Pluto TV is rolling out one of its largest free horror libraries of the year this October, giving viewers a deep on-demand selection of slashers, supernatural thrillers, found-footage films, franchise entries, and horror-comedies beginning October 1, 2026. The Halloween Hits collection mixes recent theatrical hits with decades-old classics and cult titles, all available to stream at no cost throughout the month. Dedicated themed channels will run alongside the on-demand library, but the core offering is the ability to watch these movies anytime rather than waiting for a linear timeslot.
The slate is built around several clear groupings that spotlight major franchises and tones of horror on Pluto TV.
Scream Turns 30 The 30th anniversary of Wes Craven’s original film is marked by five entries from the franchise:
- Scream (1996)
- Scream 2
- Scream 3
- Scream 4
- Scream (2022), arriving October 8
Back to Camp Two notorious summer-camp slasher series return in force:
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Friday the 13th Part II
- Friday the 13th Part III
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- Sleepaway Camp
- Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
- Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
Paranormal Activity The found-footage series that helped define
Paranormal Activity The found-footage series that helped define a decade of low-budget scares is represented by:
- Paranormal Activity
- Paranormal Activity 2
- Paranormal Activity 3
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
- Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Long Live the King Stephen King adaptations form another major block and include:
- Carrie (2002)
- Cujo
- The Dead Zone
- The Dark Half
- Maximum Overdrive
- Pet Sematary (1989)
- Pet Sematary (2019)
- Secret Window
- Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
- Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
- Stephen King’s Thinner
- Additional King-related titles such as Sometimes They Come Back
Welcome to Raccoon City The early live-action Resident Evil films are back:
- Resident Evil
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Lighter Haunts Horror-comedies and comparatively lighter fare include:
- Scary Movie
- Scary Movie 2
- Scary Movie 3
- Scary Movie 4
- Scary Movie 5
- A Haunted House
- A Haunted House 2
- Shaun of the Dead
- Warm Bodies
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
- Cooties
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- The Monster Squad
- Idle Hands
- Anna and the Apocalypse
$100 Million Box Office Hits High-grossing theatrical titles arriving this month include:
- World War Z
- A Quiet Place Part II, available October 11
Double Feature Fridays adds four themed pairings that premiere on Pluto TV Spotlight at 8 p.m. ET before moving to on-demand. The October schedule is:
- October 9: Smile and Rosario
- October 16: Jennifer’s Body and Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
- October 23: A Quiet Place Part II and Diabolic
- October 30: Scream (2022) and Sleepwalker
Beyond those spotlight groups, the complete Halloween Hits on-demand collection stretches to well over 200 titles. It ranges from 1960s and 1970s landmarks such as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Wicker Man (1973), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) through 1980s and 1990s staples like The Fog (1980), Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty, and Idle Hands. Later entries cover the 2000s and 2010s with The Ring, The Ring Two, 28-adjacent found-footage and outbreak films, the Cube series, Quarantine and its sequel, Silent Hill and Silent Hill: Revelation, and multiple Children of the Corn, Leprechaun, Wishmaster, Mimic, and Return of the Living Dead installments.
More recent and mid-budget titles in the same
More recent and mid-budget titles in the same library include Hereditary, Smile, Midsommar, It Follows, Talk to Me, X (2022), Pearl, MaXXXine, Bones and All, Goodnight Mommy, Gretel & Hansel, The Woman in Black, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Escape Room, The Front Room, and Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Creature features, possession stories, and oddities such as The Lair of the White Worm, Phase IV, Lifeforce, Society-adjacent body horror, and several Amityville and Boogeyman sequels round out the catalog.
Taken together, the October 2026 on-demand drop gives free-streaming viewers an unusually broad horror menu that can be sampled in franchise order, by tone, or as a month-long binge. Most titles appear available from the start of the month, with the dated exceptions of Scream (2022) on October 8 and A Quiet Place Part II on October 11, plus the four Double Feature Friday pairings that follow their linear premieres.
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