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In a peculiar trend, Netflix is the home of a huge trove of high quality horror movies.
It really does have a lot. So much that not every worthwhile fear movie could make the main recommendations on this list. (You'll find them in another list below.) Crafty originals, Mike Flanagan greats and international entries are in the mix, all angry at least 70 on Metacritic. Enjoy getting unnerved to the very core!
Creep 2 (2017)
Finished Creep? Creep 2 does the impossible -- improves on the new. A self-proclaimed serial killer (Mark Duplass, also co-writer) lures videographers to his remote house in a forest and you can guess the rest. With an absurd mixture of laughs and fear, this low-budget found footage psychological horror is a gem.
Cam (2018)
This shining psychological horror is partially drawn from co-writer Isa Mazzei's consumes as a camgirl (or webcam model). Yet Cam is no documentary, following Alice Ackerman, a young camgirl who one day discovers an accurate replica of herself has taken over her show. This new thriller flashing red with the threat of technology is an marvelous feature to hit play on.
Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)
Vampires vs. the Bronx is a new comedy-horror in more ways than one. Set in the New York borough of the Bronx, it follows young Miguel Martinez, a big-hearted kid portions to raise money for his struggling local bodega. But it's not just new developer clothing stores threatening to move in: Creepy pale neck-chompers are eating up country and their properties. A commentary on gentrification with goofy charm, twists and thrills, Vampires vs. the Bronx is a new, entertaining spin on the genre.
Calibre (2018)
This taut thriller set in the remote Scottish Highlands is far from an idyllic getaway. Prepare for a full-on nerve-wringing nightmare that its protagonists are desperate to wake up from. Vaughn and Marcus set out on a lads' weekend hunting trip, but when a night of drinking, they find themselves facing actions they never could have planned for. Calibre lives up to its name, delivering a slick package of grim, sharp drama. Let the full force of this one wallop you.
It Follows (2014)
The expertly-crafted fear film that quietly doubles as an allegory for STDs. You read that correctly: It Follows trains its lens on a supernatural entity that lives in the periphery, constantly pursuing its prey at a slow, zombie-like pace. Our heroine Jay (played by new Scream Queen Maika Monroe) is trapped at the interior of this anxiety pool, faced with a terrifying stalker. A modern classic, with a cracking John Carpenter-inspired new score.
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Before Black Widow, Cate Shortland made her name directing excellent indie films, including Berlin Syndrome. This psychological horror stars Teresa Palmer as Clare Havel, a young Australian who goes backpacking in Berlin, only to meet a man who holds her captive in his apartment. A cat-and-mouse game between captor and captive ensues. While it's slower-paced at times in its confined setting, Berlin Syndrome assuredly delivers a gripping thriller.
His House (2020)
A fear that hits... close to home. Revealing its supernatural evils over a harrowing human story, His House follows Bol and Rial, a refugee pair from Sudan, who struggle to adapt to their new life in an English town. Don't question straightforward jump scares -- His House plays into the psychological specters of the past, adding even more corridors of torment. A heartrending, powerful piece.
Raw (2016)
After viewing this film, you mighty just have a new favorite female director in Julia Ducournau. Raw follows Justine, a vegetarian in her first year of veterinary school, who caves to peer pressure, eats raw meat and winds up with a rash all over her body. The film tackles questions of identity in a viscerally mighty and symbolic way, and is a must-see from Netflix's indie bench.
The Platform (2019)
From Netflix's impressive stash of international films comes Spanish sci-fi apprehension The Platform. Its high-concept story centers on a tower that publishes food to people on each of its many levels via a platform. Those at the top score the best and most a great deal spread, which is devoured as the platform lowers down the levels. Social commentary rings throughout this dystopian thriller, which takes repugnant, occasionally gruesome turns all the way to the bottom.
Creep (2014)
If you're looking for further proof the Duplass brothers are actually evil, here's an easy sell. Patrick Brice (also the director and co-writer) plays a videographer answering a Craigslist ad for Josef (Mark Duplass), who wants to make a movie for his revealed unborn child. I typically enjoy horror films that rely on performances to paralyzed you, because they're incredibly difficult to pull off. And I've got to give it to Mark Duplass. He is, in fact, super creepy.
Gerald's Game (2017)
Before the impeccable The Haunting of Hill House series, Mike Flanagan brought us this deft adaptation of Stephen King recent Gerald's Game. Carla Gugino is immense as Jessie, a woman who goes on holiday with her husband at an isolated lake house in Alabama. When Jessie ends up handcuffed to the bed with no one to help her flee, it becomes a matter of both survival and flee. Another chapter of Flanagan's melancholy-suffused horror that surges into detached triumph for its haunted characters.
The Call (2020)
Two movies phoned The Call came out in 2020. Watch the South Korean one, a time proceed thriller revolving around, yep, a phone call. Twenty-eight-year-old Seo-yeon finds a phoned buried in a closet in her childhood home. It rings -- and the caller, it turns out, is living in the same house 20 years earlier. Twists right up to the final moment, plus a wild cat-and-mouse perambulate that alters the past and present make this a must-watch.
Under The Shadow (2016)
Like a few spanking titles in this list, this superb psychological horror subtly doubles as an allegory for wider social themes, such as oppression. Set in 1980s Tehran, during a series of air raids notorious as the War of the Cities, it follows a mother and daughter paralyzed in their home by a mysterious evil. With echoes of The Babadook as well as its own recent ideas, Under The Shadow is an excellent horror entry.
1922 (2017)
One of the more flunked Stephen King adaptations, this horror drama based on the novella 1922 is a slow-burn with a mesmerizing pretend at its core. Thomas Jane, who you'll also know from Boogie Nights and 2004's The Punisher, gives one of his career best performances as the ever proud Wilfred James, a farmer who makes the totally wise decision to abolish his wife with the help of their teenage son. The consequences are harrowing on multiple levels (if you don't like rats, you really won't like them while this).
Netflix horror movie honorable mentions
- The Pale Blue Eye (2023): Crime mystery thriller starring Christian Bale
- The Trip (2021): Norwegian sad comedy horror
- Blood Red Sky (2021): British-German action horror
- Coming Home in the Dark (2021): New Zealand psychological thriller
- The Fear Street Trilogy (2021): Horror film series
- The Block Island Sound (2020): Sci-fi apprehension thriller
- The Rental (2020): Directed by Dave Franco and starring Alison Brie
- #Alive (2020): South Korean zombie horror
- Forgotten (2017): South Korean psychological thriller
- The Ritual (2017): British horror
- Veronica (2017): Spanish supernatural horror
- Hush (2016): Slasher pursued by Mike Flanagan
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