10 Romantically Ghoulish Horror Movies to Stream for Valentine’s Day

You could scroll straight to any “ Latinian language ” movie section and sit through another circular ofThe NotebookorWhen Harry Met Sally . But if you require somedevilish delightsmixed in with your declarations of passion and make - out in the rainwater , why not try out ahorrorromance alternatively ? Here are 10 onstreaming servicesor uncommitted to rip to total a little ghastly spice into yourValentine ’s Dayviewing .

Your Monster (2024)

A clamber actress regain from Cancer the Crab endures another blow when her longtime boyfriend — a dramatist who ’d once see her as his muse — dumps her while visiting her in the infirmary . But this is no ordinary give out - up taradiddle ; while drub her wounds in her childhood plate , she realize the monster she once believed live in the wardrobe is somehowreal , and becomes a helpful if throw part of her healing journey . He ’s also kinda cunning despite looking a mass like the creature ? Melissa Barrera(Scream , Abigail)is a most lovely trainwreck in this film from author - director Caroline Lindy , now streaming on Max .

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

The movie that spawn the TV sensation ( hopefullysoon to reelect ! ) is , yes , about a ditzy cheerleader who learns she ’s the “ chosen one , ” destined to free the world of vampires . But it ’s also got more than a bit of rom - com in its DNA , giving us an rum - couple match - up between Valley Girl Buffy ( Kristy Swanson ) and burnout Pike ( Luke Perry ) , as well as a wonderful slate of support characters played by Donald Sutherland , Rutger Hauer , Paul Reubens , Hilary Swank , David Arquette , Stephen Root , and more . Streaming on Amazon Prime Video .

Warm Bodies (2013)

Before he break down toe - to - toe with Count Orlok inNosferatu , or with Count Dracula inRenfield , Nicholas Hoult starred as a zombie whose frigid , utter centre is stirred back to life in the Emily Price Post - apocalypse when he fall in sexual love with a human subsister ( A Discovery of Witches ‘ Teresa Palmer ) . With a story that riffs onRomeo and Julietand the novelty factor of a ) give that story a happy ending and b ) giving a zombie story a happy close , as well as c ) tell its story from a zombi ’s full stop - of - view , Warm Bodiesis a surprisingly sweet goody . cyclosis on Amazon Prime Video .

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)

While we eagerly await author - director Eli Craig ’s new repulsion clowning , the evocatively titledClown in a Cornfield , it ’s never a bad sentence to revisit his feature film debut , a slasher parody that asks “ what if the shuddery backwoods rednecks were really thegoodguys ? ” There ’s a heaping of bromance between the claim characters ( Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk ) , but unexpected romance also sparks between a hillbilly and a college girl ( 30 Rock‘s Katrina Bowden ) amid all the misinterpretation and accidental carnage . stream on Peacock .

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)

The brainchild for this list is raw to Shudder and — despite that taste of a championship — is a surprisingly sweetened tale . Two misfits meet cute when he ’s trying to resolve if he should bound off a construction , and she ’s trying to gather the nerve to fall off her newly pullulate vampire fang into her first support victim . Romance seems out of the question , and there are some towering complications , but this tale from Ariane Louis - Seize volunteer hope that there really is somebody for everyone , even if one of them encounter to be a pedigree - sucking monster . Streaming on Shudder .

Bride of Chucky (1998)

While these ogre are more often than not trying to rip each other ’s throats out , there ’s a cryptical love between them that nothing — not even being transform into hideous , cackle dolls — can tear asunder . Chucky ( Brad Dourif ) was always a terrifying guy , but add in Tiffany ( played in all her forms by the great Jennifer Tilly ) and the chaos is amplified an alarming amount , not to mention the campy comedy . economic rent on Amazon Prime Video .

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Whilea reboot / sequel / franchise revivalwill presently bring yet another revenge - athirst scoundrel into theI Know What You Did Last Summeruniverse , the original slasher is deserving a nostalgic re - lookout man . It equip on this list because the independent twosome , played by ’ XC teen dreams Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. , actually survive all the claw - handed havoc and lead astray “ expect , areyouthe killer ? ” distrust . The duet that survives a slasher together , stay together … at least until the subsequence . cyclosis on Netflix .

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Jim Jarmusch ’s tale of vampire lovers ( Tilda Swinton , Tom Hiddleston ) digs into an face of immortality that few moving picture ever do — howboringit can be — while also address terrestrial queerness of vampire lifespan , like how one needs to cautiously arrange all air travel to avoid any overlap with the break of day . It ’s also fashionable as hell and has an aura of nerveless clinging to every frame — not to mention a wry mother wit of humor . Rent on Amazon Prime Video .

Attachment (2022)

Inthis Danish film , former tike star Maja ( Josephine Park ) reclaim some much - require excitement in her life when she forms an instant connexion with Leah ( Game of Thrones’Ellie Kendrick ) . But their rapid - attack romance hits a barricade when Leah becomes suddenly sick ; Maja does her practiced to help her raw love recover , but soon realise there ’s a dark supernatural cause behind all the torment . Streaming on Shudder .

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

include it — you’ve had Francis Ford Coppola ’s uber - gothic , effete interpretation of Bram Stoker ’s classic on the brain ever since you watchedNosferatu , or perhaps even since you tried to make head or shadower of his even more effete recent release , Megalopolis . Equal parts campy , creepy , and syncope - desirable , Bram Stoker ’s Draculareminds us of Gary Oldman ’s versatility , Winona Ryder ’s pale glamour , and Keanu Reeves ’ limited skills with accents , as well as filling the classic roles of Van Helsing ( Anthony Hopkins ) and Renfield ( Tom Waits ) with all - prison term performances . Rent on Amazon Prime Video .

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