We Put Together a Comprehensive List of Everything Horror & Sci-fi on HBO!
Josh Millican
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The headline says it all!
If you can stream HBO’s film library, but wish you could sort by genre, we’ve got you covered. Assembled for your convenience, here’s everything horror and sci-fi related, arranged alphabetically. Bookmark this page and check back often for updates. Enjoy!
Enjoy all of these titles on HBO NOW, the streaming service arm of HBO.
HORROR SERIES
Los Espookys (Directed by Fernando Frias)
Synopsis:
A group of friends turn their love for horror into a peculiar business,
providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where
the strange and eerie are just part of daily life.
Folklore (Various Directors)
Synopsis:
This HBO Asia Original horror anthology series features the deeply-rooted
superstitions and myths across six Asian countries, including Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Room 104 (Created by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass)
Synopsis:
Set in a single room of an average American hotel, telling a different story
of the assorted guests who pass through.
True Blood (Created by Alan Ball)
Synopsis:
Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural
world when she meets the mysterious Bill, a southern Louisiana gentleman and
vampire.
HORROR/SCI-FI FILMS:
Arachnophobia (Directed by Frank Marshall)
Synopsis:
A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a
coffin and starts to breed and kill.
Captivity (Directed by Roland Joffé)
Synopsis:
A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their
kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is
revealed.
Cast A Deadly Spell (Directed by Martin Campbell)
Synopsis:
In a fantastical 40’s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled
detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
The Darkest Minds (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson)
Synopsis:
Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of
teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their
future.
Darkman (Directed by Sam Raimi)
Synopsis:
A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people
who burned him alive.
Darkman II: The Return of Durant (Directed by Bradford May)
Synopsis:
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This
time, Durant has plans to take over the city’s drug trade using high-tech
weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.
Darkman III: Die, Darkman, Die! (Directed by Bradford May)
Synopsis:
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals
a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker, attracting the gangster’s
attention. Rooker is determined to find the source of Darkman’s super strength,
and uses his beautiful but evil doctor to lure Darkman into a trap. Thinking
that the doctor will restore feeling to his tortured body, he discovers too
late that they have taken a sample of his adrenaline, which they will market as
a super steroid. As Darkman plans his revenge on Rooker’s gang, he slowly
begins to care about Rooker’s neglected wife and daughter. He must now find a
way to help them, and destroy Rooker before he uses the adrenaline to plunge
the city into chaos.
Dawn of the Dead (Directed by Zack Snyder)
Synopsis:
A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other
survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating
zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
Daybreak (Directed by Stephen Tolkin)
Synopsis:
This drama, based on Alan Bowne’s play “Beirut,” takes place in a
decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
Down a Dark Hall (Directed by Rodrigo Cortés)
Synopsis:
A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood
Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious
headmistress, Madame Duret.
Dracula (Directed by John Badham)
Synopsis:
In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels
to England in search of an immortal bride.
El paramo aka The Squad (Directed by Jaime Osorio Marquez)
Synopsis:
After losing contact with a military base, a high mountain unit is sent to
investigate. Upon arrival, they find only a woman in chains. Isolation and the
impossibility of escape serve to undermine the soldiers’ judgment.
Fahrenheit 451 (Directed by Ramin Bahrani)
Synopsis:
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a
fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young
woman…and begins to rebel against society.
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (Directed by Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell)
Synopsis:
A crime novelist, whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him
into a paranoid wreck, must confront his worst fears, when a film executive
takes a sudden interest in his movie script.
The First Purge (Directed by Gerard McMurray)
Synopsis:
America’s third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes
to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No
one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (Directed by Gareth Carrivick)
Synopsis:
While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate
a time-travel conundrum.
Funny Games (Directed by Michael Haneke)
Synopsis:
Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
Geostorm (Directed by Dean Devlin)
Synopsis:
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts
to attack Earth, it’s a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the
real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
The Green Inferno (Directed by Eli Roth)
Synopsis:
A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest
and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes
unpunished.
The Grudge (Directed by Takashi Shimizu)
Synopsis:
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious
supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming
their life and spreading to another victim.
Hair Wolf (Directed by Mariama Diallo)
Synopsis:
The staff of a black hair salon fend off a strange new monster: white women
intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.
Halloween (Directed by David Gordon Green)
Synopsis:
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure
who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween
night four decades ago.
Halloween II (Directed by Rick Rosenthal)
Synopsis:
While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to the hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace)
Synopsis:
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor
Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Directed by Tony Randel)
Synopsis:
Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the
occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again.
Hide and Seek (Directed by John Polson)
Synopsis:
As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife’s
suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.
Hulk 2003 (Directed by Ang Lee)
Synopsis:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident
that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Insidious: The Last Key (Directed by Adam Robitel)
Synopsis:
Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal
haunting yet, as she is drawn back to her ghostly childhood home, where the
terror began.
