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The best horror on HBO Max right now
Right now the best horror films and series on HBO Max in the United States are IT: Welcome to Derry (2025), Coraline (2009) and Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026). This is the top 29 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. IT: Welcome to Derry2025
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 8.3
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking.
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HBO Max15. The Outsider2020
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 7.4
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
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HBO Max23. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin2022
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 7.8
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls finds themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret…
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HBO Max24. Lovecraft Country2020
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 7.1
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father.
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HBO Max25. Uzumaki2024
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama, Animation★ 7.0
Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.
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26. 30 Coins2020
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Mystery, Drama★ 7.3
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
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Series · 1 seasonAnimation, Mystery★ 7.1
Kimi lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the seaside town of Kurosaki, with horrific incidents starting to occur and trouble seemingly following her wherever she goes.
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Adult Swim (free)28. The Baby2022
Series · 1 seasonComedy, Mystery★ 6.1
When 38 year-old Natasha is unexpectedly landed with a baby, her life of doing what she wants, when she wants, dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative and with violent powers, the baby twists Natasha's life into a horror show.
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HBO Max29. Epitaphs2004
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 7.2
Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written.
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Questions
- What are the best horror films and series on HBO Max right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: IT: Welcome to Derry (2025), rated 8.3 out of 10 on TMDB, then Coraline and Lee Cronin's The Mummy.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
- Can it pick something for me?
- Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.
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