Creepy Classics & Hidden Gems: Free Full-Length Horror Movies Online

Looking for free horror movies online to scare yourself silly this Halloween? You’re in luck. From forgotten classic horror like The Changeling starring George C. Scott to chilling anthologies like Trilogy of Terror, these hidden gems will raise the hair on your arms and keep you glued to the screen. Whether you want to face killer clowns in Terrifier, unravel the twisted minds in Patient Seven, or uncover the eerie secrets of The Legend of Jack and Jill, this Halloween movie watchlist has everything you need to stream full-length horror films for free.

Perfect for both longtime fans and anyone looking to discover scary movies they’ve never seen.

The Changeling (1980)

The Changeling is a 1980 supernatural horror mystery starring George C. Scott as the film’s main character, John Russell. The plot begins with Russell losing his wife and daughter in a tragic car accident, which prompts him to uproot his life and relocate to Seattle. He ends up renting a mansion that’s sat vacant for many years, which only adds to his lonely existence as a musician. Russell begins to experience strange occurrences in the mansion, which lead him on a terrifying yet entrancing journey to uncover the source of the haunting events.

Schalcken the Painter (1979)

Schalcken the Painter is a British television horror film based on the 1839 story “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” by Sheridan Le Fanu, and stars Jeremy Clyde as Godfried Schalcken and Maurice Denham as Gerrit Dou. This one may only be available on the YouTube platform for age-verification purposes.

Trilogy of Terror (1975)

Trilogy of Terror is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black. It features three segments, each based on unrelated short stories by Richard Matheson.

Patient Seven (2023)

The horror anthology film Patient Seven stars the well-known actor Michael Ironside as a mysterious psychologist who interviews patients at a mental hospital. Each patient’s strange story and condition reveal clues about how they’re all connected to someone known as “Patient Seven.” Each segment highlights Dr. Marcus’s disturbing methods, making the movie feel like a mix of horror and thriller from start to finish.

The Legend of Jack and Jill (2021)

Was the original “Jack and Jill” nursery rhyme not creepy enough for you? Then The Legend of Jack and Jill might be just what you’re looking for. This British horror movie, released in 2021, has already racked up over 4.2 million views on the V Horror YouTube channel. The story follows Jack and Jill after they escape from a psychiatric hospital with their mother and move “up the hill,” where they live for many years. But when people start disappearing and a group of hikers visits the hill, they soon discover the terrifying truth — the feral siblings are still there, waiting.

They Look Like People (2015)

Wyatt (played by MacLeod Andrews) is struggling to find a place to live while dealing with his mental health. He’s convinced that monsters are hiding among people and are out to get him. After running into his old best friend Christian (Evan Dumouchel), the two reconnect as Christian faces his own problems at work and in his personal life. But as they spend more time together, Wyatt’s paranoia grows — and Christian slowly starts to wonder if his friend might actually be right about the monsters lurking everywhere.

Citadel (2012)

Tommy and his wife Joanne live in a run-down apartment building, just trying to make ends meet. After their baby is born, tragedy strikes when Joanne is murdered, leaving Tommy heartbroken and afraid. Overcome with paranoia, he locks himself away from the world. But when the same group of attackers breaks into his home — and he discovers they’re actually violent children — Tommy turns to a priest for help. With the aid of a blind child who can sense the creatures, the three set out for an abandoned building where they believe the monsters are hiding.

Terrifier (2018)

Two sisters are out celebrating Halloween, hopping from party to party, when they spot a creepy-looking clown at a restaurant. Annoyed by the strange man, they brush him off and continue their night — not realizing he’s stalking them with deadly intentions. When they run into a nearby building to escape, they soon discover the horrifying truth: the clown is inside, brutally killing everyone in his path as he hunts them down.

La Cabina (1972)

The 1972 Spanish TV film La Cabina (‘the Telephone Box’), is a 35-minute gem of perfectly-paced, developing terror conceived by Antonio Mercero and José Luis Garci and directed by Mercero. It has a simple premise but weaves in layers of themes and effects that lift it well above the norm. This one will remain with you.

The Gourmet (1987)

A strange and unsettling short film from the pen of novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, later author of science fiction novel Never Let Me Go, adapted for the screen by Mark Romanek in 2010 and for Japanese television six years after that. First broadcast on 4 January, The Gourmet film has scarcely been seen since but it certainly due re-discovery. Charles Gray stars as the wonderfully named Manley Kingston, the jaded gourmet of the title who has travelled the world sampling any and every food he can find, including human flesh. Bored and despairing of ever tasting anything new again, he’s given a temporary new lease of life when he meets a man who claims to have eaten a ghost. Teaming up with a young down-and-out, David (Mick Ford), Kingston attempts to trap the ghost of a homeless man in a derelict church and fulfil his new desire to taste something that is, literally, not of this earth.

EXTRA:

Bill Hader plays a caricature of horror actor Vincent Price, hosting a cheesy (and invariably botched) holiday special. This one aired October 25, 2008.

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