Best Horror Movies on Hulu Plus 2015: The Streaming Service Crushing Netflix This Halloween [Part 1]

The Beyond and The House By The Cemetery are two excellent Lucio Fulcio horror movies available on Hulu Plus for Halloween 2015.
The Beyond and The House By The Cemetery are two excellent Lucio Fulcio horror movies available on Hulu Plus for Halloween 2015. Fulvia Film

It’s hard to say exactly when this happened, but if you’re looking for streaming horror movies the selection at Hulu Plus absolutely crushes Netflix. Just like Netflix, Hulu Plus has a lot of dreck bulking its collection, but the diamonds to dirt ratio is much higher, and it’s not just the Criterion Collection picks either. Here are the 13 best horror movies available for streaming on Hulu Plus.

The Best Horror Movies On Hulu Plus For Halloween 2015

13. Hellraiser

HELLRAISER
HELLRAISER Film Futures

Clive Barker captures the darkest side of the 80’s spirit in this icky dive into broken humans, death drive sexual impulse, and mythic quasi-demonology. Simultaneously elevated—with baroque dialogue and Pinhead’s earnest philosophy—and deeply grungy, gooey, sleazy, Hellraiser is an upsetting treat, like ice cream from curdled milk.

12. You’re Next

YOU'RE NEXT.
YOU'RE NEXT. Lionsgate

While modern mainstream horror has been built on too many bad fads and found footage, a number of new horror voices are bubbling up through the cracks. And while Ben Wheatley, Jennifer Kent, Adam Wingard, nor Ti West have yet throttled an entire decade like John Carpenter did, many are just getting started. 2011’s You’re Next is a perfect example of what the current crop can offer, with a ripping pace, self-aware tone, and plenty of blood.

11. House

HAUSU
HAUSU Toho Studios

Japanese insanity inside a haunted house loaded with carnivorous pianos, evil cats, and floating heads. There’s nothing quite like it, House is more seizure than movie.

10. Ginger Snaps

A werewolf in GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED.
A werewolf in GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED. Motion International

A fantastic coming-of-age werewolf movie, Ginger Snaps is raw, brutal, and very angsty. Not since An American Werewolf in London have such fantastic werewolf effects been combined with characters you actually care about.

9. Cannibal Holocaust

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST United Artists Europa

While a genuinely nasty movie, featuring real animals being torn apart and sickening cannibal violence, Cannibal Holocaust is also a surprisingly well-made pseudo-documentary. While Cannibal Holocaust is unlikely to trick anyone with its found footage stylings, the grungy vibe is sure to make your skin crawl.

8. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Michael Rooker as HENRY
Michael Rooker as HENRY Greycat Films

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer has none of the compensations horror movie fans have come to expect for their time. There is no entertaining gore (though Henry does get blood), no supernatural distance, and no outrageous high concept. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is unlike any other serial killer movie you've ever seen because there is nothing elevated in Henry's work. He is not an urbane genius like Hannibal Lecter, or a creature of alien ritual like Buffalo Bill. Instead, Henry is just a squalid little man who kills and kills and kills. While not exactly entertaining, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is horror.

For the final seven of the 13 best horror movies available on Hulu Plus, check out Part 2.

Best Horror Movies on Hulu Plus 2015: The Streaming Service Crushing Netflix This Halloween [Part 2]

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