The Best Horror Movies Streaming Now on Paramount+
Last updated: March 4, 2025
Paramount+ has fallen into the trap of adding great titles but making people pay for the Showtime add-on to see them. While that makes perfect business sense, it is frustrating for genre kids. It is so cruel to be so close to titles like Rumours, Strange Darling, and The Lodge, but yet so far at the same time. Those of us using friends accounts to watch Yellowjackets are lucky. Everyone else has to work a little harder to see the silver lining in this subscription. However, I dug deep into this chaotic lineup and found a few movies worth revisiting this March. I bring you all the titles that I think are the cream of the crop this month.
Check out which five titles have my attention this March.
The Machinist (dir. Brad Anderson)
A factory worker battles insomnia so severe that his condition begins taking a toll on his physical and mental health. After his condition leads him to cause a horrible accident, he spirals into a world of paranoia and hallucinations. Kids today might not know that before Christian Bale was Batman, he was The Machinist! Seeing how I was a child when this movie came out in 2004, it was wasted on me. So, I am looking forward to watching it as an alleged adult. While it is easy to complain about the lack of newer titles hitting Paramount+ this March, it is very cool they are adding movies I need to make time for.
The Manchurian Candidate (dir. Jonathan Demme)
Years after surviving an ambush in the Gulf War, a man begins having awful nightmares. These terrifying images lead him to doubt his former squad-mate, who is running for vice president of the United States. I love a Denzel Washington thriller with my oxygen, and I have never actually hit play on The Manchurian Candidate. The cast includes Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, and Jeffrey Wright, so I know it is going to be a ride. It feels like The Manchurian Candidate resurfacing on Paramount+ is my sign to finally cross it off my Denzel list. Maybe I will get really wild and watch the version from 1962 as well.
Practical Magic (dir. Griffin Dunne)
Two sisters who are witches find themselves treated as outsiders in their small town and discover they share a curse preventing them from finding love. I hate romantic movies, but I love witches. More importantly, as a 90s kid, I am obligated to watch anything starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, and Evan Rachel Wood. This means my hands are tied, and I must revisit Practical Magic immediately. So, you can find me living my best Lilith Fair life while parking my TV on Paramount+ this March. I have already gotten my favorite oversized cardigan. I am also so ready to remember why Goran Visnjic had a hold on me for most of my youth.
Sugar & Spice (dir. Francine McDougall)
A popular high-school cheerleader turns to crime when she discovers she is expecting the star quarterback’s baby. I support women’s rights, but I prefer to support women’s wrongs. Especially when it results in the squad trying to pull off a bank robbery. This stacked cast includes Marla Sokoloff, Marley Shelton, Melissa George, Mena Suvari, and Rachel Blanchar. I might not have appreciated the PG-13 humor when I was a tween. However, I am pumped to revisit it as an adult who could use a good laugh. I had also forgotten that the quarterback is played by James Marsden, who was just on my TV when I binged Paradise on Hulu. This timing feels serendipitous, and I am eager to remember a simpler time. I am also just here for high school cheerleaders robbing banks and would like to see more of that energy.
The Virgin Suicides (dir. Sofia Coppola)
A group of young boys becomes obsessed with five sisters, who are sheltered by strict parents in 1970s Detroit. As a severely home-schooled kid, this movie hit me right in the chest and became my personality when I discovered it. It is also why I had the hugest crush on Josh Hartnett and still have Heart’s Dreamboat Annie on CD. The Virgin Suicides cemented Kirsten Dunst as an icon in my mind and reminded me that I wanted to make films. If you feel like watching something cool and heavy that I found way too relatable in my tweens, you should catch this on Paramount+. I love this movie so much that I pretend the detestable James Woods is not in it. This is wild because I remember the mother is played by Kathleen Turner, and I know her character is married.
Everything coming to Paramount+ in March
Annihilation
Cloud Atlas
Crawl
Dune (1984)
Edge of Tomorrow
Ex Machina
Face/Off
Foxfire
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
The Machinist
The Manchurian Candidate
Pan’s Labyrinth
Practical Magic
Room
Serpico
Shutter Island
Sleepy Hollow
Snake Eyes
Sugar & Spice
There Will Be Blood
The Virgin Suicides
The Warriors
While this list is tiny, it is mighty. Paramount+ has so many cool titles to revisit this month that it made it hard to choose only five. Let me know if you are also obsessed with a few of these movies over on Bluesky.
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