Unintentionally Hilarious Horror Movies You Can Stream For Free Right Now
There are horror movies like Sinners (2025), which just made history with an unprecedented 16 Oscar nominations and four wins, and then, there are horror movies like these. Cheesy, campy, and held up by cult audiences who have an insatiable appetite for schlock. They aren't horror comedies. Instead, they're unintentionally hilarious flicks that conjure laughs from the sloppy editing, stupid plots, and cringey dialogue.
If you love the movies spotlighted on shows like Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989) and Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981), then this is the list for you. More importantly, you can stream them ALL on JustWatch TV entirely for free. Here are five unintentionally hilarious horror movies to watch with friends or just when you need a little pick-me-up of absurdity.
With a crisp 1 hour and 29 minute runtime, you really can't go wrong with Plan 9 from Outer Space. Frequently cited as one of the "worst films ever made," that moniker is actually a compliment if you appreciate schlocky, messy B-movies like this. In a true sci-fi/horror mash-up, the plot involves aliens who, in a "well-meaning" attempt to stop humans from destroying themselves, cause the dead to rise from their graves so humanity will actually listen to them. If not, they plan to exterminate them with their undead forces. Makes sense, right?
Plan 9 from Outer Space is the definition of "so bad, it's good." Poorly acted, poorly plotted, and just downright bizarre, it's gained a large cult following over the decades. This is one of those movies where you can tell the flying saucers are paper, but that's all just part of the charm.
With a whopping 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and spotlights in both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Elvira's Movie Macabre, Eegah absolutely fits the bill of unintentionally hilarious movies. It all begins when a young woman crosses paths with a giant caveman, the titular Eegah, in the middle of a California desert, which somehow leads to a rescue mission for the woman's father.
Like many monster movies of the '50s and '60s (I'm talking about you, Robot Monster), Eegah turns into an unrequited love story between a woman and "beast." It's no King Kong (1933), though. Eegah's story is wonderfully nonsensical. Why is a caveman living in a Southern California desert? How has nobody noticed? The answer is: Who cares? Eegah is a ridiculous B-movie romp that is perfectly entertaining for anyone who loves these types of low-budget, borderline disastrous sci-fi/horror movies of the '60s.
If you've seen The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), then you know the type of terror the state's desolate, rural locations can conjure. Manos: The Hands of Fate delivers on the setting… kind of, but it utterly fails in every other facet of filmmaking. Instead of a cannibal run-in, the film sees a family road trip end at the lodge of a peculiar cult. What follows is a masterclass in what not to do when making a movie. The editing is choppy, the dubbing is horrendous, and the plot is nonsensical, with a few entirely disconnected scenes to make it all the more confusing.
Still, there's a certain charm to Manos: The Hands of Fate. For starters, the entire project essentially took shape after a bet. While chatting with Stirling Silliphant, a screenwriter and producer, writer and director Harold P. Warren claimed it was easy to make a horror film, and thus, Manos: The Hands of Fate was born. And, well, no offense to Warren, but he was wrong. It's quite difficult to make a good horror movie, and Manos: The Hands of Fate proves it.
Is Pieces unintentionally hilarious or secretly brilliant in its stupidity? Honestly, you'll have to be the judge of that because that question frequently leaves people divided. Compared to the other entries on this list, it's a lot more exploitative and violent, but it still has all the right ingredients for a campy little treat for cult movie fans. It kicks off with little Timmy murdering his mother after she chastises him for playing with a jigsaw puzzle featuring a nude woman. In turn, Timmy grows up to be a killer who kills female twenty-somethings and uses their body parts to make a human jigsaw puzzle.
Disturbing? You're darn tootin. However, Pieces is also so ridiculous and sleazy that the whole thing comes off as goofy. It's gory, too, but nothing that fans of '80s schlock won't feel accustomed to. If you like slasher movies that wander into splatter territory, Pieces will delight you.
If you want some bizarre action, satanism, and a little Asian mysticism with your horror, then say hello to American Rickshaw, also known as American Tiger. To emphasize how ridiculous this movie is, just know it involves a rickshaw truck driver, a stripper, a sex tape, and murder. Add in all the stereotype-heavy Chinese sorcery and an unhinged televangelist, played by the legendary Donald Pleasence, and you've got something that feels like a hacky Big Trouble in Little China (1986) knock-off cranked up to ten.
The pacing is a little slow, but if you're a sucker for over-the-top acting punctuated by weird dialogue, then American Rickshaw is still worth the 1 hour and 33 minute commitment. This one has a big cult following for a reason. It's a trashy, sleazy masterpiece of garbage. I promise, you'll love it.
