Horror on Netflix

The rage virus never really left Britain, and a new generation has to cross what is left of it. Danny Boyle's 2025 return is not a cozy night.

A commercial crew answers a distress call and finds something that does not want to be rescued. Ridley Scott's 1979 film is still the cold standard for science fiction that wants to scare you.

Ripley goes back, this time with Marines who think guns will be enough. James Cameron turns the nightmare into a war film, and both halves still work.

A man goes to a remote island cult to find his sister and stays long enough to regret the boat. Netflix, folk horror, and no happy hymns.

Something outside makes you look, and looking is the end. Sandra Bullock steers a boat blindfolded. It is a thriller wearing a horror coat.

A bride moves into a rotting mansion that bleeds, and Guillermo del Toro wants you to look at every wallpaper. Gothic, gorgeous, and on Netflix.

Friends, a cabin, a book that should have stayed in the cellar. The 2013 one does not wink. It just goes.

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, on Netflix, treats the creature as a person the world refuses to look at. Long, sad, and made of weather.

A punk band takes a gig at the wrong club and then cannot leave. Patrick Stewart is not here to be kind. On Netflix and Tubi.

A beach town will not close the water, and the shark does not care about the holiday weekend. Spielberg's original, on Netflix.

A toy company builds a doll that bonds a little too well with a grieving kid. Funny until the head tilt. On Netflix.

Siblings on a horse ranch notice something in the sky that does not want to be filmed. Jordan Peele, spectacle and dread, on Netflix.

A motel, a shower, and Anthony Perkins being polite in a way that curdles. Hitchcock, 1960, on Netflix. You know the scene. The movie around it is better.

A wedding night game of hide and seek, except the in-laws are armed. Gory, funny, and on Netflix.

A boy is locked in a basement where the phone still rings, and the previous kids are on the line. Ethan Hawke, and it is on Netflix.

A therapist's family inherits a patient's monster. PG-13, Stephen King, on Netflix. Fine for older kids who want a real scare.

A exclusive dinner on an island where the chef has planned more than courses. Satire with a knife. On Netflix.

A prison is a vertical shaft, and the food only goes down. People at the top eat. People at the bottom wait. On Netflix.

A couple in a remote house, and someone knocks because they were home. The 2008 film is simple and mean. On Netflix.