14 Halloween Movie Picks To Watch On Disney+ & Hulu
by Explore Disney+ Contributor
October 1, 2026
Build your movie night with Halloween favorites, timeless classics, two new releases, and R-rated after-dark scares
Choosing a movie should be easier than carving a pumpkin. Get into the spirit of Huluween on Disney+ with our Halloween movie picks, including some must-watch 2026 releases to help you build your Halloween Watchlist. Expect some family-friendly Halloween watches, haunted-house adventures, moody monster stories, and full-blooded horror.
New Halloween Movies For 2026
Want to kick off October with something recent? Check out these two new releases: A survival-game sequel and an AI thriller about a companion that turns dangerous.
Sisters Enter A Deadlier Game: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Hulu
Grace barely gets a breath in after surviving the Le Domas attack. Her “prize” is a larger, nastier game involving four rival families and the High Seat of a secret Council. This time, her estranged sister Faith is trapped beside her, so Grace has another life to protect. Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton bring sisterly friction to the mayhem, while the R-rated horror-comedy brings out the knives. (Hulu)*
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An AI Soulmate Becomes Malware: SOULM8TE, Hulu
Booting up to fulfill your every need, anticipate your every desire, and love you unconditionally, director and co-writer Kate Dolan delivers a provocative thriller that blurs the line between coded devotion and obsession. SOULM8TE follows a grieving engineer tasked with testing a ruthless tech giant’s new artificially intelligent android. But when he attempts to program her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own - unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem. (Hulu)*
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Hocus Pocus Movies
Make it a Sanderson sisters double feature, starting with the original before moving on to Hocus Pocus 2.
Run Amok With The Sanderson Sisters: Hocus Pocus
Have a devil of a time with Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson, the outlandishly wild witch sisters who return from 17th-century Salem after they're accidentally conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters. It's a night full of zany fun and comic chaos as the tricky 300-year-old trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth, but first they must get their act together and outwit three kids and a talking cat. The movie’s status as a seasonal staple was celebrated with a 25th-anniversary Halloween special.
The Black Flame Burns Again: Hocus Pocus 2
The Sanderson sisters are back, but this time a new generation of Salem teens face the consequences of the Black Flame Candle. 29 years after the first Salem disaster, the sisters return with revenge on the agenda. A group of high school students must stop them before dawn, while Billy Butcherson gets pulled back into the commotion. This PG sequel makes an easy double feature with the original.
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Haunted Mansion Movies
Same attraction, different adventures. These two movies offer separate takes on Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
Eddie Murphy Meets 999 Happy Haunts: The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Eddie Murphy stars as a real estate agent whose family comes face-to-face with 999 grim, grinning ghosts at the creepy old Gracey Manor. With the help of supernatural psychic Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly), they must hilariously battle to break the mansion’s age-old curse before the clock strikes 13.
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New Orleans Has Supernatural Squatters: Haunted Mansion (2023)
New Orleans real estate gets a ghostly warning label when Gabbie and her 9-year-old son Travis move into a suspiciously affordable mansion. Their bed-and-breakfast dream soon requires an eccentric paranormal crew to evict the supernatural squatters. This PG-13 adventure features a larger ensemble cast, more ride callbacks, and recognizable attraction touches, including the Hatbox Ghost and Madame Leota.
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More Halloween Movie Picks On Disney+
Prefer a single pick to a double feature? Browse these titles to find your next watch.
The Sharpest Outsider In Suburbia: Edward Scissorhands
Once upon a time, a kindly inventor created a charming young man named Edward. But the inventor died before he finished Edward, who had sharp metal shears for hands. Edward was sad and alone until a kind Avon lady invited him to live with her family in the fantastical land of Suburbia.
Add Edward Scissorhands to Watchlist
Sparky Gets A Second Chance: Frankenweenie (2012)
From Disney and creative genius Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland (2010), Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) comes the hilarious and offbeat Frankenweenie, a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life, with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous.
Add Frankenweenie (2012) to Watchlist
The Pumpkin King Takes On Christmas: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Enter an extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder, where every holiday has its own special land. This is the heartfelt tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town and all things that go bump in the night. Bored with the same old tricks and treats, he yearns for something more, and soon stumbles upon the glorious magic of Christmas Town. When Jack decides to bring this joyful holiday back to Halloween Town, his dream to fill Santa's shoes unravels, and it's up to Sally, the rag doll who loves him, to stitch things together again.
Add Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas to Watchlist
A Monster Hunt In Black & White: Marvel Studios’ Werewolf by Night
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerges from the shadows and gathers at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic, a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster. Inspired by horror movies of the 1930s and 1940s, the chilling special aims to evoke a sense of dread and the macabre, with plenty of suspense and scares along the way as we explore a new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Horror & Thriller Movies For Halloween
Ready to turn up the scares for a Huluween movie night? Every title here carries an R rating, with picks spanning occult dread, domestic suspicion, psychological unease, and splatter comedy.
The Nanny Is Hiding Something: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Hulu
Welcoming a stranger into your home is nerve-racking enough. A secret identity makes it even worse. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Caitlin Morales, a suburban mother who hires nanny Polly Murphy, played by Maika Monroe. Caitlin soon realizes Polly is hiding her true identity. Michelle Garza Cervera directs this modern reimagining, built for anyone who likes psychological suspense uncomfortably close to home. In an interview, the cast and director explain how they reframed the 1992 original around motherhood, identity, and power. (Hulu)*
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An FBI Case Turns Occult: Longlegs, Hulu
Silence does a lot of the screaming here. An FBI agent follows occult clues while hunting a serial killer whose murder spree is still underway. Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage lead Osgood Perkins’ uncanny 2024 procedural, which rewards viewers who prefer mounting dread over a jump-scare sprint. (Hulu)*
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A Dark Deal Moves Downstairs: The Man in My Basement, Hulu
A new tenant can solve a money problem or unlock a much darker one. Charles Blakey is close to losing his ancestral Sag Harbor home when a peculiar businessman named Anniston offers to rent the basement for the summer. Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe turn a simple arrangement into a slow psychological chamber piece about inheritance and power. (Hulu)*
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A Wind-Up Toy Starts A Killing Spree: The Monkey, Hulu
That wind-up drum is bad news. Twin brothers Hal and Bill discover a sinister toy whose arrival is followed by outrageous deaths, tearing their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the estranged brothers must reunite when the killing starts again. Osgood Perkins turns Stephen King’s short story into an R-rated horror-comedy powered by absurd gore that is sure to trigger shocked laughter. (Hulu)*
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Don’t Let Your Halloween Watch Party End
One movie down? Keep the decorations up.
Watch a show with our Best Halloween Shows Watch Guide, or go heavier with our Horror Watch Guide. Our Family Halloween Movies and Shows guide keeps the younger crowd covered. Want more adult scares? Head to Huluween and keep the lights low.
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