What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
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Goosebumps 1995
Series
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
The sides of Goosebumps
- Ordinary kids in spooky situations
- A new monster or curse every episode
- R.L. Stine's books brought to TV
Good for you if
- you like gentle scares with a twist at the end.
- you want horror you can watch with children.
- you want scary stories without blood.
Bad for you if
- you find 1990s TV masks and effects dated.
- you want horror with real stakes for grown ups.
About: fear · courage · childhood
It 1990
Series
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
The sides of It
- A shape-shifting clown called Pennywise
- Seven outcast kids in a small town in 1960
- The same friends reunited thirty years later
Good for you if
- you like being scared by a clown in a storm drain.
- you like the Losers' Club sticking together against bullies and worse.
- you like a story that cuts between seven kids and the adults they became.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch children dying or abusive parents.
- a TV miniseries from 1990 feels dated to you.
About: childhood fear · friendship · memory · bullying
Stranger Things 2016
Series
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
The sides of Stranger Things
- The eighties
- A gang of friends
- Monsters and real fear
- A family you choose
Good for you if
- you love the 1980s: bikes, walkie-talkies, arcade games.
- you like a monster hunt in a small town.
- you like a gang of kids who never leave a friend behind.
Bad for you if
- creatures and gore are too scary for you or the kids.
- five long seasons is more than you want to start.
About: friendship · growing up · the unknown
Supernatural 2005
Series
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
The sides of Supernatural
- Two brothers hunting monsters
- A black Impala
- Angels, demons and the end of the world
Good for you if
- you like a bond between two brothers above everything.
- you like a monster of the week.
- you like Sam and Dean fighting demons with salt, shotguns and a '67 Impala.
Bad for you if
- fifteen seasons is far more than you want to start.
- gore and bloody fights ruin a show for you.
About: family · sacrifice · fate
Marianne 2019
Series
When a novelist realizes her terrifying stories are coming true, she returns to her hometown to face the demons from her past that inspire her writing.
The sides of Marianne
- A horror novelist whose stories come true
- A seaside hometown in Brittany
- A witch from her teenage years
Good for you if
- you like being scared by a face that smiles in the dark.
- you like a haunted seaside town lit in eerie reds and greens.
- you like a curse that bleeds out of a writer's books.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gory, disturbing images.
- you need everything to have a rational explanation.
About: guilt · childhood · writing
Salem's Lot 1979
Series
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
The sides of Salem's Lot
- A writer back in his hometown
- A house on the hill everyone fears
- A vampire turning a town
Good for you if
- you like a child floating at the window at night.
- you like a small town falling apart one neighbour at a time.
- you like 1970s TV horror from Stephen King's novel.
Bad for you if
- three hours over two parts is too much for you.
- you want bloody vampire horror, and this 1979 TV version keeps the gore off screen.
About: evil · fear · home
Annabelle Comes Home 2019
Film
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
The sides of Annabelle Comes Home
- A possessed doll behind glass
- A babysitter alone with the Warrens' daughter
- A room full of cursed objects
Good for you if
- you like one long night where something waits in every room.
- you like a babysitter and her friend sticking by little Judy Warren.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand jump scares and creepy dolls.
- you want a horror film with a twist you never saw coming.
About: evil · grief · childhood
Child's Play 1988
Film
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
The sides of Child's Play
- A serial killer's soul in a doll
- A six-year-old boy named Andy
- A mother nobody believes
Good for you if
- you like a toy that turns into a killer.
- you like Chucky swearing at the people he attacks.
- you like 1980s horror with puppet effects.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand murders seen through a child's world.
- you want a doll movie for your children. This doll holds a strangler's soul.
About: evil · motherhood · childhood
The Summer Hikaru Died 2025
Anime
Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.
The sides of The Summer Hikaru Died
- A childhood friend replaced by something else
- A rural village with old secrets
- A summer of dread in the countryside
Good for you if
- you like quiet horror, where a friend's smile is the scariest thing.
- you like a rural village whose old secrets surface over one summer.
- you like a story about how far you would go to keep a friend close.
Bad for you if
- you need a horror story that moves fast.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · identity · belonging
A Haunting 2005
Documentary
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable. Based on true events, A Haunting dramatises some of the scariest stories, revealing a world in which tragedy, suicide and murder have left psychic impressions so powerful that innocent people become forced to deal with them decades later. Through mesmerizing first-person accounts, the mystery and origin of each haunting is powerfully revealed and leaves a lingering sense that life—and death—are much stronger then anyone could have possibly imagined.
The sides of A Haunting
- Families who say their homes are haunted
- Reenactments of paranormal events
- First-person testimonies
Good for you if
- you like being scared by stories people swear really happened.
