octafra vantrisyah anbjorn
Nickie Koskinen
Well, you've come to the right place. Whether you're looking to embark on a slow-burn descent into madness or to partake of a sphincter-clenching ghost story, Netflix has tons of terrifying titles perfect for sending adrenaline through your veins and shivers down your spine.
Oh, you thought you liked Mark Duplass? Because he was the love interest in all those indie rom-coms, played that doctor in The Mindy Project, and is easily the best character in The Morning Show? ?Think again! In Creep, a found-footage film that foregoes pageantry for a stark sense of panic, Duplass plays a strange loner named Josef that freelance documentarian Aaron, played by writer-director Patrick Brice, can't quite pin down. Duplass' performance is intoxicating, and Brice imagines a universe so compelling it absolutely merits its equally great sequel (also on Netflix.) *
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink leads opposite Emily Rudd as sisters, one a counselor and the other a camper, fighting to survive a masked ax-murderer with a tragic past. A critical chapter in Fear Street's mystery of the Shadyside Witch, this is a great sequel and a great stand-alone movie.
I will defend director Levan Gabriadze's oft-maligned Unfriended until my dying day. Yes, the title is stupid. Sure, some of the acting could be better. Of course, that isn't what the average blender would really do to a human hand. (An immersion blender, maybe.) Still, I challenge you to watch this sucker on a laptop and not feel something lurking behind your browser for days to come. It's got a good story, excellent pacing, and enough solid jokes and gore to make its comedy a high point. *
Directed by creature connoisseur Guillermo del Toro, Crimson Peak is a dark gothic fantasy you'll want to fall into headfirst. Mia Wasikowska leads as a 19th-century American heiress, whisked away to England by her handsome new husband, played by Tom Hiddleston. Once the young bride arrives at her groom's family mansion, however, visions of ghosts begin to plague her. That her sister-in-law, played by Jessica Chastain, treats her with mysterious disdain isn't helping.
Remarkably bad for a movie directed by Martin Scorsese but pretty good otherwise, Shutter Island follows U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) on his investigation into an institution for the criminally insane. A twist ending and tons of jump scares make this is a one-of-a-kind experience you'll feel very strongly about.
Ah, it's the haunting that kick-started an entire universe. Join paranormal investigators Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) as they suss out what demonic presence is troubling a sweet Rhode Island couple (Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston) and their five daughters in the family's new farmhouse. The Conjuring has a surprising amount of heart, and it's chock-full of jump scares that'll manage to get you even if you've seen the movie before.
From cellos and foreplay to hallucinations and hiking, The Perfection does absolutely whatever it wants. Featuring Allison Williams in her best role since Get Out and Dear White People's Logan Browning in her best part ever, this vibrant genre blend will get a reaction out of you. Not necessarily a good reaction, but a reaction nonetheless. It's body horror meets psychological thriller meets occult drama meets classical music. With bugs. And vomit. I, for one, loved it! *
Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Ty Simpkins star as a family haunted by a demonic presence who won't go down without a fight. If you're a fan of director James Wan's The Conjuring universe who hasn't gotten fully obsessed with this interdimensional fright fest yet, you're missing out on its perfectly maintained tension and killer world-building. Here's hoping Insidious 5 helps bring this narrative back to its satisfying beginnings. *
Though Veronica doesn't quite live up to its marketing as "the scariest" movie on Netflix, the nightmarish outing from director Paco Plaza will give you chills. Sandra Escacena stars as the titular Veronica, a young woman who finds herself plagued by a demonic presence after a fateful encounter with a Ouija board. This one is big on jump scares, so get ready to feel that adrenaline.
Director Gore Verbinkski's The Ring doesn't hold up in all of the ways we'd like (the film's intentionally jarring narrative devices have aged more like continuity problems, tbh), but it remains a pivotal title in aughts horror history that's scary enough to merit a rewatch. Naomi Watts stars as an investigative journalist who stumbles across a VHS tape with a deadly history. *
In it, a group of students protesting deforestation in the Amazon are kidnapped on their travels. From there, writer-director Eli Roth does what he's known for, cranking up the intensity of that simple premise to its most outrageously gruesome. It's a controversial and not particularly cohesive movie, but if you're looking to feel something, The Green Inferno will get you there.
