The 10 Best Horror Movies On Peacock, According To IMDb

Streaming services have become extremely popular, not only for their ease of access, but also for the affordability and the unlimited amount of TV shows and movies to choose from. From the dawn of Netflix DVDs until now, there are several streaming platforms that have original shows and a collection of fan favorites and under-the-radar gems that viewers should see.

In April 2020, NBC Universal debuted Peacock, a streaming service that has an abundance of movies, especially in the horror department. From old favorites to new, Peacock is the place to be for the best horror movies, and, as of now, these are the highest-rated on IMDb.

10 Jigsaw: 5.8 (2017)

The Saw franchise has gained notoriety for being one of the longest-running horror series and for bloodshed John Kramer and his devotees have left along the way. After eight installments and a ninth on the way, the most recent movie, Jigsaw, has gained a following for its new but nostalgic twists and turns throughout the movie.

The story picks up 10 years after John Kramer (Tobin Bell) has died, but recent deaths have caused speculation that he might not be dead after all. After a new group of people is abducted and forced to participate in a new game, the cops are confused as they try to track down a supposed new Jigsaw Killer before it’s too late. In terms of ranking, Jigsaw falls in the middle, which makes it one of the better movies.

9 Open Grave: 6.2 (2013)

When a man wakes up in a large grave full of bodies, he fails to remember how he got there or who he is. After escaping from the pit, he rushes to a nearby home where he finds a group of other people who’ve experienced memory loss, as well.

As the group pieces together the events that lead them here, they realize that a threat is among them and what brought them together might be this person’s doing. Starring Sharlto Copley and Thomas Kretschmann, Open Grave is a slow-burner horror-thriller that’s a hidden gem waiting to be seen.

8 Land Of The Dead: 6.2 (2005)

In 2005, George A. Romero released Land of the Dead, a zombie classic that stars John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, and Simon Baker. The movie centers on a world that has been overrun with the living dead, and the remaining humans have walled themselves into a city. As the zombies become more aware of their surroundings, they head to the city, where they aren’t the only threat inside the safety of the city walls.

7 Body Bags: 6.2 (1993)

John Carpenter’s Body Bags is a 1993 movie that’s divided into short stories. Horror legends like Sam Raimi and Wes Craven make cameos, and even John Carpenter plays the role of a disturbed coroner named The Coronor.

The first segment called “The Gas Station” is about a deranged serial killer named Bill (Robert Carradine), the second segment is titled, “Hair,” and follows a man named Richard Coberts (Stacy Keach) who not only receives a hair transplant, but an alien infestation, as well. The third and final segment called “Eye” features Mark Hamill as a baseball player who loses an eye in a car crash. When he undergoes surgery for an eye transplant, he realizes his persona has been taken over by the previous owner, who is coincidently a serial killer.

6 My Friend Dahmer: 6.2 (2017)

My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 horror drama that centers on a young Jeffrey Dahmer, who is awkward and shy in his high school years. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by John “Derf” Backderf, who went to school with Dahmer, once upon a time. Viewers are given an inside look at what the infamous serial killer was like before he became what the world knows him as today.

The movie builds up the tension and focuses on what drove Dahmer into being the monster he became and how he coped with his family dynamic, kids at school, and his morbid interests that become more unattainable.

5 Sleepaway Camp: 6.3 (1983)

Sleepaway Camp may be considered a B-horror movie, but it’s a movie that not only deserves to be on this list but should be considered a classic, as well. Why? Well, the 1983 slasher movie has inspired shows like American Horror Story: 1984, and the dozens of movies that focus on the classic villain out for teen blood.

Sleepaway Camp centers on a traumatized young girl named Angela Baker (Felissa Rose) who has just lost her parents. After moving in with her aunt, she sends her son Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten) and Angela to a summer camp, which seems like a good idea at first until bizarre accidents begin happening. One by one, the campers are disappearing, and, when the killer’s identity is revealed, it’s a shock, to say the least. Sleepaway Camp is a movie from the 1980s that’s so bad, it’s good.

4 Daybreakers: 6.4 (2009)

In the year 2019, a strange plague has taken over most of the human population and turned them into blood-sucking vampires. Because of this surge, the blood supply has dwindled, causing the new vampire population to become desperate. Dr. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a hematologist—and also a vampire—who is working on a solution to create a synthetic blood option to save humanity and the vampire population.

As the vampires are turning into vile creatures, Dalton teams up with human survivor Lionel Cormac (Willem Dafoe) to find a solution that will turn him back into a human. Daybreakers is a modern tale of the war between humans and vampires, and, for some reason, it’s considered an underrated movie.

3 Drag Me To Hell: 6.5 (2009)

Sam Raimi, known for The Evil Dead trilogy, directed and created the 2009 horror movie, Drag Me to Hell, starring Allison Lohman and Justin Long. The movie centers on a loan officer named Christine (Lohman) who is vying for a promotion that she deserves, though it isn’t gauranteed. To prove her worth, she toughens up and rejects a loan extension of an old woman named Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver), which sets her off into a rage. Mrs. Ganush isn’t an ordinary woman and ends us cursing Christine for what she did.

Christine learns that if she doesn’t lift the curse, she’ll be sent to the underworld for all eternity. She turns to a local psychic for help, while there’s still time. Drag Me to Hell is a fun horror-filled ride with some of the best jumpscares from the mind of Sam Raimi.

2 Black Christmas: 7.2 (1974)

It’s Christmas break, and a sorority house is making fun plans while receiving strange and anonymous phone calls. While they seem harmless at first, the calls become worrisome after they continue to occur. After a sorority sister named Clare (Lynne Griffin) vanishes, the rest of the girls report it to the police, but there is no investigation. The police finally raise concern after a young girl is found dead in a nearby park, which turns into a hunt for a serial killer.

Inspired by the classic urban legend about “the babysitter and the killer upstairs,” Bob Clark’s 1974 movie mixes the holly jolly holidays and a horror-thriller that’s become a loved classic.

1 Nosferatu The Vampyre: 7.5 (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 horror film that is set in the 19th-century and is a remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 German adaptation of Nosferatu. The story centers on Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) who lives in Transylvania but decides to relocate to Wismar, Germany.

It begins when a man named Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is sent to Dracula’s castle to offer him a house. After seeing a photo of Jonathan’s wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani), he agrees to purchase the house to get closer to her. During his journey, he unleashes a plague upon anyone he comes across while traveling to see his new target.