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Jennifer Curtis
Looking for the best scary movies on Netflix? After a guided map of the most terrifying dingy dungeons, creaky manors, home-invaded houses, and deeply dark woods you can find on the streaming service? Then your search has led you to your glorious streaming doom: The Best Horror Movies on Netflix!
Mike Flanagan had already built a reputation as a rock-steady horror filmmaker by 2016, but the sense of "holy crap, this guy can do anything" became set in stone once he took on a prequel to a critically-derided movie about an evil ouija board and made one of the scariest movies of the last decade. Ouija: Origin of Evil takes us to the 1970s, where fake psychic Alice Zander (Elizabeth Reaser) and her two daughters, Lina (Annalise Basso) and Doris (Lulu Wilson), perform seances for paying customers in the wake of Alice's husband dying. Doris, the youngest, spices up the act with the introduction of a ouija board, but the cursed item makes things all too real when it not only sends a dark spirit into the girl's body but exposes the deep-seated evil ingrained in the Zander's house. There is, to be very clear, absolutely no reason for Ouija: Origin of Evil to be good at all, so it's a downright shock that it's this horrifying and effective. And, because it's Flanagan we're talking about here, there's also a potent dramatic heart beating underneath all those bumps in the night. --Vinnie Mancuso
It's a common trope: a little kid has a crush on their sexy teenage babysitter. But Netflix's original flick The Babysitter turns that on its head, by making the hot babysitter also happen to be part of a Satanic cult. The cult - who has brought their ceremony into young Cole's house - will stop at nothing to prevent Cole from spreading their secret. It's not really a "scary" horror film; it's more goofy, super gory, and a kind of throwback to the campy horror of the 1980s. - Alyse Wax
The first installment of Netflix's Fear Street trilogy of films is an absolute blast from start to finish. Very much drawing influence from Scream, this R-rated slasher takes place in the town of Shadyville, where people going back decades have a habit of going on violent killing sprees. Rumors swirl that it's all to do with a witch's curse from the 1600s (which is covered in the third movie), and in this 1994-set film a group of teenagers find themselves the target of a bevy of masked killers as the try to figure out what's going on and how to survive it. At the center of the story is a queer romance that sets this apart from many other slashers of its ilk, and there's enough comedic relief to keep this from being bogged down as a horror film of the self-serious type. Again the Scream comparisons are apt, so if you're in for a spooky good time that also sets up a mythology that is concluded in the next two Fear Street movies, give Fear Street Part One: 1994 a whirl. - Adam Chitwood
It's tempting to loop all of the Fear Street films into one entry because they're such a satisfying (you might even say limited series-like) whole, but they're also so stylistically distinct and uniquely effective, they're worth singling out on their own. As for the second installment, 1978 takes audiences back to another Shadyside massacre, this time inspired by the summer camp horror trend of the 70s and 80s. Anchored around the story of two estranged sisters finding their way back to each other despite their differences, 1978 unleashes the Nightwing killer scene in the first film while investigating the story behind how he became a cursed mass murderer and deepening the established mythology and character work in the process.
I wouldn't recommend watching them out of order on your first watch but if you're looking to head back into fear Street and don't have time to watch the whole trilogy, 1978 is easily the most self-contained of all three, but good luck not immediately hitting play on the next one. - Haleigh Foutch
The final film in the trilogy, Fear Street Part Three: 1666 brings it all together by traveling to the origins of the curse, so if you're looking for a bit of period horror with a big action payoff, this is your best bet. It's stunning how writer-director Leigh Janiak created a distinct language for each installment, not just cinematically, but in the horror traditions she employs. In keeping, 1666 is the darkest of the three, delving into the rotted core of society behind the Shadyside curse. But Janiak keeps a tight tonal command, never fully abandoning the fun spirit that makes her trilogy such a treat.
