10 Romantically Spooky Horror Films to Stream for Valentine’s Day

Horror and Valentine’s Day go hand in hand, with film choices that reach far past My Bloody Valentine (although that’s definitely a seasonal classic, particularly that “coronary heart in a chocolate field” scene). Head to your streaming residence display screen and discover one among these scary flicks with just enough romance to fulfill the necessities of the vacation.

Sinners

Sinners is a vital smash, a box-office hit, a record-breaking Oscar nominee, and—lest we neglect—a film unafraid to work loads of ardour into its story of dual brothers (Michael B. Jordan, who earned a type of Oscar noms for his efficiency) battling an invasion of vampires in Thirties Mississippi. Ryan Coogler’s story is as steamy as it’s gory, with past love and rekindled romances serving to propel Sinners’ deeply felt emotional stakes. (HBO Max)

Queens of the Lifeless

Sure, it’s a zombie film—Tina Romero’s affectionate and infrequently very humorous homage to her well-known father’s signature style. However Queens of the Lifeless additionally celebrates the ability of group, as a ragtag group of drag performers and bar staff take refuge collectively and draw upon their distinctive combating abilities when a brain-chomping apocalypse looms. Two huge questions emerge: will the pregnant Lizzy make it to the membership to search out her spouse, Dre, earlier than it’s too late? And why didn’t we understand the undead might look so sparkly and fabulous? (Shudder)

The Conjuring 2

The love between Ed and Lorraine Warren—constructed on a basis of religion and help for one another—was all the time their best weapon when combating all method of vengeful ghosts, demonic nuns, and toys come to life in The Conjuring motion pictures. The second film within the collection is perhaps the scariest and the sweetest; by some means it finds room for each Lorraine’s terrifying visions of Ed’s violent loss of life and Ed’s tender rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Assist Falling in Love.” (HBO Max)

Coronary heart Eyes

A serial killer sporting a masks that appears like you-know-which emoji targets Seattle {couples} on Valentine’s Day—together with a pair of comrades with chemistry however no romance… but. Slashers do like to strike round February 14, however this 2025 release is the latest instance, with a enjoyable solid that features new Scream star Mason Gooding and ‘90s horror icon (Idle Fingers, Closing Vacation spot) turned Chucky star Devon Sawa. (Netflix)

Witchboard

Vecna superfans will completely wish to hunt down the 2024 Witchboard remake, which options Jamie Campbell Bower in a scenery-devouring function. However the original, written and directed by Kevin Tenney (Evening of the Demons), is campy by and thru, with music video temptress Tawny Kitaen starring as a newly engaged girl whose playful Ouija board experiments open the door to unholy terror. There’s additionally a love triangle ingredient between Kitaen’s character, her fiancé, and her ex—with the affections pulling in methods you may not count on, particularly for a film launched in 1986. (Shudder)

Your Monster

Melissa Barrera stars as a heartbroken actress who nonetheless longs for her ex, a playwright, regardless of him callously dumping her whereas she’s being handled for most cancers. She accepts an understudy function in his new play, and the humiliations proceed… till she discovers a curious monster residing in her closet. This Magnificence and the Beast scenario helps our heroine achieve confidence and a spine, with a twist ending that implies loving your self is what actually issues. (Hire on Prime Video)

The Mummy

The 1999 model, thoughts you, although the 1932 model has its charms. For Valentine’s Day, your best option adjoining to Egyptian tomb raiding and creepy but lovelorn creatures rising from sarcophaguses (sarcophagi?) additionally entails a swashbuckling romance between Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. We’ve been promised a new sequel, bear in mind, so there’s no higher strategy to put together than by seeing the place it began. (Hulu/Disney+)

Humanist Vampire In search of Consensual Suicidal Individual

In case you imagine within the energy of quirky {couples} (Harold and Maude, as an illustration), this 2023 indie with a lengthy title simply would possibly go well with. A younger vampire’s reluctance to kill has prevented her fangs from sprouting, a scenario her household has grown very impatient with. She thinks she’s discovered the right resolution when she meets a man battling suicidal ideas—however, after all, emotions intrude in varied endearing methods. (Shudder)

Collectively

Actual-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie star as a duo who change into inseparable in every uncomfortable, body-horror sense of the phrase. It’s a gimmick, however it’s a very gross one, and the film encompasses a very intelligent use of one of the Spice Girls’ most underrated hits. (Hulu/Disney+)

Cemetery Man

This 1994 entry from Italian horror director Michele Soavi (Stage Fright) stars Rupert Everett as a cemetery caretaker who falls in love with an alluring younger widow—which might already be sophisticated sufficient with out all of the dying, rising-from-the-dead, and precise Demise involvement that follows. It’s additionally filled with quirky humor and has rightfully change into a cult basic. (Shudder)

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