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As Halloween fast approaches, movie fans turn to streaming services for scares more than ever.
Two notes on qualifications.
Second, it has to be a horror movie.
With that said, here are Netflixs best 18 original horror flicks, ranked.
20.Hubie Halloween(2020)
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While most of the Sandler Netflix movies are pretty horrible, this one is actually kinda sweet and funny.
19.The Babysitter(2017)
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It helps that Samara Weaving has become a bigger star behind hit films likeReady or Not.
(Note: The inferior sequel is also on Netflix.)
18.In the Tall Grass(2019)
18.
17.Malevolent(2018)
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*Its Whats Inside(2024)
16.
What did it pay for?
Its very own entry in the growing subgenre of parties gone very wrong likeBodies Bodies BodiesandTalk to Me.
Of course, everything goes very wrong as resentments and revelations lead to bloodshed.
Bonus points to an excellent young cast, especially James Morosini.
15.Day Shift(2022)
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Well, the action scenes and Snoop Dogg stealing every scene hes in.
14.1922(2017)
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13.The Conference(2023)
13.
Friday the 13thmeetsThe Officein this goofy slasher comedy about a corporate retreat that goesverywrong.
12.El Conde(2023)
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Theres an auteur on this list!
11.The Platform(2020)
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Would you really take only your portion as the banquet descends?
And are you taking more than you need in society right now?
10.Calibre(2018)
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It gets worse from there.
When they decide to make a run at hide their crimes, things go downhill fast.
9.Cargo(2018)
9.
Isnt it amazing that there are any new stories to tell in the zombie subgenre?
He stars as Andy, a man deep in the Australian outback, where things go very undead.
7.Fear Street(2021)
7.
Based on the books of the same name by R.L.
Stine,Fear Streetis actually a trilogy of filmson Netflix, all worth a look for horror fans.
Starring a couple ofStranger Thingsicons, Maya Hawke and Sadie Sink, these movies are fun and clever.
6.The Perfection(2019)
6.
Unlessits been spoiled for you, its impossible to know exactly where Richard Shepards cuckoo bananas movie is headed.
And then it takes another turn into something even darker and stranger.
Dont let anyone else spoil it for you.
5.I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House(2016)
5.
4.Hush(2016)
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The reason it does is because its one of the few to have an original idea.
(Well, at least as original as 1967sWait Until Dark, which probably inspired it.)
Its effective, hair-raising filmmaking, with a great turn from Siegel.
3.Apostle(2018)
3.
Some love it, some hate it, but no one will forget it.
2.Geralds Game(2017)
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Is it possible for a later work to make a previous one better?
1.His House(2020)
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What if its not places that are haunted but people?
And then scary things start to happen.
