Plan a Fright Night In – These 41 Halloween Movies on Netflix Are Chillingly Good

For Halloween, a group of friends rent a haunted house for fun in the film Truth or Dare. However, the rental is famous for a game that claims lives, and after the friends play, they realize there’s no turning back.

Watch Truth or Dare on Netflix now.

Halloween is all about the witches! Get in the spirit with the 2017 movie A Witches’ Ball. The family-friendly movie tells the story of a young witch-in-training who’s ready to join the world of witches on Halloween to celebrate her first year as an official witch. But before she can attend, she’s introduced to hurdles that threaten her title.

Watch A Witches’ Ball on Netflix now.

Monster Family is a fun film to watch with the whole family! After a festive Halloween where a family dresses up in costume, an evil witch transforms the celebrators into real-life monsters that include a vampire, mummy, werewolf, and a Frankenstein.

Watch Monster Family on Netflix now.

As if the title Scream didn’t give it away, get ready for a scare-fest! The 1996 film stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox and is based around a teenage girl and her friends who are being terrorized by a killer who’s obsessed with horror movies.

Watch Scream on Netflix now.

The “witch” paranoia of early America has been covered plenty in pop culture. Here, a town becomes convinced that a witch has cursed them, and their efforts to root out the “witch” turns everyone against each other.

Watch The Witch on Netflix now.

Cult of Chucky is about a terrorizing doll who preys on human victims, and in this case, Nica Pierce is one of them. After a slew of murders, Nica begins to see Chucky for who he truly is.

Watch Cult of Chucky on Netflix now.

Insidious, the story of a family who thinks their house is haunted when it’s actually their son who is, relies on supernatural themes for scares instead of gore.

Watch Insidious on Netflix now.

This is not the ghost story you’re expecting. The story of a man who’s killed and whose spirit now haunts his old house will absolutely creep you out.

Watch A Ghost Story on Netflix now.

This thriller is a creepy story of a nurse who is hired to take care of a writer in her home, only to find out that it’s quite possibly haunted.

Watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House on Netflix now.

As if being around a war isn’t scary enough, this family leaves it behind only to find themselves dealing with supernatural forces instead.

Watch Under the Shadow on Netflix now.

With a vast history of monsters in the horror universe, it’s hard to come up with new additions. Granted, villain Bagul definitely pulls from various other demons and creatures like the boogeyman, but he comes across as a fresh evil. Also, all those film reels are downright unsettling.

Watch Sinister on Netflix now.

Security cam movies are part of the scary-film canon, but that hasn’t always been the case. Paranormal Activity basically invented this trope, unsettling American moviegoers and making them suspicious of their own security systems. This movie has spawned countless spin-offs and created a vast franchise, and each one banks on the fright that unseeable, sinister forces can create. The bits set in the bedroom are the absolute spookiest parts of this movie.

Watch Paranormal Activity on Netflix now.

This 1991 flick tells the tale of a creepy, mysterious, and spooky – but above all, kooky – family who are visited by their long-lost uncle. This “uncle” is actually a con artist, and he soon realizes that he messed with the wrong family.

Watch The Addams Family on Netflix now.

It’s hard to believe that The Witches is made for children. Anjelica Huston pulling her face off and luring children to their demise with chocolate is hardly family-friendly fun. However, it does make for a spooktacular Halloween treat.

Watch The Witches on Netflix now.

This popular film franchise pulls plots, characters, and scares from the most recent scary movies. The result is a hilarious, satirical amalgamation of every horror trope you can possibly imagine.

Watch Scary Movie 5 on Netflix now.

Three teenagers spend their Halloween night trying to stop a magical book that brings stories from the Goosebumps books to life.

Watch Goosebumps 2 on Netflix now.

If you love the hit TV show, you should definitely check out Tim Burton’s take on the classic Washington Irving tale.

Watch Sleepy Hollow on Netflix now.

You will never look at Valentine’s Day the same way again after you watch this horror anthology centered on nine iconic holidays.

Watch Holidays on Netflix now.

This 2012 horror flick follows Heather and her father Harry, who have been running from terrifying forces their whole lives. On the eve of Heather’s 18th birthday, she finds out she is not who she thinks she is and must face a demonic world before her.

Watch Silent Hill: Revelation on Netflix now.

A deaf writer moved to the woods to live a solitary life, but she must fight for her life – without being able to hear the danger – when a masked killer appears at her remote home.

Watch Hush on Netflix now.

A parody comedy-horror film, A Haunted House will have you roaring with laughter. It’s cheesy, funny, and absolutely over the top. After couple Malcolm and Kisha move into a new home, they realize a demon is also living there. When Kisha becomes possessed, her husband does everything in his power (aka becomes a priest and a psychic) to keep his sex life in order.

Watch A Haunted House on Netflix now.

Put on a pot of tea and don’t plan on talking to anyone for the next several days once you watch The Silence of the Lambs. It’s real terrifying.

Watch The Silence of the Lambs on Netflix now.

This 2016 remake of the original 2002 film revolves around a group of five impossibly attractive teens, a secluded cabin, and a flesh-eating virus that throws a wrench in their week-long vacation. Yes, this movie has zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good time regardless.

Watch Cabin Fever on Netflix now.

Three college kids accidentally unleash a supernatural killer known as the Bye Bye Man. If you think you can handle the horror, watch it ASAP.

Watch The Bye Bye Man on Netflix now.

During a highly contagious outbreak at the end of the world, a family seeks refuge with Paul’s (Joel Edgerton) family in It Comes at Night. However, tensions rise as the horror creeps closer to the home.

Watch It Comes at Night on Netflix now.

Loosely based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this supernatural thriller stars Nat Wolff as Light Turner, a high schooler who discovers a mysterious leather-bound notebook that has the power to kill anyone who’s name is written in its pages. He and his girlfriend (who’s played by Margaret Qualley) team up to eliminate all criminals, while an eccentric detective (played by Lakeith Stanfield) attempts to stop them.

Watch Death Note on Netflix now.

It’s no surprise that someone made a horror movie about social media. A popular girl on social media gets trapped in a vicious cycle when a mysterious, popular account begins singling out her friends for violent deaths.

Watch Friend Request on Netflix now.