Happy Halloween! Whether you want to be seriously scared or just enjoy an evening of light-hearted spooky fun, Netflix has a whole host of trick-or-treat films and TV shows to try while celebrating the spookiest time of the year! From silly, spooky fun to shows that'll make you scream, here are our top picks of what to enjoy on the scary streaming service this Halloween…
Dracula
The BBC series stars Claes Bang as the dashing yet definitely evil Dracula in a twist on the classic Bram Stoker tales by Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. The three-part series is deeply entertaining, full of humour and gore in equal measure - and it should be at the top of your list to binge-watch this Halloween if you haven't already!
Black Mirror
With the latest season of the smash hit dystopian drama being labelled 'Red Mirror' due to the horror elements of the season, Halloween is perhaps the best time to settle down with season six! Since the show is an anthology series, you don't necessarily need to watch them all in order - so for some serious spooky thrills we would recommend Loch Henry, Demon 79 and Mazey Day. Enjoy!
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Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez takes on a very different role in this terrifying tale. The synopsis reads: "After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind."
Talk to Me
Talk to Me is an absolute must-watch horror movie for fans of the genre, as the story follows a group of teenagers who discover that holding a dismembered hand and saying 'talk to me' leads to you seeing spirits. Saying, 'I let you in' means that the spirit can possess you for a short time. Since teenagers are insane, the group start using the hand for their highs - and it is all fun and games... until it isn't when they accidentally attract the wrong sort of spirit to their party.
Midnight Mass
Vampires and religion probably shouldn’t mix - but that is the situation being set up in the horribly haunting Midnight Mass. In a small island town, a priest is convinced that he has come across an angel - who of course happens to be a bloodthirsty monster instead - not that he - or the townspeople - want to hear it. Plenty of scares, pathos, and definitely leaves you thinking about it for days to come.
The Midnight Club
The Netflix horror has a record-breaking amount of jump scares in episode one - and sounds seriously creepy. The synopsis reads: "At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories — and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond."
The Haunting of Bly Manor
This series is 'perfectly splendid' at completely freaking you out. Set in the 1980s, an American nanny goes to the UK to care for two sweet and not-at-all creepy children following their au pair’s tragic death. All is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.
In the Tall Grass
Can't resist a good old Stephen King horror? This movie was adapted from a novella by the king of horror and his son, fellow writer Joe Hill. The story follows a brother and sister who enter a vast field of tall grass after hearing a young boy's cries for help, only to find themselves trapped in there with no escape. With trippy time travel themes, this film will stop you from ever, ever setting foot into any, you know, tall grass.
Fractured
A dad has to take his daughter to the emergency room after she suffers a fall and breaks her leg. Falling asleep in the waiting room, he wakes up only for the staff to tell him that they don't have a clue where his daughter is, leading him to investigate. But is there something sinister happening at the hospital, or is it all in his head? This one will keep you guessing until the end.
Gerald's Game
Trying to spice up their marriage while away in an isolated cabin for the weekend, Jessie is handcuffed to the bed when her husband Gerald has a heart attack and dies. Unable to escape from her restraints, and in the middle of nowhere, Jessie had to find a way to survive. Another adaptation from the king of horror, Stephen King, expect the unexpected with this psychological horror.
Bird Box
A mysterious force causes people who see it to inexplicably end their lives in any way that they can, meaning that the only way to survive is to keep your eyes closed. Managing to survive with two young children in her care, Malorie is forced to go on a dangerous journey to find a safe haven for herself and the children. If you've already watched the Sandra Bullock movie, we'd recommend checking out Bird Box: Barcelona.
Haunted
If you were after a spooky one to scare you out of your wits for Halloween, this is it! According to Netflix, Haunted gives a chilling glimpse into the first-person accounts from people who have witnessed horrifying, peculiar, extraordinary supernatural events and another unexplained phenomena that continue to haunt them. Yep, sign us up, we're ready to be scared silly!
Haunting of Hill House
This legitimately scary show follows five siblings who each struggle with their own personal demons after being traumatised by living in the haunted Hill House as children. Told in a series of flashbacks, the plot switches from the young and adult incarnations of the siblings, as we discover exactly what happened at Hill House, and why it still plagues the five of them today.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
How could we leave out the reboot of the popular Sabrina the Teenage Witch show? The new series will be a much darker look at witchcraft and will introduce Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina, a 16-year-old who has to choose between the mortal realm and her dark education as a sorceress.
