Halloween 2014: The horror films and scary TV to watch on Netflix

The costumes are on, the pumpkin has been carved, the trick or treaters have gone to bed. Now what?

Matilda Battersby

Thursday 30 October 2014 09:56

Ever had an evening where you’ve scrolled endlessly through Netflix arguing over what to watch and ending up just turning the telly off?

Well, you can spare yourself such horror this Halloween as the streaming service has selected its favourite frightening films and TV shows for you.

For those after a bit of gore on Friday night the subscription channel offers up the Carrie remake starring Chloë Grace Moretz as the mixed-up teenager with telekinetic abilities; or there’s the slasher movies Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Saw: The Final Chapter.

You can sink your teeth Eli Roth’s gothic horror series Hemlock Grove; or try out the twisted delights of American Horror Story (this series had The Independent’s TV reviewer hiding behind the sofa).

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Insane cruelty is the calling card of the Jigsaw killer, whose twisted spirit and terrifying human traps are recalled in flashbacks.

The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.

One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.

Exploring humankind's unsettling capacity for evil, this darkly twisted drama plays upon the power of supernatural fears and everyday horrors.

When a young woman travels to Texas to collect her inheritance, she discovers that a brutal, chainsaw-wielding madman is part of the bequest.

In this installment in the popular horror franchise, a bachelor party in Las Vegas turns into a hellish bloodbath for all involved.

Christine is convinced that she's been cursed after crossing paths with a Gypsy. Now, she has only days to keep her soul from being dragged to hell.

A shy girl goes to her new boyfriend's family reunion and must join their bloody fight for survival when a gang of masked hooligans invades the party.

While the Lambert family struggles to overcome their son's recent battle with evil spirits, father Josh must confront his own horrifying childhood.

When a virus that turns its victims into crazed killers infects travelers on an airplane, a flight attendant and a passenger plan a daring escape.

A true-crime writer discovers a cache of videotapes depicting several brutal murders that took place in the very house he just bought.

Rebooting the horrific mood of its predecessor, this sequel looses a tide of evil spirits on a happy family moving into their Georgia dream house.

In this supernatural horror flick, a young girl unwittingly unleashes an evil spirit dwelling in a curious antique box full of mysterious relics.

For those more interested in laughter than bumps in the night there’s spoof horror Scary Movie. And for some old school haunting there's Insidious: Chapter 2.

Don't stay up all night.

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