As Spooky Season rolls around, enjoy Halloween movies and eerie TV shows and episodes, screaming now on iPlayer…

Published: October 19, 2024 — Searching for Halloween movies and TV to watch this spooky season? BBC iPlayer has got you covered.

There’s a wide variety of spooky and spine-tingling titles on offer so there’s bound to be something that’ll have you hiding behind the sofa.

With thrills and chills for trick or treaters of all ages, be sure to check the guidance before you press play!

Halloween Movies on BBC iPlayer

There’s quite the selection of spooky films on offer for Halloween on BBC iPlayer.

The Blair Witch Project

On the trail of a local legend about a witch, three student film-makers ignore warnings from locals and go into the Maryland woods for the weekend. Deep in the forest and miles from help, they learn the terrifying truth.

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Get Out

Chris and his girlfriend Rose head to upstate New York to meet her parents for the first time. When they arrive, Rose’s parents are genial and welcoming to him, but the more time he spends with them and their quiet, obedient servants, the more Chris feels that something is very wrong.

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Us

A family of four set off for their annual summer vacation. Arriving at the beautiful holiday location, they find themselves terrorised by a mysterious group of trespassers: their own doppelgangers.

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Candyman

For decades, residents of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green have heard stories of a supernatural killer known only as Candyman, allegedly the resurrected soul of a murdered slave wanting to exact vengeance on his killers.

In the present day, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) have moved into a luxury loft condo in a now gentrified Cabrini-Green. A chance encounter with a local old-timer (Colman Domingo) exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman and unleashes a wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

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Classic Frights and Delights

There are plenty more titles screaming now and coming soon for cinema lovers and thrill seekers to devour.

The Wicker Man

In this 1973 film a puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.

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Horror Express

In this 1970s classic cult horror, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, an English palaeontologist discovers a frozen two-million-year-old anthropoid monster with mystical powers. On the train journey home, the beast thaws, comes back to life and wreaks havoc among the passengers of the train.

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