HBO Max Halloween 2026 Collection Launches

The HBO Max Halloween 2026 collection, Horror Comes Home, has launched, bringing together the streaming service’s best horror programming into one chilling destination.

Available today and throughout October, viewers can explore a best-in-class lineup of acclaimed new releases, blockbuster franchises, genre-defining classics, and exclusive titles, delivering a month of unforgettable scares.

HBO Max Halloween 2026 Collection Launches

Setting the tone for a season of horror and dread, the HBO Max Halloween 2026 lineup kicked off early last month with the streaming debut of A24’s Backrooms, the studio’s highest-grossing film ever both domestically and worldwide. Throughout October, HBO Max will continue to debut a slate of acclaimed films and series, bringing fresh thrills to audiences every week.

Viewers can look forward to the premiere of Evil Dead Burn (debuts 10/2), and new HBO Original Documentary series The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story (debuts 10/11), alongside films available to stream now, including Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, The Strangers: Chapter 2, and undertone, delivering a lineup of horror entertainment throughout the season.

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Beyond the month’s newest arrivals, HBO Max offers audiences access to a lineup of horror films spanning every era of the genre. The collection includes modern standouts like Weapons, Sinners, Trap, Bring Her Back, Midsommar, Hereditary, and iconic franchise favorites from the universes of The Conjuring, Final Destination, It, Insidious, Blair Witch, The Strangers, and Evil Dead.

Viewers can also rediscover legendary horror classics including Carrie, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins, The Shining, and many more.

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HBO Max’s Horror Comes Home Halloween hub is spotlighting a variety of specially curated collections and refreshed artwork throughout the month. Programming rails include “Horror Comes Home,” “Trick or Treat,” “Must-Scream Horror,” “A Killer Movie Marathon,” “Haunted Hall of Fame,” “Creature Features,” “What’s Around The Corner” (debuts 10/2), and more themed homepage collections that celebrate the breadth and diversity of the horror genre.

In addition, horror fans can now tune into a new virtual channel, “Essential Horror,” which features a curated mix of series and films from the HBO Max horror catalog.