10 Great Horror Movies To Check Out This Halloween Season On Netflix

October is upon us—which means it’s time to indulge in some gruesome and gory entertainment. And with movie theaters on the fritz thanks to COVID-19, we’ve been left with only our televisions to stream our favorite horror movies.

Which isn’t too much of a problem for anyone with a Netflix
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subscription, as the world’s most popular streaming service is currently hosting dozens of great horror options you can watch throughout the month.

But how to choose between them all? Here are ten great options that can help you narrow down your search.

The Evil Dead (1981)

Why not start with a classic! Sam Raimi’s first big feature film ranks to this day as one of the greatest horror movies from the 1980s. Bloody and hilarious (and often scary as hell), The Evil Dead should be on everybody’s watchlist each October. The movie follows a group of young adults who head to a remote cabin for a weekend of partying. What they don’t expect, however, is to find an ancient book that summons a wave of bloodthirsty demons.

Splice (2009)

Director Vincenzo Natali has had a few quiet hit movies over the year—but none have been quite as captivating as Splice. Starring Adrien Brody and Sara Polley, this 2009 sci-fi horror flick focuses on two geneticists who specialize in creating hybrid species. And when they decide to break the rules and use some human DNA for their experiments, they create Dren—a creature with next-level intelligence and incredible physical prowess. From there, Dren only gets stronger—and becomes a major, uncontrollable threat.

The Green Inferno (2013)

You may not enjoy all of Eli Roth’s movies—but you cannot deny it: the man always manage to give us something different from anything else we’ve seen in the horror genre. And that fact applies to The Green Inferno, even if the movie is a clear homage to the classic Cannibal Holocaust. Roth takes the cannibal formula in a new and entertaining direction as he focuses on a group of young activists who are kidnapped by a group of hungry cannibals who live in a Peruvian jungle.

The Perfection (2018)

In my opinion, The Perfection is the best Netflix Original in the horror canon. Starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning, this delightful and thrilling twist on the horror genre will keep you guessing up until the very last second. The movie follows two young female cellists—a woman named Charlotte who leaves a prestigious music school in Boston to care for her mother, and a woman named Lizzie who has effectively taken Charlotte’s place at the school. After the two women connect, Lizzie starts to experience strange symptoms—which leads them both down a strange, mysterious, terrifying path.

9 (2009)

Not all horror movies have to be scary! Take 9, for instance—a relatively forgotten animated film that should remain on everybody’s radars this Halloween season. Produced by Tim Burton back in 2009, 9 tells the tale of a rag doll that wakes up to a post-apocalyptic future. During his journey, he meets eight other dolls who all band together to save humanity. The characters are voiced by an all-star cast—including Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover and Martin Landau.

Poltergeist (1982)

Most horror movies follow the genre playbook and reinforce trends—and then there are the movies that set those trends. Poltergeist was one of those latter movies back in 1982 when it scared audiences to death at the theaters. From the great Tobe Hooper comes Poltergeist—a film that details a band of ghosts who invade a family’s home through the family’s television.

As Above So Below (2014)

Over the years, the “found footage” genre has become a stale, nearly dead format. But that’s because so many horror movies have failed to differentiate themselves from other ventures in that genre. That wasn’t the case with As Above, So Below, which took found footage filmmaking in new and exciting directions. The movie follows a team of archaeologists who travel underground in the Catacombs of Paris to find the ancient Philosopher’s Stone. Little do they know what horrors await them, however.

Hush (2016)

Isn’t it great when a movie recreates what you can only imagine would be your worst possible nightmare? Well, Hush does just that. The story is told from the perspective of a deaf writer who has retreated to the woods to live a quieter life. But those plans are disrupted by a masked killer (a masked killer she cannot hear, remember) who is attempting to invade her home.

Horns (2013)

Alexandre Aja has built quite the cult following over the years. With original films like High Tension and adored remakes like The Hills Have Eyes, the French director has been dubbed as one of the great voices in modern horror. And he continued to make great horror flicks into the 2010s with movies like Crawl and the Daniel Radcliffe-led Horns. The movie follows Radcliffe’s character, who has been blamed for the death of his girlfriend and wakes up one morning to find a set of horns growing from his head.

Session 9 (2001)

Over the years, Session 9 has amassed quite the following. While the film was adored by many at the time of release back in 2001, this psychological horror venture has become an October staple since thanks to its dark and eerie atmosphere. The movie follows a group of asbestos removal workers who confront some unwelcome visitors when they move into an abandoned mental hospital.