The 2026 Halloween falls on a Saturday, which makes it the perfect excuse for a movie night. You don’t need a costume or a party. All you need is a dark room, some snacks and one of the best horror films ever made.
Picking one is the hard part, here is a list of horror movies you can watch :
The Best Horror Films From Nollywood and Africa
1. Ms. Kanyin (2025)
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video. 
Every Nigerian who went to boarding school has heard of Madam Koi-Koi, the ghost said to haunt hostels and toilets at night. Ms. Kanyin turns that legend into a full film. A group of final-year students at a boarding school in Offa, Kwara State, plan to steal their WAEC French questions. When the plan goes wrong, their teacher dies and returns as a vengeful ghost.
Jerry Ossai directed it, with Temi Otedola and Michelle Dede in the cast.
2. Nneka the Pretty Serpent (2020)
Where to watch: Netflix.
This is a remake of the 1994 Nollywood classic of the same name. Idia Aisien plays Nneka, a young woman out to avenge her parents’ murder. At sea, a snake possesses her, and she gains strange powers. Bovi, Bimbo Ademoye, Zack Orji and Shaffy Bello also star. That makes it an easy pick if your group prefers familiar faces.
3. His House (2020)
Where to watch: Netflix.
A refugee couple from South Sudan escape to England. However, something evil is waiting inside their new home. Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu lead the film, and Remi Weekes wrote and directed it. It’s frightening, but it’s also a moving story about what people carry with them when they leave home.
4. Nanny (2022)
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video.
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant in New York, becomes a nanny for a rich couple’s daughter. Meanwhile, she saves to bring her own son over from Senegal. Soon, strange visions start to take over her days. Nanny won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It was the first horror film to win that award.
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5. Get Out (2017)
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video.
A young Black man visits his white girlfriend’s family for the weekend. Slowly, the polite smiles turn sinister. Daniel Kaluuya stars, and Jordan Peele wrote and directed it as his first film. It also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, so pick it if you want a film that makes you think.
6. Us (2019)
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video.
In Jordan Peele’s second film, people who look exactly like a family on holiday come to attack them. Lupita Nyong’o is brilliant in a double role, playing both the mother and her terrifying copy. Watch it right after Get Out for a Jordan Peele double feature.
7. A Quiet Place (2018)
Where to watch: Netflix.
Here, a family survives in a world ruled by blind creatures that hunt by sound. Make one noise and you die. John Krasinski directs and stars. As a result of the near-silence, it is one of the most nerve-racking films to watch with friends. Just be warned: your group will start whispering by the end. Afterwards, A Quiet Place Part II is also on Netflix.
8. It (2017)
Where to watch: Netflix.
Based on Stephen King’s novel, It follows seven bullied children in a small town. A monster called Pennywise, which often takes the form of a clown, hunts them. Bill Skarsgård plays Pennywise, and the film mixes real scares with the friendship of the kids. Fortunately, the sequel, It Chapter Two, is on Netflix too.
9. 28 Years Later (2025)
Where to watch: Netflix.
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to the infected world of 28 Days Later. This time, a boy and his sick mother set out on a dangerous journey to find her treatment. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star. If you enjoy it, its follow-up, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, is also on Netflix.
10. Halloween (2018)
Where to watch: Netflix.
What else would you watch on Halloween night? Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode, forty years after she survived Michael Myers. Now he has escaped, and he comes for her again on Halloween night. It follows straight on from the 1978 original and skips every other sequel, so you can watch it fresh.
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