27 Best Scary Movies + Shows Streaming In April 2025
Its a great month for creepy streaming with new seasons of Black Mirror and The Last of Us dropping mid-month. This guide compiles the best movies (and shows) that are new to streaming in April 2025. Plan a movie night and watch your favorites before they leave!
Netflix
Psycho (1960). Official synopsis: “A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.”
Genres: twist-endings, dysfunctional families
Coming April 10:
Black Mirror Season 7. Official synopsis: “Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical anthology series will return with six new episodes, including a sequel to the sci-fi adventure USS Callister.”
Genres: Black Mirror, dystopian, techno-horror
Hulu
Oddity (2024). Official synopsis: “After Dani is brutally murdered, her blind occultist twin sister, Darcy, goes after those responsible using inherited haunted items as her tools of revenge.”
Genres: best of 2024, haunted houses, horror movies about grief
Black Swan (2010). Official synopsis: “Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina’s grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.”
Genres: doubles in horror, psychological horror, set in New York City, best horror movies of the 2010s, unreliable narrators
Copycat (1995). Official synopsis: “A detective and an agoraphobic criminal psychologist work to track down a copycat serial killer.”
Genres: serial killer movies, isolation
Coming April 22:
In a Violent Nature (2024). Official synopsis: “When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 70-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it.”
Genres: slashers, isolation horror movies, best of 2024, killer’s POV
Peacock
The Exorcist (1973). Official synopsis: “When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.”
Genres: demonic possession, scariest movies ever made, religious horror
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004). Official synopsis: “In 1947, having abandoned his faith, Father Merrin joins an archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an ancient church has been unearthed and something much older waits to be awoken.”
Genres: demonic possession, 00s
Shutter Island (2010). Official synopsis: “Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.”
Genres: insane asylum horror, twist-ending, unreliable narrators, isolation horror movies
Last Night in Soho (2021). Official synopsis: “Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.”
Genres: horror movies about fashion, geriatric horror, serial killer movies
Coming April 9:
Like Minds (2006). Official synopsis: “A forensic psychologist (Collette) is tasked with determining whether or not a minor should face murder charges for killing his schoolmate.”
Genres: murder mystery, dark academia, high school horror movies
Coming April 13:
Halloween Ends (2022). Official synopsis: “The plot follows the outcast Corey Cunningham who falls in love with Laurie Strode’s granddaughter while a series of events, including crossing paths with Michael Myers, drives him to become a serial killer.”
Genres: Halloween, slasher movies, dysfunctional families
Paramount+
Coming April 15:
Smile 2 (2024). Official synopsis: “About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.”
Genres: musicians in horror, best of 2024, techno-horror
Coming April 25:
Terrifier 3 (2024). Official synopsis: “Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.”
Genres: scary clowns, slasher movies, Christmas horror, best of 2024
Max
Coming April 13:
The Last of Us Season 2. Official synopsis: “After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity’s last hope.”
Genres: zombies, post-apocalyptic living, pandemic/outbreak movies
Shudder
April Fool’s Day (1986). Official synopsis: “Nine college students staying at a friend’s remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool’s Day weekend, but nothing is as it seems.”
Genres: slasher movies, best of the 80s, twist-ending
Halloween H20: 20 Later (1998). Official synopsis: “Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.”
Genres: Josh Hartnett, slasher movies, best horror movies of the 90s, dark academia
Fright Night (1985). Official synopsis: “A teenager believes a vampire has moved in next door.”
Genres: vampires, light horror movies, best of the 80s
Crimson Peak (2015). Official synopsis: “In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds – and remembers.”
Genres: gothic horror movies, haunted houses, dysfunctional families, anti-romcoms
Tubi
The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Official synopsis: “A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.”
Genres: serial killer movies, best horror movies of the 90s, psychological horror, murder mystery
The Thing (1982). Official synopsis: “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.”
Genres: best of the 80s, scariest movies ever made, isolation horror movies
Cloverfield (2008). Official synopsis: “A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.”
Genres: creature features, found footage horror movies, end of the world, set in New York City
Evil Dead (2013). Official synopsis: “Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.”
Genres: best horror movies of the 2010s, isolation horror movies
[Rec] (2007). Official synopsis: “A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.”
Genres: zombies, found footage horror movies, very scary, pandemic/outbreak movies
Coming April 11:
Checkmate (2025). Official synopsis: “A detective teams up with her estranged father, a chess master, to stop a serial killer who uses the game to select his victims.”
Genres: serial killer movies, dysfunctional families, murder mystery
Coming April 14:
Corporate Animals (2019). Official synopsis: “CEO Lucy takes her staff on corporate team building in some underground desert caves in New Mexico. They get stuck there.”
Genres: comedy horror, toxic workplaces
Hereditary (2018). Official synopsis: “A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.”
Genres: best horror movies of the 2010s, dysfunctional families, scariest movies ever made