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The best horror on Paramount+ right now
Right now the best horror films and series on Paramount+ in the United States are Twin Peaks (1990), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Evil (2019). This is the top 27 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. Twin Peaks1990
Series · 3 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 8.3
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him…
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Pluto TV (free)2. The Twilight Zone1959
Series · 5 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama★ 8.5
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Pluto TV (free)3. Evil2019
Series · 4 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 7.8
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a…
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Paramount+4. Ghosts2021
Series · 6 seasonsComedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.1
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans.
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YouTube TV
Plex (free)+25. Rosemary's Baby1968
Film · 2h 18mDrama, Horror, Thriller★ 7.8
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
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6. A Quiet Place2018
Film · 1h 31mHorror, Drama, Science Fiction★ 7.4
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
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Philo+17. Scream1996
Film · 1h 52mCrime, Horror, Mystery★ 7.4
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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Cinemax+38. A Quiet Place Part II2021
Film · 1h 37mScience Fiction, Thriller, Horror★ 7.4
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
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Paramount+9. Yellowjackets2021
Series · 4 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 7.4
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern…
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fuboTV
Paramount+
Spectrum On Demand+110. Ghosts2019
Series · 5 seasonsComedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 7.9
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
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Kanopy (free)11. Passenger2026
Film · 1h 34mHorror★ 7.3
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure…
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Paramount+12. Dracula2025
Film · 2h 10mHorror, Fantasy, Romance★ 7.3
In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself.
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Paramount+13. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2007
Film · 1h 56mDrama, Horror★ 7.2
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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fuboTV
Paramount+
MGM+14. Jacob's Ladder1990
Film · 1h 53mDrama, Mystery, Horror★ 7.4
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing…
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Paramount+
Kanopy (free)15. Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956
Film · 1h 20mScience Fiction, Horror, Thriller★ 7.5
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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MGM+
Kanopy (free)
Roku Channel (free)+116. Scream VI2023
Film · 2h 3mHorror, Thriller, Crime★ 6.9
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
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Paramount+
Pluto TV (free)17. Strange Darling2024
Film · 1h 37mCrime, Thriller, Horror★ 6.9
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Philo
AMC+
Paramount+
Shudder18. World War Z2013
Film · 1h 56mAction, Horror, Science Fiction★ 6.9
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies.
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Starz+419. The Autopsy of Jane Doe2016
Film · 1h 26mHorror, Mystery★ 6.9
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
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fuboTV
Paramount+
Philo
AMC++520. SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp2024
Film · 46mTV Movie, Family, Comedy★ 7.1
While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!
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Paramount+21. The Dead Zone1983
Film · 1h 43mThriller, Horror, Science Fiction★ 7.0
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years.
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History Vault
YouTube Free (free)22. Blink Twice2024
Film · 1h 43mMystery, Thriller, Horror★ 6.7
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island.
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Prime Video
Paramount+23. A Quiet Place: Day One2024
Film · 1h 40mHorror, Science Fiction, Thriller★ 6.6
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
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Prime Video
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Paramount+24. Smile 22024
Film · 2h 7mHorror, Mystery★ 6.6
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.
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Netflix
Prime Video
MGM+
Paramount+25. The Stand2020
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama★ 6.8
In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors.
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Paramount+26. Pet Sematary1989
Film · 1h 43mHorror★ 6.7
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
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Kanopy (free)
Hoopla (free)
YouTube Free (free)27. Scream2022
Film · 1h 54mHorror, Mystery★ 6.7
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
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Paramount+
Pluto TV (free)
Questions
- What are the best horror films and series on Paramount+ right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Twin Peaks (1990), rated 8.3 out of 10 on TMDB, then The Twilight Zone and Evil.
- 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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