Cult Horror Films on Netflix

Jack Torrance descends into madness -- terrorizing his wife and young son -- after living at a deserted and eerie hotel during its off season.

Year: 1980
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 01:59:38
Netflix ID: 959008 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young couple who drowned return to their house as poltergeists but must enlist the help of a goofy ghost to put a scare in the rude new owners.

Year: 1988
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:32:02
Netflix ID: 293204 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Trapped in a quarantined building with a horde of ravenous zombies, a television reporter and her cameraman record the brutal events that transpire.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:15:16
Netflix ID: 70106452 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A naive American girl enrolled in an illustrious European ballet academy learns that the school has been a meeting place for witches for many years.

Year: 1977
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:40:48
Netflix ID: 60037424 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A man brings home a cute creature as a Christmas present for his son that spawns a horrifying army of devilish -- and dangerous -- little beasts.

Year: 1984
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:46:14
Netflix ID: 562050 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the wake of a plague, America is overrun by millions of cannibalistic zombies. A small group of survivors tries to find refuge in a shopping mall.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:40:03
Netflix ID: 60033340 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Malevolent otherworldly forces invade a suburban home and transform the house into a supernatural sideshow centered on the family's young daughter.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:54:24
Netflix ID: 864808 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Clueless as to how they got there or why they were chosen, six people are caught in a maze of interlocking cubes with no apparent way out.

Year: 1997
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:30:23
Netflix ID: 60027486 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Six girlfriends on a spelunking trip become trapped under the earth, where they start to suffer from limited oxygen and delusions -- or are they?

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:39:28
Netflix ID: 70053469 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A contentious group of scientists and soldiers hides in an underground bunker to escape a world overrun by the flesh-eating undead.

Year: 1985
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:40:55
Netflix ID: 424376 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two robbers take a man and his kids hostage. Racing to the Mexican border, the criminals rendezvous at a cantina -- not knowing it is a vampire den.

Year: 1996
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:48:06
Netflix ID: 526264 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a seismologist gets unusual readings on her equipment, handymen discover 30-foot-long carnivorous worms that suck their prey underground.

Year: 1990
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:36:24
Netflix ID: 60033108 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When Charley Brewster discovers that his suave new neighbor is a vampire, he seeks help from actor Peter Vincent, famed for portraying a ghoul hunter.

Year: 1985
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:46:29
Netflix ID: 525692 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After crash-landing on a desolate planet, a pilot and her passengers, one of whom is a convicted killer, must fend off a race of carnivorous aliens.

Year: 2000
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:48:13
Netflix ID: 60000414 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A mutant creature has developed from toxic chemical dumping. When the monster scoops up the granddaughter of a snack-bar owner, he races to save her.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:59:37
Netflix ID: 70059029 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Three unwary students travel to Slovakia looking for a hostel said to be brimming with wanton women, only to become objects of unimaginable torture.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:33:25
Netflix ID: 70043240 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sam's frequent tantrums turn sinister when a creepy children's book mysteriously appears in his room, and he asks his mother, 'Do you want to die?'

Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:33:46
Netflix ID: 70300205 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A nurse learns that the house she's visiting is cursed by two murders that happened there, and the vengeful spirits will kill anyone who enters.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:32:04
Netflix ID: 70001562 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A geeky student restores a classic 1958 Plymouth Fury -- but once he gets behind the wheel, his newfound confidence turns to furious arrogance.

Year: 1983
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:50:02
Netflix ID: 70007667 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Grad student Helen Lyle unintentionally summons the Candyman, a hook-handed creature made flesh by other people's belief in him.

Year: 1992
IMDb: 6.6
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:39:19
Netflix ID: 347365 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The private life of a poet and his wife ruptures at the seams when uninvited strangers begin to visit their tranquil, isolated home.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 6.6
Runtime: 02:01:17
Netflix ID: 80185763 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This documentary chronicles the production of Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn, featuring extensive interviews with the cast and crew.

Year: 1997
IMDb: 6.5
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:40:33
Netflix ID: 70241093 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this inventive sequel, a whole new generation of marauding monsters wreak havoc on the Big Apple, targeting a New York skyscraper.

Year: 1990
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:46:22
Netflix ID: 60023419 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Returning to the evil abode used to such chilling effect in Ju-On, this creepy second installment introduces new victims to the dwelling's curse.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:31:58
Netflix ID: 70055466 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Freddy's back ... and he's badder than ever! Nancy, the historical nemesis of the man with the satanic snarl and pitchfork fingers, discovers that a new monstrous demon has taken on Freddy's persona.

Year: 1994
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:52:09
Netflix ID: 60002778 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Humans have lost the battle against zombies, who've developed advanced military tactics, and are barricaded in a city ruled by ruthless despots.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:32:46
Netflix ID: 70032580 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The counselors at a new camp near the site of the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake fear Jason might come back to avenge his mother's death.

Year: 1981
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:26:56
Netflix ID: 525119 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A pregnant woman's new boarder turns out to be heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse -- and she soon realizes she's part of the plan.

Year: 1988
IMDb: 5.9
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:36:58
Netflix ID: 951235 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A toy manufacturer unwittingly resurrects the soul of killer-doll Chucky, who immediately returns to his homicidal ways.

Year: 1990
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:23:48
Netflix ID: 372203 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Fusing slasher franchises, this hybrid of horror pits nightmarish Freddy Krueger against serial killer Jason Voorhees in the ultimate showdown.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 5.7
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:37:23
Netflix ID: 60029201 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tasked with flying a murder witness to Los Angeles, a badass FBI agent has to battle a horde of venomous snakes unleashed midflight.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 5.5
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:45:35
Netflix ID: 70044896 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The tortured spirit of Chucky rises again to seek revenge on the boy who killed him eight years ago, the now-teenage Andy Barclay.

Year: 1991
IMDb: 5.1
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:29:32
Netflix ID: 70102800 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sent to Africa at the close of World War II to tend to the needs of the local community, Father Lankester Merrin gets more than he ever bargained for when he has his first brush with a devilish force known simply as Pazuzu.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 5.1
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:53:31
Netflix ID: 70000088 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Murderous doll Chucky gets help from his son, Glen, a doll as vengeful as his father, and Tiffany, Glen's 'wife' who also has a thirst for blood.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 4.8
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:22:47
Netflix ID: 70001995 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this installment in the popular horror franchise, a bachelor party in Las Vegas turns into a hellish bloodbath for all involved.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 4.6
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:27:47
Netflix ID: 70206131 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A group of Internet enthusiasts get sucked into a video game and score an invite to a mysterious gathering hosted by the maniacal Pinhead.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 4.3
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:35:11
Netflix ID: 70037058 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Buckle up for an anthology of socially conscious horror stories that focus on the perils of racial injustice and the price of ignorance.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 4.3
Runtime: 01:50:29
Netflix ID: 81015317 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb