Horror Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 16, 2025
1408: Theatrical Version
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWriter and paranormal debunker Mike Enslin is determined to demystify the ghostly events in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, even though a hotel clerk warns him against it. But Enslin believes the eerie goings-on may be best-seller material.
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Red Riding Hood
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this horror-fantasy reimagining of the classic tale, young Valerie juggles a difficult romantic decision with feelings of fear and grief as her town is terrorized by a legendary werewolf, which has killed her sister and hungers to feast again.
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Final Destination 5
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDeath still isn't satisfied in the fifth installment of this cult horror franchise, as he sets out to claim the lives of shaken co-workers who cheated him when they heeded a colleague's premonition about an unstable suspension bridge.
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The Descent: Part 2
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsBlood-drenched Sarah Carter surfaces as the lone escapee from the savage cave-dwelling Crawlers who terrorized her and five others. Traumatized and unable to explain the nightmare, she must return to help find her friends.
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The People Under the Stairs
1991 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMaster of horror Wes Craven brings an urban twist to the classic fairy tale in the story of Fool, a 13-year-old lad who succumbs to ghetto pressures to steal from a local house. Fool's instant karma comes in the gruesome form of the house's residents -- an insane, deformed family of murderers. The perils of latchkey kids and warnings about absentee parents are the subtle social subtext as Fool and other victims try to escape the deadly home.
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The Descent
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSix girlfriends, led by thrill seeker Juno (Natalie Mendoza), go spelunking a year after a tragic incident. But when they get trapped under the earth, all rationale escapes them as they start to suffer from limited oxygen and delusions -- or are they? Now, the friends must find a way to escape the cave and the murky creatures that lie within it. Writer-director Neil Marshall helms this horrific tale about a caving trip turned nightmare.
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Quarantine 2: Terminal
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen a virus that turns its victims into crazed killers infects travelers on an airplane, authorities seal off the jet to let the bug run its course. Realizing they've been left to die, a flight attendant and a passenger plan a daring escape.
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Night Watch
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis first installment of the trilogy based on the sci-fi novels by Sergei Lukyanenko plays upon the tension between light and dark, pitting the superhuman Night Watch patrollers (known as the "Others") against the shadowed forces of the night.
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Land of the Dead
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsZombie king George A. Romero returns with a fourth gruesome tale of the walking dead -- and this time, they've taken over the planet. Humans have lost the battle against the flesh eaters, and are barricaded in a walled city ruled by ruthless despots. When the zombies develop advanced military tactics, it's up to a group of mercenaries to save the living. Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, John Leguizamo and Asia Argento star.
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Saw II
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDetective Eric Matthews desperately tries to catch notorious killer Jigsaw in this suspenseful sequel that finds Jigsaw staying true to his bloodthirsty M.O. of creating devious plans in which people are forced to kill each other.
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The Loved Ones
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTroubled high school senior Brent's plans to spend prom night with his caring girlfriend, Holly, go awry when secret admirer Lola and her father kidnap him for their own macabre evening in this spine-chiller.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSoon after moving in with her father and his new girlfriend, young Sally discovers she isn't alone in the house: strange creatures live there -- and they might not be as friendly as Sally thinks. Guillermo del Toro co-writes this horror film.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe only survivor of a 1973 killing spree breaks her silence and comes forward to tell the story of what happened that bloody day, recounting the grisly events that led her and four of her friends into the clutches of a chainsaw-wielding madman.
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Thirst
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen the smoke clears from a failed experiment to find a cure for a fatal disease, a devout priest finds himself forever changed -- into a vampire with a lustful appetite for the wife of his childhood friend.
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Red State
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDirector Kevin Smith puts a unique spin on the horror genre in this tale of hormonal urges gone awry. Three high school boys answer an online ad from a woman seeking wild sex and soon find themselves in the hands of some dangerous religious zealots.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHonest Abe: he was the 16th president, the Great Emancipator ... and a righteous slayer of the undead spurred to action by his mother's vampiric murder. History and legend are both turned upside-down as Lincoln tracks the creatures of the night.
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The Caller
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis spooky thriller tracks the private nightmare of Mary Kee, a divorcée who begins receiving disturbing telephone calls from a woman she doesn't know. After engaging the stranger initially, Mary tries to extricate herself -- with horrific results.
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The Ward
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMaster of horror John Carpenter returns to form -- and to the director's chair -- for this chilling thriller in which a young woman, Kristen (Amber Heard), is sent to a mental institution with a past as dark and haunted as her own. Terrorized by a ghost, each of the other patients in Kristen's ward begin to disappear, and that's just the beginning of her long nightmare. Jared Harris ("Mad Men") and Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) also star.
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Bless the Child
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsKim Basinger stars as psychiatric nurse Maggie O'Connor, whose ordinary life becomes anything but routine as she gets swept up in a murder mystery involving the supernatural after a satanic cult leader kidnaps her 6-year-old niece.
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The Fly
1986 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhile testing his teleportation device, scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) accidentally merges his cells with those of a housefly. As his reporter girlfriend (Geena Davis) bears witness, Seth slowly -- and quite disgustingly -- morphs into an insect. David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the Vincent Price original achieves an unlikely concoction of horror, romance and pathos, thanks largely to Goldblum's strangely touching performance.
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The Ninth Gate
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAn international search for a rare copy of a demonic tome, "The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and Satanic worship in director Roman Polanski's gothic mystery.
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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA malign and murderous spirit continues to dwell within a San Diego home in this second creepy sequel to 2007's chilling Paranormal Activity. Hoping to catch photo evidence of the spirit, the residents soon become victims in their own horror film.
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The Collector
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDesperate to be free of his financial debt to his ex-wife, Arkin breaks into his employer's house to snag a jewel he knows will buy him independence. Too bad for him, someone else has gotten there first. Now, Arkin just wants to survive the night.
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Ravenous
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 19th-century California, a band of misfit soldiers at an Army outpost take in a seriously injured man, who tells them horrific tales of resorting to cannibalism to stay alive when his group became stranded.
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The Thing
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis terrifying prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic of the same name tells the story of a team of Norwegian scientists who find an alien ship frozen in Antarctica. When the organism inside awakens, blood flows across the frozen landscape.
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