Hulu.

The Vigil (2019)

IFC Midnight

Would you watch complete a dormant assemblage done nan nighttime for conscionable a fewer 100 dollars? That’s a bargain that Yakov Ronen (Dave Davis) makes successful The Vigil — moreover aft he’s near nan Orthodox Jewish organization behind. Yakov agrees to beryllium nan Shomer for Holocaust subsister Rubin Litvak (Ronald Cohen) to ward disconnected evil spirits until Rubin’s assemblage tin beryllium buried.

That whitethorn sound for illustration easy cash, but Yakov is astir to study that Jewish myths astir evil spirits aren’t really myths. Rubin encountered an unspeakable evil erstwhile he was young, and now that entity is backmost and looking for a caller host. The Vigil is our prime for the scariest movie connected Hulu, and you whitethorn want to watch it pinch nan lights on.

Watch The Vigil on Hulu.

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Blair Marnell has been an intermezo journalist for complete 15 years. His bylines person appeared successful Wizard Magazine, Geek…