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4 days ago · Find out which horror movies on Netflix have the highest ratings and reviews from critics and audiences. Browse the list of 33 scary films, from classics like Jaws 2 and Bird Box to original Netflix productions like Velvet Buzzsaw and The Ritual.
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Whether you prefer slashers, zombies, vampires, or ghosts, Netflix has a horror movie for you. Check out the 22 best horror movies to watch for a good scare, and discover new releases, classics, and recommendations from Netflix Tudum.
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- Our monthly update of the scariest movies available on Netflix.
- Best Horror Movies on Netflix
- X (2022)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Malignant (2021)
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Insidious (2010)
- The Meg (2018)
- The Conference (2023)
- The Strangers (2008)
By BJ Colangelo, Matt Donato
Updated: Feb 9, 2024 11:52 pm
Posted: Feb 1, 2024 8:00 pm
Halloween may be behind us, but horror movies have no limit on enjoyment. As one of the most prolific and profitable subgenres in cinema, audiences are always in the mood for some spooky scaries. Fortunately, thanks to the accessibility of streaming services, places like Netflix are home to a plethora of chilling choices. Between original offerings and licensed titles, there’s a horror movie for anyone and everyone. To get you started, we’ve tracked down some of the must-see horror titles currently available to stream on Netflix.
Please note: This list pertains to U.S. Netflix subscribers. Some titles may not currently be available on international platforms. This article is frequently amended to remove films no longer on Netflix and to include more horror movies that are now available on the service.
•Director: Ti West
•Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Scott Mescudi
•Runtime: 106 mins
Ti West might have driven a stake to the heart of horror’s major “Trauma Horror” movement that became popular after Hereditary. X is not only a tremendous original slasher, but one that defied popular studio approaches to horror filmmaking. All eyes are on Mia Goth as aspiring adult film star Maxine and elderly farm owner Pearl, playing both protagonist and antagonist with ease. It’s a throwback slasher under the scorching Texas heat with contemporary mindsets that highlight bodily autonomy and sex work, proving how the slasher subgenre can thrive by today’s socially conscious standards. Would we even have last year’s Thanksgiving if X didn’t prove that mainstream audiences are still hungry for slashers that aren’t tied to famous franchises?
•Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
•Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, Colin Salmon
•Runtime: 100 mins
Paul W. S. Anderson's Resident Evil might take liberties with Capcom's famous video game franchise, but that doesn't make it a failure. Milla Jovovich's Alice leads us into the zombified battleground of Umbrella's doomsday apocalypse, filled with T-Virus vials and salivating Lickers. Anderson's vision is an action-horror take on Resident Evil that's filled with excitement, and while it might be scarcer on terrifying scares, that matters less as Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, and other performers kick plenty of undead butts. Rest in peace, James Shade (played by Colin Salmon) — sliced and cubed by Umbrella's laser defense system and forever seared into my mind.
•Director: James Wan
•Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young
•Runtime: 111 mins
If I didn’t put Malignant on this list, I feel like there’d be a riot. Jame Wan’s throwback to late 90s, early 00s horror where anything goes takes huge scripted swings on a studio budget. There’s bone-snapping action, gothic dread, Giallo lighting, and plenty of blood — a bit undefinable, but that’s why people love Malignant. In a time where horror’s so reliant on trends like haunted house crazes after The Conjuring or trauma-based storytelling after Hereditary, Malignant defies all expectations. Wan embraces camp, randomness, and unpredictability, which is so much fun to behold. Wan earned Malignant, and we deserve Malignant.
•Director: Zack Snyder
•Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell
•Runtime: 100 mins
Do you know what my favorite version of Zack Snyder is? The “Director Only” one. Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake is an expertly tense zombie reinterpretation written by James Gunn, transforming George A. Romero’s capitalist commentaries into a killer new beast that helped introduce the concept of runner zombies. Snyder’s eye for stranded characters meeting horrific fates is cranked to the max, while Gunn’s morbid creativity breaks through in memorable ways (for example, zombie babies). It’s a top-notch 2000s remake putting its own spin on a classic, respectful of Romero’s voice yet smart enough to keep a little distance between a stone-cold masterpiece and a contemporary revamp. Dawn of the Dead is how you remake a horror movie, y’all. This is one of the best zombie movies to watch.
