Halloween Watch List 2026: 24 Black and Latino Horror Films to Stream Now
Every October, the internet hands you the same list: a masked man, a haunted doll, a cabin in the woods. Fine films, but the same voices are doing the screaming every time. This list centers the Black and brown filmmakers and stars who've been reshaping horror for decades, and who made the genre's best work this year too.
It's built for your mood: new releases worth leaving the house for, the Black horror canon you should own, scares from Latin America and beyond, and a shelf for the friend who says, "I don't do scary movies."
New this year
2026 was a big year for horror, and some of its best work came from Black filmmakers and stars. Start here.
Backrooms
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a furniture-store owner who finds a door in his basement that opens onto an endless maze of rooms. It became the highest-grossing film in A24's history.
Where to watch: HBO Max
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Nia DaCosta, the director of Candyman (2021), takes over the 28 Days Later saga, with Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell.
Where to watch: Rent or buy digitally
Parasomnia
Written and directed by James Ross II, starring Jasmine Mathews. A woman haunted by night terrors comes to believe the demon from her sleep has taken her missing best friend.
Where to watch: Shudder
V/H/S/Mixtape
An anthology where music is what kills you. Segments come from Ernest Dickerson (Demon Knight) and RZA, with interludes by Flying Lotus.
Where to watch: Shudder
Black Zombie
Maya Annik Bedward's documentary traces the zombie from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood, and reframes it as a story about slavery, survival and resistance. It has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Where to watch: In select theaters through Kino Lorber; check local listings
Black horror essentials
Before Get Out made "elevated horror" a marketing term, Black filmmakers were already using the genre to say what polite society wouldn't. This is the shelf every horror fan should own, in order from newest to oldest.
Sinners (2025)
Ryan Coogler's Jim Crow–era vampire epic, starring Michael B. Jordan in a double role. It's about blues music, Black-owned business and who gets to keep what they build.
Where to stream: HBO Max
Master (2022)
Mariama Diallo's debut. Regina Hall plays the first Black "master" of a New England college that is haunted by more than ghosts.
Where to stream: Prime Video
Us (2019)
Jordan Peele's doppelgänger nightmare, with Lupita Nyong'o giving two of the decade's best performances.
Where to stream: HBO Max
Get Out (2017)
The film that changed the genre's economics and its vocabulary. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams and that teacup.
Where to stream: Peacock (leaving after Halloween), FXNow
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Kasi Lemmons's Southern Gothic masterpiece is more haunting than scary, and you'll remember it longer than most of what's on this list.
Where to stream: Criterion Channel, Peacock, free on Kanopy and Hoopla
Tales from the Hood (1995)
Rusty Cundieff's anthology takes on police violence, domestic abuse and racist politicians, with Clarence Williams III as the funeral director from hell.
Where to stream: Starz
Candyman (1992)
Tony Todd's tragic, towering villain. Watch it as a double feature with Nia DaCosta's 2021 sequel.
Where to stream: Prime Video
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Bill Gunn's experimental vampire film, with Duane Jones of Night of the Living Dead. It's a cult classic and the root of a lot of what came after.
Where to stream: Free on Kanopy and Hoopla with a library card
Streaming availability checked October 2026 and subject to change.
Scares from Latin America and beyond
Latin America has its own ghosts: weeping women, the disappeared, myths from the forest. Its filmmakers have been turning that history into some of the best horror anywhere.
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Guillermo del Toro's dark fairy tale turns 20 this year. It's back in theaters in a 4K, 3D re-release, so catch it on a big screen if you can.
Where to watch: Select theaters through Fathom; otherwise rent or buy digitally
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017, Mexico)
Issa López's ghost story follows children orphaned by the cartel wars. It's the film that made Hollywood call her.
Where to watch: Shudder, AMC+
La Llorona (2019, Guatemala)
Jayro Bustamante makes the weeping-woman legend a reckoning with the genocide of Guatemala's Maya people. Skip the Hollywood version and watch this one.
Where to watch: Shudder, AMC+, free on Hoopla
Good Manners (2018, Brazil)
Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's werewolf film is about a nanny, a pregnancy and class in São Paulo. It's tender, strange and nothing like you expect.
Where to watch: Free on Tubi, Plex and Kanopy
Cronos (1993, Mexico)
Del Toro's feature debut: an antiques dealer, a golden device and a hunger for eternal life.
Where to watch: HBO Max
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964, Brazil)
José Mojica Marins created Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe), Brazil's homegrown horror icon. This is where Brazilian horror starts.
Where to watch: Rent or buy digitally
Beware Boiúna (2026)
A Hollywood creature feature built on the Amazon's giant-serpent legend, in which a medical mission on Brazil's Curuçá River runs into Boiúna. Pure popcorn.
Where to watch: In theaters since October 2; check local listings
Spooky, not scary
For the friend who watches horror through her fingers, and for family night with the grandkids.
Scary Movie (2026)
The Wayans brothers are back, and so are Regina Hall and Anna Faris as Brenda and Cindy. Horror is the punchline, not the point.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Coco (2017)
Pixar's Día de los Muertos story is about memory, music and the family who came before you. Have tissues ready.
Where to stream: Disney+
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Eddie Murphy plays a real estate agent who books the wrong house. Pure fun.
Where to stream: Disney+
The Addams Family (1991)
Raúl Juliá's Gomez is one of the great comic performances of the '90s, with Anjelica Huston as Morticia.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Your move
Twenty-four films, from a 1964 Brazilian original to this fall's new releases. That's enough for every night between now and Halloween, with a few left over for November.
What's missing? Tell me the Black or Latino horror film you rewatch every October: tag @kathiawoodstv on TikTok. The best picks make next year's list. And for culture, film and travel picks in your inbox, sign up for The Refill, the Cup of Soul newsletter.
Streaming availability from JustWatch, checked October 2026 and subject to change.
