5 Best Nostalgic Horror Movies to Watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and More

Every day through October 31, the major streaming companies are showing as many horror films as possible.

There are plenty of modern selections to choose from, but far fewer classic horror films if you don’t want to pay the rental fee.

To address this issue while we’re all among the living, Watch With Us looked at the top streaming channels to find the five best nostalgic horror movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, and Peacock.

If you love the genre as much as we do, you’ve probably watched a few of them already.

“Night of the Living Dead” (1968)

Night of the Living Dead So old, that zombies aren’t even given their culturally acceptable name. Instead, they are called “ghouls”. Regardless, manager George A. RomeroThe iconic film practically created the zombie genre and defined it for decades afterward.

This was such a low-budget thing that most of the lead performers weren’t even professional actors. Duane Jones Heading the cast is Ben, a man who emerges as a hero when the dead walk the Earth. As Ben and a woman named Barbara (Judith O’Dea) During the crisis, they learn that one of the biggest threats to their safety comes from other survivors who were already hiding there.

Night of the Living Dead It is streaming on Netflix.

“Prom Night” (1980)

After a tournament Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis She cemented her status as a scream queen by playing the lead role in it Prom night. Curtis plays Kim Hammond, Alex’s twin sister (Michael Taff), both of whom are high school students preparing for prom. Years earlier, their sister Robin Hammond (Tammy Bourne), were accidentally killed by some of their fellow students, including Kim’s friend, Nick McBride (Casey Stevens).

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The twins don’t realize this fact, which is why they don’t know anything when someone starts targeting Robin’s killers one by one. The frenzy won’t end until the last dance at the prom, and Kim will have to put her last girl skills to the test.

Prom night Streaming on Hulu.

“Friday the 13th Part 3” (1982)

This may be the third Friday the 13th The movie and the second time Jason Voorhees (Richard Brooker) is the killer, but it is also the first time Jason has used his famous hockey mask. Friday the 13th Part 3 It may not be the greatest film in the series, but it set the tone for every sequel that came after it.

Dana Kimmel Leading the cast is Chris Higgins, a young woman who survived an altercation with Jason, but can’t remember exactly what happened. Chris tries to get over the shock of that encounter, but her return to Crystal Lake is ruined by another brand, Jason Rampage. Go figure! Anyone young and looking to hook up while Jason was around would face the usual fate.

Friday the 13th Part 3 Flowing over the peacock.

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“A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” (1987)

“It’s 1987, do you know where Freddy is?” It usually leaves some miserable victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street films. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors He flipped this trope by introducing a group of teenagers with dream powers that allowed them to fight Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) themselves.

Original manager Wes Craven He returned to co-write this sequel, which also marked a comeback Heather Langenkamp Like Nancy Thompson. Nancy was the sole survivor of the first film, and her therapeutic training helps her lead a new generation of Elm Street kids into a winner-takes-all battle against Freddy, including Christine Parker (Patricia Arquette). These Dream Warriors have potential, but Freddy still has the edge.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors On HBO Max.

“Monster Squad” (1987)

It wouldn’t be Halloween without the Universal monsters, and Monster Squad Most of them are in the same movie. Dracula (Duncan Reger), the wolf man (Jonathan Grace) and generation man )Tom Woodruff Jr(They’re all real, and they’re going to recruit Frankenstein’s monster.)Tom Noonan) in a plot to help them take over the world.

In a Fools– Like Evolution, the only ones standing in the monsters’ way are a group of kids: Sean Crenshaw (Andre Gower), Patrick Rhodes (Ruby Kiger), Rudolph “Rudy” Holloran (Ryan Lambert), Horace (Brent Chalem), Eugene (Michael Faustino) and even Sean’s younger sister, Phoebe (Ashley Bank). They’re a self-proclaimed monster squad, and they take that responsibility as seriously as possible.

Monster Squad It is streaming on Prime Video.

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