The best horror movies on Netflix UK

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.

Guillermo del Toro's beautiful, bold masterpiece is the 21st century's defining live-action fantasy.
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.
Simple terrors and sharp visual storytelling make this moving sci-fi horror sequel as rivetingly tense as the first.
Neil Maskell is on fire in Paul Andrew Williams' intense, brutal revenge drama.
Furiously weird and unsettlingly unpredictable, this South Korean horror is a wail of a time.
James Wan lets loose with this thrillingly unpredictable B-movie.
Ben Wheatley returns to his horror roots with this unnerving, apocalyptic woodland freakout.
Zack Snyder's debut feature reimagines Romero as a visceral, amped-up apocalypse in the shadow of 9/11.
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.
M Night Shyamalan's enjoyably eerie Twilight Zone-esque thriller finds unsettling resonance in its questions of time and ageing.
This sprawling, superbly performed mid-Western Gothic is relentlessly bleak, brutally violent and constantly engrossing.
One big shot of adrenaline to your eyeballs, this is exhilarating and petrifying stuff.
Fear Street's thrilling final chapter is a crafty, satisfying subversion of the classic slasher formula.
This supremely suspenseful babysitter-from-hell horror marks out Sarah Bolger as a talent to watch.
This surprising, smart sequel is a frightfully entertaining return to old haunts.
This fast-paced, puzzle-driven thriller is a fun, fiendishly executed ride.
The Witch slips under your skin and leaves you squirming in discomfort. A genuinely creepy horror
Daniel Radcliffe impresses in this enjoyably creepy ride through haunted house conventions.
Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton are hugely entertaining in this inspired body-swap horror-comedy.
Toby Meakins' feature debut uses a cursed 80s video game to play out a generational legacy of socioeconomic injustice.
Haunted house, check. Freaky children, check. Sinister is a classic American horror movie - and all the better for it.
Bill Condon’s wonderfully daft finale to the Twilight saga gives fans the epic showdown they deserve.
Paul W.S. Anderson’s sci-fi horror is far better than its reputation suggests.
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 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.
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.