A key film in the new wave of smash-hit mainstream horror (see also Sinister, The Conjuring), Insidious is the one with the creepy kid, the astral plane and the demon hiding behind the Big Red Door. Watch it alone, and completely scare your own pants off.
Everyone loves watching scary movies in October, of course. But true fright fans know no calendar. For real aficionados of the dark cinematic arts, any month, any day is a good time for horror, and Netflix is a proverbial graveyard full of terrifying delights waiting to be streamed.
As with most genres on the platform, though, it takes some digging to find the real scream of the crop. That’s why we’ve done the grave-robbing for you. And in the UK, Netflix has an impressive amount of terrifying classics, new-school scares and hidden gems. Here are the best horror movies streaming on Netflix right now.
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