31 Great Horror Movies on Netflix, so You Can Celebrate October as It Deserves

We reach October, the month of terrors. Yes, the year has already completely advanced and we are now entering its final stretch, and of course, it is time to surrender ourselves to the arms of “scare“, with popcorn, costumes, and all the liver ready to scare ourselves for pleasure and celebrate the month of witches. Below we present a list of very, very chilling options for you to enjoy this month at home, or friends’ houses and with a wide variety of terrifying imagery to walk around in a cold sweat while having fun.

1. Annihilation

When her husband disappears during a secret mission only to return without remembering anything, biologist Lena joins an expedition to a mysterious region cordoned off by the United States government. The group, made up of 5 female scientists, investigates Zone X, an intriguing place controlled by a powerful alien force. Zone X is a place where other expeditions have gone, but from which none have returned

2. The Platform

The future, in a dystopia. Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or those who have no guts when they are down? If you find out too late, you won’t get out of the hole alive.

3. Gerald’s game

Jessie (Carla Gugino) and Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) are a mature couple who travel to a remote cabin in the hopes of revitalizing their deteriorating relationship in a secluded and quiet place. There Gerald proposes a sexual game to his wife: handcuffing her to the bed to increase her sensations. But when he dies of a heart attack, Jessie will have to fight for her survival.

4. Run

In Run, Sarah Paulson will play the mother of a teenager who has been homeschooled and raised in total isolation. Everything seems normal in the lives of the two women: Diane is the mother she always wanted to be for Chloe, who was born with a disability that makes it impossible for her to walk or take care of herself. Chloe feels like a burden to her mother and has expressed it many times. However, Diane will soon show him that they are united forever.

5. Hereditary

After the death of the Graham family matriarch, her daughter, Annie, moves into the house with her family. Annie hopes to forget the problems she had in her childhood there, but everything gets complicated when her daughter starts seeing ghostly figures.

 

6. Crawl

A devastating hurricane hits Florida, but instead of fleeing, Haley goes to her father’s house to rescue him. However, both are trapped in the house, now flooded and infested with voracious alligators. It’s probably very good because it currently occupies number 7 in the global Netflix chart.

7. The Deep House

Two influencers specialized in underwater exploration videos, find a house submerged in the depths of a remote French lake. Their immersion turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house is the scene of atrocious crimes.

8. Reptiles

After the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a detective tries to discover the truth in a case in which nothing is what it seems, dismantling the illusions of his own life.

 

9. A cure for wellness

After traveling to a remote location in the Swiss Alps, a Wall Street stockbroker uncovers the terrifying secrets of a mysterious spa where guests never leave.

 

10. The ancient ways

Deep in the jungles of Veracruz, a journalist of Mexican origin is a prisoner of the locals and a mysterious healer. Now, her fight for her survival becomes a battle for her soul.

 

11. Belzebuth

Agent Emmanuel Ritter investigates a series of homicides on the US-Mexico border, apparently linked to the arrival of Beelzebub. To stop this cruelty, Ritter will first have to face himself.

 

12. The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders

A documentary worthy of scaring anyone, it delves into the notorious case that shook Mexico City between 1998 and 2005, when a murderess sneaked into the homes of elderly women and strangled them, terrorizing the city and disconcerting the police for years.

 

13. Veronica

In Madrid in the early 90s, a group of friends had an Ouija session. In the end, one of the teenagers is possessed by supernatural presences that threaten to harm her and her family.

 

14. We have a ghost

Kevin’s family goes viral after finding the ghost Ernest haunting his new home. However, when Kevin helps Ernest dig into his past, they become targets of the CIA.

15. Tin and Tina

After suffering a traumatic abortion, a young couple adopts two peculiar twins from a convent, whose obsession with religion soon disturbs the family.

16. Creep

Aaron answers an online ad and heads to a stranger’s house to film him for the day. The man wants to make a movie for his unborn child, but his requests become stranger as the day progresses.

17. The Pale Blue Eye

Veteran detective Augustus Landor investigates murders helped by a young cadet who will end up becoming a world-famous author, Edgar Allan Poe.

18. Apostle

A man travels to a remote island to search for his missing sister after she is kidnapped by a religious cult.

19. The babysitter

Cole discovers that her babysitter is part of a satanic cult and she will do whatever it takes to keep him from ratting her out.

20. Eli

A boy gets trapped in a haunted house while he undergoes treatment from a mysterious doctor to cure a rare disease. A fight between health and the strange and violent presence of the house.

21. His house

A refugee couple flees war-torn South Sudan and struggles to adapt to their new life in a small town in England. The couple comes to live in a house that has been assigned to them where there are a series of terrifying presences.

22. I’m thinking of ending things

A woman full of doubts about her recent love relationship accompanies her partner to meet her parents on a farm far from the city when everything turns out to be much more chilling than uncomfortable.

23. Fear Street

After a series of murders, a teenager and her friends confront an evil force that has plagued her town for centuries.

 

24. Position

Trapped in rural Australia in the wake of an aggressive pandemic, an infected father desperately searches for a new home for her baby and a way to protect her from her changing nature.

 

25. 1922

A farmer admits to having murdered his wife, but his death is the beginning of a very macabre story.

 

26. Sputnik: strange passenger

On November 5, 1983, a Soviet spacecraft crashed on Earth. One of the crew survives the accident practically without a scratch. However, an alien creature has nested in his body.

27. Come play

A mysterious entity uses a child’s phone to enter a world and his parents fight to save him.

28. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Classics never die, and it’s great that Netflix knows it. A group of young people get lost in Texas and end up encountering demented killers who chase them with chainsaws. Guaranteed action and terror.

29. Before I Wake

Jessie and Mark decide to adopt Cody, a boy who is terrified of sleeping. Initially, they believe that the origin of this phobia is in the boy’s traumatic past. They soon realize the truth: Cody’s dreams are projected into reality.

30. The Host

Genaro Basurto is a 45-year-old financial advisor who discovers that he is trapped in the monotony of work and family. Everything changes when he meets Nina, a beautiful young woman who seems to be the answer to all his prayers.

31.Things Heard & Seen

After moving to a small town with her wife, a young artist begins to suspect that her home harbors some dark secrets.

 

This article was written in Spanish by Carmen Guerrero in Cultura Colectiva