Netflix Top 25 in Horror

The Wolfman

On a visit to London, American Lawrence Talbot gets bitten by a werewolf. Talbot had come to England to make amends with his father, but after a moonlight transformation leaves him with a hunger for flesh, family harmony is the least of his worries.

The Crazies

In this chilling remake of the 1973 horror classic, a plane crash unleashes a biological weapon on a small town. As the toxic substance infiltrates the water system some residents become gravely ill, while others descend into homicidal madness.

The Last House on the Left

While vacationing at their summer home, Emma and John Collingwood (Monica Potter and Tony Goldwyn) show kindness to a group of strangers, unaware that the same men just assaulted their daughter (Sara Paxton). Once they learn the truth, they set out on a no-holds-barred plan for revenge that can only end in bloodshed. Dennis Iliadis directs this updated remake of Wes Craven's 1972 horror classic by the same name.

Drag Me to Hell

After denying a woman an extension on her home loan, Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a turn for the worse. Convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, Christine has only days to determine how to keep her soul from being dragged to hell.

28 Weeks Later

In this sequel to 28 Days Later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the decimated British isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

Shaun of the Dead

Thirty-something slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) has no clue what to do with his life or with his relationship with his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield). But motivation comes in the form of a freak zombie attack that has once-ordinary citizens terrorizing the streets of London. With support from his well-meaning best mate (Nick Frost), Shaun acts quickly to save Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton) from danger. But is it simply too late for heroics?

Paranormal Activity

When Katie and Micah fear their home may be haunted by a demonic presence, Micah sets up a video camera to document all the hair-raising action. The paranormal occurrences increase in frequency, leaving Katie determined to put an end to the terror.

Saw

Would you kill to live? That's what Adam and Gordon have to ask themselves when they're abducted by a serial killer and paired up in a deadly situation -- holed up in a prison constructed with such ingenuity that escape seems impossible.

28 Days Later

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors (including Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson) are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) directs.

The Rite

Despite his conviction that demonic possession is superstitious mumbo jumbo, a Catholic priest-in-training travels to Rome to attend an exorcism school at the Vatican. But soon true-believer Father Lucas introduces the young cleric to Satan's power.

The Reaping

A missionary loses her faith in God and devotes the rest of her life to debunking religious phenomena. But when she's called to investigate a series of strange occurrences that seem to be biblical plagues, she runs out of logical explanations.

Resident Evil: Afterlife

The Undead Apocalypse continues in the fourth film in the Resident Evil saga as super-soldier Alice finds her way to a supposed sanctuary in Los Angeles, which may just be a deadly trap set for her by the ruthless Umbrella Corporation.

The Strangers

In this heart-pounding thriller, a young suburban couple welcomes the peace and quiet of a secluded family vacation home -- that is, until three masked invaders make them realize just how dangerous isolation can be.

From Hell

Johnny Depp stars as an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets (Heather Graham) in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity. Ian Holm and Robbie Coltrane co-star in this genre-bending drama that marked Albert and Allen Hughes's laudable attempt to break out of their pigeonhole as "black directors."

Case 39

To rescue 10-year-old Lilith Sullivan from her abusive parents, idealistic social worker Emily Jenkins welcomes the girl into her home -- only to discover that Lilith isn't quite the innocent victim she claims to be.

Saw II

Detective Eric Matthews desperately tries to catch notorious killer Jigsaw in this suspenseful sequel that finds Jigsaw staying true to his bloodthirsty M.O. of creating devious plans in which people are forced to kill each other.

The Messengers

Roy and Denise buy a run-down sunflower farm with their daughter, Jess, planning to renovate it and live a simple country life. But as the dilapidated farm begins to revive, Denise and Jess start noticing alarming changes in Roy's behavior.

The Descent

Six girlfriends, led by thrill seeker Juno (Natalie Mendoza), go spelunking a year after a tragic incident. But when they get trapped under the earth, all rationale escapes them as they start to suffer from limited oxygen and delusions -- or are they? Now, the friends must find a way to escape the cave and the murky creatures that lie within it. Writer-director Neil Marshall helms this horrific tale about a caving trip turned nightmare.

Devil

In this edgy thriller, Det. Bowden (Chris Messina) must save five people trapped in an elevator: a mechanic, a young woman, an old woman, a guard and a salesman. But Bowden must act fast, because one of them is the devil.

Hostel

Three vacationing students backpack to a village in Slovakia looking for a hostel rumored to be brimming with wanton women, only to find themselves the objects of unimaginable torture in a house of twisted horrors.

Vacancy

A young couple (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) stranded at an isolated hotel with a lone desk clerk (Frank Whaley) are shocked to find that their room is wired with video equipment -- but their anger turns to terror when they realize that they could become the star attractions in a snuff film. As the two struggle to escape, they find evidence that the murderous filmmakers have been producing these twisted movies for years.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Hired to represent a resolute priest charged with negligent homicide after an exorcism that went horribly wrong, agnostic defense attorney Erin Bruner finds herself starting to believe her client -- much to her dismay.

Saw IV

Jigsaw may be dead, but when an autopsy unearths a tape in his stomach, the police learn that his evil legacy has just begun. While investigating the death of Allison Kerry, Detective Rigg is forced into the madman's game.

Saw III

In his newly fashioned torture chamber, psychopathic killer Jigsaw -- barely clinging to life -- orders his new protégé, Amanda, to kidnap a doctor in this third installment of the horror series.

Resident Evil: Extinction

In another installment of the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich returns as zombie-killing soldier Alice, who's left to roam the ruins of Las Vegas with a small band of survivors when a string of viral outbreaks nearly wipes out humankind.