Looking for something scary to frighten up your watchlist? From hidden gems to old and classics, we round up and review the best horror movies on Netflix UK – and rank them in order of the highest rated. For a guide to the best Netflix original horror movies, click here. And head this way for an up-to-date list of what’s new on Netflix UK.
Balancing frights and powerful themes, Babak Anvari’s sensational debut is an instant classic.
Wed Craven and Kevin Williamson’s smart, self-aware horror-comedy manages to be funny and genuinely scary at the same time.
Steven Spielberg's influential summer blockbuster is still swimming with tension.
John Krasinski's terrifyingly taut survival thriller is so good you'll be shouting about it for weeks.
Its title may beat around the Bush, but this superior sequel goes straight for the jugular.
Jennifer Kent's storybook horror brings a devastating sadness to the genre's scares.
The Witch slips under your skin and leaves you squirming in discomfort. A genuinely creepy horror
Fear Street's thrilling final chapter is a crafty, satisfying subversion of the classic slasher formula.
This chilling update of the classic sci-fi story makes the all-too-real issue of gaslighting terrifyingly visceral.
Toby Meakins' feature debut uses a cursed 80s video game to play out a generational legacy of socioeconomic injustice.
One big shot of adrenaline to your eyeballs, this is exhilarating and petrifying stuff.
Neil Maskell is on fire in Paul Andrew Williams' intense, brutal revenge drama.
James Wan lets loose with this thrillingly unpredictable B-movie.
This supremely suspenseful babysitter-from-hell horror marks out Sarah Bolger as a talent to watch.
Balancing family emotion with military action, this ambitious, gritty horror sequel is a worthy, scary successor.
Daniel Radcliffe impresses in this enjoyably creepy ride through haunted house conventions.
Zack Snyder's zombie heist flick is a brazenly entertaining ride.
Haunted house, check. Freaky children, check. Sinister is a classic American horror movie - and all the better for it.
Furiously weird and unsettlingly unpredictable, this South Korean horror is a wail of a time.
This intense teen romance rings with earnest chemistry and classic horror - also, baseball.
Witty and scary in equal measure, this self-aware sequel has its cake and eats it.
Zack Snyder's debut feature reimagines Romero as a visceral, amped-up apocalypse in the shadow of 9/11.
Grim and gripping, Life is a lean, mean sci-fi horror that brings new terror to old tricks.
This sprawling, superbly performed mid-Western Gothic is relentlessly bleak, brutally violent and constantly engrossing.
This surprising, smart sequel is a frightfully entertaining return to old haunts.
Remi Weekes' directorial debut is a chilling, timely tale of a house haunted by more than ghosts.
This fast-paced, puzzle-driven thriller is a fun, fiendishly executed ride.
Netflix’s RL Stine trilogy gets off to an intriguing start with a thrillingly bloody brew of carnage and teen hormones.
The bloodcurdling second chapter in Netflix’s RL Stine trilogy is a fast-paced, vicious summer camp slasher.
Bill Condon’s wonderfully daft finale to the Twilight saga gives fans the epic showdown they deserve.
This enjoyably atmospheric and grippingly claustrophobic Dracula prequel is a refreshingly different take on Bram Stoker's horror.
Jordan Peele’s ambitious follow-up to Get Out is a creepy invasion thriller with a killer turn from Lupita Nyong’o.
IT’s much-anticipated horror sequel boasts an epic scope but muddles its focus.
This harmless but needless sequel is an entertaining but forgettable follow-up to the hit horror-comedy.
This entertaining, slick sequel swaps logical thrills for franchise potential.
This meta third outing in the Scream franchise is more fun than frightening.
Over-acted but not over-long, Eclipse is a step up from New Moon.
This penultimate chapter in the Twilight saga recaptures its central horror, but marks a sad step back for the series.
Martin Scorsese's entertaining B-movie is so steeped in gothic horror cliches it almost steps right off the cliff.
This well-cast animated update of The Addams Family is neither mysterious or spooky.
A bloated sequel, New Moon is made more enjoyable by its earnest actors, but feels disappointingly bloodless.