15 Horror Movies on Netflix That Are Light on Gore but Heavy on Scares

This police sheriff has to figure out how a seemingly haunted car is operating, and in turn terrorizing an entire town.

Watch The Car on Netflix.

In this supernatural story, a child's dreams manifest as reality, but so do his night terrors, wreaking chilling havoc on the house.

Watch Before I Wake on Netflix.

What do you do when you're hired as a nanny only to find out your charge is actually a doll? And a creepy one at that? You'll soon find out this job is not as it seems.

Watch The Boy on Netflix.

This is not the ghost story you're expecting. The story of a man who's killed and whose spirit now haunts his old house will absolutely creep you out.

Watch A Ghost Story on Netflix.

This thriller is a creepy story of a nurse who is hired to take care of a writer in her home, only to find out that it's quite possibly haunted.

Watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House on Netflix.

Insidious, the story of a family who thinks their house is haunted when it's actually their son who is, relies on supernatural themes for scares instead of gore.

Watch Insidious on Netflix.

These twins are under a curse to their home and an eerie being known as The Lodgers. The curse requires them to follow specific rules laid out for them . . . or else.

Watch The Lodgers on Netflix.

This thriller about a videographer who takes a job in a remote town to film a dying man's last days has a very Blair Witch Project vibe to it.

Watch Creep on Netflix.

There are a lot of unseemly practices happening at Stonehearst Asylum in the 1800s and, though not gory, they are unsettling.

Watch Stonehearst Asylum on Netflix.

As if being around a war isn't scary enough, this family leaves it behind only to find themselves dealing with supernatural forces instead.

Watch Under the Shadow on Netflix.

This classic scary movie doesn't need blood to leave a lasting impression. When a man goes to investigate a missing woman, what he finds is a whole other world steeped in pagan ritual and the unfamiliar.

Watch The Wicker Man on Netflix.

In The Ring, watching a creepy video is enough to cue the sequence of your death unless you can figure out how to stop it. While this movie is chilling, it's not bloody.

Watch The Ring on Netflix.

Sometimes the ghosts you think you see and hear aren't in your head, just like in this movie. It will ruin your sleep for a few nights when you can't stop imagining that you're seeing your own ghosts.

Watch What Lies Beneath on Netflix.

This film about a sex game gone wrong isn't your typical horror film, but is instead a movie that will mess with your mind and give you nightmares.

Watch Gerald's Game on Netflix.

Be careful not to have your picture taken with this haunted Polaroid camera, or you might just die.

Watch Polaroid on Netflix.