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Chills to stream now

Adult - Movies, Music & More | Published October 15, 2026

Darkness closes in earlier each evening. Blustery winds whip up brittle leaves. Jack-o-lanterns and scarecrows gaze silently from front porches. October is prime time to watch something spine-tingling! Kanopy’s Crypt Collection has movies for every level of scary—classics, B-movies, folk horror, haunted domains, monsters, and more. We’ve selected our top picks; stream instantly with your Bloomfield Township Public Library card.

  • Film poster cover art featuring a woman’s face in the background, a glowing light, and the silhouette of a baby carriage.

    Rosemary’s Baby
    1968 / R

    After a young couple moves into an old Manhattan apartment, they’re surrounded by peculiar neighbors and strange occurrences. When the wife (Mia Farrow) becomes pregnant, paranoia over the safety of the unborn child begins to control her life. Winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award (Ruth Gordon) at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. Nominated for Best Actress (Mia Farrow) at the BAFTA Awards.

    “One of the finest horror movies ever made.” —Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

  • Movie art showing small figures running across a bright orange background patterned with a large, dark human handprint.

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    1956 / NR; suggested for mature audiences only

    Something has taken possession of the small town of Santa Mira, California. Hysterical people accuse their loved ones of being emotionless impostors, of not being themselves. At first, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) tries to convince them they’re wrong but they’re not. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people! This chilling combination of extraterrestrial terror and anti-conformity paranoia is considered one of the great cult classics of the genre. 

    “Few modern-day movies are more genuinely frightening.” —Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

  • Movie art showing the chalk outline of a person holding a knife against a moonlit forest scene with a group of people standing near a cabin.

    Friday the 13th
    1980 / R

    Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for more than 20 years after several unsolved murders. A new owner and seven counselors are readying the camp for re-opening despite local residents warning them of of a death curse. But on Friday the 13th each of the counselors is stalked by a violent killer. This film is widely acclaimed for its horrifying and creative murder sequences.

  • Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
    1962 / Not rated; suggested for mature audiences only

    Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star as two aging sisters—both former celebrities—bound together in a psychopathic relationship by their mutual dependency, jealousy, and hatred in this classic, shocking thriller.

  • Movie art showing a still of a woman with blood on her face looking sideways and a man walking through a city square.

    Possession
    1981 / R

    After Anna (Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (Sam Neill), that she is having an affair, she leaves him and their son. After a series of violent confrontations, Mark hires a private investigator to follow Anna. She descends into madness, and it’s soon clear that she is hiding a much bigger secret than the affair—one that is both inexplicable and shocking.

  • Movie art showing an illustration of a large burning wicker figure on a cliffside, with seagulls flying against a colorful sunset.

    The Wicker Man
    1973 / R

    They do things differently on Summerisle. They teach of Christianity in passing, but their own beliefs are more ancient…the strange, mysterious customs and rituals of distant places and bygone days. But Summerisle is no distant atoll—it’s a small, remote, privately owned island off the western coast of Scotland. When Sergeant Howie of the Western Highland Police arrives to investigate the alleged disappearance of 12-year-old Rowan Morrison, what starts as a routine inquiry becomes a terrifying nightmare.

  • A smiling person is depicted in a video still featuring a glitch effect with the text Shelby Oaks and NEON.

    Shelby Oaks
    2024 / R

    A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

     

  • Book cover depicting two men wearing hats and coats standing against a dark, moody landscape.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    1959 / NR

    A fiendish evil lurks on England’s fabled moors. In the form of a hellish hound, it feeds upon the trembling flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. But before this savage beast can sink its teeth into the newest lord of the manor, it must pit its vicious fangs against the searing intellect of the most powerful foe it has ever encountered—the incomparable Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Watson (Andre Morell). Directed by Terence Fisher.

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