Screambox’s tagline is “Discover horror you won’t find anywhere else,” and the service lives up to its promise with an eclectic film lineup. You can start by browsing the selections without having to sign up for a subscription.
After you sign up for an account, you gain access to all the content on the site, including Screambox-exclusive titles like Terrifier or When the Screaming Starts. Screambox also features documentaries that fall under the horror genre, such as Gibtown and Something to Scream About.
As mentioned earlier, you won’t find many well-known movies here, including those in our best horror films roundup. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any notable or good movies in the library; it just means you won;t find many blockbusters or well-loved classics. While other services offer thousands of movies, Screambox’s library features a significantly smaller selection, comprising only a few hundred titles.
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Other horror streaming services offer a more extensive selection of films for fans of scary movies. The Criterion Channel, for example, has many classic horror titles from master filmmakers, like The Fly and In the Mouth of Madness. Shudder offers an expansive movie library of exclusive and popular horror entries, too, like Evil Dead and 28 Weeks Later. Although they are not horror films in the strictest sense, Peacock’s library contains many Hitchcock thrillers.
More importantly, Peacock offers a vast collection of the Universal Classic Monsters movies, the first cinematic universe. The original Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man movies are there (not to mention The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, and many others), as well as many of their sequels and crossovers. For something more family-friendly, Apple TV+ has exclusive rights to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Screambox also offers TV series, such as 13 Nights of Elvira. It has a “live TV” service, similar to Shout Factory TV, that broadcasts content 24/7. Shudder is a better destination for original and exclusive horror series. For horror TV show suggestions, check out our list of the best original horror shows.
The service also has a fair number of silent films from the early 20th century, like Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror and 1925’s Phantom of the Opera. Film fans will be intrigued by the silent-era gem Frankenstein, from 1910. The film was produced by Thomas Edison, and it’s the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel. It’s essential to remember that streaming libraries are constantly evolving over time.
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