The 23 best scary movies on Netflix

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"The Babadook."
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Seeing as it's Friday the 13th, we've highlighted the best scary movies on the streaming giant so you can go into the weekend scaring the heck out of yourself and your friends.

Check out 23 scary movies below.


Brett Arnold contributed to an earlier version of this story.


1. "47 Meters Down" (2017)

Dimension Films

Mandy Moore and Claire Holt play sisters trapped in a shark cage with only an hour of oxygen left in their tanks. Question your future vacation plans as you watch these two try to survive with a school of sharks surrounding them.


2. "The ABCs of Death" (2012)

Drafthouse Films



3. "The Babadook" (2014)

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4. "The Bad Batch" (2016)


Set in a dystopian future where the bad are thrown into a cannibal-filled wasteland in Texas, a girl (Suki Waterhouse) tries to survive. The movie stars Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and an unrecognizable Jim Carrey.


5. "Cabin Fever" (2002)


Eli Roth's debut feature put him on the map as the future of horror. He uses the "friends going out to a cabin" formula and mixes in a flesh-eating disease and a random scene of a kid screaming "pancakes" to create a fun scary movie. Note: There are a lot of "Cabin Fever" movies out there (and sequels). Make sure to watch the 2002 version.


6. "Children of the Corn" (1984)

Anchor Bay Entertainment



7. "The Conjuring" (2013)

Warner Bros.

Based on purported real events, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga play a husband and wife paranormal investigating team. Check out the movie that launched the successful franchise.


8. "Creep" (2014)


Things get creepy for videographer Aaron when he answers a Craigslist ad by Josef to film him for one day. And now "Creep 2" is on Netflix, if you want to keep going!


9. "The Descent" (2005)


Neil Marshall's fantastic horror follows a group of friends who go on a cave expedition only to find, deep inside the earth, strange mutants who begin to hunt them down. There are two amazing endings to this movie. After you see the movie, Google to see the other one.


10. "The Devil's Candy" (2015)

IFC Midnight



11. "The Eyes of My Mother" (2016)

Magnet Releasing



12. "Hellraiser" (1987)

New World Pictures


Pleasant dreams.


13. "Honeymoon" (2014)

Magnet Releasing

Newly married and spending their honeymoon in a rustic cabin, Bea and Paul don't have a care in the world — until they go mad.


14. "The Invitation" (2015)

Drafthouse Films



15. "It Follows" (2014)




16. "The Lost Boys" (1987)

Warner Bros.

This classic late 1980s vampire tale from director Joel Schumacher combined the heartthrobs of the era — Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Feldman, and Corey Haim — with some great scares to form one of the best modern-day vampire movies.


17. "Mother" (2009)

Magnolia Pictures



18. "Raw" (2016)

Focus World



19. "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (2015)

The Stanford Prison Experiment/IFC Films/YouTube



20. "Teeth" (2007)

Roadside Attractions

Jess Wexler gives an amazing performance as she mixes horror and comedy to cope with the realization that she has teeth in an unexpected area. This is one of the more unique takes on the coming-of-age high school movie.


21. "Train to Busan" (2016)

Well Go USA



22. "Under the Shadow" (2016)

Sundance Film Festival



23. "Veronica" (2017)


This Spanish horror movie hit Netflix earlier this year and has been freaking people out. It follows a girl living in 1991 Madrid who is overcome by a supernatural force after playing Ouija with classmates. Another example why you should never play that board game.

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