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Scrolling through Netflix to try and find something that everyone in your household wants to stream can often be as stress-inducing as any horror movie at the best of times.
And with many Halloween-appropriate offerings to choose from this spooky season, you might find yourself a little spoilt for choice.
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Thankfully, whether you’re after genuine scares, spooky thrills or more family-friendly fun, we’ve rounded up a load of our top picks to help you get in the spirit.
Here are our ultimate Halloween recommendations you can stream on Netflix right now…
Frankenstein
One of the most popular horror stories of all time was given a refresh in 2025, when the maestro of all things spooky Guillermo Del Toro put his long-awaited slant on Frankenstein.
With a distinct visual style and an all-star cast featuring the likes of Oscar Isaacs, Mia Goth and Charles Dance, Frankenstein entered the 2026 Academy Awards with a whopping nine nominations, eventually winning Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup And Hairstyling.
However, the real jewel in Frankenstein’s crown is the performance of Jacob Elordi as the Creature, which elevated his public persona from former teen heartthrob to Oscar-nominated man of the hour.
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Every season of Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology Monster has raised eyebrows and sparked controversy, with this year’s instalment arguably being the bloodiest to date.
Taking a leap back in time and featuring the franchise’s first female protagonist, Ella Beatty took the lead in The Lizzie Borden Story, portraying the young woman who was accused of murdering her family in the late 1800s.
As ever, Monster’s fourth iteration was not exactly a hit with critics, but it did pull in viewers in their droves, with its central storyline – however polarising it might be – making for ideal Halloween viewing.
Practical Magic
Practical Magic is the perfect autumnal watch for anyone who wants to celebrate Halloween without resorting to the usual blood-splattered horror movies.
Following two magical sisters and their fabulous aunts, this cult classic has sisterhood, witchcraft, a nostalgic 90s soundtrack and one of the best Nicole Kidman wigs.
If cosying up under a blanket on a stormy night with a cup of tea could be a film, it would be Practical Magical. So get your midnight margaritas ready and spend an evening in the company of the Owens sisters.
I Saw The TV Glow
One of the biggest moments in horror of the past year came with the release of Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, a surreal homage to the slasher flicks of years gone by, and problematic cinema more generally.
Years earlier, its director, Jane Schoenbrun, made their stamp in the horror sphere with two similarly eerie offerings, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair and I Saw The TV Glow.
The latter, which debuted in 2024, has all the makings of a Halloween classic, thanks to its creepy premise, nostalgic imagery and twists you’ll be thinking about long after the screen goes black.
KPop Demon Hunters
Unquestionably the movie event of 2025, KPop Demon Hunters is not just Netflix’s most-watched original movie of all time, but dominated the pop charts and picked up awards at both the Oscars and Grammys earlier this year.
If, for some reason, you’d held off checking out the animated movie for yourself until now (or you just need an excuse to watch the tear-jerking What It Sounds Like or euphoric Soda Pop sequences for the zillionth time), then Halloween is the perfect time to indulge.
Wednesday
It just wouldn’t be Halloween season without paying a visit to the world’s most creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and all-together-ooky family, would it?
Tim Burton’s biggest foray into the world of TV broke streaming records when it debuted in 2022 and helped introduce Jenna Ortega to millions of viewers around the world.
Its long-awaited second season was similarly lauded by fans and critics in 2025, and spooky season is the perfect time to revisit Wednesday’s world – or explore it for the first time.
Stranger Things
Arguably the biggest of Netflix’s signature original series, Stranger Things is another of the platform’s shows that’s perfectly suited to watch during spooky season.
The sci-fi teen drama is undoubtedly one of the most iconic shows of the last decade, proudly wearing its nostalgic 80s influences like a badge of honour and building a unique world that you can’t help me drawn in by, even at its creepiest.
Oh, and that’s without even getting into the banging soundtrack.
The Boroughs
After Stranger Things came to an end, the Duffer Brothers reunited with Netflix for The Boroughs, another spooky TV series whose life was cut tragically short earlier this year.
The eight-part miniseries is the perfect mix of sci-fi mystery, nostalgia and supernatural horror. Set in an idyllic, gated retirement community in the New Mexico desert, the series follows a ragtag team of senior citizens, who have to come together to fight an alien threat.