The filmmaking collective Radio Silence, perhaps best known for the revival of the Scream franchise with a new cast and the horror hit Ready or Not, has captured horror fans' hearts with this new tale of a team of kidnappers who grab the wrong little girl for ransom.
With a scary movie fan's dream cast of Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Alisha Weir, and Giancarlo Esposito, co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett bring the audience a hyper bloody horror comedy that delivers.
With the news that director Chris Nash's film In a Violent Nature will be getting a sequel, the announcement that a second film is in development came late last week; the ambient slasher continues to be very popular on streaming services. It's quite a new direction in slasher film, and that's something to be excited about.
Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, and Lauren Taylor star in the film, and their work grounds this intensely gory film. Special effects department head Steven Kostanski and director Chris Nash deserve their props for making audiences scream in horror this year.
This western horror film is about a small town of settlers versus a clan of cannibals that have kidnapped people from their homes, and the film has one of the most shocking scenes of gore in recent memory.
The film stars the legendary Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, Richard Jenkins, Evan Jonigkeit, the beloved Sid Haig, and David Arquette. It is quite possible that interest in the film was renewed once the film came to Netflix, and author Stephen King mentioned t it in a July 24 tweet.
A Quiet Place: Day One is still in theatres but will be released on VOD on Tuesday, July 30. The film has done very well so far and looks to continue that trend on VOD and streaming. Of course, having a popular film in theaters can definitely get people watching the other films in the series, as we have seen with the A Quiet Place franchise.
Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom, John Krasinski, and Noah Jupe star in the film, trying to stay as silent as possible. Krasinski was busy on this set since he also directed the film and co-wrote it.
Director Benjamin Brewer's feature film Arcadian remains in the top ten this week. After a short theatrical release, the film is doing really well on streaming, so it seems to be finding a larger audience. Monster movies are a favorite of genre fans.
When a film has Nicolas Cage playing one of the characters, it obviously has an advantage, but Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, and Sadie Soverall add a lot to the film as well. Filmed in Ireland, the film has a rich look, and cinematography adds depth to this post-apocalyptic monster tale.
Written and directed by respected Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who is not related to the beloved master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Cure is a cult psychological J-horror film that is so revered that it is part of the Criterion Collection and is streaming on Criterion's service. Kiyoshi also directed Pulse.
In the film, a frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. It stars Kōji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, and Anna Nakagawa.
It can be tricky pinning down the best Netflix horror movies. There's so much to choose from on the streamer that it's hard to know where to start when you plonk yourself down on the sofa and decide you're in the mood for some scares.
With so many spine-tingling titles available, how do you narrow it all down? Well, you're in lucky, because we've done the hard part for you... Whether you're after a gory, comedy-leaning affair or a chilling ghost story, there's something for everyone on our list of the platform's genre must-watches. There's 25, so you can either make your selection from there, or work your way down throughout the year. In short, you never have to waste time scrolling through Netflix's catalog again.
We're cheating a bit here. The Fear Street trilogy is, well, a trilogy of horror movies, so we're cramming three into this one entry, but they work as a singular whole piece incredibly well. There's almost no chance of you finishing the first entry and stopping there, such is this gripping neon-colored slasher.
Taking more than a pinch of inspiration from Scream, Fear Street: Part One introduces us to Kiana Madeira's Deena, a teenager from Shadyside whose lover, Olivia Scott Welch's Samantha Fraser, has moved to the neighboring Sunnyside. However, the pair get mixed up in a curse that's haunted Shadyside for hundreds of years, and now they must work with friends and family to rid the town of the horror once and for all. The first movie takes place in the '90s, while the sequels go back to the '70s and 1660s, revealing more and more about the curse of Shadyside. This is one trilogy not to be missed, and is absolutely one of the best horrors on Netflix.
Starring American Horror Story star and certified scream queen Sarah Paulson, Run follows Chloe, a homeschooled, disabled teenager who starts to suspect that her overbearing mother is keeping secrets from her.
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