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This post is a little outside the realm of what I usually blog about, but in the spirit of Halloween, I wanted to round up the best scary movies on Netflix.
Spooky season is in full swing, and we all know that means watching the best scary movies and eating every pumpkin-spiced dessert we can get on our hands on.
There’s no denying that Halloween just gets you into the mood to curl up and watch a horror flick.
We all love the classics, but how many times can you re-watch Carrie or the Shining?
Answer: the limit does not exist. Probably.
They’re called classics for a reason, right?
But for this list, I wanted to give you a list of the best scary movies on Netflix in 2020 to keep things updated. These movies were all released in the last several years, so hopefully there aren’t a lot on here you’ve seen already!
If you’re a horror movie buff, you might have seen some of these already. I’d love to hear your recommendations in the comments as well!
Whether you enjoy scary movies year-round, or only like to watch them during Halloween season, here are the top 20 best scary movies to stream on Netflix right now.
Ready to get spooky?
Best scary movies on Netflix in 2020
1. The House of the Witch
In search of a place to party, teenagers are trapped in an abandoned house on Halloween night and are terrorized by a witch who won’t be satisfied until they are all dead.
2. #Alive
Stranded after a plane crash in the Andes mountains, individual members of Uruguay’s rugby team respond differently. Group leader Nando (Ethan Hawke) tries to keep everyone’s spirits up; medical student Roberto (Josh Hamilton) diligently treats cases of frostbite and gangrene; loose cannon Antonio (Vincent Spano) gradually loses his composure. Once all available food stuffs run out, the group faces a terrible dilemma: eat one or more of their deceased teammates, or die.
3. The Binding
Sarah and Bram Iman are picture-perfect small-town newlyweds. But the night after their baby’s baptism, a miracle happens: Bram confesses to Sarah that he was visited by God almighty himself.
4. Eli
A boy becomes trapped in a haunted house while undergoing treatment for a rare disease.
5. The Silence
When the world is under attack from creatures who hunt their human prey by sound, a teenager who lost her hearing at 13, and her family, seek safety in a remote refuge. However, they discover a cult who are eager to exploit her heightened senses.
6. In the Tall Grass
A brother and sister enter a field of tall grass to rescue a boy, but they soon realize they cannot escape and something evil lurks in the grass.
7. The Influence
Back in her childhood home to care for her dying mother, Alicia is forced to face a past she thought she’d buried and an evil force inside the house.
8. Sweetheart
A shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island must fend off a malevolent force that surfaces each night.
9. Our House
When his parents are killed in a car accident, science wiz Ethan must leave behind college and his girlfriend to care for his younger brother and sister. By day, he juggles the responsibilities of raising two kids; by night, he tinkers in the garage on an invention he hopes will change the world: a machine that can generate wireless electricity. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when the device awakens the dead souls that haunt the house.
10. Malevolent
A brother-sister team that fabricates paranormal encounters for cash gets more than it bargains for when it takes a job in an estate with real paranormal activity.
11. Sabrina
A toy manufacturer and his wife are terrorized by a demon after their orphaned niece tries to summon her late mother’s spirit using a strange ritual.
12. The 3rd Eye
When two sisters move back into their childhood home after the death of their parents, they sense that the house may also be inhabited by an unseen presence.
13. Devil’s Gate
When a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, N.D., to investigate the primary suspect: religious fanatic Jackson Pritchard, husband and father of the missing persons. But when Francis and local deputy Colt arrive at Pritchard’s foreboding property, they discover much more than they bargained for lurking in the basement.
14. The Autopsy of Jane Doe
When father and son coroners investigate the death of a beautiful `Jane Doe’, they find increasingly bizarre clues.
15. I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House
Hired to care for a reclusive elderly author (Paula Prentiss), a live-in nurse (Ruth Wilson) comes to believe her house is haunted.
16. The Vatican Tapes
The haunting tale of Angela Holmes, a girl who begins to have a devastating effect on anyone close to her, but when priests are called from the Vatican to exorcise the demon, it proves to be a Satanic force more powerful than they imagined.
17. We Summon the Darkness
Three best friends cross paths with sadistic killers after they travel to a secluded country home to party.
18. Polaroid
High school loner Bird Fitcher finds a vintage Polaroid camera that holds dark and mysterious secrets. She soon realizes that those who get their picture taken by it meet a tragic and untimely death.
19. Mercy Black
Fifteen years after stabbing a classmate to conjure a phantom known as Mercy Black, a woman is released from psychiatric care and sent to live with her sister and young nephew. Now, she’ll need to confront her past to save her nephew’s future.
20. Deadcon
A group of YouTube and Instagram stars must unravel the mystery behind a vengeful spirit at the biggest digital event of the year, Viewcon.
Well, that’s a wrap! These are our 20 best scary movies on Netflix for 2020.
Have you seen any of these yet? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!
XO, M
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