Looking to watch free horror movies? Well, Tubi actually has a solid collection that includes some of the best horror movies of all time to watch for no cost (and some ads), because sometimes the prices of streaming services and movie tickets are scarier than the movies themselves.
Not only is subscribing to Tubi totally free, this month in particular, there’s a ton of awesome horror films on the platform. From the best adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, to meta-slasher Cabin In The Woods or the first terrifying appearance of Leatherface, check out our picks among Tubi’s horror movie collection.
Carrie (1979)
The Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, William Katt, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Priscilla Pointer, Piper Laurie, Edie McClurg
What It’s About: Nearly 50 years later, it’s still one of the best Stephen King movies ever made. Carrie, based on the King of Horror’s debut published novel of the same name, is about a 16-year-old who develops telekinesis and uses her powers to exact revenge on her bullies at school – especially for the public humiliation she experiences at prom when her tormentors dump pig’s blood on her in front of the whole school after she wins the title of Prom Queen.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: If you’re a horror fan, De Palma’s Carrie is practically necessary viewing for how seminal the movie is for the genre. While it’s one of the oldest movies on this list, it’s also one of the most influential. Plus, it’s a great time to check it out before Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV series.
Cabin In The Woods (2011)
The Director: Drew Goddard
Cast: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Brian White, Amy Acker, Sigourney Weaver
What It’s About: Five college friends are met with the horrors of dying one by one while on vacation in a remote forest cabin. But it’s no basic slasher, as a bigger twist is revealed later int he film.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: There've been many horror movies that follow a group of college-age friends who experience horrors while on a remote vacation, but not quite like this meta take on the genre that comments, bobs and weaves the tropes of the subgenre in a thrilling way. Our Cabin in the Woods review gave the movie a near-perfect 4.5 out of 5.
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Coraline (2009)
The Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Ian McShane
What It’s About: Based on the Neil Gaiman novella of the same name, Coraline follows an 11-year-old who has just moved with her family to a new home in Oregon. While exploring the new digs, Coraline discovers a door that leads to the “Other World,” where terrifying Other versions of her family exist, and wants to keep her there.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: Don’t let the fact that Coraline is stop-motion animation fool you into thinking it’s not as terrifying as other horror films. I watched it as an adult and I’m still afraid every time I decide to give it another watch. Across the 15 years the dark fantasy has established itself as a modern classic that explores childhood nightmares, and it’s done with Laika’s magical patience and attention to detail.
Train To Busan (2016)
The Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Cast: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Eui-sung
What It’s About: Train To Busan is about how a father-daughter train ride to the country’s city goes awry in a major way when zombies are revealed to be aboard, amidst a huge outbreak hitting South Korea.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: There’s a lot of great Korean horror movies out there, but one of our favorites is Train To Busan. The super tense horror movie has everything you want from a movie like this, action, blood and guts and a careful attention to giving each character on the train emotional weight.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, John Larroquette
What It’s About: The movie is about a group of friends who unfortunately meet a family of cannibals, led by Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin and carries around a chainsaw. When the movie was released, the “based on a true story” tagline was used to attract more viewers, thanks to some details being influenced by the serial killer Ed Gein after his crimes in the ‘50s. However, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is definitely predominantly fictional.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is widely thought of as one of the greatest horror movies ever, and the movie undoubtedly inspired and continues to inspire the genre to this day. And, all these years later, it’s still the best movie in the Texas Chainsaw franchise.
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An American Werewolf In London (1981)
The Director: John Landis
Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Don McKillop, Frank Oz
What It’s About: This classic ‘80s horror movie has two American backpackers and graduate students, David and Jack, getting attacked by a werewolf while travelling across the moors in Yorkshire. When David becomes a werewolf himself, he finds himself uncontrollably terrorizing the people of London in the evenings.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: An American Werewolf In London is often looked to as one of the first hit horror films to successfully blend gore and comedy, along with still being looked at today for its groundbreaking makeup effects. Plus, it’s a great watch before the Wolf Man release date among 2025 movies.