- you like tracing a haunting back to what happened in the house.
Bad for you if
- you won't commit to twelve seasons of the same format.
- you need proof, not testimonies and reenactments.
About: fear · the past · belief
The Shining 1980
Film
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
The sides of The Shining
- An empty hotel in winter
- A father going mad
- A boy riding his tricycle down the halls
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds slowly in empty corridors.
- you like long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle.
- you like a performance that becomes truly frightening.
Bad for you if
- you scare easily. Some images stay for years.
- you can't watch a family threatened by the father. Jack's drinking and rage turn on his wife and son.
About: isolation · madness · family
American Horror Story 2011
Series
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
The sides of American Horror Story
- A new horror story each season
- A haunted house, an asylum, a coven, a freak show
- The same actors in new roles
Good for you if
- you like ghosts, witches and killers, a new nightmare every season.
- you like a story that gets stranger with every episode.
- you like camp horror that laughs at its own excess.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore, torture and cruel deaths.
- you can't commit to thirteen seasons, even when each one stands alone.
About: madness · sin · outsiders · family secrets
1408 2007
Film
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
The sides of 1408
- A writer who debunks haunted places
- One hotel room nobody survives
- A clock counting down from one hour
Good for you if
- you like a hotel room that turns against the man inside it.
- you want to be locked in one room until the end.
- you like watching John Cusack carry a film almost alone.
Bad for you if
- you want to know exactly what happened in the room.
- you can't take a story about grieving a lost child.
About: grief · disbelief · guilt
Monster House 2006
Film
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
The sides of Monster House
- A house across the street that eats people
- Three kids on the eve of Halloween
- A grumpy old neighbor named Nebbercracker
Good for you if
- you want a spooky film to watch with children.
- you like kids panicking and joking in front of a living house.
- you like three kids teaming up when no adult believes them.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want real horror, not a scare for kids.
About: childhood · grief · courage
American Horror Stories 2021
Series
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
The sides of American Horror Stories
- Standalone horror episodes
- Urban legends and Halloween myths
- Return visits to the Murder House
Good for you if
- you like a new scare every episode, from haunted houses to urban legends.
- you like odd premises, like a banned film that turns its audience into killers.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore and bloody kills.
- you want characters you follow from season to season, not a new cast each week.
About: urban legends · guilt · revenge
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 1969
Series
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and the talking dog, Scooby-Doo, travel on the Mystery Machine van, in search of weird mysteries to solve.
The sides of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Four teenagers and a talking dog
- A van called the Mystery Machine
- Ghosts unmasked at the end
Good for you if
- you want a mystery young children can follow.
- you like knowing the monster is a man in a mask.
- you like Velma working out who is behind the haunting.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch cartoons.
- you find 1960s cartoons dated.
- you want a ghost story that is actually scary.
About: friendship · courage · curiosity
It 2017
Film
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
The sides of It
- A clown in the sewers
- A gang of misfit kids
- Summer in a small town
Good for you if
- you want proper scares and a clown you won't forget.
- you like a group of outcast kids who stick together.
- you like horror with real jokes. Richie never stops talking, even with a clown after him.
Bad for you if
- children in danger and blood ruin it for you.
- a predatory father and a murdered little brother are too much for you.
About: fear · friendship · growing up
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 2022
Series
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
The sides of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
- Eight separate horror tales
- Guillermo del Toro introducing each story
- Monsters, demons and gothic houses
Good for you if
- you like a different nightmare every episode.
- you like Guillermo del Toro's gothic sets and creatures.
- you like stories where the strange slowly takes over.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore and body horror.
- you want characters to follow all season. Each of the eight tales has a new cast.
About: greed · death · curiosity
Rose Red 2002
Series
Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly haunted mansion called Rose Red.
The sides of Rose Red
- A professor and a team of psychics
- A haunted mansion that keeps growing
- A gifted autistic girl named Annie
Good for you if
- you like a Stephen King haunted house story.
- you like a house with rooms and corridors that shouldn't exist.
- you like a group of psychics each with a different gift.
Bad for you if
- a miniseries in several long parts is too much for you.
- you need a story that gets to the scares quickly.
About: obsession · the supernatural · grief
The X-Files 1993
Series
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The sides of The X-Files
- Two FBI agents on cases nobody else wants
- A believer and a skeptic
- A government hiding the truth about aliens
Good for you if
- you like Mulder and Scully driving into a new small town with a new unexplained case.
- you like being creeped out by a monster of the week.
- you like UFOs, mutants and folklore treated as police work.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to eleven seasons.
- you need the alien conspiracy to be fully explained in the end.
About: belief · conspiracy · trust