If you’re already a Stranger Things fan, The Boroughs is a great Halloween watch if you’ve seen everything Hawkins-related, but still crave more unlikely friends teaming up to save the world.
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
And while we’re on the subject of the Duffer Brothers…
If you like your horror series with a touch of feminist anti-romance, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, which premiered on Netflix in March 2026, is the perfect watch for you.
This chilling eight-part series knows that life’s true horror isn’t vampires or zombies, but being stuck married to the wrong person.
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen series follows an engaged couple as they travel to the groom-to-be’s secluded family estate for their wedding, only for their celebration to be interrupted by some horrifying goings-on.
As stylish as it is dread-inducing and eerie, this is the kind of miniseries that will stick with you – and make you want to delete your ex’s number.
Halloween
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One of cinema’s most iconic slasher series, Halloween, was brought back to life in 2018, with Jamie Lee Curtis returning to the franchise after 40 years for another showdown with Michael Myers.
Halloween wound up becoming a huge success, spawning an additional two sequels (the first of which, Halloween Ends, is also available to stream on Netflix if you feel like continuing the series in style).
The Blair Witch Project
It’s a classic for a reason.
Even though we know The Blair Witch Project isn’t really a found film from missing students lost in the woods, the film still puts a chill down our spines.
Because the movie didn’t rely on CGI for its jump scares, The Blair Witch Project has aged remarkably well, still tapping into viewers’ universal fears of isolation and darkness.
If you’ve never seen it – or just haven’t revisited Blair Witch in a few years – rest assured it’s still as terrifying watch as ever this Halloween.
The Haunting Of Hill House
Horror TV shows are nothing new, but compared to their feature-length counterparts, most would concede that it tends to be the movies that really provide the scares rather than series.
But if anything were to challenge that, it’d be The Haunting Of Hill House, whose central scare figure The Bent-Neck Woman is nightmare fuel if ever it existed.
If you’ve already tried it and enjoyed it, we would suggest diving into creator Mike Flanagan’s follow-up The Haunting Of Bly Manor, or his other Netflix hit The Fall Of The House Of Usher, which modernised a classic story by Edgar Allen Poe with deeply unsettling results.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities
Created by Guillermo Del Toro, the filmmaking genius behind the likes of Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, The Shape Of Water, Nightmare Alley and, of course, Frankenstein this anthology series tells eight different horror stories, making it perfect for binge-watching over the weekend leading up to Halloween.
Described by Netflix as eight “bizarre nightmares”, expect each of the completely separate episodes to deliver on chills and thrills, with the Spanish director introducing each stand-alone instalment in a nod to The Twilight Zone.
Fear Street
First released in 2021, this fun and action-packed trilogy was a real gift from Netflix to horror devotees, with each chapter paying homage to classic sub-genres from teen slashers to period thrillers.
The franchise proved so popular that another instalment is currently in the works, this time throwing it back to dark 80s greats like Carrie, Nightmare On Elm Street and Heathers.
Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
Don’t let those nostalgic memories of the classic Nickelodeon comedy fool you, the good people at Netflix were not joking around when they called Sabrina Spellman’s updated adventures “chilling”.
Demonic hauntings, satanic rituals and grisly nightmare sequences were all par for the course in this reimagining of Sabrina – but don’t worry, there’s also enough regular high school drama to satisfy fans of shows like Riverdale or The O.C. Just with a bit more devil-worshipping thrown in for good measure.
Squid Game
The dystopian South Korean drama Squid Game was a global sleeper hit in 2021, eventually became the most streamed show of the year thanks to its gripping twists, completely unique aesthetic and award-winning performances – just be warned, its graphic violence and no-holds-barred satire make this one not for the faint of heart.
After keeping fans waiting for three long years, the second and third seasons premiered in 2024 and 2025, and while they may not be revered in quite the same way as the first, there are still more than enough jump scares and bloody kills to make it ideal Halloween viewing.
Mean Girls
No, Mean Girls might not have the more obvious scares and thrills that other inclusions on our list do – but it is also responsible for one of the most iconic Halloween sequences in movie history.
And if you want to hear something really scary – it’s leaving Netflix on 1 November, so Halloween is your last chance to stream it on the platform, and quote along with all your favourite one-lines from the comfort of your living room.
