With your fancy dress costume at the ready and pumpkins carved up – all you need to make your Halloween night complete is some gore and horror on your screens. Fear not! This Halloween Netflix is bound to get your pulses racing with the best in scary TV & films. Sink your teeth into Netflix Originals Series Hemlock Grove, the gothic horror thriller from executive producer Eli Roth or indulge in gory spoof flick, Scary Movie.
From Dusk Till Dawn
The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all. There's no George Clooney in this one, but still pretty damn good.
Hemlock Grove
One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.
American Horror Story
Exploring humankind's unsettling capacity for evil, this darkly twisted drama plays upon the power of supernatural fears and everyday horrors. Excellent series, but have your blankie at the ready.
Carrie
A misfit teenager gets back at the classmates who've bullied her by unleashing her newfound supernatural powers and creating havoc at the prom. Basically the film that made us all terrified of the lovely Sissy Spacek for life.
Hostel: Part 3
In this installment in the popular horror franchise, a bachelor party in Las Vegas turns into a hellish bloodbath for all involved. Try not to think about this movie next time you are staying in a hostel anywhere, trust us, it's not productive to a good night's sleep.
Saw: The Final Chapter
Insane cruelty is the calling card of the Jigsaw killer, whose twisted spirit and terrifying human traps are recalled in flashbacks. (Warning: May be scarred for life after watching)
Texas Chainsaw
When a young woman travels to Texas to collect her inheritance, she discovers that a brutal, chainsaw-wielding madman is part of the bequest. Beats inheritance tax though, wha'?
You're Next
A shy girl goes to her new boyfriend's family reunion and must join their bloody fight for survival when a gang of masked hooligans invades the party. Don't you just hate meeting the parents? (Wasn't she in Home and Away??)
Drag Me To Hell
Christine is convinced that she's been cursed after crossing paths with a Gypsy. Now, she has only days to keep her soul from being dragged to hell.
Insidious: Chapter 2
While the Lambert family struggles to overcome their son's recent battle with evil spirits, father Josh must confront his own horrifying childhood.
Quarantine 2
When a virus that turns its victims into crazed killers infects travelers on an airplane, a flight attendant and a passenger plan a daring escape.
Sinister
A true-crime writer discovers a cache of videotapes depicting several brutal murders that took place in the very house he just bought. Sure that fella has no mouth...
The Haunting in Connecticut 2
Rebooting the horrific mood of its predecessor, this sequel looses a tide of evil spirits on a happy family moving into their Georgia dream house. Why are all new gaffs always haunted? No wonder everyone is renting.
The Possession
In this supernatural horror flick, a young girl unwittingly unleashes an evil spirit dwelling in a curious antique box full of mysterious relics. Should have just given her a few barbies no? Could have saved a lot of hassle.
You can view the rest of Netflix’s Halloween Favourites here.