"#Alive" is a zombie movie that follows a video game streamer named Joon-woo as he tries to survive a zombie apocalypse by barricading himself inside of his Seoul apartment. One of the most inadvertently timely movies of the pandemic era was this Korean hit that came out in June 2020.
Updated on October 7, 2021: Netflix’s catalogue of frightening films is constantly changing. You’ll find something on this list to make you scream. We’ve spent untold hours watching Netflix horror movies to find the absolute 40 best, so that you don’t have to waste your time scrolling.
And you don’t want to get stuck watching a clichéd supernatural slasher that’s no different from a million other supernatural slashers. And the thing about horror movies is that it can be hard to tell a bad one from a good one based on its Netflix tile alone. The "horror" tab on the Netflix app can be pretty overwhelming because there are dozens upon dozens of titles. The movies come from all over the world, and just about every horror subgenre you can think of is represented, from haunted house movies and slashers to sci-fi action-horror and character-driven zombie movies. In fact, it feels like the streaming service gets a new licensed or original fright flick every week. Netflix is constantly adding new horror movies.