10 Spooky TV Shows & Movies Starring Latinas

It’s officially fall and with that, the Halloween season! There are so many ways to celebrate this month through food, drinks, and fashion. But don’t forget about your watch-list of shows and movies. We all know that there are plenty of classic horror movies to watch but unsurprisingly, few of them feature Latinas in key or even supporting roles. While that’s slowly changing, it’s more important than ever to support horror projects that feature our community, especially Latinas who remain underrepresented in entertainment. That’s why we decided to put together this list of spooky TV shows and movies starring Latina actors we know and love like Melissa Barrera and Eiza Gonzalez so that you can get into the spirit of the season and celebrate our fellow Latina powerhouses at the same time. From Scream VI to Huesera: The Bone Woman, here are 10 spooky shows and movies starring Latinas that you need to watch this month.

Los Espookys (2019)

Los Espookys only released two seasons but we’d argue that it’s one of the best shows to watch during the Halloween season. The series follows a group of friends who form a business that uses special effects to scare and thrill clients. There’s Renaldo, a horror enthusiast and the leader of the pack; Úrsula, in charge of logistics and execution; Tati, Úrsula’s sister who serves as the business’s test dummy; and Andrés, an heir to his family’s chocolate empire. The series stars Latina actors including Cassandra Ciangherotti and Ana Fabrega, as well Bernardo Velasco, Julio Torres, and Fred Armisen. Each episode follows the group’s personal and business-related hijinks that are as funny as they are clever.

Watch it on Max

Wednesday (2022)

The Netflix series Wednesday stars Mexican American and Puerto Rican actress Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams of the iconic comic The Addams Family. This latest iteration centers on Wednesday after she dumps live piranhas as revenge against the water polo team for bullying her brother Pugsley. After she’s expelled from school, her parents decide to send her to Nevermore Academy, a private school in Vermont designed for social outcasts. Even Wednesday has a hard time fitting in because of her cold personality, defiance, and stubbornness. But when she finds out she’s inherited her mother’s psychic abilities, she decides to use them for good to solve a local murder. Season 1 was critically acclaimed, receiving two Golden Globe nominations and four Primetime Emmy awards, with a second season slated to release in 2025. Ortega has been praised for her portrayal of the iconic character and the series also stars Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia.

Watch it on Netflix

Scream VI

Scream VI is a direct sequel to Scream (2022) and features the return of our favorite Latina scream queens Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), who play sisters in the film. In this sixth installment of the Scream franchise, they decide to leave Woodsboro for good after they survived the latest Ghostface killings and head to New York City to start a new chapter of their lives. But nothing goes as planned when everything they ran away from catches up to them. Though Barrera and Ortega won’t appear in Scream VII, we can still enjoy both this movie throughout the fall season.

Watch it on Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, and Prime Video

Agatha All Along (2024)

Agatha All Along is a Marvel miniseries that follows witch Agatha Harkness, who serves as the antagonist of the 2021 miniseries WandaVision. This time, Agatha, who has lost her magical powers, escapes the town of Westview, New Jersey, along with a goth teen who wants to face the trials of Witches’ Road. Together, they decide to form a coven of witches to face the trials. Along the way, they face off with old enemies, including the Salem Seven. One of those witches is played by Aubrey Plaza, who is of Puerto Rican descent, in the role of Rio Vidal, a green witch who has a complicated romantic past with Agatha.

Watch it on Disney+

Your Monster (2024)

If you can’t get enough of Mexican actress Melissa Barrera on your screen, be sure to check her out in the upcoming comedy-horror film Your Monster! In this film, she stars as Laura Franco, a young actress who has been diagnosed with cancer and has just experienced an upsetting break-up with her partner. But everything turns upside down when she discovers a Monster living in her closet, who appears terrifying at first but grows more charming over time. The film releases on October 25, just in time for Halloween.

Watch it in select theaters

The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023)

The Horror of Dolores Roach stars Puerto Rican actress Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) in the titular role of a woman who is released from prison after 16 years for unlawful possession of marijuana. Even though she gets to return to her home in Washington Heights, it’s clear that the neighborhood has become gentrified and she needs to find a way to make a living. She reunites with her friend Luis, who allows her to live in the basement of his empanada shop and open a massage business. But when an appointment goes wrong, she begins killing clients to maintain her newfound stability and Luis then turns the bodies into food at his restaurant to cover up her murders.

Watch it on Prime Video

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)

Cabinet of Curiosities is a horror anthology miniseries created by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and based on his 2013 short story collection. Inspired by the 1970 show Night Galley, each episode tells a self-contained story like a veteran who unleashes a demon after buying an abandoned storage room lot, a grave robber who tries to unearth a deceased aristocrat and falls into a rat-led underground world, and an unattractive woman whose mental state spirals out of control after using a popular skincare lotion. A handful of the episodes star Latinas like Mexican actress Elpidia Carrillo (Blue Beetle).

Watch it on Netflix

Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)

Huesera: The Bone Woman stars Mexican actress Natalia Solián as Valeria, a woman who becomes pregnant with her and her husband’s first child and begins seeing supernatural entities and disturbing visions. From a woman who falls to her death to a spirit who stalks her in the night and breaks her bones in bed, Valeria quickly becomes undone by the horrors she sees, turning her entire family against her except her single, childless aunt—who may also be the only person who can save her.

Watch it on Roku Channel, Spectrum TV, Redbox., Prime Video, Apple TV and Vudu

La Llorona (2019)

Based on true events, La Llorona follows former Guatemalan dictator Enrique Monteverde, who is taken to court to account for his role in the genocide of the country’s Mayan people. Trapped in his house by protests and abandoned by his staff, most of whom are Kaqchikel, he desperately hires Alma (played by Guatemalan actress María Mercedes Coroy) to work as a maid. Soon after she begins work, Enrique and the household begin experiencing supernatural activity and recurring nightmares, and start believing that this force may be out for revenge for his crimes.

Watch it on Shudder

Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)

Brand New Cherry Flavor stars Peruvian American actress Rosa Salazar (Bird Box) as the main character Lisa N. Nova, who moves to LA to direct her first movie. But when she get betrayed by someone she thought was a friend, her dream project quickly turns into a nightmare she never expected, which includes zombies, hitmen, ghost kittens, and curses. And if Lisa is going to stay alive, it’s up to her to figure out and confront secrets from her past.

Watch it on Netflix

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014)

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series is a TV spin-off of the 1996 horror film of the same name starring George Clooney. In this adaptation, we follow brothers Seth and Richie Gecko, who are criminals on the run from the FBI and Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez after a bank robbery went awry, killing multiple cops and Texas Rangers. As they flee to the Mexico border, they only commit more criminal acts, including taking a family hostage and stealing their RV. They also run into a local drug lord, who takes them to a strip club filled with strange people who are fighting for food and resources. The series aired for three seasons and starred notable Latinas including Mexican actress Eiza González (Baby Driver).

Watch it on YouTube and Prime Video

Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

Tigers Are Not Afraid is a fantasy crime horror film that follows Estrella, a young girl whose life in Mexico City has been destroyed by the drug war. When her mother goes missing, Estrella finds herself alone but quickly finds community among a gang of four other children who are also trying to survive the drug violence while also dealing with ghosts. They soon realize that sticking together is the only way to survive, all while Estrella has haunting visions of her mother and encounters with ghosts. It features an all-Latinx cast including Latina actresses Paola Lara (Vuelven) and Mónica del Carmen (Año Bisiesto).

Watch it on Shudder