The witching season is here, meaning it’s time to watch lots of scary stuff, so these are our picks for the best horror movies streaming on Netflix right now.
We’re currently in a golden age of horror. 2025 has seen scary movies frequently outperforming traditional blockbusters at the global box office, especially during the summer months.
Sinners was a smash back in April, 28 Years Later a sizeable hit in June, Weapons wowed critics and audiences alike in August, while The Conjuring: Last Rites concluded that franchise by making a fortune in September.
Those were theatrical releases, while below you’ll find a collection of horror movies on Netflix – listed in chronological order – to chill your bones as we near October 31…
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman
What it’s about: When the dead rise from their graves and again walk the earth, a group of disparate strangers barricade themselves in a farmhouse and desperately fight to survive.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: Night of the Living Dead pretty much invented the zombie genre that we know and love today, and remains a cornerstone of the genre, thanks to the documentary-like style that makes it feel all-too-real, and that gut-punch of an ending, which gives the movie both social and political bite.
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis
What it’s about: Two bitter rivals drink a potion promising eternal youth, but discover immortality has shocking and dangerous side effects.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: Death Becomes Her is a fun watch thanks to a trio of hilarious central performances, with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn clearly relishing going toe-to-toe with each other, and Bruce Willis is the perfect butt of multiple jokes. Dark, camp, and gleefully over-the-top, it’s a film that elicits both laughter and screams.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves
What it’s about: Count Dracula travels to England in pursuit of his lost love, killing those who stand in his way until a brave group of men battle to end his reign of terror.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror combined with Francis Ford Coppola’s visual panache proved to be a match made in hell, with this lavish adaptation a feast for the eyes thanks to beautiful costumes, incredible sets, and terrifying creature effects that transform Gary Oldman’s count into a true monster.
28 Days Later (2002)
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson
What it’s about: A man wakes from a coma to find London abandoned by humans and overrun by rage-infected zombies, which sends him on a journey north.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: If Night of the Living Dead gave birth to the zombie movie as we know it, 28 Days Later reinvented the genre thanks to Alex Garland’s bleak script, Danny Boyle’s urgent direction, and Cillian Murphy’s breakout performance as a survivor who quickly realises he might be better off dead.
Creep (2014)
Director: Patrick Brice
Cast: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
What it’s about: A videographer answers a Craigslist ad and finds himself documenting the unsettling behavior of an increasingly bizarre client.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: Creep will take you on twisted Halloween journey that starts out funny, before turning weird, and then downright terrifying. Delivering a fresh spin on the found-footage genre, the film is anchored by an astonishing Mark Duplass performance that makes you’re unsure of his character’s intent until the very final reel.
The Babysitter (2017)
Director: McG
Cast: Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Robbie Amell
What it’s about: A young teen discovers that his babysitter is part of a satanic cult, forcing him to fight for his life over the course of one blood-soaked night.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: The Babysitter is a horror-comedy that’s packed with humor, attitude, and creative kills, while modern-day scream queen Samara Weaving steals the show as the title character, whom you’ll love and hate in equal measure.
His House (2020)
Director: Remi Weekes
Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, Matt Smith
What it’s about: A refugee couple flees war-torn Sudan only to find their new English home haunted by a malevolent presence.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: This low-budget chiller went under-the-radar during its limited theatrical run, but is well worth seeking out if you like horror that’s as thought-provoking as it is frightening. Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu are heartbreaking as the displaced couple in question, as His House explores cruelty, guilt, and shame through a politically charged lens.
Hubie Halloween (2020)
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen
What it’s about: A quirky community volunteer must save his town when Halloween celebrations are disrupted by a series of mysterious disappearances.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: This might not be the best film on our list, but if you want something both funny and silly to watch with the family this October, you could do a lot worse than Hubie Halloween, which sees Adam Sandler celebrating the spirit of the season via a film that’s filled with bad jokes and lots of heart.
Smile (2022)
Director: Parker Finn
Cast: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey
What it’s about: After witnessing a bizarre suicide, therapist Rose is plagued by a supernatural curse that passes from victim to victim via a deranged smile.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: Smile blew audiences away when it hit screens in 2022, combining creepy imagery, slow-building dread, and effective jump scares in a throughful tale about grief and trauma. If you like this one, sequel Smile 2 is also on Netflix, and arguably even more disturbing.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega
What it’s about: Lydia Deetz and her daughter find themselves in deep and potentially deadly trouble when Beetlejuice resurfaces to cause chaos across the spectral realms.
Why it’s perfect for Halloween: It was 36 years in the making, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was worth the wait, with director Tim Burton returning to his gothic roots via vibrant visuals, eye-popping practical effects, macabre humor, and Michael Keaton reprising the role he was born to play.
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