25 Best Netflix Halloween Movies That Will Give You Nightmares
Do not watch these alone!
Country Living editors select each product featured. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Why Trust Us?
After the whole house is decked out in all the spiderwebs and jack-o-lanters imaginable, the costumes are ready to wear and all the pumpkins are carefully selected from the patch, there’s just one thing to do to complete the ultimate Halloween checklist: movie night! From spine-chilling horror movies to childhood favorites and new releases, there are so many movies to put on your list this October. There are so many good Halloween movies to choose from, so, might we suggest at least one movie night a week to get through at least the essentials.
Though this list full of movies meant to give you a good fright, we also have some kid-friendly Halloween movies for family movie night minus the tears and nightmares. The only thing we want to be scary about your spooky-season movie night is the movie itself, not the selection process. So, we’ve made it easy to find the perfect movie and stream it on Netflix with just one click, it’s almost too easy. Now, all that's left to do is bust out the movie snacks (Halloween candy and popcorn obvi), cozy up under your favorite cozy blanket and press play, happy streaming, witches!
Ouija: Origin of Evil
While trying to contact her late father through a Ouija board, a little girl brings a demon into her world.
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
Marlon Wayans and his teenage daughter Priah Ferguson (Stranger Things) team up as a father and daughter on a mission to save their town from Halloween decorations that have come to life.
The School for Good and Evil
Best friends Sophie and Agatha find their friendship in turmoil when they are called away to the magical school for fairy tale heroes and villains. This new movie, based on the novels by Soman Chainani, stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeo, and more.
Wendell & Wild
A punk rock-loving teenager makes a deal with two demons who want to escape the Underworld for the Land of the Living. Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Angela Bassett team up in this new animated movie.
The Munsters
Rob Zombie stars in this new horror-comedy remake of the 1960s TV show.
There's Someone Inside Your House
A masked killer is torturing high school students by revealing their darkest secrets, and a group of outsiders teams up to stop him. This new Netflix original is based on the best-selling novel by Stephanie Perkins.
Fear Street Part 1: 1994
A town has been cursed for hundreds of years, and teens band together to break it. This is the first of a trilogy based on books by R.L. Stine. Follow it up with viewings of Fear Street Part 2: 1978 and Fear Street Part 3: 1666.
The Babysitter
The events of one evening take an unexpected turn for the worst for a young boy trying to spy on his babysitter.
Hubie Halloween
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, and Julie Bowen star in this new Netflix original about a man trying to save his town on Halloween.
Velvet Buzzsaw
A satire set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.
Apostle
In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.
Fractured
In this Netflix film, a couple stops at a gas station, where their 6 year old daughter's arm is fractured. They hurry to a hospital. Something strange is going on there. The wife and daughter go missing.
In the Tall Grass
Here's a Netflix film based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill. After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Ruth Wilson stars in this Netflix film about a young nurse who takes care of an elderly author living in a haunted house.
Eerie
An all-girls Catholic school gets a disturbing awakening when a student commits suicide. Leave it to a guidance counselor with a sixth sense to learn all she can about the school's past from—who else?—a ghost.
Eli
Here's one that's not for the faint of heart. Really. An 11-year-old boy is checked into a clinic (or is it a haunted house?), where he's supposed to receive an experimental treatment.
Rattlesnake
A single mother is told she must kill someone before the sun sets in order to save her daughter.
The Silence
A family tries to survive in a world where creatures hunt by sound. The Netflix original—which is based on the book of the same name—stars Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka.
Lights Out
A supernatural force that only strikes when the lights are out terrorizes a little boy and his older sister does everything she can to stop the cycle of evil.
Megan Stein is the executive editor for The Pioneer Woman, and oversees entertainment, features, and news for the website. Whether it's catching up on the latest true crime podcast, or re-watching the best '80s movies for the zillionth time, she's always here to talk about anything and everything relating to pop culture.
A writer and editor with 20 years of experience in the lifestyle and travel realms, Leigh Crandall has been a contributing editor to Country Living since 2020. She regularly writes about small businesses with big ideas, U.S. destinations worth a road trip, holidays, hobbies, and more rural pursuits. She is also a children's book author and co-founder of Cowbell, a creative studio inspired by farming and heritage. When she’s not working, you’ll find her curled up with a cozy mystery on her front porch or exploring the outdoors with her family.
Halloween’s Over… Giant Yard Skeletons Are Staying
13 of the Most Haunted Places in America, Ranked
It's Not Too Late to Bake Drippy Candle Cakes
This Is the Best Time to Go Trick-or-Treating
