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HBO Max is celebrating Halloween with Horror Comes Home, a dedicated collection bringing new horror premieres, blockbuster franchises, modern favorites and genre classics together throughout October 2026.
Among this year’s biggest attractions is A24’s Backrooms, which made its streaming debut in September, along with Evil Dead Burn, arriving October 2. HBO is also getting into the true-crime side of spooky season with the new three-part documentary series The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, premiering October 11.
The collection also features newer horror movies including Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, The Strangers: Chapter 2 and Undertone, along with recent favorites such as Weapons, Sinners, Trap, Bring Her Back, Midsommar and Hereditary.
Horror Franchises to Binge
Looking for a Halloween marathon? HBO Max’s Horror Comes Home collection includes movies from some of horror’s biggest franchises, including:
- The Conjuring
- Final Destination
- It
- Insidious
- Blair Witch
- The Strangers
- Evil Dead
Classic Horror Movies
The collection also reaches back through horror history with classics including Carrie, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins and The Shining, along with additional favorites from across the genre.
New Horror Coming in October
October 2
Evil Dead Burn
October 11
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story — HBO Original Documentary Series
Streaming Now
Backrooms
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
The Strangers: Chapter 2
Undertone
Essential Horror
HBO Max is also offering an Essential Horror virtual channel throughout the season, giving viewers another way to jump into a curated rotation of horror movies and series without having to decide what to watch next.
Explore HBO Max’s Horror Comes Home Collections
HBO Max has divided its Halloween lineup into several themed collections, making it easier to find everything from modern horror favorites and legendary franchises to slashers, supernatural scares and creature features.
Must-Scream Horror
A mix of modern favorites, classics and some of HBO Max’s biggest recent horror releases.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Bring Her Back
- Caddo Lake
- Carnival of Souls
- Companion
- Death of a Unicorn
- Final Destination Bloodlines
- Hereditary
- It: Welcome to Derry
- MaXXXine
- Midsommar
- Talk to Me
- The Cabin in the Woods
- The Craft
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Lighthouse
- The Watchers
- Us
- Weapons
A Killer Movie Marathon
Settle in for a marathon featuring slashers, killers and plenty of movies where making it to the end is anything but guaranteed.
- Eyes Without a Face
- Final Destination (2000)
- Final Destination 2
- Final Destination 3
- Final Destination 5
- Final Destination Bloodlines
- Freddy vs Jason
- Friday the 13th (2009)
- Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later
- Halloween: Resurrection
- MaXXXine
- Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story
- The Final Destination (2009)
- Trap
- X
Haunted Hall of Fame
Demons, possessions and supernatural horror take center stage, including movies from The Conjuring and Evil Dead universes.
- Annabelle
- Evil Dead (2013)
- Evil Dead 2 (1987)
- Evil Dead Burn (debuts 10/2)
- Evil Dead Rise
- Folklore
- House
- It (2017)
- It Chapter 2
- It Comes at Night
- Talk To Me
- The Conjuring
- The Conjuring 2
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
- The Curse of La Llorona
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Nun
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Creature Features
Vampires, zombies, monsters and other things that probably shouldn't be lurking outside your window.
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Death of a Unicorn
- Dust Bunny
- From Hell It Came
- Gremlins
- Gremlins 2: New Batch
- I Was a Teenage Zombie
- Indestructible Man
- Interview with the Vampire
- Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
- Red Riding Hood
- Salem's Lot (2024)
- The Black Scorpion
- The Bride!
- The Brood
- The Cabin In The Woods
- The Cyclops
- The Leopard Man
- The Lure
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- The Watchers
- The Wolfman
- Tusk
- Vampyr
- Zombieland
- Zombieland 2: Double Tap
Looking for everything arriving this month? See What's New on HBO Max in October 2026.
