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By Jade Budowski
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March 27, 2018, 9:00 p.m. ET
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These are the top-rated horror flicks on the platform, ranked by their Rotten Tomatoes Critic Scores.
Photos: Everett Collection ; Illustration: Dillen Phelps
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Creep 2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
This thoroughly creepy follow-up to Mark Duplass' 2014 found-footage thriller reunites us with the terrifying, unhinged Josef, now going by Aaron. When a video artist named Sara finds what she thinks is the perfect subject in this apparent serial killer, she soon discovers that creating this project might be a lot more work than she ever bargained for.
[Stream Creep 2]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
This thoroughly creepy follow-up to Mark Duplass' 2014 found-footage thriller reunites us with the terrifying, unhinged Josef, now going by Aaron. When a video artist named Sara finds what she thinks is the perfect subject in this apparent serial killer, she soon discovers that creating this project might be a lot more work than she ever bargained for.
[Stream Creep 2]
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The Wailing
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
This South Korean horror flick tells the tale of a series of bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. A police officer begins to investigate potential causes for the disease, and all fingers seem to point to an evil spirit. When the policeman's daughter becomes sick, this gets personal - and he must discover the truth to save her.
[Stream The Wailing]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
This South Korean horror flick tells the tale of a series of bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. A police officer begins to investigate potential causes for the disease, and all fingers seem to point to an evil spirit. When the policeman's daughter becomes sick, this gets personal - and he must discover the truth to save her.
[Stream The Wailing]
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Under the Shadow
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
Set in the midst of the Iraqi-Iranian conflict, this surprising film depicts a mother and daughter who realize their apartment is haunted by some kind of evil - but due to the dangerous conflict occurring outside, they cannot leave their home. The claustrophobia at play, sinister elements, and real horrors of war escalate this film to a unique position in the genre - it's sure to be different from anything you've ever seen.
[Stream Under the Shadow]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
Set in the midst of the Iraqi-Iranian conflict, this surprising film depicts a mother and daughter who realize their apartment is haunted by some kind of evil - but due to the dangerous conflict occurring outside, they cannot leave their home. The claustrophobia at play, sinister elements, and real horrors of war escalate this film to a unique position in the genre - it's sure to be different from anything you've ever seen.
[Stream Under the Shadow]
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The Babadook
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
This harrowing tale of Amelia, a single mother still trying to navigate the world after her husband's violent death and her son Samuel's fear of monsters in the house is intelligent, unsettling, and haunting. When Amelia reads a picture book about the eponymous 'Babadook' to Samuel, she too begins to feel the fear of monsters as he jumps off the page and into their lives. The spine-tingling, dread-inducing series of events that follow are inescapable and original.
[Stream The Babadook]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
This harrowing tale of Amelia, a single mother still trying to navigate the world after her husband's violent death and her son Samuel's fear of monsters in the house is intelligent, unsettling, and haunting. When Amelia reads a picture book about the eponymous 'Babadook' to Samuel, she too begins to feel the fear of monsters as he jumps off the page and into their lives. The spine-tingling, dread-inducing series of events that follow are inescapable and original.
[Stream The Babadook]
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It Follows
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
This innovative, terrifying film following a teenage girl who is stalked by an inescapable force after a sexual encounter. The horror is always a few steps behind them, our protagonist is the only one who can see it, and it's not giving up anytime soon. The patient storytelling, suspenseful camera work, and mystery surrounding the central plot make this one of the most inventive, unique horror films in recent memory.
[Stream It Follows]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
This innovative, terrifying film following a teenage girl who is stalked by an inescapable force after a sexual encounter. The horror is always a few steps behind them, our protagonist is the only one who can see it, and it's not giving up anytime soon. The patient storytelling, suspenseful camera work, and mystery surrounding the central plot make this one of the most inventive, unique horror films in recent memory.
