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.
Steven Spielberg's influential summer blockbuster is still swimming with tension.
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.
Jennifer Kent's storybook horror brings a devastating sadness to the genre's scares.
Its title may beat around the Bush, but this superior sequel goes straight for the jugular.
Haunted house, check. Freaky children, check. Sinister is a classic American horror movie - and all the better for it.
James Wan lets loose with this thrillingly unpredictable B-movie.
This fast-paced, puzzle-driven thriller is a fun, fiendishly executed ride.
Zack Snyder's zombie heist flick is a brazenly entertaining ride.
Furiously weird and unsettlingly unpredictable, this South Korean horror is a wail of a time.
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.
Remi Weekes' directorial debut is a chilling, timely tale of a house haunted by more than ghosts.
This intense teen romance rings with earnest chemistry and classic horror - also, baseball.
This sprawling, superbly performed mid-Western Gothic is relentlessly bleak, brutally violent and constantly engrossing.
Fear Street's thrilling final chapter is a crafty, satisfying subversion of the classic slasher formula.
One big shot of adrenaline to your eyeballs, this is exhilarating and petrifying stuff.
This supremely suspenseful babysitter-from-hell horror marks out Sarah Bolger as a talent to watch.
The Witch slips under your skin and leaves you squirming in discomfort. A genuinely creepy horror
Toby Meakins' feature debut uses a cursed 80s video game to play out a generational legacy of socioeconomic injustice.
Daniel Radcliffe impresses in this enjoyably creepy ride through haunted house conventions.
This surprising, smart sequel is a frightfully entertaining return to old haunts.
Neil Maskell is on fire in Paul Andrew Williams' intense, brutal revenge drama.
Bill Condon’s wonderfully daft finale to the Twilight saga gives fans the epic showdown they deserve.
Jordan Peele’s ambitious follow-up to Get Out is a creepy invasion thriller with a killer turn from Lupita Nyong’o.
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.
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.
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.
IT’s much-anticipated horror sequel boasts an epic scope but muddles its focus.
Martin Scorsese's entertaining B-movie is so steeped in gothic horror cliches it almost steps right off the cliff.
A bloated sequel, New Moon is made more enjoyable by its earnest actors, but feels disappointingly bloodless.
This well-cast animated update of The Addams Family is neither mysterious or spooky.