You Can Totally Celebrate Halloween Early With These 52 Movies On Netflix

It’s doesn’t have to be October in order to enjoy a good thriller, ghost, or slasher flick, but being surrounded by pumpkins and Halloween candy certainly does help set the mood for your next movie marathon. Whatever the season, Netflix has a treasure trove of films (all commercial-free!) that will get you in the Halloween spirit—no pun intended.

So, as the nights get chillier (and spookier), grab some ghoulish snacks and kick back with a good, old fashioned binge-watch of the 52 best Halloween movies currently streaming on Netflix. Of course, there are the classic horror flicks, like Poltergeist and The Silence of the Lambs. In the mood for something lighter? You can spend some quality time with The Addams Family, or try to keep a straight face while watching scary movie spoof A Haunted House. And you can't forget about the Ichabod Crane classic Sleepy Hollow, either. Plus, there are tons of scaredy cat-friendly options if you're not super into spending two hours covering your eyes, too. Did you know Roald Dahl's The Witches is on Netflix? Well, it is!

And hey, no matter what you end up watching, you might even find the perfect film-inspired Halloween costume while you’re at it. Sit back, try your darndest to relax, and—worst case scenario—have a couch cushion at the ready as you stream these 52 spooktacular Halloween movies:

What better way to get into the Halloween spirit than watching this classic ‘80s horror flick? In case you’ve never seen it, Poltergeist is all about a young family whose home is visited by ghosts. They seem friendly enough at first, but let’s just say…they don’t stay that way.

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When a virus rampages across the city and devastates the population, only one man manages to survive by staying locked inside his apartment. Digitally cut off from seeking outside help, he needs to find a way out—alive.

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Third in the Doll films, this Netflix original tells the super scary story of a toy manufacturer and his wife who are terrorized by a demon after their orphaned niece attempts to call her late mother’s spirit. Fans of the Chucky movies will likely be into this foreign film as well.

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Speaking of Chucky… he’s back terrorizing a whole new slew of human victims in this 2017 film. Protagonist Nica is taken to an asylum after being accused of murdering her family, but she soon realizes that Chucky is not a figment of her imagination. He’s real—and he’s seeking revenge on some old enemies.

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Looking for something a li'l more family-friendly? In this Nickelodeon movie, teenagers Jordan and Hunter move to a Romanian castle with their dad after the trio unexpectedly inherit the estate from their late mother’s family. Once there, Jordan starts acting strange, and Hunter has a sneaking suspicion that his sister might just be…a werewolf.

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Is it really Halloween if the Addams Family aren’t invited to your celebration? Allow me to answer that for you: NOPE.

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Adam Sandler stars as Hubie Dubois, Halloween’s biggest fan who just wants everyone in his hometown of Salem to celebrate his favorite holiday happily and safely. Unfortunately, that makes him kind of a local laughingstock—that is, until one year when people start disappearing. It’s up to Hubie to save the day.

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After starting a garbage cleanup business, young boys Sonny and Sam are called to clean an abandoned house. Once inside, the friends find a locked manuscript and open it, which causes a dummy named Slappy to appear. Unknowingly, they bring Slappy to life and family-friendly hijinks ensue.

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When Cole stays up past his bedtime while his babysitter is watching him, he learns she's part of a satanic cult. Oh, and they'll stop at nothing to keep their secret from getting out.

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Taking place two years after the original Babysitter movie, Cole might have survived a satanic cult, but now he has to deal with something worse: high school. And the demons he thought he defeated in the first film are back…with a vengeance.

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Another scary movie spoof, this one features a young couple settling into their new home…that they just so happen to share with an evil spirit. Think: a funnier version of Paranormal Activity that will (hopefully?) give you fewer nightmares.

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Very few make it out alive when a zombie virus breaks out on a train from Seoul to Busan. After you watch this nightmare-inducing horror film, any commute on any train will seem like a piece of cake.

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Hold on to your heads! Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci star in this classic tale about detective Ichabod Crane, sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate—who else?—the fabled Headless Horseman.

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Anyone who loves psychological thrillers knows this one is a classic, which makes it a perfectly chilling choice for Halloween viewing. F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling seeks help from incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer Hannibal Lecter to help catch another serial killer who skins his victims.

