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Here Are the 30 Most Horrifying Movies on Netflix Right Now if You’re Looking for a Bit of a Spook

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You’ve come to the right place if you’re (1) a horror movie fanatic who has watched almost all the scary films that are already available to stream on the interwebz, (2) not sleeping rn because you’re stuck in your thoughts and need a distraction. Or hey, maybe you’re just in the mood for some spooky sh*t to get your blood flowing because you’re bored. Do you, girl. Here, you’ll find 30 absolutely bone-chilling, frightening movies that will shake you to your core. Promise you won’t blame us if you’re too scared to walk to the bathroom alone at night after streaming one of these bad boys, ’cause we warned ya. From classics like The Ring to freaky sci-fi flicks Bird Box, here are the 30 scariest movies to stream on Netflix tonight.

1

Train to Busan

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If you’re a fan of the Oscar-winning movie, Parasite, I can almost guarantee that this will be the next addition to your “fave movies” list. Korea’s first ever zombie flick to become a box-office hit follows a father and his daughter in a train trying to find a place that hasn’t been hit by the undead apocalypse.

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2

Before I Wake

I hate when they bring kids into these things!! Welp, this film is about a family who fosters a young boy while still mourning the deaths of their two sons. What they don’t know prior to welcoming him into their home is that he has powers that they should be very afraid of....

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3

A Nightmare on Elm Street

This isn’t the OG, but it’s just as flipping scary! Yup, don’t you worry. It has the works. Freddy Krueger. The blades. The glove. Get ready.

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4

Terrifier

All I gotta say is, watch this one with a buddy or with the lights on or on FaceTime with your mom because it’s about a clown who goes on a massive murder rampage in an abandoned building. I’m sweating in fear just thinking about it. 😅

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5

Friday the 13th

As classic as they come. A man goes into a forest in search of his missing sister (why they ever go INTO the forest, I have no idea) where he comes across a hockey-masked man who’s craving to kill. Hello, nightmares!

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6

The Bye Bye Man

A group of college students move to an off-campus house thinking they’re growing up and living their best adult lives, only to learn that they’ve unleashed a mysterious and ghostly killer who’ll FOR SURE make them want to dip the eff out of there ASAP.

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7

Would You Rather

You’d do anything for the ones you love, right? In Would You Rather, Brittany Snow’s character chooses to play a game to win a lot of money that could help save her brother’s life. But as she gets further and further into it, the stakes become deadly and she questions if it’s all worth it or not.

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8

He’s Out There

Is it just me or are the most terrifying movies the ones that feel...toooo real? Warning folks, this one really might get in your head. A mom and her daughters are vacationing at a lake house when they cross paths with a psychopath. Nightmares central. 😭

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9

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

In this movie, a father and son coroner duo investigate the death of an unknown woman—a process that leads them to discovering (and experiencing) some creepy sh*t. Weird father-son bonding, but okay.

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10

The Ring

An oldie but goodie. Imagine finding a videotape that plays only incredibly haunting images and then getting a call from a scary voice informing you that you’ll die in seven days?? NOPE. BYE.

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11

Truth or Dare

Truth or Dare follows a group of college friends (featuring our girl Lucy Hale) who are on a trip to Mexico as one last hurrah before graduation. They come across a random person who convinces them to play a lil ol’ game of truth or dare. But what they don't realize is that there are life-threatening consequences if they don't play the game right.

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12

Insidious

If you hate movies about haunted houses because you feel that the family needs to GTFO...you’ll probably like Insidious. They DO move, it just turns out that their son is the possessed one.

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13

Bird Box

Bird Box def counts as cardio. It’s so thrilling that your heart rate will definitely enter a sprint at least once. It is arguably the most stressful movie on Netflix.

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14

The Silence

Netflix really launched an attack on the five senses in 2019, huh? This apocalyptic movie is about murderous creatures that attack anything that makes noise. It will leave you whispering for days, probs.

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15

The Ritual

The Ritual is a terrifying movie about a group of friends who have the scariest trip in the Swedish wilderness. It will creep you out, but it’ll also give you a pretty good excuse to say no to every hike you get invited on for the rest of your life.

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16

Death Note

Just when ya thought you were afraid of enough inanimate objects...Netflix hits us with a horror about a “supernatural notebook.” Thank god we’re mostly paperless these days?

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17

47 Meters Down

Don’t worry, you don’t have to learn the metric system to shit your pants during 47 Meters Down. You just have to have a healthy fear of sharks. Also, Mandy Moore is in it, which is always fun.

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18

The Invitation

A man accepts an invitation to a lavish dinner party thrown by his ex-wife...and if you can believe it, everything just goes fully downhill from there. Netflix describes this one as “scary, violent, suspenseful” and “critically acclaimed,” so keep your lights on.

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19

Cargo

Ugh, this Australian horror movie is about a sweet lil dad who has to save his adorable baby from killer zombies. You truly hate to see it. (But you will like to watch it, if that makes any sense.)

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20

Carrie

This is, like, the horror movie of all horror movies. Carrie walked (er...threw shit with her brain) so that Eleven from Stranger Things could run. Based on a Stephen King book, this is also John Travolta’s first movie!

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