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Craving some spine-chilling moments? Hulu offers a wide selection of terrifying films to keep you on edge. Discover 10 of the most thrilling horror movies now available for streaming on the platform.
1. Barbarian (2022)
Georgina Campbell plays a woman who unknowingly shares an Airbnb with a stranger, portrayed by Bill Skarsgård. While the premise of an enigmatic co-tenant is familiar, Barbarian takes unexpected and innovative turns. Director Zach Cregger revealed it took years to convince hesitant producers and investors due to the film’s shocking plot twist—something you’ll never anticipate.
2. The Babadook (2014)
Essie Davis stars as a single mother struggling to shield her son from a sinister entity from a children’s book. The movie’s funding was unique, combining Australian government grants with contributions from crowdfunding campaigns.
3. Annabelle (2014)
This popular film gives the terrifying doll from The Conjuring series her own standalone story. After a husband presents the eerie porcelain figure to his wife, chaos ensues. Director John Leonetti claimed the set experienced strange events, such as unexplained fingerprints on windows and a glass fixture mysteriously falling on a crew member.
4. Personal Shopper (2016)
Kristen Stewart leads this haunting, understated supernatural story about a woman gifted with the ability to communicate with spirits, yet struggles to understand their motives. Stewart reunites with director Olivier Assayas, following their collaboration on 2014’s Clouds of Sils Maria.
5. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Kevin Williamson, the writer behind 1996’s Scream, delivers another clever, self-aware teen slasher. A quintessential ’90s ensemble—Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Sarah Michelle Gellar—face a hook-wielding killer after concealing a deadly car crash. The concept of teens pursued by a hook-handed murderer has long been an urban legend. Interestingly, Williamson penned this script before Scream, but the latter’s success paved the way for this film’s production.
6. Censor (2021)
Set in 1980s England, Enid (Niamh Algar), a film censor, edits gruesome “video nasties” to make them suitable for public viewing. However, when she encounters a film that appears linked to her sister’s disappearance, Enid becomes entangled in her own real-life horror story. Director Prano Bailey-Bond drew inspiration from Watership Down for the censor’s office scenes, describing it as “a strange underground warren ... In Watership Down, you hear the whispers of rabbits in tunnels, while in the censor’s office, we hear the screams of on-screen murders echoing from the next room.”
7. No Exit (2022)
A fugitive from a rehab facility gets stranded at a rest stop during a snowstorm, surrounded by a handful of odd strangers—and a kidnapped girl hidden in a van nearby. The movie is adapted from Taylor Adams’ 2017 novel.
8. Fresh (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones connect via a dating app, but Edgar-Jones soon learns her new love interest has a disturbing obsession. Stan, unaware he’d already secured the role, sent director Mimi Cave a video of himself dancing to address her concerns about a pivotal scene.
9. Escape Room (2019)
A group of strangers becomes trapped in a high-tech escape room adventure, only to realize the game is deadly. Several scenes were filmed using practical effects, including dynamic sets with moving walls.
10. Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
Nicolas Cage delivers his unique flair in this chaotic story of a wanderer hired to clean a Chuck E. Cheese-inspired venue overnight, only to battle its homicidal animatronic characters. Director Kevin Lewis revealed he and Cage used comic book panels as inspiration for framing the film’s scenes.
