Best Horror Movies on Netflix (2026)
Updated daily · India
The horror films on Netflix India that audiences rate highest — from slow dread to full-on scares.
Ranked by audience rating among films with at least 500 ratings that are streaming on Netflix in India today. The list refreshes daily, so titles that leave the service drop off automatically.
- 1
Godzilla Minus One 2023
★ 7.6(3,652 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
- 2
Frankenstein 2025
★ 7.6(4,071 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
- 3
Evil Dead Burn 2026
★ 7.6(1,946 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.
- 4
The Conjuring 2013
★ 7.5(13,297 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
- 5
Sinners 2025
★ 7.5(5,553 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
- 6
The Devil's Advocate 1997
★ 7.5(7,193 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
- 7
Scream 1996
★ 7.4(8,413 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- 8
A Quiet Place Part II 2021
★ 7.4(7,781 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
- 9
A Quiet Place 2018
★ 7.4(15,939 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
- 10
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2021
★ 7.3(6,799 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
- 11
Bring Her Back 2025
★ 7.3(2,068 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
- 12
The Conjuring 2 2016
★ 7.3(9,545 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
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It 2017
★ 7.2(20,884 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
- 14
Run 2020
★ 7.2(3,029 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
- 15
#Alive 2020
★ 7.2(2,147 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
- 16
Fear Street: 1978 2021
★ 7.2(2,375 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
- 17
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 2026
★ 7.1(1,940 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
- 18
Dawn of the Dead 2004
★ 7.1(4,819 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
- 19
Fear Street: 1666 2021
★ 7.1(2,113 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
- 20
Final Destination Bloodlines 2025
★ 7.0(3,266 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
- 21
The House 2022
★ 7.0(1,194 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
- 22
10 Cloverfield Lane 2016
★ 7.0(9,065 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
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Companion 2025
★ 7.0(2,809 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
- 24
Orphan 2009
★ 7.0(5,851 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
- 25
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
★ 6.9(3,454 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
FAQs
▸What is the best horror movie on Netflix?
Godzilla Minus One (2023) tops the list with a 7.6/10 audience rating, followed by Frankenstein and Evil Dead Burn.
▸How is this list ranked?
By average audience rating, counting only films with at least 500 ratings so a handful of votes can't top it, and only titles currently available on Netflix in India.