•Director: James Wan
•Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell
•Runtime: 101 mins
The Conjuring might be James Wan’s best haunted house movie, but Insidious might be his scariest. Between The Further ghouls and “Tiptoe through the Tulips,” Wan proves a mastermind behind morphing the comforts of home into the devil’s playground. From Patrick Wilson to Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye to Leigh Whannell, Insidious is such an expertly cast horror movie that takes the familiar and makes it exceptional. We’re still talking about trailer shots like the red-faced demon behind Wilson because they’re that impressive, and that’s just in a few minute glimpse. The rest of the film keeps pace with ease, giving The Conjuring a run for its money.
•Director: Jon Turteltaub
•Stars: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
•Runtime: 113 mins
Hello! It’s me. An outspoken The Meg defender. I’m still baffled by its poor reception upon release. Maybe horror fans would have been more forgiving should the film have become an R-rated ocean of blood, but that’s wishful thinking. The Meg works well within its PG-13 confines as Jason Statham fights a megalodon, shows another dimension with cute romantic banter, and is more than just another of his action stereotype heroes. Plenty of shots convey how menacing and gigantic the titular “Meg” can be as nightmare fuel. Regarding summer shark attack flicks, The Meg is no guppie compared to the competition.
•Director: Patrik Eklund
•Stars: Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren, Eva Melander
•Runtime: 100 mins
Work sucks, but luckily The Conference doesn’t. It’s a furious “Worksploitation” slasher that puts a knife to the throat of scummy corporate culture. Kills all have a taste of the great outdoors since the film takes place at a woodland work retreat, from machetes through hammocks to a splashy jacuzzi death. The Swedish commentary on greedy business folk comes with a nasty savageness and cheeky workplace satires, comparable to other winning work retreat horror tales like Severance.
•Director: Bryan Bertino
•Stars: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton
•Runtime: 85 mins
“Because you were home,” a line that will live in horror-movie infamy thanks to The Strangers. It’s a home invasion film based purely on coincidence, which is the most frightening predicament. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman give tremendous performances as victims caught in an unthinkable cat-and-mouse scenario. The Strangers is horrifyingly relevant and needs nothing more than to implode the idea of our houses being safe spaces like few home invasion films have, and ever will, deliver.
- BJ Colangelo
- X (2022) Directed by: Ti West. Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi. The first movie in what has become a popular slasher film franchise helmed by Ti West, X is an excellent and over-the-top horror movie following a group of filmmakers determined to break into the adult entertainment industry.
- The Babadook (2014) Directed by: Jennifer Kent. Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, and Ben Winspear. This Australian horror movie from writer and director Jennifer Kent is based on Kent's short film Monster and follows a widowed single mother who is forced to confront a vicious boogeyman-like monster after it takes up in her home.
- It (2017) Directed by: Andy Muschietti. Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott.
- Train to Busan (2016) Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho. Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Eui-sung. This 2016 Korean film became a massive hit that went on to launch a franchise that includes an animated prequel and a standalone sequel.
- The Blair Witch Project. Writers/Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez. Cast: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard. Yes, we've all peaked at the witch behind the curtain, and yes, we all now know that The Blair Witch Projec t is not an actual piece of "found footage," an actual document of horrific, unexplainable death, as it was originally presented in 1999.
- Child's Play 2. Director: John Lafia. Writer: Don Mancini. Cast: Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Peter Haskell. The Chucky that we all know and love, the one standing next to the knees of Freddy, Jason, and Michael as a horror icon, didn’t really evolve into his final form until 1990’s Child’s Play 2.
- Bride of Chucky. Director: Ronny Yu. Writer: Don Mancini. Cast: Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritter. The creative juices of the Child’s Play franchise had run a little dry by Child’s Play 3, so kudos to all involved for taking a full seven years off and returning with the perfect blueprint.
- The Conjuring. Director: James Wan. Writers: Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy.
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