[Stream It Follows]
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Creep
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
This wild found-footage film from Mark Duplass follows Aaron, a freelance videographer who responds to a vague Craigslist ad from Josef (Duplass) seeking someone to film something for him. As the two spend time together and Josef's true colors are revealed, Aaron realizes that he may have gotten a lot more than he bargained for.
[Stream Creep]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
This wild found-footage film from Mark Duplass follows Aaron, a freelance videographer who responds to a vague Craigslist ad from Josef (Duplass) seeking someone to film something for him. As the two spend time together and Josef's true colors are revealed, Aaron realizes that he may have gotten a lot more than he bargained for.
[Stream Creep]
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Train to Busan
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
This South Korean zombie film revives an overtired genre by boarding its main characters on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. The train continues on its rapid journey while the passengers fight the zombies - and each other - for their lives. Tense, fast-paced, and absolutely exhilarating, Train to Busan is a near-perfect zombie flick.
[Stream Train to Busan]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
This South Korean zombie film revives an overtired genre by boarding its main characters on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. The train continues on its rapid journey while the passengers fight the zombies - and each other - for their lives. Tense, fast-paced, and absolutely exhilarating, Train to Busan is a near-perfect zombie flick.
[Stream Train to Busan]
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Hush
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
This near-silent thriller takes cues from flicks like Funny Games and The Strangers, but employs a special twist: the protagonist is deaf, so she can't hear the stalker outside her home while he circles his prey. This subtle, fresh take on the home invasion horror genre will leave you gasping for air and clenching your fists; it's incredibly restrained and well-executed, and the performances from the two leads are expertly delivered.
[Stream Hush]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
This near-silent thriller takes cues from flicks like Funny Games and The Strangers, but employs a special twist: the protagonist is deaf, so she can't hear the stalker outside her home while he circles his prey. This subtle, fresh take on the home invasion horror genre will leave you gasping for air and clenching your fists; it's incredibly restrained and well-executed, and the performances from the two leads are expertly delivered.
[Stream Hush]
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Gerald's Game
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Can you imagine anything worse than an evening of trying to spice things up in the bedroom becoming a life-or-death situation? Well, Stephen King can. This tense, thrilling adaptation of the horror master's work sees a woman fight for her life after she's handcuffed to a bed and her husband dies before they ever get busy.
[Stream Gerald's Game]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Can you imagine anything worse than an evening of trying to spice things up in the bedroom becoming a life-or-death situation? Well, Stephen King can. This tense, thrilling adaptation of the horror master's work sees a woman fight for her life after she's handcuffed to a bed and her husband dies before they ever get busy.
[Stream Gerald's Game]
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Raw
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
The movie that pushed cinemas to provide barf bags to patrons is finally here! This cannibal coming-of-age movie sees a young vegetarian develop a taste for raw meat (and eventually human flesh) after being forced to eat meat during a veterinary school hazing ritual. In a way rarely ever done on screen, this jaw-dropping film manages to tackle fear, sexuality, and adolescence in the most gruesome of manners.
[Stream Raw]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
The movie that pushed cinemas to provide barf bags to patrons is finally here! This cannibal coming-of-age movie sees a young vegetarian develop a taste for raw meat (and eventually human flesh) after being forced to eat meat during a veterinary school hazing ritual. In a way rarely ever done on screen, this jaw-dropping film manages to tackle fear, sexuality, and adolescence in the most gruesome of manners.
[Stream Raw]
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A Dark Song
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
This Irish horror thriller follows Sophia, a bereaved woman who hires an occultist to help get in touch with her son, who was kidnapped and murdered by teenagers practicing black magic. Everything is not as it seems, however, and while Sophia's intentions initially appear to be pure, her true desires soon prove to put lives at stake. A tense, thoughtful flick grounded in its two lead performances, A Dark Song will unsettle you to your core.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
This Irish horror thriller follows Sophia, a bereaved woman who hires an occultist to help get in touch with her son, who was kidnapped and murdered by teenagers practicing black magic. Everything is not as it seems, however, and while Sophia's intentions initially appear to be pure, her true desires soon prove to put lives at stake. A tense, thoughtful flick grounded in its two lead performances, A Dark Song will unsettle you to your core.
