Streaming services aren't going to let you down for Christmas, and they are giving us all the Best Horror Movies Streaming for the month and the holidays. You might expect streamers to hold back on fright films during this heartwarming season, but who says that horror movies can't warm your heart, too? Maybe it's just in a different, much more gory and terrifying way? However, those hearts get nice and toasty; it works for us.
Some of the biggest releases in September include Together, the body horror romantic comedy that stars Allison Brie and Dave Franco, who give really heartfelt and nuanced performances that make you feel for the couple as things get more bloody and nerve (and flesh) shredding. One of the best Giallo films ever made, that most people haven't heard of, The House with the Laughing Windows, premieres with a glorious 4K restoration this month.
John Carpenter: Live From Los Angeles – Halloween Night also comes to streaming this month, and cold nights are a great time to enjoy the horror master's music, both his classic compositions and his newest works. If you want to try something really different, how about some body horror stand-up comedy? Well, you can if you check out Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh. Don't forget Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck and the true crime mockumentary, Strange Harvest.
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Arrow
THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (Credit: IMDB) Arrow, as usual, has a selection of hard-to-find and obscure horror films that will keep the whole family warm this Christmas. Film historian, writer, and director Kier-La Janisse is this month's guest, who chooses some of her favorite films that can expand your film palate. Add in a rare yet prized Giallo, The House with the Laughing Windows, a Santa Claus movie that somehow has Lucifer involved, a Shaw Brothers movie, The Seeding of a Ghost, that just has to be seen to be believed, and two films entitled A Cadaver Christmas and 13 Slays till Xmas that are too good, titlewise, for any horror fan to pass up.
December 1
KIER-LA JANISSE SELECTS (Credit: Arrow) Arrow's December guest programmer is Kier-La Janisse, film writer, historian, producer, acquisitions executive for Severin Films, founder of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and the director of the acclaimed folk horror documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, and creator of Shudder's The Haunted Season, for which she has directed and produced the narrative feature, The Occupant of the Room.
It's always a great idea to take film recommendations from Janisse, and she has curated a list of films you most likely haven't seen, including: The Ballad of Narayama, Cold Light of Day, Toys Are Not for Children, and Massacre at Central High.
Santa Claus
Everything Is Terrible! -The Great Satan
Infinite Santa 8000
December 2:
THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (Credit: Arrow) The House With Laughing Windows
A lesser-known Giallo, but one that has a reputation among die-hard Giallo fans as a must-see. Arrow describes the film by saying, “Art restorer Stefano (Lino Capolicchio, The Bloodstained Shadow) arrives at an isolated Italian village to repair a fresco depicting the agonizing martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. The original painter was a death artist – a madman so obsessed with mortality that, according to whispered rumors, he tortured his models in their final moments of life. When people begin to turn up dead, Stefano is forced to consider the possibility that the artist has returned to continue his brutal career – and that he is the primary target.”
The restoration premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in July 2025 and has since been released by Arrow as a splendid 4K Blu-ray. The best news is that Arrow is also making the restoration of this rare Italian film, directed by Pupi Avati, available for fans, possibly for the first time this month. Arrow has called the film one of the greatest Gialli ever made, and it will be part of Cinematic Void's January Giallo series at the Los Feliz 3 on January 12. Get ahead of the crowd and check it out as soon as you can.
DECEMBER WITH THE DEVIL (Credit: Arrow) December 5:Bewitched (1981)Black MagicBlack Magic Part 2HexHex vs. WitchcraftHex After HexThe LeechOily ManiacThe SectDecember 8:Bloody ParrotThe Fake Ghost CatchersSeeding of a GhostDecember 12:A Cadaver Christmas13 Slays Till XmasDecember 19:Ju-on: The GrudgeHBO
SARAH SQUIRM: LIVE + IN THE FLESH (Credit: IMDB) HBO has chosen some very special programming for December. First, Adult Swim's first forays into horror, with Adult Swim Yule Log. Created by Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks), it begins like a typical Yule Log and morphs into a meta-horror movie. It was shot in secret and was followed by the second film, which moves on to a second genre of Christmas programming, the romantic comedy.Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh is not a narrative feature film, but comedian Sarah Sherman, who performs as Sarah Squirm, is doing what she does best, namely, body horror stand-up comedy with a surreal edge. Squirm is a cast member of Saturday Night Live, where she bullies Weekend Update host Colin Jost and has performed in sketches like a gory Scooby Doo parody and has an official “Severed Head Count” on her Instagram that keeps track of how many times her characters have been beheaded on the show.Adult Swim Yule LogAdult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ OutSarah Squirm: Live + in the FleshShin GodzillaHulu
TOGETHER (Credit: IMDB) Hulu only has three titles, but they are mighty. First, Mike Flanagan's adored adaptation of the Stephen King novella, The Life of Chuck. While the film isn't the standard scary tale, without spoilers, it definitely has an element of the supernatural.The second film, Strange Harvest, is a horror mockumentary that tells the story of a brutal serial killer at work in the Inland Empire, a part of Southern California just outside of Los Angeles. Directed by Stuart Ortiz, one-half of the Vicious Brothers, who directed the cult horror film Grave Encounters, the film was praised for the realistic portrayal of true crime documentaries and the performances of the lead actors.Together, directed by Michael Shanks, is a deeply creepy tale of a couple who have reached the breaking point in their relationship just as they fall into a cave that suddenly bonds them in ways that they never expected could be possible. It features great performances by real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, who tug at the heartstrings while the pair desperately try to retain their bodily autonomy with prescription pills and a saw.The Life of ChuckStrange HarvestTogetherParamount+
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Credit: IMDB) Paramount+ makes spirits bright with one of every horror fan's favorite families, The Addams Family. If you long for a more heated scenario, Robert Rodriguez's crime caper film that suddenly becomes a vampire fright film has been made available. Gore Verbinski's tragic and coldly beautiful remake of The Ring and Martin Scorsese's dive into ghostly terror, Shutter Island.
