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40 Spooky Streaming Programs You Can Binge This Halloween

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Some have said that the PBS app is not the place to go for things Halloween.

Some have been wrong. Between now and All Hallow's Eve, you could spend every waking minute streaming spooky stuff on the free PBS App.

Obviously, at the top of the list is the show dedicated to all things ghosts and goblins: Monstrum. There, you can find videos on everything from the Grim Reaper to Baba Yaga, Slender Man, and an Australian vampire that sucks your blood with its toes.

But there's so much more! Check them out below. And let us know your favorites on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @pbssocal.

Movies

Vincent Price portrays an eccentric millionaire in this scene from "The House on Haunted Hill."
Vincent Price portrays an eccentric millionaire in this scene from "The House on Haunted Hill."

Godzilla: King of Monsters! (1956)

Warning from Space (1956)

I Bury the Living (1958)

The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

The House on Haunted Hill (1959)

The Wasp Woman (1959)

Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Battle of the Worlds (1961)

Devil's Partner (1961)

Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory (1961)

Eegah (1962)

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)

Gammera the Invincible (1966)

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Horror Express (1972)

The Werewolf of Washington (1973)

Track of the Moon Beast (1976)

Drama and Mystery

Cast of "Woman in White"
Ben Hardy, Olivia Vinall and Jessie Buckley star in "Woman in White."

The Woman in White

Frankie Drake Mysteries: Ghost in the Machine

Short Films

A screengrab of an animation of a dog running away from a hoard of zombies.
Scene from "Steadfast Stanley."

After Life

Expiration Date

Mr. Lamb

Steadfast Stanley

Total Freak

Vilt Gutt

True Stories

Actor portrayal of Edgar Allan Poe, from "American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe – Buried Alive."
Actor portrayal of Edgar Allan Poe, from "American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe – Buried Alive."

American Masters: Edgar Allen Poe – Buried Alive

Ancient Skies: Gods and Monsters

Eons: Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?

Exhumed: A History of Zombies

Great American Read: Villains and Monsters

NOVA: Arctic Ghost Ship

NOVA: Bat Superpowers

Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico

Otherwords: The Unexpected Origins of the Word 'Monster'

Origin of Everything: How a Spy Changed Horror Movies

Or...

If these are too many choices for you, let me recommend just one:

Illustration of a zombie from "Exhumed: A History of Zombies."

Exhumed: A History of Zombies

Here’s what I wrote after watching it:

"I have a PhD in Literature with an emphasis on the undead." That is the coolest sentence I've heard spoken all year. I expected a light-hearted romp through some fun B-movies. I should have remembered that I work for PBS — it's so much better than that. This documentary traces the roots of the zombie all the way back to Africa and then to life in slavery. You'll learn about the American who brought salacious accounts of zombies back from Haiti in 1929. And you’ll discover how "Night of the Living Dead" was so important in the struggle against racism.

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