There are a lot of horror movies out there in the streaming world, even if you limit yourself to what’s available on your various subscriptions. (That goes double for Shudder subscribers.) That means there are tons of great obscurities, oddities, and freak shows at your disposal. But sometimes you just want to watch an absolute classic – a building block of the genre, rather than a sideshow.

With that aim in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the 13 best horror movies streaming right now, from throughout film history and across various subscription services. There’s at least one title from each decade of the past century of cinema, in hopes of offering a fuller, wider-ranging picture of what the best horror movies can look like. To that end, no directors are repeated across this baker’s dozen of horror movies. (Sorry to John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, George Romero, and James Whale, who were particularly affected by this rule.) Monster movies, slashers, ghost stories, found footage, alien invasions, sex demons – they’re all here, ready to scare the hell out of you. Here are the 13 best horror movies streaming right now, in chronological order by original release date, with some “see also” titles for similar decades or genres, in case, like so many horror fans, you can’t get enough.

Jesse Hassenger (@rockmarooned) is a writer living in Brooklyn. He’s a regular contributor to The A.V. Club, Polygon, and The Week, among others. He podcasts at www.sportsalcohol.com, too.