The Addams Family (1991)
Annihilation
Disturbia
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Ring (2002)
Shutter Island
Peacock
RENFIELD (Credit: IMDB) Peacock is giving out the presents for fans of the Saw franchise, because this month, every single movie in the series is available for you to screen. That's right, all ten films are ready for you to have the best Jigsaw binge watch or marathon ever. So many traps, and you may have lots of time right between the 25th and New Year's Day to watch them all.
Other choices include Guillermo del Toro's glorious Kaiju fight fest, Pacific Rim, and director Chris McKay's wonderfully batty and heartfelt vampire horror comedy, about Dracula's faithful human familiar, Renfield. If you have ever had the desire to watch Nicolas Cage play the dreaded Count, this is your chance to see him perform spectacularly in that role and for Nicholas Hoult to give a fantastic performance as a sweet-natured Renfield.
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Renfield
Saw
Saw 2
Saw 3
Saw 4
Saw 5
Saw 6
Saw: The Final Chapter
Jigsaw
Saw X
Spiral
Supernatural (Season 1-15)
Prime Video
BLADE II (Credit: IMDB) Prime Video has some vampire treats for your holiday nights. The streamer has the first two Blade films queued up for your holiday gatherings, but will also be adding one of 2025's biggest films, which is also about vampires, Sinners, to their line-up. Other highlights are the 1978 Philip Kaufman adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, rambunctious zombie horror comedy Zombieland, and all fifteen seasons of the television show Supernatural.
They definitely have you covered for the entire holiday break.
Blade
Blade IIDark Shadows (2012)A Haunting in Venice (2023)Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)The ProdigySinnersSupernatural (Seasons 1-15)ZombielandScreambox
JOHN CARPENTER: LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES - HALLOWEEN (Credit: IMDB) Screambox has an amazing addition to their December releases. If you missed the broadcast of John Carpenter: Live From Los Angeles – Halloween Night, or you just want to watch it again, Screambox has you covered, since the concert will be streaming starting on December 12. Also of note is a seasonal offering that does not have to do with Christmas! New Fears Eve will give you willies about an entirely different holiday, that's right, New Year's Eve.Glowzies tells the tale of glowing and vomit-spewing zombies, as if zombies weren't terrifying enough. Immanence is about a signal that lures astronomers to the Bermuda Triangle, only for them to discover the ultimate evil. It's been a while since we've had a scary movie set in the Bermuda Triangle. Screambox also has a Christmas-themed horror movie that invokes A Christmas Carol in The Naughty List of Mr. Scrooge, where a slasher killer stalks members of the cast ten years after a tragedy occurs during the production.Bad ThingsBelieverThe Burned Over DistrictThe ColumnistConsumedThe Devil’s MusicDon’t PeekDoor of SinFrom DarknessDeer Camp ‘86Don’t Say Its NameGator LakeGlowziesThe HandThe HarvesterImmanenceIn the Name of GodJohnny ZLast of the GradsMassacre in Dinosaur ValleyThe Naughty List of Mr. ScroogeOld Time Radio: A Chronicle of CreativityOtr: Dance With Me / Otr: The Specter of ChristmasOtr: Old Time Radio / Otr: Your MoveSamurai WolfSamurai Wolf 2: Hell CutSoviet Sleep ExperimentThe Spaghetti ManTrue FearTulsa Terrors (Special Edition)The VeilDecember 12:John Carpenter: Live From Los Angeles – Halloween NightDecember 16:New Fear’s EveTroma Now
CHRISTMAS BLOODBATH (Credit: Troma Now) Troma Now is the streaming service from Troma Entertainment, that feisty independent film distributor and production company. It was founded in 2015, so it has been around for about ten years. Troma Entertainment is known for its gory horror comedies, and its biggest cult hit film is The Toxic Avenger, but they have also distributed Class of Nuke ‘Em High and Tromeo and Juliet, which was written by James Gunn and the studio's co-founder and frequent director, Lloyd Kaufman. Kaufman also directed The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet.The streamer has Christmas Bloodbath, as one of their holiday-themed offerings, in which a group of strangers find themselves in a Christmas museum with killer animatronics. You can go into space, one of the best places for horror, in Paranormal Body Stream, as the crew of a spaceship find themselves up against an alien threat. The alien horror continues on Earth in Feeders 3: The Final Meal, as the small grey aliens with an appetite for human flesh attack for a final time.Bikini GuillotineBlood RushChristmas BloodbathThe EnchantedFeeders 3: The Final MealLitanParanormal Body StreamRobot Girlfriend: RevengeSuzanna the Queen of Black MagicTromalbania! The Troma Team’s Time in Albaνια
