16 Best Horror Movies On Netflix Right Now

MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY, THE ELIXIR, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD shamble towards you in Netflix's October slate
ByDolores Quintana
MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY (Image: Netflix)

Last Updated on November 7, 2025 by Dolores Quintana

You'll find new and classic horror among the best horror movies on Netflix. The streamer has expanded the number of scary movies for October and has the premiere of a new film and a new series just for Halloween, along with some true fright films that you should catch, especially if you've never seen them, and some lesser-known movies that could enhance your Autumn chills.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the third season of the Monster biographical series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, and is the first season that Brennan has created solo without Murphy. It centers on the real-life killer who has inspired horror filmmakers with his ghoulish criminal actions, including grave robbing and making decorations from the exhumed corpses.

Indonesian director Kimo Stamboel's newest film, The Elixir, is due to be released this month as well. It is a zombie shocker in which the search for eternal youth causes an undead outbreak and marks the first time that Stamboel has directed a zombie film.

But you've got to have the classics, and Netflix has George Romero's still terrifying Night of the Living Dead and Bryan Bertino's more recent but still brutal slasher The Strangers to turn your fall into the most scream-tastic season.

 

  • Casper on October 1

    CASPER (Credit: Netflix)

    Friendly ghost Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson) really wants a pal, but he always seems to scare people away from his mansion until a therapist and his teen daughter move in. Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Devon Sawa, and Eric Idle star in this family friendly ghost story based on the comic book character.

  • Dracula (1979)

    DRACULA (1979) (Credit: Netflix)

    Seeking refuge in the seaside home of a doctor and his daughter, seductive shipwreck survivor Dracula (Frank Langella) works his deadly magic on a nubile houseguest. Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, and Kate Nelligan star in this adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel that concentrates on a romance between Lucy Seward and the king vampire.

  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

    I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (Credit: Netflix)

    A summer getaway in the Bahamas turns deadly for Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) when a killer terrorizes her and her friends, refusing to let her memories of the past die. Freddie Prinze Jr., Muse Watson, return from the first film with Love-Hewitt, and Brandy, Mekhi Phifer, Bill Cobbs, Matthew Settle, Jennifer Esposito, Jack Black, Jeffrey Combs, and John Hawkes join the cast in this sequel to the popular slasher film.

  • Red Dragon

    RED DRAGON (Credit: Netflix)

    Tasked with hunting down a grisly serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy (Ralph Fiennes), former FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) seeks help from an old nemesis, Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins).

  • Sinister 2

    SINISTER 2 (Credit: Netflix)

    A single mother and her twin sons move into a rural house, unaware of its history of being inhabited by an evil spirit that preys upon young children. James Ransone and Shannyn Sossamon star in this sequel co-written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill.

  • Slender Man

    SLENDER MAN (Credit: Netflix)

    Desperate to find their missing friend, a group of girls summons the entity they believe took her, the evil legend of Internet lore, Slender Man. Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, and Taylor Richardson star in this movie based on the Internet Creepypasta meme.

  • The Strangers

    THE STRANGERS (Credit: Netflix)

    A quiet stay at a remote vacation home spirals into terror for a couple when they come under attack by three masked, mysterious, and murderous intruders. Writer and director Bryan Bertino's disturbing original film in the series, which stars Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman.

    This film is the reason why the franchise is still going, and shows Bertino to be a creator who can craft violent and emotionally affecting terror tales, as The Strangers became a word of mouth hit while in theaters.

  • When a Stranger Calls

    WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (Credit: IMDB)

    Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy, and Clark Gregg star in the remake of the 1979 film in which a quiet evening turns into a night of terror after a babysitter discovers the prank phone calls she’s receiving are coming from inside the house.

  • The Wrath of Becky

    THE WRATH OF BECKY (Credit: Netflix)

    Sixteen-year-old Becky (Lulu Wilson) is settling into life with her new caregiver Elena (Denise Burse), until a trio of extremists sets her on a bloody path to revenge. Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), and Kate Siegel star in this sequel in which Becky, who had previously faced off against a group of Nazis, can't seem to catch a break.

