10 Best Horror Movies On Netflix

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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