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Audition (1999)
The Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu Sawaki, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi
What It’s About: Audition is an adaptation of Ryu Murakami’s 1997 novel that is about a 40-something widower, Shigeharu, who decides to work with his film producer friend to orchestrate a fake “audition” for young women to star in a new TV series. However, the casting call is actually for the widower to find his new wife (he poses as the casting director). After Shigeharu sets his sights on a particular applicant named Asami, the horrors begin.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: There’s a reason why Audition made the top twenty five of our best horror movies list. The Japanese horror film is a slow burn flick that gets seriously disturbing as Shigeharu and the audience gets to know the true nature of Asami.
The Descent (2006)
The Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, MyAnna Buring
What It’s About: This British horror flick has six thrill seeking friends reuniting for a spelunking trip in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina one year after two of their friends suffer a tragedy when the protagonist was whitewater rafting with them. While on their adventure, they become stuck in a cave system and have to find out how to survive.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: If you’re looking for edge-of-your-seat survival horror movie stress, The Descent, will make you feel claustrophobic and sweaty, that’s for sure. Plus, it’s a horror movie that meaningfully addresses grief.
Hush (2016)
The Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, Emma Graves
What It’s About: Hush is about a horror author who has been deaf since contracting bacterial meningitis at 13. After Maddie leaves her bustling life in New York City to live in the woods and work on her next novel, a masked killer begins to hunt her down.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: Mike Flanagan has proved to be one of the best horror filmmakers of our time through a ton of great movies and TV shows of his like The Haunting of Hill House or Doctor Sleep. Hush is one of the early films that does something really interesting and unique with the slasher.
Hellraiser (1987)
The Director: Clive Barker
Cast: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith
What It’s About: This late ‘80s horror movie follows a hedonistic man, Frank, who comes across a puzzle box that promises to open the door to a realm of intense pleasure. However, when the box does open, a portal to Hell turns Frank into a bloodthirsty ghoul along with demonic creatures called Cenobites.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: One of the Cenobites, Pinhead, has become one of the most iconic horror villains ever. The movie is based on Barker’s novella, The Hellbound Heart. We consider it one of the goriest horror movies we’ve ever seen.
The Love Witch (2016)
The Director: Anna Biller
Cast: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jared Sanford, Robert Seeley, Jennifer Ingrum, Randy Evans, Clive Ashborn
What It’s About: The Love Witch is about modern-day witch Elaine Parks, who employs the use of spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her – to often disastrous results.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: Anna Biller’s movie was shot on 35 mm film and feels right out of the 1960s with its Technicolor vibe and memorable aesthetics. The campy horror movie also highlights female desire and the male gaze through its plotline.
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Martyrs (2008)
The Director: Pascal Laugier
Cast: Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui, Catherine Bégin, Isabelle Chasse, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne, Juliette Gosselin, Xavier Dolan-Tadros
What It’s About: This French-language movie is about a woman’s journey to get revenge after she and her friend were abducted, tortured and abused as children.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: Martyrs isn’t for every horror fan. It’s infamous for its highly disturbing content that led to walkouts when it was in theaters, and is part of the New French Extremity movement. But if you can stomach it (and want to), it’s one of the most intense experiences of the genre out there.
The Invitation (2015)
The Director: Karyn Kusama
Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lindsay Burdge, Mike Doyle, Jay Larson, John Carroll Lynch
What It’s About: The movie is about a couple, Kira and Will, who go to a dinner party in Hollywood Hills. The party is hosted by Will’s ex-wife Eden, who he once shared a young son with before his accidental death. As the night unfolds, Will starts to have suspicions that there’s something sinister in the underbelly of the casual dinner gathering among their numerous friends.
Why It’s One Of The Best Horror Movies On Tubi: Karyn Kusama’s acclaimed and chilling horror flick, The Invitation, is not one to miss for those who are a fan of slow-burn, psychological films of the genre.
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There’s so many must-watch horror movies and classics on Tubi for free right now. The streaming service is always changing what films are available on the platform, so we recommend jumping on these picks while they are there. You can check back on a monthly basis on our updated list, and check out what upcoming horror movies are coming out in theaters and at home here on CinemaBlend.
