If you’re like me, you can spend hours and hours scrolling through Netflix Instant while you try to pinpoint the perfect movie to watch. With Halloween right around the corner, I thought it might be helpful to provide you guys with 31 great horror and sci-fi movies that are currently available to stream—one for every day of October.
Here’s a look at over 30 great genre films that should get you in the Halloween spirit over the next month and are currently available to stream on Netflix Instant.
Black Sunday
Two centuries after her execution, condemned witch Princess Asa returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on her killer’s family.
Pet Sematary
Louis finds a burial ground that brings the dead back to life—yet with an added streak of evil. Tragedy soon forces Louis to use the site’s powers.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Psycho chef Betty plans to cook a little boy. The crafty tyke, however, stalls the violence by distracting Betty with three tales of terror.
Housebound
A troubled young woman is convicted of petty crimes and is placed under house arrest in the home of her strange family and a bunch of evil spirits.
The Dead Zone
A man awakens from a five-year coma blessed with second sight: the ability to see a person’s past, present and future simply through physical contact.
Starry Eyes
Aspiring actress Sarah Walker lands a leading role in a movie. As production gets underway, she finds that the price of stardom may be her very soul.
Children of the Corn (1984)
A couple stranded in a rural town falls into the hands of a group of children who murder all of the town’s adults at the command of their leader.
Late Phases
After several of his neighbors are killed by savage dog attacks, a blind Vietnam vet starts to believe that a vicious supernatural force is at work.
Dead Silence
In the wake of his bride’s death, grieving newlywed Jamie is forced to return to his hometown, where he butts heads with the ghost of a ventriloquist.
The Houses October Built
Five friends hit the road to find the best gimmicky Halloween haunted house, but soon a terrifyingly real evil begins to hound their steps.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
After noticing that almost everyone around them has suddenly become cold and distant, a group of friends realizes that an alien invasion is underway.
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
An emotionally and physically scarred man known as the Phantom haunts a contemporary opera house in search of a maiden he can groom to be a diva.
Witching & Bitching
In this heist film turned horror fest, a gang of thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual—and need a sacrifice.
A Nightmare on Elm Street / Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
A dead murderer returns for revenge on his enemies. Don’t worry, the kids are OK… as long as they stay awake.
Horror’s most notorious maniac busts out of the movies and into the real world. His old co-stars’ days are numbered.
Re-Animator
Based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this campy send-up follows an egotistical medical student who develops a serum that miraculously revives the dead.
Scream 1–3
Creepy phone stalker. Lunatic killer with a ghost face. Everyone’s a suspect. But you’ve never seen horror like this.
The survivors from the first film go to college. Guess who tags along with them. Murder can really mess up your GPA.
Stalked by a psychopath in a ghost mask… again. Will the third time be the charm for this killer?
The Taking of Deborah Logan
They’re about to find that what they thought was a case of Alzheimer’s is something much worse… and much more sinister.
Nosferatu (1929)
Many horror film fanatics call this silent classic the scariest Dracula adaptation ever, starring Max Schreck as the eerie and grotesque Count Orlok.
Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut
Believing that he’s a serial killer, a troubled young man is drawn to an old cemetery where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Henry’s heart is too hard for friendship to penetrate as the killer mentors dim-witted fellow killer Otis, and seeks the affections of Otis’ sister.
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
In this dizzying thriller, a businessman is plunged into a surreal world as he attempts to unravel the mystery of his wife’s disappearance.
The Crow
One year after Eric Draven and his fiancée are murdered, Draven–watched over by a hypnotic crow–returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Madhouse
Down on his luck and trying to keep a grip on his sanity, has-been horror film icon Paul Toombes takes a stab at revitalizing his career.
The House of the Devil
A cash-strapped college student takes a babysitting job during a full lunar eclipse and discovers her employers are hiding a sick and twisted secret.
The Monster Squad
A gang of monsters descends on a tiny town in search of a powerful amulet, but only a band of young monster-obsessed misfits can save the day.
Hellraiser / Hellraiser II
After losing his earthly form to demons from another dimension, an undead man asks his ex-mistress for human sacrifices to rebuild his body.
The nightmares never end for a young woman–memories of her father’s skinned corpse, her uncle’s reanimated body–but the worst is yet to come.
Day of the Dead
A contentious group of scientists and soldiers hide in an underground bunker to escape a world overrun by the flesh-eating undead.
Cujo
Adapted from Stephen King’s best-selling novel, this 1983 horror flick chronicles a chilling tale of man’s best friend turned satanic killer.
Pontypool
Valentine’s Day is off to a bizarre start for a radio shock-jock when he runs into a crazed woman on his way to work–and that’s only the beginning.
The Guest
A stranger claiming to be the close friend of a recently deceased soldier invites acceptance–and doubt–from the dead man’s family.
The Others
While awaiting the return of her soldier husband from World War II, a devout Christian mother of two begins to suspect the family house is haunted.
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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