Horror Movie Cross Stitch Patterns

After sharing some cute Halloween patterns the other day, let’s go in the other direction with some cross stitch patterns inspired by horror movies.

You can stitch up an actually still kind of cute Ghostface from Scream with this pattern from Red Splatter Designs. It looks like it uses about five colors, and has a stitch area of 4.07 by 6.57 inches, or 10.3 by 16.7 cm. It would be perfect in an 8-inch hoop.

This mini Freddy Kruger from Night Sky Studio Dee is another fun one, and looks great on black fabric. He fits in a 4 to 6 inch hoop and would be great to hang in your TV room.

The Shining is about as scary as I can take, so I wanted to add in this Shining sampler from By Meg C. It includes all the highlights, from creepy twins to weird carpet, Danny’s tricycle and Jack’s typewriter. It’s 200 by 200 stitches and when you stitch it on 18 count fabric it fits in a 12-inch hoop.

If you can’t narrow down which horror movie is your favorite, you might want to stitch one of these projects instead. It’s horror movie time includes eight classic horror movie characters (don’t ask me to name them, I’m missing a couple) and is sold by Vikycialp. It only uses two colors and is 245 by 309 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 17.5 by 22 inches, or 44.4 by 56 cm.

The Friend horror cross stitch pattern from Leila Stitch is incredibly detailed and would be awesome for a horror lover with a dedicated movie room. It uses 18 colors (I really thought it would be more!) and measures 200 by 120 stitches. That’s 14.29 by 8.57 inches, or 36.3 by 21.77 cm, if you use 14 count fabric.

And if you like a little cute with your horror, I’m a horroraholic features mini versions of all your favorite slashers. (The pattern page doesn’t show it stitched on fabric but you get the idea from the photo.) This one is from Shimmering Pine Studio and comes out to about 21.5 by 17.5 inches, or 54.6 by 44.5 cm, on 14 count fabric.

I started writing this one as a designer spotlight kind of post, and then I realized when I was almost done with it that I had actually featured this designer before. It was in late 2024, so I’ll forgive myself for forgetting, but it’s worth taking another look at Mama Witch Cross Stitch. It looks like the shop has changed a bit since the last time I looked in, and you all just needed to see this amazing pattern anyway.

In the listing this one is called “whimsical opossum,” because of course it is. This little creature is sporting a straw hat and playing a banjo next to a crock of moonshine and surrounded by a wreath of pumpkins, mushrooms and other fall icons. Clicking through the images, though, I see it’s also called Possum Song, which is also pretty great.

Either way, the design is 144 by 130 stitches, which comes out to 10.29 by 9.29 inches, or about 26 by 23.5 cm on 14 count fabric.

This is not the only possum pattern offered by this shop, but you get the vibe from this one.

And to quickly check in on the rest of the shop, there are a great number of Halloween themed cross stitch patterns here, too, many with a sort of dark whimsy like mermaid skeletons, cat witches and a pumpkin-headed rider on a skeleton unicorn, to name just a few.

Another category worth noting, though it is much smaller, is “sad Victorian ghosts,” which features ghosts (sometimes in Victorian garb, sometimes not) going to the pub and the library, hanging laundry and taking a bath.

There are also a lot of Christmas designs, some sweet and some snarky, and a few creepy ones, too. Other categories include the new for 2026 “sunny patterns” (similar style motifs just with brighter colors and lighter backgrounds), as well as bookmarks and mini cross stitch designs.

[Photo: Mama Witch Cross Stitch]

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