In a few weeks in which true crimes My stuffed reindeer and The Asunta case they make half the world’s hair stand on end when they land in Netflixthe streaming service boasts an extensive arsenal of thriller and horror productions ready to terrify viewers.
Psychological horror, gore or slasher, The red streaming giant has in its catalog some of the horror subgenres preferred by the public, whether with original or third-party productions to take everyone to the limit. Below, we offer you a list with 13 of the best horror series available on Netflix.
1. The Haunting of Hill House
Netflix original production that in 2018 dedicated Mike Flanagan as one of the great masters of modern horror and a regular contributor to this platform. From then on, the North American would premiere series for the platform that deserve to be part of this list such as The Curse of Bly Manor, midnight mass, midnight mass either The fall of the house of Usher. Based on the story of the same name Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House It continues to be his masterpiece to date, with the tragic story of the Crain brothers.
2. Marianne
Samuel BodinDon’t be afraid (Cobweb) has taken over from great French horror directors such as Alexandre Aja (High voltage) or Pascal Laugier (Martyrs). In this chilling tale of superstitions and witches, the Gaul delves into the life of a writer, played by Victoire Du Bois, who publishes a successful horror novel whose pages come true. This forces the young woman to return to her place of origin to confront her spirit that is after her and threatens all those she loves.
3. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
After the popular comedy series of the 90s, Sabrina returned to the essence of the original graphic work of Archie Comics by the hand of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale). The fiction had up to four seasons that followed the experiences of this apprentice witch in an internal debate between the world of family magic and the real one with her friends, becoming one of the Netflix fictions most loved by the fans. spectators.
4.Kingdom
He korean horror has been starring in viewers’ worst nightmares for decades, especially if they involve zombies (aha, Train to Busan). Kim Seong-hoon and Park In-je signed in 2019 Kingdom, where they portray an apocalypse in the middle of the medieval Joseon dynasty. A strange epidemic disease causes the prince of this place to discover a truth that threatens his nation, causing him to have to get fully involved in this matter.
5. File 81
Between science fiction and horror, Ariana Neal (hidden figures) and Mamoudou Athie (dark boxes) star in the acclaimed series File 81. This fiction, which caused incomprehension among its fandom after its cancellation, tells the story of an archivist who becomes involved in a strange plot related to a missing director and a demonic sect, while restoring damaged video tapes. A series where the space-time game provoked a confrontation between good and evil. Essential, even if Netflix didn’t see a future in it.
6. Ratched
Sarah Paulson as the evil nurse Some one flies over the cuco’s nidus? Nothing could go wrong. The literary universe of Ken Kesey brought glory to Jack Nicholson in its 1975 film adaptation, but it caused unjustified suspicion about this new version. However, the actress American Horror Story managed to once again immerse us in a truly terrifying universe through his interpretation, recovering the character of Mildred Ratched and his work at the psychiatric hospital.
7. Heading to hell
In Heading to hell, strange beings appear on Earth to condemn humans to hell, while a religious group spreads the idea of ​​​​the search for divine justice. The South Korean Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, Peninsula) convinced with this risky proposal that became one of the highest-rated fictions on Netflix, signing such famous Asian actors as Yoo Ah-in (#Alive, burning) and Park Jung-min (free us from evil).
8. Dracula
He Bram Stoker’s literary classic about the best-known bloodsucker in history had a new version in miniseries format in 2020 from the BBC. The actor Claes Bang (The Square, The man of the north) was located behind the fangs of Dracula in a fiction that took us to Transylvania in 1897, where a vampire plotted against Victorian London and met an unexpected enemy, a combative nun played by Dolly WellsThe diaryof Bridget Jones, Pride + Prejudice + Zombies).
9. New cherry flavor
This series tells the story of Lisa, a film director who arrives in Hollywood full of dreams and with a short film that she wants to turn into a feature film. In pure style Mulholland Drive, she soon becomes disillusioned with the reality of the industry and more specifically with a producer who tries to abuse her. So she goes to a witch to put a curse on her and that’s when very strange things start to happen. The protagonist is played by Rosa Salazar, who became known these years for his work in the franchise The maze runner and films like Bird Box: Blind and Alita: Battle Angel.
10. iZombie
Adaptation of DC Comicsup to 5 seasons. iZombie addresses the story of a medical student who transforms into the living dead and accepts a forensics job in order to have access to people’s brains and maintain her humanity, inheriting memories of the victims and helping to solve homicide cases for calm the guilt. The series created by Diane Ruggiero-Wright and Rob Thomaswho had previously collaborated on Veronica Marsstars the actress Rose McIver (The Lovely Bones).
11. We are dead
After the rapid spread of a virus, the students locked up in an institute realize that they must act in the absence of a response to the call to the authorities. An arduous task that will put their own lives at risk. Among the protagonists of this fiction, which will soon have a second season, we find Lee Yoo-mithe famous Ji-yeong in The squid game.
12. Stranger Things
Between fantasy and terror, the city of Hawkins hosts the most dangerous misadventures of the gang of friends led by Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard). Between villains like Vecna ​​and his minion the Demogorgon, the most terrifying experiments of the Russian soldiers and the Other Side, the series reached its creepiest point in the fourth season with homages to horror titles like Carrie, The Monster Family, Nightmare in Elm street either hellraiseramong many other references.
13. Santa Clarita Diet
Created by Victor Fresco (ALF, My name is Earl), Santa Clarita Diet tells the story of real estate agents Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and Sheila (drew Barrymore), whose life changes fundamentally when Sheila undergoes a radical change that will lead both to the path of destruction, blood and death. A three-season horror comedy that also featured Skyler Gisondo (super nerds), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (Licorice Pizza) and Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly).
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