The Best Horror Movies on Paramount+ This January
Here are all the greatest horror and horror-adjacent movies streaming on Paramount Plus (or Paramount+) for the month of January. Also, did you know they made a movie about the Oregon Trail? It’s on this list. Oh, wait, I mean the Organ Trail…
Smile 2 (2024)
Why Watch It? Smile was good. Smile 2 might be better. This sequel takes the basic format of the first film and twists it into something that is unrelentingly tense. Also, Naomi Scott is brilliant as a pop star with a dark past and an even darker present.
Official Description: About to start her world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing terrifying and inexplicable events. As lines blur between reality and nightmare, Skye is forced to face her past before her life spirals out of control.
Apartment 7A (2024)
Why Watch It? For a story that didn’t need a prequel, Apartment 7A is good on its own as a spooky movie that echoes a classic.
Official Description: When a struggling, young dancer suffers a devastating injury, she finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected, older couple promises her a shot at fame.
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Why Watch It? While not as emotionally resonant as the previous A Quiet Place movies (especially the first one), this prequel does have a good story, tense action, and more than enough thrills to make it a worthy addition to the franchise.
Official Description: When New York City comes under attack from an alien invasion, a woman and other survivors try to find a way to safety. They soon learn that they must remain absolutely silent as the mysterious creatures are drawn to the slightest sound.
Talk to Me (2023)
Why Watch It? Talk to Me has a great story to go along with its insidiously creepy scares.
Official Description: A group of friends unleash supernatural forces with an embalmed hand.
Requires Paramount+ with Showtime subscription.
Organ Trail (2023)
Why Watch It? Horror westerns are a rare sight these days, though Organ Trail may be better described as a grueling thriller rather than a straightforward horror movie.
Official Description: A ruthless band of bloodthirsty bandits terrorizes a family on the treacherous Oregon Trail, and challenge’s one woman’s will to survive.
Significant Other (2022)
Why Watch It? Significant Other is a sci-fi survival movie that is built around interesting characters. Well acted and tense, it is a gem of a movie that might have gotten overlooked by many people since it came out in 2022 among LOTS of great horror and thriller films.
Official Description: Follows a young couple who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest and face sinister events leading them to realize that everything about the place is not as it seems.
Horror Movies New to Paramount+ in January 2025
- January 1
* = Requires additional Showtime subscription.