10 Best Horror Movies on Hulu Right Now (April 2026): ‘Shelby Oaks’ and More

The directorial debut of popular YouTuber Chris Stuckmann was impressively funded in its entirety by Kickstarter, and the result is an equally impressive product. The plot surrounds Mia (Camille Sullivan), a woman who has been searching for her sister, Riley (Sarah Durn), a paranormal investigator who disappeared some time back while investigating a prison in Shelby Oaks, a certified ghost town. Utilizing both a standard narrative format alongside found footage and mockumentary elements, Shelby Oaks is an exceedingly effective and chilling ghost story.

Stuckmann’s film made a splash with critics and audiences last October, and the nascent director exhibits a terrific command of form, tension, atmosphere and a strong emotional throughline. Anchored by a confident performance from Sullivan, Shelby Oaks maintains a tangible sensation of fear and dread through Stuckmann’s assured direction and the deployment of creepy found footage material.

At the end of her rope with online dating, disillusioned Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) has a genuine meet-cute while at the supermarket, running into a charming young man named Steve (Sebastian Stan). After flirting with one another, they exchange phone numbers and go on a successful first date; so successful that when Steve daringly asks Noa to spend a weekend with him at a surprise destination, Noa accepts despite her friend’s protestations. But when Noa wakes up in a prison cell the morning after spending the night with Steve, she realizes the guy she thought was too good to be true really was — and to a dangerous degree.

Fresh does an excellent job at critiquing the realities of modern dating while providing a fun, “fresh” blend of horror, romance and satire that is buoyed by irresistible chemistry between Edgar-Jones and Stan. The unique tone and structure of the movie is kicked off by an unconventional cold open that plays with expectations of genre, while confident direction from Mimi Cave (in her feature debut) and immersive cinematography from Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar, Nobody) work together to create the perfect balance of humor and gore.

Grace (Samara Weaving) is newly married to the man of her dreams, Alex (Mark O’Brien). The couple celebrates their nuptials at Alex’s family’s lavish estate, his family having made their money through their Le Domas Family Games company. But Grace’s marital bliss is interrupted by the revelation that marriage into the Le Domas family comes with a price — after a deal with the Devil was made years ago, the family must now hunt and kill new members if they draw a “Hide and Seek” card from a special game box. After Grace draws that very card, she’ll have to fight her in-laws to survive the night.

Ready or Not is a wildly entertaining action horror-comedy with a commanding and charismatic lead turn from Weaving. The movie has a sharp script with clever direction from filmmaking duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Ready or Not takes its relatively familiar premise (think The Most Dangerous Game) and twists it into something fresh, funny and with a surprisingly smart social satire to boot. Be sure to watch Ready or Not before checking out the 2026 sequel.

After being together for years, Tim (Dave Franco) and Millie’s (Alison Brie) relationship is stuck in a rut. When the two move to the countryside for Millie’s new job, tensions flare between them, with only each other for company. And things get even worse after they fall into a cave and encounter a mysterious liquid that seems to want to prevent them from ever being apart.

Together is an affecting look at love and co-dependency, with an admirable performance from Brie and Franco, who take their relationship to frightening heights. Brie and Franco are married in real life, and that marriage begets an undeniable authenticity to their dynamic in the movie. In addition to being a thoughtful meditation on relationships, Together is also a gnarly body horror movie with a plot that keeps you hooked until the very end.

A group of college kids renting a house in the middle of the woods — when has that ever gone wrong before? Tarot follows a birthday excursion to the Catskills that becomes deadly when the friends unleash evil forces from a cursed pack of tarot cards they find in the basement. After everyone receives their fortunes, the fortunes begin to come true in a terrifying way. The friends get picked off one after the other, with the kills being committed by monstrous figures resembling those appearing on their tarot cards.

If you’re looking for a horror movie that’s high on goofy camp and low in cinematic prestige, you’ll find a lot to love with Tarot. Not every horror movie has to be Longlegs or Hereditary; horror movies are still allowed to be stupid. In the end, Tarot gracefully achieves a mix of delightful kills and entertaining melodrama, and sometimes that’s all you need.

Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) and her father, Glenn (Aaron Adams), move to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri, looking for a fresh start following the death of her mom. Katie befriends some local teens and learns that the town has fallen on hard times, attributed to the destruction of their corn syrup factory, which the community blames on a group of kids who were killed there. But it wasn’t partying teens that condemned the town of Kettle Springs: it was a murderous clown, who returns to take even more victims.

Despite the ridiculous title (it’s actually based on a young adult novel of the same name from 2020), Clown in a Cornfield is actually a solid horror movie that cleverly subverts expectations. The movie executes a masterful blend of gory kills, laugh-out-loud comedy and some surprising, even interesting ideas. 

Elvira (Lea Myren) becomes competitive with her beautiful new stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss), who has unwillingly joined the family following the death of her father, Elvira’s stepfather. Desperate to be loved by the handsome Prince Julian (Isac Calmroth) and dance with him at the impending ball, Elvira goes to increasingly extreme lengths to beat out Agnes and finally be seen as perfect.

This Norwegian film is a dark take on Cinderella as told from the perspective of one of the classic princess’s ugly stepsisters. From this perspective, the fairy tale everyone grew up with transforms into a thoughtful, upsetting and genuinely rich exploration of the societal pressures women face to look a certain way and compete with one another. A powerful leading performance from Myren anchors the film alongside Emilie Blichfeldt’s precise direction.

Widowed Amelia (Essie Davis) struggles to manage her young son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), who begins displaying erratic behavioral issues, starting problems at school and becoming fixated on the existence of an imaginary creature known as “Mister Babadook” from a children’s pop-up book. As Amelia contends with her son’s seemingly irrational fear, she spirals into an increasingly paranoid state as she realizes the monster may be real.

While a terrifying movie monster, the Babadook has actually gone on to become a gay icon — a popular meme that took social media by storm back in 2016. All joking aside, The Babadook is a creepy, disturbing psychological horror film that intertwines an emotional story with scares that will keep you up at night. Davis gives it her all as the frantic, frustrated Amelia, a performance made all the more impactful by the truly commanding direction from Jennifer Kent.

FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) takes on a case involving a bizarre serial killer (Nicolas Cage) who has remained elusive to authorities for decades. The killer refers to himself as “Longlegs” and has left a series of cryptic, coded letters that only Lee can decode. With the discovery of occult ties, the investigation takes Lee down a dark path that proves to be more personal than she could have ever expected.

Oz Perkins’ Longlegs premiered at the 2024 Beyond Fest, where it shocked and terrified audiences, and strong word-of-mouth for months on social media catapulted the film into a summer success story. Enigmatic and frightening, Perkins’ film is the stuff of nightmares, combining crime procedural and supernatural horror in a film which is made so singularly disquieting by its tense, unnerving atmosphere. Longlegs also features an unforgettable performance from Cage that is equal parts wacky and nightmarish.

Told through fictionalized archival footage for a fake documentary, Late Night with the Devil tells the story of one tragic night of live TV, in which late-night host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) came face to face with evil itself. From Australian directing duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes, Late Night with the Devil wowed audiences at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival and continued to receive praise upon its theatrical release. Critics commended the film for the creative use of the “found footage” gimmick, as well as being both a scary and inventive take on possession horror.

On Halloween night in 1977, Jack Delroy hosts a special episode of his late-night talk show Night Owls with Jack Delroy, which has been struggling to compete for ratings against The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. But Delroy’s intent to give his audience a good scare with a real-life possessed girl doesn’t just go horribly awry, it ends up revealing Jack’s darkest secret.