- - Skip the Rom-Coms—20 Valentine’s Day Horror Movies to Watch Instead

Delilah GrayFebruary 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM

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Nowadays, there seems to be a horror movie with everything. We’ve seen horror movies based on beloved children’s characters, slasher Christmas movies, and now, there’s another horror movie subgenre hitting the forefront: Valentine’s Day-themed horror movies.

Valentine’s Day may be all about love and presents, but it’s also full of horror ideas. Seriously, when you look at all the horror movies based on the holiday, many center on scorned love, Cupid, or use it as a backdrop for gore.

However, Hollywood hasn’t totally embraced the Valentine gore in the horror world, so we searched high and low for the 20 most memorable horror films that are either about the holiday, have scenes based on anything Valentine’s, or were released on Feb 14.

Below, see which Valentine’s Day-themed horror movies to check out on Feb 14.

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20 Valentine’s Day Horror Movies1. Heart Eyes (2025)

Heart Eyes is the newest addition to the Valentine’s Day horror movie marathon. Equal parts slasher and romantic comedy, this horror flick is about two coworkers who find themselves in the bloody path of the Valentine’s Day serial killer, who mistakenly thinks they’re another couple to slash. The fact that it’s fully based on the holiday and has a serial killer who only kills on Valentine’s Day makes this the perfect V-Day horror!

Where to watch: Streaming on Netflix; $5.99 on AppleTV, Prime, Google Play Movies and Fandango at Home

Related: No Valentine? No Problem! Here Are 32 Romantic Comedies for Single People

2. Valentine (2021)

Valentine is another staple of Valentine’s Day horror for its star-studded cast, campy vibes, and its connection to the big holiday. It follows a serial killer going after a group of girls who humiliated him back in middle school, and it gets bloody!

Where to watch: Free on Tubi, Free on Roku, $3.99 on YouTube, AppleTV, Prime, Google Play Movies and Fandango

3. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Not only is it based on Valentine’s Day (and more specifically, a Valentine's Day dance gone wrong), but this movie takes place in the town called Valentine Bluffs. Basically, it follows a crazed miner who went on a killing spree and vowed to come back if the town ever held a Valentine's Day dance. As you can imagine, the town doesn’t listen, and the killer wreaks havoc.

Where to watch: Free on Pluto TV, $3.99 on on Roku, YouTube, Prime, Google Play Movies and Fandango

4. My Bloody Valentine (2009)

The 1981 version got a remake with Jensen Ackles and Jaime King! It’s the same premise as the first one, but even more gory (and it was released in 3D back in the day, so everything flies out at you).

Where to watch: Free on Pluto, PLEX, Tubi, Roku and on Fandango at Home. $3.99 on YouTube, Apple TV, Google Play Movies and Prime

5. Cupid (2020)

You can’t have Valentine’s Day without Cupid, so of course we had to add this one to the list! Instead of the baby that helps people find love, Cupid is a demon summoned by a high school witch to take revenge on her bullies.

Where to watch: Free on Xumo Home, Fandango at Home, Tubi and Prime. $0.99 on Apple TV, $1.99 on Google Play Movies.

6. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

If you want a bit of a throwback, you can't go wrong with this 70s psychological horror. It takes place back in the year 1900, where the headmistress takes her class of girls on a Valentine's Day picnic; but they all go missing. And everyone left behind is trying to figure out what happened to them!

Where to watch: HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime; $2.99 on Google Play Movies, $3.99 on Apple TV, $2.99 on Fandango at Home.

7. X-Ray (1982)

You may be seeing a pattern here, but this Valentine’s Day horror flick is also a revenge plot. This is another slasher film that follows a serial killer who traps a woman in a hospital on Valentine’s Day, killing people while dressed as a surgeon, all because of a childhood rejection.

Where to watch: Free on Tubi, available for rent on Prime, Apple TV and Google Play Movies

Related: We Ranked the 75 Best Romantic Movies of All Time

8. Lovers Lane (2000)

This teen slasher film follows a serial killer who comes back to hunt down his victims' children. Now, how is it Valentine’s Day themed? Well, it all starts with the two leads on Valentine's Day at Lover's Lane!

