Best Foreign Horror Movies and TV Shows on Netflix

1 Veronica

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In Veronica, which is based on true events, a high-schooler in Madrid decides to experiment with a Ouija board with some of her classmates but ends up getting followed home by an evil spirit. As her (and her siblings') sanity begins to crumble due to the haunting, you'll find yourself questioning what's actually real and what's in Veronica's imagination.

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2 The Unborn Child

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A couple and their young daughter find themselves plagued by a malevolent presence in this Thai film and eventually discover that their haunting has something to do with a mysterious temple and a string of abortions.

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3 Cargo

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This Australian horror film is a slow burn, but it's worth the watch. When his wife succumbs to a zombie bite and he realizes he's not long behind her, a father begins a desperate search for a safe place to leave his infant daughter in the outback before he dies.

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4 Ravenous

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This is actually a pretty introspective and beautiful movie, as far as films in the zombie genre go. That being said, watching a small group of desperate survivors attempt to navigate the aftermath of a zombie-like outbreak in rural Quebec is going to come with some nauseating moments.

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5 The Wailing

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After a mysterious disease overtakes a small village in South Korea, a police officer sets out to find a cure when his daughter is infected.

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6 The Babadook

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After her husband dies in a car accident in this Australian film, a grieving woman and her son are haunted by an evil presence that arrives in the form of a creepy children's book called Mr. Babadook.

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7 Ghoul

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When a prisoner at a military detention center in near-future India begins to behave erratically, a young interrogator finds herself obsessed with uncovering the real reason why, leading her into the ultimate battle for survival.

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8 Creeped Out

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Somehow this British TV show makes creepy anthology horror series kid-friendly, exploring tales of "dark magic" and "twisted technology."

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9 Malevolent

In this gory film out of the UK, we meet a brother and sister earning a living by faking paranormal occurrences for cash. But when they're tasked with investigating some strange phenomena at a supposedly haunted estate, things take a turn for the worse.

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10 Apostle

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Occult horror-thriller Apostle stars Beauty and the Beast's Dan Stevens as Thomas Richardson, who returns home to London in 1905, only to discover that his sister has been captured by a cult led by the dangerously charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen) and is being held for ransom. Thomas sets out to rescue his sister, infiltrating the cult's island community and eventually uncovering an evil secret.

Watch it on Oct. 12.

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11 The Presence

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Alternately titled Die Präsenz, this German found-footage flick follows three friends hoping to get proof of paranormal activity by breaking into an abandoned castle. Of course, once they arrive, terror and madness begin to seep into the group in unexpectedly horrifying ways.

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12 Conjuring Spirit

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After being betrayed by her husband, a woman decides to pack up her and her son and move into a new apartment. Once she gets there, an eerie music box makes its way into her hands, as well as a not-so-nice spirit. Word to the wise: watch this Vietnamese horror movie with the lights on.

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13 Train to Busan

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This South Korean zombie movie was a box office hit, for good reason. The terrifyingly claustrophobic horror film centers on a father and daughter who must survive a gory outbreak of the undead on a lengthy train journey to the country's only remaining safe city.

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