October has arrived, and so has the schedule of latest HBO Max motion pictures which are about to make the streaming service’s catalog of titles even higher – and spookier.
Our high picks this month all hail from the horror style, all with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics. Three of those are slasher motion pictures, equivalent to Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), however I’ve additionally picked a supernatural horror, which is taken into account one of many scariest motion pictures ever made and a witchy folks film – each by A24.
I’m confident that these picks will perfectly assist you in the transition to the official spooky season, but it doesn’t all have to be about horror, as HBO Max has a plethora of genres on the way that you can view below. It’s why it’s one of the best streaming services.
The Witch (2015)
RT Score: 91%
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 92 minutes
Director: Robert Eggers
Arriving on: October 1
Across Robert Eggers’ filmography, he is tackled a plethora of horror sub-genres from psychological to gothic, however it began together with his debut: The Witch in 2015, a folks horror film that is additionally Anya Taylor-Joy’s function movie debut.
Set in 1630s New England, the household of religious Christians William (Ralph Ineson) and Katherine (Kate Dickie) is banished from their Puritan neighborhood. They uproot the household, taking their 5 kids to the sting of a eerie forest to settle in a farmhouse, however they discover odd happenings upon their arrival.
Chaos unfolds when their new child child disappears and mysterious supernatural occasions happen, main the dad and mom to consider that their eldest daughter Thomasin (Taylor-Joy) has turned to witchcraft – however are they proper of their assumption?
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
RT Score: 94%
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 91 minutes
Director: Wes Craven
Arriving on: October 1
A horror traditional from the mastermind behind the slasher style, A Nightmare on Elm Street is only one instance of how Wes Craven earned his rightful standing as one of many kings of horror motion pictures.
In Springwood County, Ohio, pupil Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and different youngsters in her city discover themselves being stalked by ugly youngster killer Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) of their goals. But if Krueger kills you in your dream, you die in the true world.
As extra youngsters are murdered one-by-one, Nancy realizes that to evade the killer she should keep awake, devising a plan to seek out Krueger’s weak spot and catch him earlier than he will get to her.
X (2022)
RT Score: 94%
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 106 minutes
Director: Ti West
Arriving on: October 1
From a traditional slasher to a contemporary masterpiece, Ti West’s X is likely one of the most-acclaimed fashionable horror motion pictures of current years. It options two up to date scream queens – Jenna Ortega and Mia Goth. X is the primary in West’s slasher trilogy, all of which star Goth because the lead.
In X, a gaggle of aspiring filmmakers and actors journey to an remoted farm in Texas to shoot a film, hoping to resurrect the artwork of the grownup movie – it is 1979 for reference. When they arrive they’re greeted by farm homeowners Howard and Pearl who, after discovering what the group’s intent is, categorical their disapproval in probably the most sinister method.
Soon, the group discover themselves combating for his or her survival as they’re hunted for homicide by their loopy hosts, which is all fuelled by Pearl’s immense jealousy over their youth.
Hereditary (2018)
RT Score: 90%
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 127 minutes
Director: Ari Aster
Arriving on: October 1
I’ve stated it earlier than, and I’ll say it once more, Toni Collette’s efficiency as a grieving mom did not get sufficient recognition from the key awards ceremonies, but it surely made a long-lasting impression on horror followers at the very least.
When the matriarch of the Graham household passes away, her daughter Annie is left not understanding how to deal with the current loss, however would not see the way it’s additionally effecting her 13-year-old daughter. As the household come to phrases with the loss, sinister issues begin to occur.
The sequence of occurrences get extra disturbing, and Annie quickly discovers that this evil may root again to her personal mom, studying {that a} darkish occult runs in her bloodline.
Pearl (2022)
RT Score: 93%
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 102 minutes
Director: Ti West
Arriving on: October 1
The second, and arguably finest installment, to Ti West’s slasher trilogy can also be coming to HBO Max this month – and it packs an ideal stability between horror and comedy. In X, we noticed aged farm proprietor Pearl unleash her jealous in a murderous rampage, however Pearl is the origin story.
Set in Texas, 1918, Pearl (Mia Goth) lives on a secluded farm with strict dad and mom, however all she will be able to do is daydream about leaving her house and changing into an enormous Hollywood actress. She is obsessive about fame, however extra obsessive about not turning out the best way her mom did.
Her goals are quickly crushed when she learns how a lot work and expertise is required to be a real star, however as her intense ambitions develop stronger, so do her murderous tendencies.
Everything new on HBO Max in October 2025
Arriving on October 1
2 Days in New York
50 First Dates
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Alan Partridge
All Eyez on Me
Beetlejuice
Broken English
Bronson
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Christine
Confidence
Crime within the Streets
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Drag me to Hell
Edward Scissorhands
Enemy
Fay Grim
Firestarter
Freaks
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th (2009)
From Hell It Came
Gone Girl
Gremlins (1984)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Hereditary
Highway 301
House of Wax (1953)
House on Haunted Hill (1958)
I Died a Thousand Times
I Give it a Year
Indestructible Man
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Interview with the Vampire
Intruder within the Dust
Isle of the Dead
It’s Complicated
Krypto Saves the Day: Halloween Havoc
Lady within the Lake
Los Cronocrimenes
Macabre
Marcel the Shell with Shoes
Mirror Mirror
National Velvet
Nora Prentiss
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Page One
Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story
Phenix City Story
Poltergeist (1982)
Practical Magic
Pride
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Shame
Talk to Me
Tension
The Black Scorpion
The Brothers McMullen
The Cyclops
The Disembodied
The Exorcist
The First Monday in May
The Gangster
The Harvey Girls
The Lobster
The Monster
The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy (2017)
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Return of Doctor X
The Shining
The Sixth Sense
The Steel Jungle
The Switch
The Tattooed Stranger
The Unfaithful
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Watch
The Witch
Tickled
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Trick ‘r Treat
Uncut Gems
War for the Planet of the Apes
X
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
Zombies on Broadway
Arriving on October 3
Bring Her Back
Arriving on October 10
The Alabama Solution
The Substance
Arriving on October 15
Pan
Arriving on October 22
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Arriving on October 30
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