Last Updated on September 5, 2025 by Dolores Quintana
What if the best horror movies on Netflix include the premiere of the second season devilishly clever series starring Wednesday Addams, and it is coincidentally released on a Wednesday? We didn't think you would mind. This month, Netflix has a selection of new frightful films, scary repertory movies, and series that will make your heart pound and tickle your funny bone.
The immensely popular series, Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega, premieres on Wednesday, August 6, naturally. The anticipation for the new season is high, so it's very exciting that the time for the show to air has arrived, especially since the series will pay homage to classic horror genres during season 2.
Netflix has also made it possible for you to watch all three of the first Jurassic Park films or to take in the wonders of Anaconda, just in time for the release of the remake. There are two new Filipino terror tales available, an Italian-produced movie from 2020, and two terrifying series, Hellbound and Black Summer, that deserve your attention if you've never seen them before.
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Wednesday Season 2 on August 6
Image Credit: Netflix The creepiest, kookiest, and spookiest new series has returned. Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await. This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends, and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.
The series also stars Steve Buscemi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Luis Guzmán, Hunter Doohan, Billie Piper, Isaac Ordonez, Victor Dorobantu, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah Taylor and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo and features Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Jamie McShane, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, Joonas Suotamo with Fred Armisen and Christopher Lloyd, Lady Gaga (part 2), Frances O’Conner (part 2).
Creator and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are back, as is executive producer Tim Burton. Naturally, the show reveals its first episode of the second season on Wednesday, August 6. Perfection.
The Binding
Image Credit: IMDB While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter. This folk horror film from 2020 stars Mía Maestro, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Giulia Patrignani.
The Italian production was directed by Domenico Emanuele de Feudis and written by Daniele Cosci, Davide Orsini, and de Feudis.
Black Summer
Image Credit: Netflix The second zombie apocalypse series from The Asylum, Black Summer, chooses a different path from its predecessor, Z Nation. While Z Nation was more of a horror comedy, Black Summer is more brutal and tells the story from multiple viewpoints with handheld cameras. It centers on the story of Rose, a mother who is separated from her daughter during the downfall of civilization and must do everything in her power to find her.
It stars Jaime King, Justin Chu Cary, Zoe Marlett, and Christine Lee. Don't get to used to your favorite and likeable characters, because unlike other zombie series, Black Summer doesn't spare them.
Hellbound
Image Credit: Netflix The South Korean series Hellbound was created by Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) and co-written by Kyu-Seok Choi. It concerns a future world where demons appear on Earth and begin to claim human beings, condemning them to Hell in gruesome ways in full view of crowds of people and dragging them to their punishment. This gives rise to a new cult, Arrowhead, while the New Truth Church attempts to hold onto its fading power.
Hellbound is based on the webtoon by Yeon Sang-ho and Kyu-Seok Choi and stars Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah, and Yang Ik-june.
Scarecrow
Image Credit: IMDB The story of Monet and her mother Rosa, who are mourning the death of the family patriarch, Pabling. During the nine days of pasiyam, or days of prayer that are part of the mourning of the dead in the Philippines, dark secrets and a malevolent plot start to unravel. In this Filipino horror film, also known as Espantaho, Monet has a seizure and receives a warning from beyond the grave.
Chito S. Roño directs the film and stars Judy Ann Santos, Lorna Tolentino, and Chanda Romero.
Untold
Image Credit: IMDB TV journalist Vivian Vera hosts the Untold documentary series. After a traumatic story investigation, strange events plague her and her crew, forcing her to confront her past secrets to uncover the truth in this psychological Filipino horror film.
Starring Jodi Sta. Maria, Juan Karlos Labajo, Kaori Oinuma, Lianne Valentin, Mylene Dizon, Joem Bascon, Sarah Edwards, it was directed by Derick Cabrido.
Anaconda
Image Credit: IMDB A National Geographic film crew searching for an Indigenous Amazonian tribe is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest and deadliest snake, taking them all on a dangerous voyage.
Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Kari Wuhrer, Danny Trejo, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson star in this entertaining monster movie directed by Luis Llosa. It is famous for Jon Voight's wild performance, complete with a heavy accent, that is puzzling but only adds to the chaos.
Jurassic Park
Image Credit: IMDB An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger. Director Steven Spielberg's second giant monster movie became a worldwide success to rival his first blockbuster, Jaws, and gave birth to a new franchise that is still going.
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, B.D. Wong and Richard Attenborough star in the movie that made dinosaurs scary again.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Image Credit: IMDB In the sequel, directed by Steven Spielberg, a research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda. Their plans include establishing a new park in San Diego after taking control of InGen from John Hammond.
Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Pete Postlethwaite, and Arliss Howard star in this film, written by David Koepp.
Jurassic Park III
Image Credit: IMDB The third film in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first that was not directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of a decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives who convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday, but their unexpected landing startles the island's new inhabitants. If you guessed that there are more terrifying dinosaurs, you are correct.
Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, and Michael Jeter star in this continuation of the series directed by Joe Johnston (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Wolfman)