Look, March isn’t the scariest month of the year. In fact, it’s probably in the top three least scary months, if we had to rank them. Thankfully, Netflix is here to help, with a selection of great horror movies to keep things creepy.
This month, we handpicked a few of the best horror movies on Netflix that fit the current season. Sometimes they pair well with an upcoming release. Other titles might be new additions to the platform.
We’ve put together a list of movies to help you pick which scary movie is right for you, including one to get you ready for a new release, a blockbuster that’s better than you remember, and a movie you definitely won’t expect from the director of Longlegs.
Editor’s pick: Fear Street Part One: 1994
Director: Leigh Janiak Cast: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr.
With Fear Street: Prom Queen just a couple of months away, it’s the perfect time to revisit the original Fear Street trilogy. And if you’re going to do that, why not start with the first one: Fear Street Part One: 1994.
The movie introduces us to Shadyside, a regular old town that just happens to be the murder capital of the United States — a few grisly kills later and we see that it’s really earned the title. The scares really get going when a masked serial killer starts murdering teens around town in a way that’s suspiciously similar to a few murder sprees from Shadyside’s past. More than anything else, all this setup is just a great excuse for some truly gnarly kills, and a fun and funny teen slasher that plays great with the other two movies in the trilogy.
A Quiet Place Part II
Director: John Krasinski Stars: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou
I’m not sure if this is a controversial opinion or not, but the Quiet Place movies just keep getting better. And while Day One might be my favorite entry in the series so far, Part II isn’t far behind.
While the first movie is decidedly a traditional monster movie, what makes the second great is how well it leans into the post-apocalyptic survival horror subgenre. The movie takes place shortly after the events of the first film, but is mostly concerned with Evelyn (Emily Blunt) trying to take care of her children in a world without Lee (John Krasinski). To do that, she has to venture far deeper into the ruined world than anything we saw in the original movie, which gives Krasinski far more room to work as a director, and far more opportunities for extremely tense set-pieces, which might be his greatest strength as a filmmaker.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Director: Oz PerkinsCast: Ruth Wilson, Paula Prentiss, Lucy Boynton
This gorgeous and understated little horror movie follows Lily (Ruth Wilson), a young woman hired as the live-in caretaker of Iris Blum (Paula Prentiss), a former horror novelist who retired to a gorgeous old mansion. What unsettles Lily about all of this is the fact that Iris only ever refers to her as “Polly,” the name of the character in Iris’ final novel. Meanwhile, the mansion, someone explains to Lily, once belonged to a man and his wife who disappeared mysteriously. All of this leaves Lily uneasy, and that’s before she starts seeing ghosts wandering the house.
This may sound like a surprise coming from the director of The Monkey, but Oz Perkins’ I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is a beautiful, haunting little gothic ghost story, and probably the quietest horror movie on Netflix at the moment.
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