5 best horror movies to watch for free right now

It can be overwhelming to choose from the many horror films available. And finding them in the confusing web of streaming platforms is even more difficult. This Halloween you can streamline the whole spooky film process by watching a few classic horror movies streaming on free services such as Freevee or Tubi.

From seminal works to cult hits and more modern entries to the creepy canon, there are a lot of movies you can watch if you’re willing to put up with an ad or two. The best horror movies are free to watch on Halloween.

The Dark Web

Blumhouse Productions

Director: Stephen Susco
Cast: Colin Woodell, Betty Gabriel, Stephanie Nogueras
What to Watch: Freevee

The first time I watched the movie, “The First”, was a wonderful experience. Unfriended My laptop was in the coffee shop. It felt like the perfect experience for a movie with its gimmick: The horrifying action all takes place on a Skype call, as viewed through one protagonist’s laptop screen.

The screenlife format has emerged as a new form of cinema. Search Engine and this year’s stellar thriller Missing Applying this approach to mystery rather than horror. But for my money, the Unfriended franchise has done it best, fully immersing viewers in terror you can’t look away from. Improbably, Dark Web The original is improved.

Dark Web It is different from Unfriended. In the first, friends of the main character are plagued by a ghost from a previous classmate. The movie was very supernatural. Dark Web Smartly brings the series into more realistically frightening territory. When a group of friends find a laptop they shouldn’t have, they become hunted by the original owners. It’s tense, scary, and never lets up, making it perfect October viewing. —Pete Volk

The Wicker Man

British Lion Film Corporation

Director: Robin Hardy
Cast: Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee
What to Watch: Tubi

A quaint island off the coast of Scotland is the perfect place to get away, unless of course you’re a devoutly Christian police officer sent to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Unfortunately, this is the location where Howie (the main character) was sent to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. The Wicker ManHe finds himself in.

Howie discovers a small, tight-knit island community that worships a god or spirit much older than Jesus Christ. He spirals into a web of rituals and sacrifices that are pagan, which makes the original disappearance even more terrifying. Wicker ManA horror classic. —Austen Goslin

You Live

Image: Universal Studios Home Video

Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
What to Watch: Tubi

John Carpenter came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and he’s all out of bubble gum.

The sci-fi/horror fusion is one of the most unforgettable works by the great horror director. You LiveRoddy piper stars as a wanderer who stumbles upon a pair of glasses that reveal a terrible truth about the world. Aliens have taken it over. This is a politically charged, anti-capitalist, anti Reagan work, presented in a genre format that’s easy to swallow. You Live The film was originally rejected by critics. However, today it is considered one of the best (and most entertaining!) Hollywood movies of the 80s.

Piper is absolutely fantastic in the lead role — his swagger and skill for physical acting from his wrestling career translates beautifully — and Keith David shines as his friend Frank. Carpenter wrote the score for the movie, as he did with all his films. And the five-and-a-half-minute alley fight between Piper and David, which took weeks to rehearse, is equally brutal, sad, and just a tad funny. —PV

See

Lionsgate Image

Director: James Wan
Cast: Cary Elwes Leigh Whannell Danny Glover
What to Watch: Tubi

Little by little the public is beginning to see that Saw is a great franchise, not nearly as horrific as it is portrayed. One thing was clear: the original Saw is not as bad as it’s reputation suggests. See It is excellent.

The movie is mainly about the two men who are trapped and why they were there. Instead of the usual gore, it uses a lot more mounting fear and the ticking timer as they try to get out from being chained in an old toilet. There’s still plenty of scares and a bit of gore, but the original SeeThis is a much better thriller than an incredibly terrifying slasher. —AG

Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Bryanston Distributing Company

Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger
What to Watch: Freevee

One of the scariest ideas in a horror film is that something horrifying and bizarre could be found on an American backroad without anyone questioning it. Few movies have conveyed that idea as well. Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

This movie is about a road trip across Texas by a group kids. When their van runs low on gas, the terrors of town are revealed. The ultimate horror movie, still one of the most disturbing, grimy, and upsetting movies to date. Texas Chain Saw Massacre hasn’t dulled at all since its release in 1974. —AG