  • Monster: The Ed Gein Story on October 3

    MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY (Credit: Netflix)
    In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein lived quietly on a decaying farm, hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Gein’s perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades.
    Charlie Hunnam stars as Gein, and Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps, Laurie Metcalf, and Tom Hollander co-star. Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's American biographical crime drama anthology television series returns with its third, most harrowing installment yet. Monster: The Ed Gein Story tells the story of how one simple man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, became history's most singular ghoul.

  • Night of the Living Dead on October 4

    NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (Credit: Netflix)

    As dead bodies return to life and feast on humans, a woman joins a band of survivors in a farmhouse trying to save themselves from the zombie hordes. George Romero took his expertise with documentary films and, with co-writer John Russo, totally changed the meaning of the word zombie and invented the subgenre of zombie films as they currently exist.

    There's no doubt that without this hugely influential film, we wouldn't be enjoying being terrified by carnivorous dead bodies in a postapocalyptic wasteland in such films as Shaun of the Dead, Train to Busan, and television shows like The Walking Dead without it. To this day, the film still has an eerie power and one of the most shocking endings in horror history and if you haven't watched it, you really should.

  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE (Credit: Netflix)

    The fragile and secretive world of two sisters and their uncle crumbles when their charming cousin arrives with eyes toward the family fortune. This 2018 adaptation of one of Shirley Jackson's (“The Haunting of Hill House”) lesser-known but highly regarded novels stars Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, and Crispin Glover.

  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (Season 2) on October 21

    THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON (Credit: Netflix)

    Stranded in postapocalyptic France, Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) protects a young boy and a mysterious nun from the ravenous undead and a deadly paramilitary group. Netflix begins streaming the second season of the fifth spin-off from The Walking Dead for scary season, and it's always good to have more zombie apocalypse shows to watch. Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi, Adam Nagaitis, Joel de la Fuente, Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada, Alexandra Masangkay co-star with Reedus.

    The show takes a turn from most of the spin-off series from TWD and has a different vibe and almost an entirely new cast, which received critical praise for the fresh approach to The Walking Dead Universe.

  • The Elixir on October 23

    THE ELIXIR (Credit: Netflix)

    When the search for eternal youth triggers a terrifying zombie outbreak, what is the true cost, and how can it be stopped? The Elixir, directed by the acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker, Kimo Stamboel, who co-directed Macabre and Killers as part of the Mo Brothers directing team, with his friend, Timo Tjahjanto (V/H/S 2's segment “Safe Haven” co-directed with Gareth Evans, V/H/S/94‘s segment, “The Subject”,  May the Devil Take You). Stamboel then went solo and directed the remake of The Queen of Black Magic, Ivanna, and Sewu Dino. 

    Set in a remote village near Yogyakarta, Kenes (Mikha Tambayong) and her family visit her father, Sadimin (Donny Damara), the owner of a renowned herbal medicine business, to discuss the future of the family business. Tensions escalate when Kenes confronts her best friend, Karina (Eva Celia), about her intention to marry Sadimin. But the quarreling abruptly turns into fear when Sadimin, having just drunk his new potion of eternal youth, suddenly loses consciousness and transforms into a terrifying creature: a zombie.

    Panic erupts as the undead pounce on humans, while the uninfected try desperately to escape. All disputes, egos, and emotions must be set aside for one goal: helping each other and fighting for survival.

     

     

  • Nos4a2 (Seasons 1-2)  on October 29

    NOS4A2 (Credit: Netflix)

    Based on Joe Hill’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, the supernatural horror series NOS4A2 tells the story of a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children. Ashleigh Cummings, Zachary Quinto, Jahkara Smith, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Virginia Kull, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in the vampire tale that has a young woman trying to put an end to the undead monster's reign of terror.