Best Halloween Movies on Netflix

Holidays are a time to celebrate and enjoy one another’s company. Halloween is a holiday filled with traditions. One of those traditions is watching Halloween movies. There are several good and terrifying options to watch during the Halloween season, or any time of the year if you are looking for a good scare. Netflix has a slew of movie options, but that can sometimes make it hard to narrow down what is worth watching. What are the best Halloween movies on Netflix?

Scream was first released in 1996. The film revolves around a serial killer and Sidney Prescott. On the year after her mother’s death, a series of prank calls begin to circulate to Sidney and her close friends. Soon the gang learns that the calls are coming from a white masked serial killer who wears a black robe. Each phone call has a series of questions; the first being what your favorite scary movie is. Sidney becomes the target of this masked killer in one of the best Halloween movies on Netflix. A small, calm town in California turns into a murder scene that is investigated by local news reporters to try and catch the murderer.

The Omen was released in June of 1976. The movie revolves around an American diplomat named Robert who is married to a woman named Katherine. The couple adopts a child by the name of Damien after the birth of a stillborn child. The couple hires a nanny to look over little Damien. She soon hangs herself. Father Brennan tries to inform the couple that their son will kill their unborn child. Father Brennan passes away and Katherine loses her child when Damien shoves Katherine over a balcony, which results in a miscarriage. More and more individuals around the family begin to die off. Robert begins to dig into Damien's background. In one of the best movies on Netflix, Robert discovers his son may be the antichrist.

Released in 1973, The Exorcist is considered one of the scariest movies of all time. The Exorcist is a movie that is sort of based on actual occurrences. The story circles little Regan, who begins to act weirdly after playing with an Ouija board. During this play time she connects with an “imaginary friend” named Captain Howdy. Regan’s mother begins to notice her making strange noises, beginning to steal things, and using foul language. Regan appears at her mother’s party, uninvited, and begins to tell individuals that they will die while urinating on the floor. Regan’s mother, Chris, sends her daughter for an assortment of medical tests, only to find there is nothing wrong. Regan begins to levitate and shake in her bed violently. Her mother resorts to two priests who decide to perform an exorcism.

Silence of the Lambs is a critically acclaimed movie that has won five Academy Awards. Silence of the Lambs follows the story of a young FBI cadet who is trying to move up in her career. During Clarice’s training in the Behavioral Science Unit, she is asked to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is imprisoned for serial killing and cannibalizing his victims in a maximum security prison. Clarice is picked to investigate Dr. Lecter in regards to a series of murders conducted by Buffalo Bill. Each murder follows the same pattern and scheme. During their first interview, she realizes things will be hard and difficult to read. Lecter is a very cryptic man who likes mind games. Clarice decides to become emotionally vulnerable to Lecter in order to get a valid response out of him. Does Clarice have the strength to stop such a vicious monster?

Alright Zombie lovers, this one is for you. The movie follows Barbara and Johnny. The two are paying a visit to a remote cemetery to pay their respects to their late father. A group of zombies begins to emerge from the graves. Barbara takes shelter in an abandoned home found near the cemetery. A man, Ben, who stopped at the home in search of gas, soon joins her to fend for his life. He quickly tries to board the windows and doors to prevent intrusion. The two later find a group of five individuals hiding in the basement of the house. The only means of survival is to try to get gas to an empty truck that is nearby in order to flee. The only catch is, the group must fight off the zombies as they do so in one of the best Halloween movies on Netflix.

Johnny Depp soars through this classic Halloween tale about the curse of the headless horseman. The curse is placed upon the town of Sleepy Hollow after a Hessian horseman’s head is taken. He proceeds to return from the depths of hell to take the heads of the citizens of Sleepy Hollow until his head is returned to him. Following the occurrence of three murders, Constable Ichabod Crane is asked to investigate the deaths. In one of the best Halloween movies on Netflix, Crane learns about the legend of the Headless Horseman. Crane is convinced this tale is just a myth until he witnesses a town elder's head taken by the horseman. Crane now must try to figure out where the horseman originated and how to send him back to the grave for good.

Rosemary and her husband Guy have just moved into an apartment building in Manhattan. The couple’s landlord urges them to not take the apartment and to move elsewhere. The two soon meet their neighbors, a very nice elderly couple. Guy begins to bond and spend a lot of his time with the couple. A series of strange events begins to take place. A younger woman that they met in the laundry room kills herself. Rosemary begins to have weird dreams and hears mysterious noises. Guy begins to distance himself from her, but she winds up pregnant. She feels the couple has wicked plans for her child and begins to fear that her child is not of this world.

A group of children murders every adult in the town of Gatlin. A young preacher named Isaac moves to the town and convinces the children to commit this crime. Burt and his girlfriend, Vicky drive across the Midwest for his job relocation. The two find a dead body and decide to go to the nearest town to report it. The nearest town happens to be Gatlin. The creature known as “He who walks beyond the rows” promises the children a reward for killing the adults. Stephen King excels himself in this sinister flick. The couple is to be the sacrifice for the demonic deity of the children.

Freddy is back in this classic Halloween movie. The movie follows the story of Jesse and his family. The family has just moved into the home of a single survivor of the Freddy murders on Elm Street. Jesse is haunted by bad dreams and violent behavior. Freddy needs a body to host him for his heinous crimes against the younger generation of Springwood, Ohio. Jesse’s dreams are of a man being burned that has knives as fingers of his right hand. Very soon the close friends of Jesse begin to die off. Jesse’s new girlfriend, Lisa, learns of the acts of Freddy and tries her best to save him.

The Addams Family is not a typical Halloween movie; however, it is one of the best on Netflix. “They're creepy and they'er kooky,” is a very true statement from the theme song of this classic. The Addams’ are a very strange family that is searching for their long lost relative, Fester. A man shows up at the Addams’ home that looks like Fester. The family is overjoyed at this, but Morticia becomes suspicious of the man when he cannot recall events from the past. The man manages to get the family kicked out of their home. Gomez soon comes to the realization that the man and his mother are after the family fortune and must find a way to save it.

This story follows the life of a young boy named Tad and his St. Bernard, Cujo. Donna’s life has been turned upside down after her husband learned of her cheating scandal. Cujo is bitten by a bat that has rabies in one of the best Halloween movies on Netflix. Her husband has gone out of town to think over his marriage. Donna takes her car to be fixed when she sees Cujo and notices his bite. Donna and her son leave the house for a week. While they are gone, Cujo kills her husband, Joe, and a neighbor. When they return, Cujo attacks them. They hide out in their Ford Pinto. As Donna tries to make it home, the car dies and the two are trapped inside. Donna ultimately shoots Cujo as he is trying to attack the family.

Are you looking for some scary and classic Halloween movies? These are some of the best Halloween movies on Netflix. Watch for yourself and decide where your favorite ranks on this list.