Here you have it: the ultimate Netflix Spooktober List.
Now get to it! I’m already 7 days late as-is.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) and 28 Years Later (2025)
Nia DaCosta’s follow-up is frequently ranked the scariest current title (brutal, cult-driven, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell). Watch the 2025 Danny Boyle/Alex Garland film first.
Alien (1979)
Still the gold standard for slow-burn creature horror; Aliens is often available alongside it.
Frankenstein (2025)
Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating version, with Oscar Isaac as Victor and Jacob Elordi as the Creature. Gothic, emotional, and visually lavish.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The original: hot, grimy, and more suggestive than gory. Still unmatched.
His House (2020)
Netflix’s strongest original haunted-house film: a South Sudanese couple in a British council house, with scares that never reduce the refugee story to metaphor.
The Black Phone (2021/2022)
Ethan Hawke’s masked Grabber and a disconnected basement phone. Lean and effective.
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation. Carla Gugino handcuffed to a bed; one of the better pure-psychological horror films on the service.
Jaws (1975)
Often grouped with the horror slate; still the template for the summer-monster movie.
Psycho (1960), plus Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986)
Evil Dead (2013)
Fede Álvarez’s brutal, practical-effects remake. Not the winking Raimi version.
Hush (2016)
Flanagan’s tight home-invasion film about a deaf writer. Under 90 minutes.
The Strangers (2008)
Masked intruders, almost no explanation, “because you were home.”
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Crimson Peak (2015)
Del Toro gothic romance with ghosts; Jessica Chastain is feral.
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Flanagan’s prequel, far better than the first film.
The Boogeyman (2023)
Arrives October 5. Stephen King short-story adaptation; lights-off scares.
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Arrives October 14 if you want gory horror-comedy.
