Searching for Halloween movies or TV to watch as the witching hour draws near? 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.
You can check out some new additions including Jordan Peele’s psychological ‘meet the parents’ horror and Best Screenplay Oscar winner Get Out as well as his doppelganger follow up, Us.
And if you’re searching for a supernatural thriller you can try The Turning – a modern day adaptation of ghost story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
There are plenty of chilling and thrilling classics for cinema lovers and thrill seekers to devour too.
You can choose from…
The Omen
The Exorcist
The Shining
Poltergeist
Don’t Look Now
The Babadook
And that’s just a taster of the selection of the Horror movies and Thrillers you can watch right now on BBC iPlayer.
Halloween TV thrills and chills
There’s plenty of thrilling and chilling TV to sink your teeth into on BBC iPlayer, including a brand new adaptation of Interview With The Vampire, based on Anne Rice’s best-selling novel.
There’s also horror-drama series Red Rose, which may just change the way you look at your phone forever.
If that’s not enough you can discover sinister secrets in Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off slasher series Original Sin. Plus there’s enough chatter about curses to satisfy all your spooky needs in Pretty Little Liars: Ravenswood.
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Watch the trailer for Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone below
If it’s paranormal activity you’re after then look no further – for there are poltergeists aplenty on BBC iPlayer.
Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone sees Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri investigate a seemingly ordinary farmhouse in north Wales which, in the late 1990s, was widely considered the most haunted house in Britain.
And Danny Robins takes his Uncanny podcast series from BBC Sounds to the screen, investigating stories of the paranormal in the new series of the same name.
Brace yourself for a Quacky killer duck in BBC Three comedy horror series Wreck, sink your fangs into What We Do In The Shadows (try the movie, the TV series – or both!) and have an absolute scream at Button House with the Ghosts.
And you can always take a trip Inside No. 9, where anything could happen… especially at Halloween.
Doctor Who(lloween)
Fancy some Who-lloween thrills?
There are plenty of eerie Doctor Who episodes available from The Empty Child to The Waters of Mars, Midnight to The God Complex, Silence in the Library to The Halloween Apocalypse, Village of The Angels, Listen, Hide, Blink and more.
Watch Doctor Who on BBC iPlayer below
Family-friendly Halloween Movies and TV
There’s spooktacular live-action comedy in The Spooky Files and everyone – from The Demon Headmaster to Young Dracula, Horrible Histories and The Worst Witch – is getting in on the Hallowscream action in a special BBC iPlayer collection.
For younger ghosts and ghouls there are plenty of frights and delights in the Halloween Tricks and Treats collection, from Supertato’s spooky supermarket to a Halloween party in the CBeebies House, Hey Duggee’s Halloween song and much, much more!
Catch Coco – a musical adventure following a young boy’s journey to the Land of The Dead – on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 29 October.
Plus there’s fun for all the family with the Strictly Come Dancing Halloween Special on Saturday 28 October from 6.40pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Of course, that’s just a selection of the spooky offerings available to watch. Check out the full range – and much more – on BBC iPlayer.
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