Where to watch: Streaming on MGM, Philo, fuboTV and The Roku Channel. Available for rent on Apple TV.

9. Broken Hearts (2010)

This dark horror comedy may not be on a lot of people’s radar, but it’s a gore-filled Valentine’s Day film to add! It’s about another masked serial killer who tries to win over his crush on Valentine's Day by killing her other potential suitors.

Where to watch: Netflix

10. The Big F (2016)

If you want something on the sillier side of horror, you need to see The Big F. It's literally about Bigfoot wreaking havoc on Valentine's Day in search of a mate.

Where to watch: Streaming on Disney+, available for rent on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home

11. Pretty Boy (2021)

In this 2021 horror, we follow a masked killer named Pretty Boy and an actress named Faye, who was blinded after a botched laser surgery. He kidnaps her and then goes to all the Valentine’s Day-themed parties to continue the madness and bloodshed.

Where to watch: $3.99 to rent on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Apple TV, and Plex.

12. Devilish Charm (2014)

This horror movie takes place on Valentine’s Day and follows a sorority that makes a deadly mistake. It all starts with a cursed bracelet that arrives at their sorority house, and each makes a wish on it, but the Devil has more in store for them.

Where to watch: Fee with ads on Tubi and Plex. Available to buy or rent on Apple TV and Google Play.

13. Pontypool (2008)

During the Valentine's Day celebration in the small town of Pontypool, trouble is afoot when the members of a radio station hear about an outbreak that turns people into zombie-like creatures. (It’s actually based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess, and it's part of a trilogy if you want a true Pontypool marathon!)

Where to watch: On Netflix and Philo

Related: The Best Romantic Movies on Netflix

14. Valentine DayZ (2018)

While it's not explicitly set for Valentine's Day, the title still conveys everything you . It's an indie comedy horror about a zombie apocalypse interrupting Sara and Max's whirlwind romantic escape to Florida.

Where to watch: Available to stream for free on Tubi and YouTube. Available to rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV Store.

15. Bride of Re-Animator (1989)

The H.P. Lovecraftian movie follows two doctors who attempt to discover the secret to creating human life and to create a perfect woman from it. It’s not explicitly a Valentine’s Day-themed horror movie, but many count it because it was released on Feb 14, and the romance undertones.

Where to watch: Available on Tubi, and to rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and Sky Store.

16. Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

The sequel to Happy Death Day follows the Final Girl, Tree Gelbman, who finds herself dying over and over again, but everything is different from the first time around. Again, it was released on Valentine’s Day, so many consider it a Feb. 14 staple!

Where to watch: $3.99 on YouTube, AppleTV and Google Play Movies

17. The Dead Thing (2024)

Also released on Feb. 14, this dark horror-romance follows a young woman who falls for a charismatic man with a dark secret. He disappears, and it all turns into a deadly obsession.

Where to watch: Free on SlingTV, YouTube with a subscription, Prime, and $3.99 on Apple TV

18. Holidays (2016)

This 2016 film is one of those horror anthology movies, but unlike many, this one has a Valentine’s Day-themed part! It's the first segment, and it follows a depressed high school student who pursues her bully and tries to get her high school coach to fall in love with her.

Where to watch: AMC+ with subscription, SlingTV, Prime, and $3.99 on Apple TV

19. Krasue Valentine (Thai: Ghost of Valentine) (2006)

You can't have a movie marathon without at least one foreign film! This Thai romance-horror film begins on Valentine’s Day and follows a shy nurse and an orderly, showing how the nurse, Sao, becomes a krasue ghost. The Krause is a Southeast Asian folklore about a floating, disembodied head of a beautiful woman with her internal organs trailing down from her neck.

Where to watch: Plex

20. Cupid (1997)

This one doesn’t take place on Feb. 14, but it’s very thematic…and twisted. It follows a brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship who turn into murderers. It’s about jealousy, murder, and very uncomfortable themes of “love.”

Where to watch: Free on Tubi, Plex, The Roku Channel

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