You can watch suspenseful, edgy thrillers on Netflix all year, but now that it’s Halloween season, it’s time for a deep dive into the streamer’s batch of scary movies. If you’re not in the mood for a Fear Street marathon or lighthearted titles like Sing: Thriller, you’ll find plenty on there to enjoy, no matter what you’re into. Whether it’s originals or acquired titles, you’ll find something that speaks to you — including a hint of time travel or period drama mixed in with all the gore.
Scroll down and you’ll find our picks for some of the best horror movies to stream on Netflix right now.
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This psychological horror film is deeply unsettling in the best ways. A videographer named Aaron (Patrick Brice) responds to a Craigslist ad placed by a dying man named Josef (Mark Duplass), who says he wants to record a video diary for his unborn son. But when Josef starts behaving strangely, Aaron becomes increasingly uneasy, and a series of disturbing events unfold.
Produced by Sam Raimi, Don’t Move is about a grieving woman who heads to the woods for peace and healing but instead is injected with a compound that paralyzes her in increments. She is fighting for life as she tries to outrun and outwit whomever is after her.
Generational curse has a certain meaning in Incantation, a found-footage film that urges the viewer to get in on the action. Li Ronan is a mother who needs help removing a curse from her young daughter. When she was pregnant, she disregarded a religious custom and incurred a curse, which has been visited upon her child. Will you help her with the incantation to try to remove it?
A group of friends embark on a hiking trip in Sweden, where they encounter an ancient supernatural force — or being — that must be satiated. The British film has all the horror makings of a forest hike gone wrong — weird markings, unsettling ritualistic offerings and an impossible escape.
In this fast-paced and gripping Korean horror/action film, a livestreamer is trapped in his apartment during a zombie apocalypse and struggles to survive.
This thriller follows a refugee couple from South Sudan looking to start a new life in England. But when they move into their new home, they find an unsettling, sinister presence within it.
This horror drama, an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, follows a farmer who decides to murder his wife with the help of his teenage son. But they become haunted by guilt — and rats. Lots of rats.
This psychological horror tells the story of a cam girl (or webcam model) named Alice (Madeline Brewer) whose account is stolen by a look-alike. She sets out to find the impostor and reclaim her identity.
In the early 1900s, a troubled man named Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) travels to a remote island to rescue his sister, who’s been kidnapped by a religious cult. This film is part mystery, part bloodbath.
A year after a bloody Black Friday riot, a masked killer terrorizes people in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as he seeks revenge. It’s a grisly film laced with intriguing mystery.