10 Best Horror Movies On Netflix – Forbes Advisor


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If you’re looking for a bone-chilling movie to accompany your Halloween candy this spooky season, look no further than your Netflix account. From paranormal activity to gory jumpscares and horror comedies—the streaming service has a wide selection of horror movies to keep you up at night. We’ve ranked the best horror movies on Netflix this October so you can start Netflix-and-thrilling.

10 Best Horror Movies On Netflix


Jaws (IMDb Rating: 8.1)

Jaws (IMDb Rating: 8.1)
Jaws (IMDb Rating: 8.1)

Editor’s Take

Responsible for any irrational fear you may have of sharks and widely regarded as one of the top three horror movies of all time.This pulse-pounding classic still holds up to this day and leaves us in a cold sweat anytime we hear those ubiquitous bass notes of impending doom.

Description

When a giant great white shark starts attacking beachgoers off the coast of Long Island, it’s up to a hunter, a marine biologist and a police chief to find and kill the beast before it kills anyone else.

A Quiet Place: Part II (IMDb Rating: 7.2)

A Quiet Place: Part II (IMDb Rating: 7.2)
A Quiet Place: Part II (IMDb Rating: 7.2)

Editor’s Take

Here we learn how the Abbott family got to where they are before the invasion of the Death Angel aliens and watch them escape their home and connect with other survivors. The suspense is turned up to 11 as we watch Evelyn, Regan and Marcus struggle to stay silent and not attract the aliens to their location. Plus, this is one of the few movies that centres a person with a disability as the hero, which puts a new spin on the horror genre that originated with the first movie and has not been seen before or since.

Description

We continue to follow the Abbott Family as they navigate the post-apocalyptic world they live in and continue to evade the blind aliens with an acute sense of hearing known as Death Angels.

Red Dragon (IMDb Rating: 7.2)

Red Dragon (IMDb Rating: 7.2)
Red Dragon (IMDb Rating: 7.2)

Editor’s Take

This is worth a watch just to see Anthony Hopkins reprise the legendary role from ‘Silence of the Lambs’ that made him a household name, but there’s more here as well. The ensemble cast is an incredible lineup of actors that all rise to the occasion and hold their own opposite Hopkins. Meanwhile, Ralph Fiennes’ Francis Dolarhyde is a character guaranteed to upstage even the great Hannibal Lecter in your nightmares.

Description

An FBI profiler with psychological gifts must turn to the notorious Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to help him hunt an even more dangerous serial killer known only as, “The Tooth Fairy.”

Talk To Me (IMDb Rating: 7.1)

Talk To Me (IMDb Rating: 7.1)

Director

Danny & Michael Philippou

Talk To Me (IMDb Rating: 7.1)

Danny & Michael Philippou

Editor’s Take

Great practical effects and an innovative use of blood and gore that doesn’t become gratuitous and cruel, talk to me is a wild ride worth taking and a refreshing innovation in supernatural horror.

Description

When a group of teens discovers that they can conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, the practice becomes their latest addictive thrill until one of them goes too far and manifests a dark energy that targets all of them.

It Follows (IMDb Rating: 6.8)

It Follows (IMDb Rating: 6.8)
It Follows (IMDb Rating: 6.8)

Editor’s Take

This dreamy, ethereal horror movie is a slow burn, but it’s creepy execution and atmosphere combine to have a chilling effect on the viewer.

Description

After sleeping with her new boyfriend for the first time, Jay learns that she is now cursed to be followed by a supernatural entity until she passes the curse off to someone new. In this dreamy movie, Jay tries to escape the entity while grappling with what to do next.

The Babadook (IMDb Rating: 6.8)

The Babadook (IMDb Rating: 6.8)
The Babadook (IMDb Rating: 6.8)

Editor’s Take

This psychological horror movie explores dark subject matter in the form of a monster movie.

Description

This psychological horror film follows Amelia, a widowed single mother raising her troubled son alone. When Amelia’s son becomes convinced The Babadook—a character from one of his children’s books—is haunting their home, she also notices a sinister presence in the house.

Evil Dead Rise (IMDb Rating: 6.7)

Evil Dead Rise (IMDb Rating: 6.7)
Evil Dead Rise (IMDb Rating: 6.7)

Editor’s Take

The films in the Evil Dead series never fail to deliver on camp and gore and this one is no exception.

Description

In this chilling addition to the iconic franchise, two estranged sisters reunite in a rundown Los Angeles apartment, only to find themselves fighting a demonic force unleashed by an ancient book.

Bird Box (IMDb Rating: 6.6)

Bird Box (IMDb Rating: 6.6)
Bird Box (IMDb Rating: 6.6)

Editor’s Take

Based on the novel by Josh Maleman, while it never reaches the intriguing potential of the book, strong acting by Bullock and the rest of the cast as well as an icy atmosphere make this a worthy watch.

Description

As an unseen presence drives most people in society to suicide, one mother (Sandra Bullock) makes one last desperate attempt to find safety for her two kids.

Halloween (IMDb Rating: 6.5)

Halloween (IMDb Rating: 6.5)
Halloween (IMDb Rating: 6.5)

Editor’s Take

This eleventh installment in the Halloween series disregards all previous sequels and results in a classic popcorn movie that does right by the original. It’s obviously perfect for watching on, you guessed it, Halloween Night.

Description

This sequel to the 1978 classic follows Michael Myers as he escapes from prison on the night of Halloween. Forty years after his initial rampage, Laurie Strode prepares for his return, haunted by her past and determined to defeat Myers once and for all.

