10 Creepy Horror Tales to Stream on Netflix

While maybe the creepiest choice on Netflix right now is that traumatizing true-crime documentary Maternal Instinct, the streamer also has plenty of (thankfully) fictional horror stories available to fuel your nightmares. Here are our top horror picks on Netfix right now. There’s seemingly still a third 28 Years Later film on the way, but zombie fans can sink their teeth into the existing movies and still feel entirely satisfied. Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later arrived nearly the same length of time after his 2002 hit 28 Days Later, revisiting that film’s post-apocalyptic world decades later to see how humanity’s hanging in there. Some people are doing OK; others, very much not! Nia DaCosta’s The Bone Temple didn’t have the box-office power of its predecessor, but its gory, oddball energy screams “future cult hit” and has guaranteed eternal life in the form of unhinged Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell memes. Another double-feature awaiting horror fans on Netflix is Scott Derrickson’s tale of a kid (Mason Thames) who escapes a serial child killer known as “The Grabber” (Ethan Hawke) with some beyond-the-grave help from some of the maniac’s less fortunate victims. The sequel continues t

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