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JLaw, that you? Yep, it sure is. The same year she rose to fame via The Hunger Games, Jennifer starred in this horror flick about a teenager who moves with her mother to a small town and learns that a double murder happened in the house at the end of the street. Complications develop from there...

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Wanna watch a ghost story within a ghost story? The premise may sound simple—a young nurse cares for an elderly author living in a haunted house—but the film has twists and turns that blur the lines between reality and fantasy.

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In this Netflix original film, a mom and her teen son move to their relative’s vacation house in the mountains. Once they begin to settle in, eerie and unexplained incidents ensure they won’t feel at home for long.

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Need some kid-friendly fare that won't keep you–or them—up all night? Stop scrolling. When high schooler Chloe moves into a new home, she discovers that the garden gnomes aren't exactly what they seem. In fact, they need her help saving the world from the Troggs.

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If you loved reading the Roald Dahl book as a kid (@me), then what better way to celebrate Halloween than with a trip down memory lane? The movie version stars Anjelica Huston, who plays the Grand High Witch hosting an international witch convention. When two boys discover their plot to rid England of children, they have to find a way to stop it.

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After moving back to her childhood home to help her sister care for her dying mother, nurse Alicia is haunted by old memories and must face an evil force now threatening her own child.

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After her adoptive father disappears, Sharon Da Silva (who's been living under the alias of Heather Mason) finds herself in a strange and horrifying alternate reality that threatens to trap her forever. There, she uncovers a disturbing truth about her own identity.

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A couple hires a replacement babysitter to watch their three kids for the night, but... she's not who she says she is. File this film under: "Parents' Worst Nightmare."

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Before Florence Pugh scared the sh*t out of audiences in Midsommar, she starred in Malevolent. The horror film is about a brother-sister team of scammers who fake paranormal encounters to score cash—that is, until a job at a haunted county estate turns very, scary real.

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True crime author Ellison Oswalt is having trouble writing his next book. So, he does what any rational adult would and moves his family into a house where the previous owners were murdered. There, he finds a box of old home movies which suggest the modern-day murders he's researching are the work of a serial killer dating back to the 1960s.

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When a sinister spirit crashes a group of teens’ Halloween party (inside an abandoned house, of course) they have to fight to escape its demonic wrath—and with their lives.

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Get ready to be less than excited for bedtime after watching this film about a child whose dreams—and nightmares—manifest in the physical world when he closes his eyes. As much as the boy tries to stay awake, some well-intentioned, but unfortunate circumstances lead to the unleashing of a creature called "The Canker Man." Sweet dreams, y’all.

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Even with the viral challenge and memes galore prompted by the film, Bird Box is still a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat. If you haven’t yet watched the Netflix original yet, grab some friends and, even when the characters do, don’t you dare cover your eyes.

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If you found a mysterious notebook that had the power to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages, what would you do? See how high school student Light Turner handles the, let's just say, life-changing experience in this film loosely based on a Japanese manga of the same name.

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A group of friends (including Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey) have to fight for their lives when the silly childhood game becomes a little (okay, a lot) more sinister. Trust, you’ll be wishing you had the option of choosing neither after watching.

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Fractured, a Netflix original movie, tells the story of a man who becomes convinced that a hospital is hiding something after his wife and daughter disappear from the ER. Odds are, his hunch is probably correct.

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Just when you thought monsters were the only thing you needed to be scared of, The Silence introduces a group of humans whose intentions may be even worse. With Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka, this film will both make you want to scream and not make a sound.

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1922 is based on a novella by Stephen King, so you know it’s going to be at least a little unsettling. After his wife decides that the country life is not for her and wants to sell the land she inherited from her father, Wilf James convinces his son to help him kill her in order to keep the farm. And that, my friends, is just the beginning.

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At this point, everyone has had an interesting experience with someone they met on Craigslist, but Creep (produced by and starring Mark Duplass) details what happens when everything about the interaction goes wrong.

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If there’s one thing you should always, always remember, it’s that when it comes to cults on desert islands, it’s best to leave them be. While you might not have needed that reminder (because duh), Thomas Richardson (played by Dan Stevens) didn’t get that memo before heading to a remote Welsh island on an ill-fated attempt to rescue his sister.