[Stream A Dark Song]
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Little Evil
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Adam Scott stars in this comedic spin on horror flicks like The Omen as a man who unwittingly becomes stepfather to a young boy who may be the Antichrist. Things all seem to be going swimmingly when he marries the woman of his dreams (Evangeline Lilly), but as he tries to bond with his young stepson, the possibility that this kid is probably the epitome of all evil starts to seem pretty realistic. Bitingly funny, gory, and tons of fun, Little Evil is another horror-comedy home run for Scott.
[Stream Little Evil]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Adam Scott stars in this comedic spin on horror flicks like The Omen as a man who unwittingly becomes stepfather to a young boy who may be the Antichrist. Things all seem to be going swimmingly when he marries the woman of his dreams (Evangeline Lilly), but as he tries to bond with his young stepson, the possibility that this kid is probably the epitome of all evil starts to seem pretty realistic. Bitingly funny, gory, and tons of fun, Little Evil is another horror-comedy home run for Scott.
[Stream Little Evil]
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They Look Like People
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
When he begins to suspect the people around him are turning into evil creatures, an unhinged man begins to question everything. As the war between humans and these creatures approaches, he must decide whether or not to protect his best friend from the war, or from himself. This mind-bending psychological thriller does a lot with a little and will likely stay with you for days.
[Stream They Look Like People]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
When he begins to suspect the people around him are turning into evil creatures, an unhinged man begins to question everything. As the war between humans and these creatures approaches, he must decide whether or not to protect his best friend from the war, or from himself. This mind-bending psychological thriller does a lot with a little and will likely stay with you for days.
[Stream They Look Like People]
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The Invitation
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
This engaging, disconcerting psychological horror film depicts a dinner party gone wrong; when Will's ex-wife Eden invites him to a dinner party with her new husband at their old home, Will progressively becomes more and more convinced that something sinister is at play, and that Eden and her friends have darker plans than appear on the surface. The potential unreliability of our narrator, however, throws things into a tailspin - are they really out to get him? Or is he projecting his own demons?
[Stream The Invitation]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
This engaging, disconcerting psychological horror film depicts a dinner party gone wrong; when Will's ex-wife Eden invites him to a dinner party with her new husband at their old home, Will progressively becomes more and more convinced that something sinister is at play, and that Eden and her friends have darker plans than appear on the surface. The potential unreliability of our narrator, however, throws things into a tailspin - are they really out to get him? Or is he projecting his own demons?
[Stream The Invitation]
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The Conjuring
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
This nail-biter of a horror flick starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren follows the famous couple as they unearth the terrors plaguing the Perron family in their Rhode Island home. The masterful construction of tension and suspense at play throughout the film is enough to unsettle even the biggest of skeptics - the performances and storytelling are eerily convincing.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
This nail-biter of a horror flick starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren follows the famous couple as they unearth the terrors plaguing the Perron family in their Rhode Island home. The masterful construction of tension and suspense at play throughout the film is enough to unsettle even the biggest of skeptics - the performances and storytelling are eerily convincing.
[Stream The Conjuring]
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Trollhunter
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
Everything is not as it seems in this fast-paced, sci-fi/horror flick; a group of students initially sets out to investigate a series of strange bear killings, but soon encounter a mysterious hunter who tells them he spends his days tracking and hunting trolls. Full of fascinating folklore, comedy, thrills, and chills, this unique Norwegian film might just become your new fave.
[Stream Trollhunter]
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
Everything is not as it seems in this fast-paced, sci-fi/horror flick; a group of students initially sets out to investigate a series of strange bear killings, but soon encounter a mysterious hunter who tells them he spends his days tracking and hunting trolls. Full of fascinating folklore, comedy, thrills, and chills, this unique Norwegian film might just become your new fave.
[Stream Trollhunter]
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