The Invasion (Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and James McTeigue)
Synopsis:
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic,
she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Jessabelle (Directed by Kevin Greutert)
Synopsis:
Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific
car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that
has been seeking her return — and has no intention of letting her escape.
Jupiter Ascending (Directed by The Wachowskis)
Synopsis:
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility
and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and
destructive industry.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Directed by J.A. Bayona)
Synopsis:
When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire
mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level
event.
Knock Knock (Directed by Eli Roth)
Synopsis:
A devoted father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but
his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and
mouse.
The Lullaby (Directed by Darrell Roodt)
Synopsis:
Returning to her home town, Eden Rock, and overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, Chloe van Heerden (19) tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her loving mother, Ruby (35), Chloe struggles with the demand of being a new mom. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia sends Chloe into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, Chloe sees a danger in every situation. Distraught she pays a visit to family psychologist Dr. Timothy Reed (40s) who diagnoses her intrusive thoughts and feelings of anxiousness to a mild case of baby blues. Yet the thoughts grow worse and more violent. Chloe starts to hear voices and humming of a childhood lullaby and sees flashes of a strange entity around her child. Convinced that the entity is real, Chloe does everything in her power to protect her son. Her decline reaches fever pitch, and everybody seems to be moving against her. Desperate, Chloe finds solace in the arms of her childhood friend, Emile Hess (20s). The world around Chloe implodes and it becomes clear that she and her child are in imminent danger. But from what? Is Chloe haunted by evil or is it just the baby blues?
The Meg (Directed by Jon Turteltaub)
Synopsis:
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest
marine predator that has ever existed – the Megalodon.
My Little Eye (Directed by Marc Evans)
Synopsis:
Five people are offered one million dollars to spend six months together in
an isolated mansion, with cameras watching their every move.
The Nun (Directed by Corin Hardy)
Synopsis:
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows
are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and
confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Pacific Rim: Uprising (Directed by Steven S. DeKnight)
Synopsis:
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a
new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker
Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Phantoms (Joe Chappelle)
Synopsis:
One hundred fifty dead, and three hundred fifty missing in the tiny
mountain town of Snowfield, Colorado, and that’s only the beginning.
The Predator (Directed by Shane Black)
Synopsis:
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe’s most lethal hunters’
return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist
can prevent the end of the human race.
Predators (Directed by Nimród Antal)
Synopsis:
A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted
by members of a merciless alien race.
The Prestige (Directed by Christopher Nolan)
Synopsis:
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create
the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each
other.
Psycho (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Synopsis:
A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer’s
client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man
under the domination of his mother.
Psycho II (Directed by Richard Franklin)
Synopsis:
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return
to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes – and his mother –
continue to haunt him.
Psycho III (Directed by Anthony Perkins)
Synopsis:
Norman Bates falls in love with a fallen nun who stays at the Bates Motel
alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. Meanwhile, “mother” is
still watching.
Rampage (Directed by Brad Peyton)
Synopsis:
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a
primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
Ready Player One (Directed by Steven Spielberg)
Synopsis:
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a
posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give
the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Repo Men (Directed by Miguel Sapochnik)
Synopsis:
Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it
revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has
purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.
Self/Less (Directed by Tarsem Singh)
Synopsis:
A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young
body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed
it are quite what they seem.
Signs (Directed by M. Night Shyamalan)
Synopsis:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields
which suggests something more frightening to come.
Sinister 2 (Directed by Ciarán Foy)
Synopsis:
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that’s marked for
death.
Skinwalkers (Directed by James Isaac)
Synopsis:
A 12-year-old boy and his mother become the targets of two warring werewolf
packs, each with different intentions and motives.
Sphere (Directed by Barry Levinson)
Synopsis:
A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years’ worth of coral growth
at the bottom of the ocean.
Splice (Directed by Vincenzo Natali)
Synopsis:
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by
successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new
hybrid animals for medical use.
Stay Alive (Directed by William Brent Bell)
Synopsis:
For a group of teens, the answer to the mysterious death of their old friend
lies within the world of an online video game based on the true story of an
ancient noblewoman known as the Blood Countess.
The Stepford Wives (Directed by Frank Oz)
Synopsis:
The secret to a Stepford wife lies behind the doors of the Men’s Association
of how women become different and immobilized robots.
Sunshine (Directed by Danny Boyle)
Synopsis:
A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to
reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
The Thaw (Directed by Mark A. Lewis)
Synopsis:
A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap
has released a deadly prehistoric parasite.
The Wolfman 2010 (Directed by Joe Johnston)
Synopsis:
Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and
subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.
Z for Zachariah (Directed by Craig Zobel)
Synopsis:
In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a
young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last
known survivors.
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