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It’s just business as usual for a father-son team of coroners (played by Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox) until the body of an unidentified woman who apparently was harboring some pretty supernatural secrets lands in their office. Things start to go awry when the two are unable to pinpoint a cause or time of death.

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A police officer becomes obsessed with tracking a mysterious serial killer—which you know is never a good idea—who seems to reappear every nine years. Follow along with the detective as his investigation threatens his career, relationships, and maybe even his own sanity.

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Brand new to Netflix this month, In The Tall Grass is based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King and Joe Hill. After a sister and brother hear a young boy crying for help from a Kansas field, the two venture in to try to save him (which, almost inevitably, is the point in the film where you yell "That’s not a good idea!" at the screen).

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The first clue that something is off (to say the least) at this all-girls Catholic high school is when a student unexpectedly commits suicide. It’s soon discovered that all is not as it seems in this movie from the Philippines.

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Eli is about an 11-year-old boy and his parents, who, desperate for a cure for his debilitating illness, check him into an isolated hospital. It’s probably safe to assume that they later come to regret that decision.

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In the third installment of the Cloverfield franchise, a group of astronauts on a space station accidentally find themselves in a dark alternate dimension. Don’t you just hate it when that happens?

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Okay, so people don't always make the best decisions in their early twenties, and the three college roommates in The Bye Bye Man are no exception. For starters, they move into an old (read: creepy AF) house off-campus. Then, they perform a seance to confirm the supernatural presence in said house. Yeah, not a good idea, but it does make for a fun viewing experience.

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It's one thing to be cordial toward your ex-wife. It's another thing to bring your new girlfriend to a dinner party that your ex-wife is hosting. The main character in The Invitation soon realizes his ex has ulterior motives. (Guess he doesn't know he's in a horror movie?)

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This horror film originates in Thailand, but it has provided plenty of inspo for other remakes in different countries. After a couple gets in a car crash, they begin to find mysterious figures popping up in photographs. You won't be able to check your Insta the same way again.

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A girl tries to use a Ouija board to contact her dead father but inadvertently lets an evil demon into her home (oops). This Spanish movie made headlines when it first hit Netflix in 2018 because people were so terrified, they had to stop watching it. You'll definitely want to leave the lights on for this one.

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This found-footage film takes place in Paris, proving the City of Love can be anything but. In the depths of the catacombs (i.e. underground burial places full of skeleton bones), a group of explorers find the "city of the dead" to be a little scarier than expected. The first-person point-of-view will really have your senses in overdrive.

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Still going through Sharp Objects withdrawal? Try Dark Places, based on another book by the same author (Gillian Flynn). Libby Day survived a family massacre as a child, and her testimony put her older brother away for the crime. But now, as an adult, she starts to second-guess what she thought she knew—and sets out to discover who really murdered her mom and sister.

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Desperate to raise money for her sick brother's medical care, a woman attends a dinner party at a rich philanthropist's house. Cue the creepiness: He says he'll donate to her cause if she wins the evening's parlor game...a sick, terrifying version of "Would You Rather."

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Silence is one of the scariest part of horror films, and Hush uses that to its advantage. A writer who is deaf escapes to a cabin in the woods to focus, but a group of masked vigilantes attack her and her home. Pro tip: Do not watch this if you're (a) by yourself, (b) in a cabin, and (c) in the woods.

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Insidious is one of the most buzz-worthy horror films of the past decade (eat your heart out, Paranormal Activity). It follows a family looking for answers when their son ends up in a coma after visiting the attic. (Seriously though, why does everything happen in the attic?) The coma actually has to do with a supernatural force...because of course it does.

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Netflix is known for its killer original content, and The Ritual is no exception. This film follows a group of buddies who decide to go on a hike in honor of their late friend. Obviously, they get lost, and a lot of creepy stuff goes down. If you're looking for something new to watch, The Ritual should be at the top of your list.

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Monster hunter Van Helsing (played by Hugh Jackman—swoon) travels throughout Europe, kicking vampire butt and taking names in this dark action movie.

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In this Netflix original film, a single mother finds herself a little in over her head after accepting help from a stranger in treating her daughter’s rattlesnake bite.

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