Netflix is home to pretty much every kind of film genre one can think of, but when your cinematic hunger is only satiated by ghost stories and slasher flicks, rest assured that the platform’s collection of horror films is a hellishly delightful curation that we wholeheartedly recommend. The collection is always changing too, with new movies coming to Netflix throughout each month.
If you’re not up for the challenge of sifting through rows of terrifying titles, we’ve already done the hard work for you. Here’s our roundup of the best horror movies on Netflix right now.
Looking to get your scares elsewhere? We’ve curated guides to the best horror movies on Amazon Prime Video and the best horror movies on Hulu.
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The Boy2016
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Old People2022
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The Munsters2022
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Veronica2017
Umma stars television icon Sandra Oh alongside Fivel Stewart and Dermot Mulroney. The plot centers on a single mother leading a quiet and uneventful life with her homeschooled daughter on a secluded American farm. Things get complicated when her mother’s cremated remains arrive from Korea, and she soon finds herself dealing with a vicious supernatural presence.
The underrated Carla Gugino stars opposite Bruce Greenwood in Mike Flanagan’s 2017 psychological horror film Gerald’s Game. Based on Stephen King’s 1992 novel, the film follows a married couple at a secluded getaway home. Looking to rekindle their strained relationship, the man handcuffs the woman to the bed; however, he suddenly dies of a heart attack, leaving his wife in a dire situation. With little hope of escaping and a series of demons haunting her mind, the woman must do everything in her power to survive.
A prequel to the 2014 film Ouija, Ouija: Origin of Evil follows a woman and her two daughters who conduct a fraudulent seance business. Looking to improve their act, the woman introduces a Ouija board into her sessions, unknowingly summoning a vengeful spirit looking to possess her youngest daughter. Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, and Henry Thomas star, with Mike Flanagan directing.
The Scream franchise came back after a decade with Scream 4. The plot centers on Sydney Prescott returning to Woodsboro during the press tour for her self-help book. However, her arrival coincides with the anniversary week of the original Woodsboro murders, prompting the return of the Ghostface serial killer. Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox reprise their roles as Sydney, Dewey, and Gal, respectively, opposite a younger cast that includes Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, and Rory Culkin.
Douglas Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lucien Laviscount, and Faye Dunaway star in the 2017 supernatural horror film The Bye Bye Man. The story follows three college friends who unwittingly unleash a supernatural evil known as the Bye Bye Man, who they discover is the cause of many brutal crimes throughout history.
Rob Zombie may have made quite the name for himself with his traditional backwoods horror fare, including films like 31 and House of 1,000 Corpses. But in a refreshing change of pace, the maestro of terror takes his genre chops into a more family-friendly kind of playing field with his cinematic reimagining of The Munsters. Starring Jeff Daniel Philips, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Daniel Roebuck as Herman, Lily, and Grandpa Munster, respectively, our story follows Lily and Herman’s ghoulish wooing of one another, serving as a fun-filled prequel to the mid-1960s TV series that we know and love.
When will the world learn that using ouija boards is a surefire way to get yourself mixed up with supernatural forces that won’t leave, even when you ask them nicely? In director Paco Plaza’s Veronica, the latest victim of the ghoulish phenomena turns out to be the film’s titular character, a 15-year-old girl who begins experiencing paranormal events after going a round with the infamous ouija. Veronica is an unsettling film for sure, effectively relying on tone and atmosphere more than one would expect in crafting what could have been just another possession film.
Here’s a solid blast of found-footage madness for you and yours to enjoy. Incantation is co-written and directed by Kevin Ko and stars Tsai Hsuan-yen as Li Ronan, a desperate mother who is suffering the consequences of accidental desecration. Years before, Li violated a sacred Chen ritual, leading her newborn daughter to be cursed by an ancient deity. With time running out, Li must now do everything in her power to lift the hex from her child before the deity consumes the innocent girl. While the narrative veers off course here and there, as a whole, Incantation is a mostly cohesive and kinetic bit of shaky-camera scariness that we bet most viewers will thoroughly enjoy.
Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) isn’t having the greatest days of late. On her way to Calabria with folks she’s never met before (her travels are arranged through a rideshare app), the RV ends up getting wrecked and one of the passengers injured. What’s more peculiar is that when Elisa awakens the next morning, she discovers that she and her fellow travelers are stranded in the woods. Soon after, the members of a mysterious cult descend on the wayward companions, forcing everyone to fight for their lives.
Justine (Garance Marillier) is entering her first year of veterinary school. A devoted vegetarian for years, a hazing ritual involving animal entrails introduces Justine to a newfound taste for meat. Struggling to contend with her new appetite, a hunger for meat soon evolves into a sinister longing for human flesh. Writer-director Julia Ducournau’s feature debut is a brutally bold vision of the coming-of-age genre, albeit flipped on its head and splattered with blood.
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