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If you enjoy a healthy dose of horror and thrills, look no further than Netflix's wide selection of scary movies. From platform originals to acquired titles, you'll find something that speaks to you — including a hint of time travel or period drama mixed in with all the gore.
Scroll down and you'll find our picks for some of the best horror movies to stream on Netflix right now. (And keep an eye out for Parasyte: The Grey, a Korean drama about humanity's fight against parasites that take over ghosts, which drops April 5.)
Read more: The 14 Best Netflix Original Movies to Watch Right Now
Creep (2014)
This psychological horror film is deeply unsettling in the best ways. A videographer named Aaron (Patrick Brice) responds to a Craigslist ad placed by a dying man named Josef (Mark Duplass), who says he wants to record a video diary for his unborn son. But when Josef starts behaving strangely, Aaron becomes increasingly uneasy, and a series of disturbing events unfold.
#Alive (2020)
In this fast-paced and gripping Korean horror/action film, a livestreamer is trapped in his apartment during a zombie apocalypse and struggles to survive.
His House (2020)
This thriller follows a refugee couple from South Sudan looking to start a new life in England. But when they move into their new home, they find an unsettling, sinister presence within it.
1922 (2017)
This horror drama, an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, follows a farmer who decides to murder his wife with the help of his teenage son. But they become haunted by guilt — and rats. Lots of rats.
Cam (2018)
This psychological horror tells the story of a cam girl (or webcam model) named Alice (Madeline Brewer) whose account is stolen by a look-alike. She sets out to find the impostor and reclaim her identity.
Apostle (2018)
In the early 1900s, a troubled man named Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) travels to a remote island to rescue his sister, who's been kidnapped by a religious cult. This film is part mystery, part bloodbath.
Thanksgiving (2023)
A year after a bloody Black Friday riot, a masked killer terrorizes people in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as he seeks revenge. It's a grisly film laced with intriguing mystery.