Playing on one of humanity's most common fears, The Strangers is a stark home invasion story that prioritizes believability above all else. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star as a traveling couple who receive unexpected visitors at the house where they're staying. When the mysterious guests break into the home and refuse to leave, a slow-burn nightmare sets in.
With some of the best jump scares in the biz and the emotion to back them up, writer-director Bryan Bertino delivers a genuinely scary outing with The Strangers. This is a film best enjoyed with the lights off, the volume up, and the door locked. *
Everyone loves watching scary movies in October, of course. But true fright fans know no calendar. For real aficionados of the dark cinematic arts, any month, any day is a good time for horror, and Netflix is a proverbial graveyard full of terrifying delights waiting to be streamed.
A key film in the new wave of smash-hit mainstream horror (see also Sinister, The Conjuring), Insidious is the one with the creepy kid, the astral plane and the demon hiding behind the Big Red Door. Watch it alone, and completely scare your own pants off.
In a rare example of Hollywood sci-fi-horror thoughtfulness, Annihilation has grand concepts in mind, ideas about self-destruction and rebirth. The film follows cellular biologist Lena (Portman) as she ventures to The Shimmer, an anomalous electromagnetic field, to discover the truth about what happened to her husband Kane (Isaac), who visited The Shimmer and returned in poor health and his memory missing. Spooky stuff.
In this devilish subversion of the typical body-swap comedy, Vince Vaughn is an ageing serial killer who wishes upon a cursed dagger and ends up trading consciousness with a bullied teenage girl (Kathryn Newton). Genius, right? Okay, so that premise could easily flop. But director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) finds the ideal balance between knowing humour and serious gore. The only way to improve it would be to make Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan the leads.
The Silence of the Lambs stars Anthony Hopkins as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as ambitious FBI rookie Clarice Starling. Starling enlists the help of Lecter to get inside the mind of a copycat killer, but soon learns that Lecter's help always comes with strings.
Want more Hannibal Lecter? Then press play on Red Dragon. The sequel to The Silence of the Lambs is just as chilling as the first, and stars Edward Norton and Ralph Fiennes alongside Anthony Hopkins.
Awkward Carrie White seems to have the cards stacked against her. But who could thrive with a hyper-conservative mother, school bullies at every turn, and, oh yeah, newly discovered telekinetic powers? Little do her peers know, you should never mess with a girl who has superhuman powers and a taste for revenge.
This slow-burn Netflix original starring Bird Box chronicles the utter breakdown of society when invisible monsters take over the world and kill everyone in their path. Bird Box leaves you breathless as you watch Sandra Bullock silently traverse an empty world to find the last bastion of safety with her children.
A coroner and his son begin an autopsy on a beautiful young woman whose injuries don't make any sense. They set to work, only to find themselves in the middle of a mystery and right in harm's way. It's a horror/thriller that's one of the scariest movies ever. It stars Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch. It'd be perfect to watch on Halloween.
This action-packed horror film centers around a zombie takeover in Busan, South Korea. Travelers on a train have to figure out a game plan before they arrive at their final destination or they'll end up victims to the throngs of the undead awaiting them.
Though the original Sinister isn't available on Netflix right now, it's equally scary sequel is. The film follows a private investigator as he looks into murders associated with a pagan deity called the Bughuul who preys on children.
Another one of the best scary movies on Netflix is The Monster. Zoe Kazan stars as a young mom who gets stranded on back country roads with her daughter. They wait in their car for help, and discover there is evil all around them.
This movie stars three of our favorite actresses: Emma Roberts, Lucy Boynton, and Kiernan Shipka. All three play disturbed girls facing evil forces in the dead of night at an empty Catholic boarding school (which is a recipe for a good horror flick if ever we heard one).
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier, this film centers around a punk rock band that bears witness to a horrible crime. They're trapped, and the Neo-Nazis who committed the crime have trapped the band members and plan to kill them, as well. The band members must find a way to escape as soon as possible.
In an effort to acquire money to pay for her brother's leukemia treatment, Brittany Snow signs up to attend a parlor game at a dinner party. Upon arriving, however, she is trapped in the mansion and forced to play a sadistic game of "would you rather "where the stakes are disturbing and deadly.
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