3 Best Movies To Watch On HBO Max This Weekend (October 3-4)
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HBO Max subscribers will find movies on the streaming service this weekend that either prepare for Halloween season or will make viewers' blood boil in other ways. On last weekend's HBO Max movie recommendations, I talked about movies like Milly Alcock's Supergirl in the James Gunn DC Universe, the sci-fi horror Backrooms, and the Denis Villeneuve masterpiece space opera Dune.
Out of those exciting options, two movies not only remain timely recommendations on the streaming service, but they are leading the streamer nationwide. At the time of writing, Backrooms stands as the most-watched movie on HBO Max in the United States, while Supergirl is the 2nd most popular film on the streamer nationwide. As such, they are dominating HBO Max's chart.
This weekend's HBO Max list is all about following suit with the latest trends on the streaming service that subscribers should not miss out on. That said, there is a Halloween movie twist to the list, with two of our HBO Max entries in the first weekend of October being horror movies. However, each of those comes with a completely different tone.
The Ultimate · Horror Quote Challenge Name That Horror Movie “They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“I am your number one fan.”
✓ Correct! Annie Wilkes’s obsessive declaration to author Paul Sheldon in Misery — Kathy Bates won the Oscar for this role.
✗ Not quite — it’s Misery (1990). Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes delivers this line before things get very, very painful for her favorite author.
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“We all go a little mad sometimes.”
✓ Correct! Norman Bates’s unsettling confession in Hitchcock’s Psycho — the film that invented the slasher.
✗ Not quite — it’s Psycho (1960). Norman Bates delivers this chilling line to Marion Crane before the shower scene changes cinema forever.
03
Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“Here’s Johnny!”
✓ Correct! Jack Nicholson’s terrifying ad-lib as he axes through the bathroom door in The Shining.
✗ Not quite — it’s The Shining (1980). Nicholson improvised this line while hacking through the door — Kubrick kept the cameras rolling.
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!”
✓ Correct! Margaret White’s cruel warning to her daughter before prom night turns deadly in Carrie.
✗ Not quite — it’s Carrie (1976). Piper Laurie as Margaret White torments her telekinetic daughter with this prophetic warning.
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.”
✓ Correct! The eerie children’s jump-rope rhyme that haunts the dreams of Elm Street.
✗ Not quite — it’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). The nursery rhyme warning of Freddy Krueger’s arrival. All five are iconic slashers, but only one invades your dreams.
06
Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“I want to play a game.”
✓ Correct! Jigsaw’s signature greeting, delivered through his puppet Billy in Saw.
✗ Not quite — it’s Saw (2004). The Jigsaw Killer’s chilling invitation before his victims face impossible choices.
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“It was the boogeyman.”
✓ Correct! Laurie Strode’s terrified whisper to Dr. Loomis after surviving Michael Myers in Halloween.
✗ Not quite — it’s Halloween (1978). Laurie Strode whispers this to Dr. Loomis, who replies: “As a matter of fact, it was.”
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Which horror movie features this iconic line?
“It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.”
✓ Correct! Buffalo Bill’s skin-crawling command to his captive in The Silence of the Lambs.
✗ Not quite — it’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Buffalo Bill delivers this disturbing line from his basement. All five films feature serial killers, but only one has this scene.
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This allows the list to remain fresh for viewers with different preferences in horror and just in general. There is also no superhero movie among the new recommendations. That said, those looking for similar thrills will find them in the star-studded action movie led by an actor who was previously in multiple Marvel movies. These are the HBO Max movie recommendations:
3 Truth or Dare (2018)
The first horror movie on the list is Truth or Dare, which is currently the 10th most-watched movie on HBO Max in the United States. Truth or Dare is a good horror pick for teenagers and young adults, as its cast stars Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), and more.
The Blumhouse horror movie is pretty straightforward. As a group of college friends come together to party during spring break in Mexico, they decide to play a game of truth or dare. However, as they come to learn, if they do not follow the rules of the game, there are gruesome consequences waiting. It is a horror thriller perfect for a rainy night.
2 Beetlejuice (1988)
Beetlejuice, the second horror movie on the list, could not be farther away from Truth or Dare in tone, even though both come from the same general genre. That is because Beetlejuice plays to Michael Keaton's impeccable comedic timing, as the character is called upon to scare away the new owners of the Maitlands' home, as the recently-deceased ghosts are bound to their house.
Beetlejuice holds a high 83% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 121 reviews. Besides Keaton, the horror comedy also features names like Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara, and more. Beetlejuice is a horror classic, perfect for the start of the Halloween season, and after finishing it, HBO Max subscribers can book a double feature with the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which director Tim Burton returned to helm.
1 Fuze (2026)
Finally, the only non-horror movie on the list is Fuze. The 2026 action thriller is a star-studded affair. Those watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen season 2 on Netflix might enjoy knowing that Theo James is one of the movie's main players. He is joined by Marvel Cinematic Universe's Quicksilver and Sony's Spider-Man Universe Kraven the Hunter actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who leads the film as Major Will Tranter.
Fuze's cast also includes names like the James Cameron Avatar franchise star Sam Worthington and Loki's Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Fuze is currently the 3rd most-watched movie on HBO Max in the United States. The R-rated action thriller focuses on a bank heist while London has been evacuated to remove an unexploded World War II bomb. Its story is fresh, the action kinetic, and the cast magnetic. Fuze ends the weekend on HBO Max with plenty of thrills.
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Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
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- Release Date
- April 13, 2018
- Runtime
- 101 minutes
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Lucy Hale
Olivia Barron
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Nolan Gerard Funk
Tyson Curran
Truth or Dare is a supernatural horror film released in 2018 where a group of friends, after a vacation encounter, becomes ensnared in a deadly version of the game. Participants must either complete perilous challenges or face lethal outcomes, compelling them to wrestle with grim realities and moral dilemmas.
- Director
- Jeff Wadlow
- Main Genre
- Horror
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Set in modern London, the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb forces a large-scale evacuation, creating citywide panic. Hidden within the disruption, criminals launch a carefully orchestrated heist, exploiting the emergency as cover.
- Director
- David Mackenzie
- Main Genre
- Action
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