26 Great Horror Movies on Netflix — All From the 2000s and Beyond

If you're looking for a slow-burn film, The Swarm is for you. This terrifying film focuses on Virginie (Suliane Brahim), who breeds locusts as a source of food for her family and discovers that the creepy crawlers thrive off the taste of blood — human blood.

Watch The Swarm on Netflix now.

If you haven't checked out Unfriended, prepare yourself for a digitally gruesome ride. The film focuses on a group of teenagers who become the target of a deadly online stalker through the account of their dead classmate.

Watch Unfriended on Netflix now.

The psychological horror film The Strangers will make you question every twist and turn. When Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) decide to spend the weekend at a family home, three unknown, masked strangers mysteriously appear inside the home.

Watch The Strangers on Netflix now.

The second installment of The Strangers continues when a new family arrives at a deserted mobile home park, only to find themselves facing the deadly three masked strangers.

Watch The Strangers: Prey at Night on Netflix now.

Donna (Brittany Snow) and her friends experience a brutal night of horror during one of the most memorable events of high school, Prom Night. With her obsessive stalker from three years ago on the loose, Donna's nightmares come true in this 2008 film.

Watch Prom Night on Netflix now.

If you consider yourself a zombie movie fan, this one is for you. The 2017 Canadian film Ravenous is centered on a small town in Quebec that faces a deadly zombie plague, where the residents must fight for their survival. The symbolism within the story definitely adds to the fear factor!

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Get ready for a surprisingly suspenseful plot twist in the 2009 film Case 39, where a social worker named Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) discovers the dark and dangerous nature of Lillith (Jodelle Ferland) while trying to find her a foster family.

Watch Case 39 on Netflix now.

We hope you like jump scares! Polaroid packs a ton while capturing the classic horror essence as Bird Fitcher (Kathryn Prescott) finds an old-fashion Polaroid camera that sends her high school peers to their tragic deaths once their photos are taken.

Watch Polaroid on Netflix now.

Just wait until the paranoia and dread sets in while watching It Comes at Night in all of its suspenseful glory. Set in an apocalyptic world with a few survivors, two families share a home in order to survive and keep evil from entering — until they realize the evil is already within.

Watch It Comes at Night on Netflix now.

There is so much more than trouble in paradise for this vacationing family, once they discover a mysterious video of one of the members killing a relative. The ending is seriously spooky and shocking!

Watch Death of Meon Netflix now.

Under the Shadow takes place in a world ever bit as scary as Camp Crystal lake or Elm Street: 1980s Tehran. The world is falling down all around a mother, who is coping not only with the war outside her windows, but a disturbing force inside her home.

Watch Under The Shadow on Netflix now.

Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and turn on a cheesy horror flick in which teens are picked off by a psycho. Here you go! This one stars Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) and Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars).

Watch Truth or Dare on Netflix now.

This Netflix original didn't exactly come out with a bang so much as a thud in early 2019. Still, the Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka starrer is worth a watch if you're in the mood for an apocalypse movie.

Watch The Silence on Netflix now.

This 2013 film from director James Wan kicked off a whole cinematic universe. Since the immense success of The Conjuring, we've seen five sequels and prequels about haunted dolls (no, thank you), and undead nuns (double nope).

Watch The Conjuring on Netflix now.

Be warned that Netflix's twisty (and twisted) 2018 film starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning will lead to some very specific cello-related nightmares.

Watch The Perfection on Netflix now.

Another supernatural thriller from James Wan, 2010's Insidious is a ghost story that will crawl under your skin. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne appear in the original, which has spawned three sequels and prequels.

Watch Insidious on Netflix now.

Based on Stephen King's 1992 novel, Gerald's Game is a friggin' nightmare. Jessie is left tied to a bed after a sex game goes wrong and while she fights to stay alive, the line between reality and her imagination begins to blur.

Watch Gerald's Game on Netflix now.

He's baaack. Mark Duplass again stars as the demented Aaron in this 2017 sequel. This time he has a new "friend" (Desiree Akhavan) on the line.

Watch Creep 2 on Neteflix now.

2018's Apostle is a strange and stressful movie. Dan Stevens and Michael Sheen star opposite on another as a man in search of his missing sister and the preacher who is leading her troubling new community.

Watch Apostle on Netflix now.

Four friends go on a camping trip to honor their late friend, but what ensues is more Blair Witch Project than Without a Paddle.

Watch The Ritual on Netflix now.

When a group of scientists set out to save the world from an energy crisis, they end up finding an alternate universe in which they also find terror. (If you're looking for a good Cloverfield universe movie, we'd recommend this one last.

Watch The Cloverfield Paradox on Netflix now.

If you somehow missed the sh*tstorm of Bird Box memes that emerged after the 2018 release of this apocalyptic thriller, my hat is off to you. Whether you hate it or you love it, you're almost guaranteed to feel very strongly about this movie.

Watch Bird Box on Netflix now.

A foster child comes into the lives of two parents still mourning the death of their own child. What they realize, though, is that both his dreams and nightmares become reality.

Watch Before I Wake on Netflix now.

Apparently so scary people have been turning it off, Veronica tells the tale of a teenager who conjures up an evil spirit that follows her home.

Watch Veronica on Netflix now.