Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in ‘Red Dragon’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Sometimes you want a movie with laughs or action. Other times? You want one with lots of screaming and running.
With Halloween fast approaching, Moviefone has compiled a list of the 20 scariest and creepiest movies available right now to watch on Netflix.
NOTE: As Netflix is constantly updating their programing, this list is based on what is available on the streamer as of October 2025.
Let’s begin!
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(L to R) Chase Sui Wonders as Ava Brucks, Madelyn Cline as Danica Richards, Sarah Pidgeon as Stevie Ward, and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson in 2025’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’ Photo: Sony Pictures.
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
“You get the ending you deserve.”
Release Date: Jul 18, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 51 min
Budget: $18,000,000
19. ‘Ouija‘ (2014)
A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
“Keep telling yourself it’s just a game.”
Release Date: Oct 24, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 29 min
Budget: $5,000,000
Former FBI Agent Will Graham (Edward Norton), who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
“To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.”
Release Date: Oct 4, 2002
Run Time: 2 hr 4 min
Budget: $78,000,000
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
“Life-or-death survival begins.”
Release Date: Jul 22, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $8,500,000
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that’s stalking them.
“Your darkest dream awaits you.”
Release Date: Feb 9, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 34 min
Budget: $1,000,000
(L to R) Odessa A’zion, Belmont Cameli, Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino and Ji-young Yoo star in ‘Until Dawn’. Photo: Sony Pictures. Photo: Kerry Brown. © 2024 Screen Gems, Inc. and TSG Entertainment II LLC. All Rights Reserved.
One year after her sister Melanie (Mala Mitchell) mysteriously disappeared, Clover (Ella Rubin) and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
“Every night a different nightmare.”
Release Date: Apr 25, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Budget: $15,000,000
When her husband’s sex game goes wrong, Jessie (Carla Gugino), who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house, faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
“Some games you play. Some you survive.”
Release Date: Sep 29, 2017
Run Time: 1 hr 44 min
When Cole (Judah Lewis) stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter (Samara Weaving) is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
“Dream girls can be a nightmare.”
Release Date: Oct 13, 2017
Run Time: 1 hr 25 min
12. ‘Creep‘ (2014)
Looking for work, Aaron (Patrick Brice) comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef (Mark Duplass), his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
Release Date: Jun 23, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 22 min
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt’s (Scott Speedman) remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
“Lock the door. Pretend you’re safe.”
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Run Time: 1 hr 26 min
Budget: $9,000,000
Ethan Hawke in ‘Sinister’. Photo: Lionsgate.
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is in a slump; he hasn’t had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims’ home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
“Once you see him, nothing can save you.”
Release Date: Oct 12, 2012
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Budget: $3,000,000
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Release Date: Jan 4, 2019
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $9,000,000
An immigrant (Cristina Rodlo) in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can’t escape.
“Don’t try to leave. It’ll only make things worse.”
Release Date: Sep 29, 2021
Run Time: 1 hr 25 min
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.
Release Date: Aug 10, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 33 min
Budget: $10,000,000
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte (Allison Williams) seeks out Elizabeth (Logan Browning), the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
“It’s Time to Face the Music.”
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min
(L to R) Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in Columbia Pictures’ ’28 Years Later’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
“In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.”
Release Date: Jun 20, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 55 min
Budget: $60,000,000
In 1905, a man (Dan Stevens) travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
“Your god can’t help you.”
Release Date: Oct 12, 2018
Run Time: 2 hr 10 min
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Release Date: Feb 1, 2019
Run Time: 1 hr 53 min
Budget: $21,000,000
Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray (Winona Ryder), the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves), believing her to be the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
Release Date: Nov 13, 1992
Run Time: 2 hr 8 min
Budget: $40,000,000
A scene from 1974’s ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’. Photo: Bryanston Distributing Company.
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
“Who will survive and what will be left of them?”
Release Date: Oct 11, 1974
Run Time: 1 hr 23 min
Budget: $140,000
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