It Chapter Two (IMDb Rating: 6.5)

It Chapter Two (IMDb Rating: 6.5)
It Chapter Two (IMDb Rating: 6.5)

Editor’s Take

Despite the all-star cast and Bill Skarsgård terrifyingly madcap performance as Pennywise, this sequel is unfortunately not as scary as It Chapter One.

Description

Set 27 years after It Chapter One, The Losers Club has grown up and moved away until a devastating call forces them all back home to Darry to face their greatest fear once and for all.

Breaking Down Horror Sub-Genres

Just like the Blu-Ray shelf of an obsessive steel book collector, we’ve organized Netflix’s horror offerings into their various subgenres so you don’t have to and can instead use this as a reference list of your own.

Popular Horror Movies on Netflix

  • Tarot
  • Monster
  • The Deliverance
  • The Ritual
  • The Babadook
  • Gerald’s Game
  • His House
  • It follows
  • Jigsaw
  • The Nun

Netflix Original Horror Movies

  • Gerald’s Game
  • Run
  • I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House
  • Cam
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
  • The Conference
  • 1922
  • In The Tall Grass
  • The Babysitter
  • The Ritual

Horror Comedy Movies on Netflix

  • Shaun Of The Dead
  • Bodies Bodies Bodies
  • Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil
  • Get Out
  • Little Evil
  • Hubie Halloween
  • The Babysitter
  • Addams Family Values
  • The Conference
  • Day Shift

Psychological Horror Thrillers on Netflix

  • Creep
  • In The Tall Grass
  • Bird Box
  • Devil All The Time
  • Tau
  • Watcher
  • The Stepfather
  • Run
  • Seven
  • The Woman In The Window


Horror Movies Recently Added to Netflix

Nope

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Nope

Description

Two siblings run a struggling horse ranch in a remote California valley, but their lives take a surreal turn when they encounter a mysterious supernatural phenomenon in the sky.

Grave Torture

Grave Torture
Grave Torture

Description

A young woman attempts to confront her religious beliefs by stepping into the grave of a man who has been deemed sinful.

Seasonal and Holiday Horror Films

If you’re looking for something more festive from the horror genre, you should watch the following between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Halloween Specials

  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror. When it comes to Halloween specials, the Simpsons can do no wrong. It’s hard to pick our all-time favourite segment in this annual anthology episode, but the best ones are funny, weird and pitch-perfect parodies of horror classics. These include shorts like, ‘Terror at 5 1/2 Feet’, ‘The Raven’ and ‘Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace’. Plus, who could forget the absolutely groundbreaking ‘Homer3’, which sees Homer pass into a 3D world and then into our own in a way reminiscent of the Twilight Zone episode, ‘Little Girl Lost.’
  • American Horror Story: Murder House—Halloween (Parts 1 & 2). In this episode, all the little chickens that have been building all season come home to roost since Halloween is the one night when all the ghosts that haunt the house can crossover into the land of the living. We learn the backstories behind many of them as plenty of disturbing truths are revealed.
  • Community: Season Two, Episode Six—Epidemiology. When attendees at the annual Greendale Holiday Party unknowingly eat the old military rations that were served as appetizers, it slowly becomes clear to Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Purdi) that they are in the midst of a zombie apocalypse and must resist the infected horde to keep from being turned into zombies themselves. This is a classic episode that showcases the mix of irreverence and heart that made this short-lived cult comedy series so legendary.

 Christmas Chills and Thanksgiving Thrills

  • Terrifier 3. In this third installment in the ‘Terrifier’ slasher film series, Art the Clown is back for Christmas, this time as a demonic mall Santa who hands out explosives as gifts and continues to decapitate people with his trusty chainsaw. At the same time, he seeks revenge against Sienna Shaw, the one who cut off his head in the previous film.
  • Black Christmas. You would be dead wrong if you think John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ invented the slasher genre. This Canadian cult classic from 1974 inspired Carpenter to make ‘Halloween’ after he heard its director, Bob Clark, describe what a sequel to ‘Black Christmas’ would be like. This movie follows a group of sorority sisters (including Margot Kidder and Olivia Hussey) trying to escape a killer at the height of the Christmas season.
  • Thanksgiving. This 2023 slasher film is based on Eli Roth’s fake trailer for 2007’s ‘Grindhouse.’ It’s the third ‘Grindhouse’ adaptation after the Danny Trejo action film ‘Machete’ and the exploitation film ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’ starring Rutger Hauer. ‘Thanksgiving’ hinges on a Black Friday sale becoming a deadly riot. Then, a year later, someone dressed as the Mayflower pilgrim, John Carver, starts killing people who were in the store that day with kitchen tools you would find on a Thanksgiving table, such as corn holders, as an act of revenge for losing all that they held dear because of the riot.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

​​What is the number one scariest movie on Netflix?

‘Jaws’ still brings the goods almost 50 years after its debut.

What’s the scary movie on Netflix that no one can finish?

Some viewers and critics report that Veronica, a 2017 Spanish horror movie based on a real incident in 1991 when a girl died mysteriously after a Ouija board seance, is the scariest movie on the streamer and the hardest to finish because of this.

What is the number one scariest horror movie?

Critical consensus has it that 1973’s The Exorcist is the scariest movie of all time. It is the number one entry on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, Collider, GamesRadar, Time Out and more.

What are the top 10 best horror movies?

Some of the top 10 best horror movies of the year include, ‘Late Night with the Devil’, ‘Alien: Romulus’, ‘Strange Darling’, ‘Speak No Evil’, ‘Longlegs’, ‘Abigail’ and  ‘Terrifier 3’.

Which horror movies on Netflix have the highest IMDb ratings?

The horror movies on Netflix with the highest IMDB ratings are ‘Jaws’, ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ and ‘Red Dragon’.


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