The Absolute Best Horror Movies on Netflix
Netflix is home to such a stunning range of horror movies that this introduction is going to be a list of the titles that didn’t make the main recommendations. Try Blood Red Sky (2021), a British-German action horror; Forgotten (2017), a South Korean psychological thriller; or British horror film The Ritual (2017). There’s also It (2017), based on Stephen King’s novel; The Rental (2020), directed by Dave Franco and starring Alison Brie; black comedy horror The Trip (2021); psychological thriller Coming Home in the Dark (2021); Mike Flanagan’s Hush (2016) and Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016); the Fear Street Trilogy (2021); supernatural Western The Wind (2018); Spanish supernatural horror Veronica (2017) and South Korean zombie horror #Alive (2020).
Scroll down for the best horror movies (with 70 or higher Metacritic scores) currently on Netflix. Note that some of these are incredibly dark and should be approached with ample caution.
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From Netflix’s impressive stash of international films comes Spanish sci-fi horror The Platform. Its high-concept story centers on a tower that deliver food to people on each of its many levels via a platform. Those at the top score the best and most abundant spread, which is devoured as the platform lowers down the levels. Social commentary rings throughout this dystopian thriller, which takes shocking, occasionally gruesome turns all the way to the bottom.
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A warning: The Nightingale depicts extreme graphic scenes of violence and rape. With that in mind, proceed with this harrowing story and you’ll