Many of today's most innovative, heart-racing stories are being told in the horror genre, and 2024 continued that trend. While scary movie fans went into the year excited for highly anticipated sequels, many indie darlings emerged from festivals as ones-to-watch and became phenomenons in their own right.
Whether you prefer movies rich in jump scares or flicks even scaredy cats can handle, horror movies offered something for everyone this year, from serial killer films, slasher flicks, psychological thrillers, and creature features—many of which had feminist angles. To give you further nightmare fuel, below are the best horror movies of 2024 and how to watch them. (If you're looking for more scares, check out the best horror movies of 2023 to watch now on streaming.)
