You never know what you’ll find on Tubi, the free streaming service that has exploded in popularity in the past year. Sometimes it feels like there’s so much stuff on Tubi that it’s hard to find anything good, although Tubi’s Rabbit AI search feature can help narrow down your choices.
Tubi’s horror movies site offers a decent collection of scary movies, but that’s far from all the great stuff available on the service. There are classics like George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, as well as recent fare like Terrifier and Lake Mungo.
You’ll have to watch ads on Tubi, but we’ve generally found them not too annoying (although it depends on which ads you get). Check out our favorite picks for the best horror movies available on Tube right now.
Although this Swedish vampire film stars two young men on the verge of adolescence, its dark subject matter and disturbing scenes are anything but juvenile. A petulant Oskar meets Eli from the apartment next door, but Eli has been the same age “for a very long time”. The two take part in a true vampire love story unlike any other.
This mockumentary follows Deborah Logan, an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s who has exhibited disturbing behavior. The film crew finds a connection to a local doctor involved in ritual murders. A terrifying supernatural secret unfolds as we learn the true cause behind Deborah’s ailments.
Zombies are coming for everyone during this father-daughter journey, and there are a lot of them. A young father tries to save himself, his young child and a new friend as the world around him falls victim to a zombie uprising and human military response.
For those who prefer their horror to creep up on them, this psychological horror film offers a nasty slow burn. An ex-boyfriend accepts a dinner invitation from an old romantic partner with a traumatic past and her new husband. His paranoia and suspicions keep everyone restless through the early night, until the party erupts into sudden chaos and a shocking conclusion.
George Romero broke the mold with this seminal horror flick that introduced a generation of horror fans to the walking dead. Drowned “gulls” terrorize a group of young men in a farmhouse, but the danger comes as much from other people as from the undead
This unique throwback film set in the 1980s has been painstakingly made to look like it was filmed back then. College student Samantha takes a babysitting job at a home in a remote area, but soon learns that she was hired to take care of an entirely different charge that may be connected to some sinister goings-on.
The distraught Palmer family come to terms with their daughter’s drowning after a visit to the local dam. They soon experience a series of terrifying supernatural events, leading to shocking revelations about Alice’s hidden life. Presented in a pseudo-documentary style, this terrifying tale is full of twists and turns with an ending that will shock you out of your seat.
A horror cult classic like no other, Sam Raimi’s directorial debut launched Bruce Campbell’s career as Ash Williams. In a remote cabin in the woods, demons possess a group of friends, leaving only Ash to fight them in increasingly fierce battles.
Teenage sisters Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald have a fascination with death that is proven when Ginger is bitten by a mysterious creature and begins to transform into a werewolf. Brigitte searches for a cure as the sisters’ bond is strained. It’s a terrible movie, but it contains themes of puberty, sisterhood, and feminism.
Written and directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (who also star), this low-budget sci-fi/horror film features two brothers who return to the UFO cult they grew up in, only to find so much in the community has not aged at all. Perceptions and reality unravel as the brothers learn the true secrets behind the strange phenomena at Camp Arcadia.
Peter Jackson’s last film before making The Lord of the Rings was this low-key charming horror flick with Michael J. Fox. Psychic investigator Frank Bannister (Fox) can see ghosts, but uses them to trick his victims, until the ghost of a serial killer draws him into a deadly plan.
Made in 1974 for just $140,000, Tobe Hooper’s indie film about a family of cannibals who just want to be left alone (and eat anyone who bothers them) introduced several slasher horror tropes that have since become clichés, as well as the monster terribly human. Leather face.
This French zombie film takes a minimal approach to the undead apocalypse. The main character Sam wakes up in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment after a party to find the building and the town overrun by zombies. Slow and mostly silent, the film explores Sam’s loneliness and declining mind as he struggles to stay alive alone.
Clive Barker may hate the name “Pinhead,” but fans loved it, as well as the character named “Lead Cenobite” in the Hellraiser title. The supernatural gore-fest is filled with disturbing practical effects and buckets of gore.
A trip through the Yorkshire mountains goes horribly wrong for two American backpackers who find themselves attacked by a strange beast. David Naughton’s transformation into a werewolf features legendary special effects — the film won the first Academy Award for Best Makeup in 1982.
Lucio Fulci’s Zombie (billed as Zombi 2 in Italy, though not a sequel) is a late 1970s horror classic featuring an island-based undead outbreak that threatens to spread to New York City and beyond – a classic that zombies eat a lot of people – movement that is perfect for a 3 o’clock in the morning. Don’t miss the underwater battle between the tiger shark and the zombie.
This English-language remake of the Japanese horror classic follows a reporter who investigates a cursed videotape that leads to the viewer’s death seven days later. But culturally, it’s much more than that, having been influential in popularizing J-horror around the globe, including the American version The Ring, which had its own unique phenomenon.
Sergeant Neil Howie visits Summerisle Island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. But when he gets there, he discovers that the islanders have a sinister secret behind their pagan rituals. As he digs deeper, he finds himself entangled in their evil ways, leading to a shocking climax that has been copied and parodied many times since.
In this classic horror parody, the Hyatt family inherits a house with a cursed book and soon encounters a host of monsters and various other creatures. A vampire named Waldemar and the evil Van Helsing are some of the colorful characters the family encounters as they taunt the ghosts and demons of their new home.
An antiquarian book dealer (Johnny Depp) and creepy collector (Frank Lagella) face off in this tense horror/thriller about a tome that supposedly summons the devil. Using a classic film noir style, the film slowly draws Depp into a larger mystery as the understated action gradually builds to a fiery climax at the gates of hell.
It wouldn’t be a collection of horror films without Stephen King – this 1976 classic from Brian DePalma starring Sissy Spacek is based on King’s first novel. Bullied mercilessly by her classmates, a high school girl turns the tables on prom in a terrifying way after she learns how to control objects with her mind.
Damien Leone’s indie slasher film is an absolutely brutal feast that features a truly grotesque and evil villain – Art the Clown – who terrorizes two young women on Halloween night. The franchise has already spawned a trilogy, but it’s definitely not for the faint of heart.