With the Halloween season upon us, the BBC has unveiled an epic line-up of films and TV shows streaming now on iPlayer.
From horror classic The Silence of the Lambs and beloved British sitcom Ghosts, there’s no shortage of spooky content to stream on the platform while you carve pumpkins or bake spooky Halloween treats.
Terrifying films available to watch now on iPlayer include Stephen King adaptation The Mist, folk horror film Starve Acre, Jordan Peele’s horror film Get Out and horror film His House (2020).
Also available now is The Silence of the Lambs (1991), the psychological thriller led by best actress award winner Jodie Foster and best actor award winner Anthony Hopkins.
Other film offerings include The Wicker Man (1973), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Immaculate (2024), Candyman (1992), Fall (2022), Horror Express (1972), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Longlegs (2024) and The Awakening (2011).
Meanwhile, TV shows available now include Ghosts (2019-23, the hit sitcom from the comedy minds behind Horrible Histories and Yonderland, which stars the likes of Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe and follows the paranormal inhabitants of Button House.
The Reluctant Vampire, which was released earlier this month, also makes up part of the line-up.
The show is an adaptation of the book series of the same name by comedy legend Eric Morecambe, and stars BAFTA winner Lenny Rush as Val, a young vampire who finds out that he is not, in fact, a vampire at all, and starts living a double life.
Other TV shows on offer include What We Do in the Shadows (2019-24), Wreck (2022-24), Uncanny (2021-26) and Loch nam Madadh / Wolf Bay (2026).
And that's not all. As part of the line-up, there’s also a host of podcasts and audio drama available on BBC Sounds, including BBC Radio 4 supernatural drama The Witch Farm and horror podcast and audio drama The Battersea Poltergeist.
Happy Halloween!
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