From terrifying horrors to real-life psychological thrillers, and not-so-scary classics riddled with mystery, Netflix is buzzing with a myriad of creepiness to get you in the mood for Halloween 2024. So, grab a friend, order a takeout and get watching some serious spine-chilling flicks or call the children downstairs for some family-friendly Halloween content. With hundreds of spooky titles available, we’ve narrowed down 34 of our favourite movies and shows on Netflix Singapore this Halloween season.
1. Wednesday
Smart and sarcastic Wednesday Addams heads to Nevermore Academy after being expelled from school for a revenge prank. At her new school, she attempts to master her psychic abilities while trying to solve a murder mystery from decades ago that intertwines with her present day. This show is one of the most watched on Netflix worldwide. Definitely, a great show to watch this October for Halloween in Singapore.
2. Gyeongseong Creature
Season one of this iconic new Netflix show is the perfect watch this Halloween 2024. The South Korean show blends mystery, horror, and suspense, against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1945. The show follows a wealthy pawnshop owner in Gyeongseong (now Seoul) and a lady searching for her missing mother. Together, they confront monstrous creatures born from secret biological experiments conducted by the Japanese military.
3. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
This new Ghostbusters movie is set three years after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The plot centres around an ancient artifact that unleashes a powerful demon named Garraka, who threatens to freeze NYC and plunge it into a new ice age, as it gains power. Therefore, the Spengler family must join forces with the original Ghostbusters team to save the world from this threat. Definitely, an excellent family-friendly Halloween movie to watch this season.
4. It’s What’s Inside
This new American comedy horror movie explores the chaos unleashed when a group of estranged friends come together during a pre-wedding party to play a new party game. The story plays out when secrets and old grudges come to light in the group. Indeed, this movie will spook the life of you this Halloween.
5. Monsters
The Monster anthology series currently offers two limited shows that delves into infamous murder cases of the past. For instance, you can watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story based on two brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 – but everything isn’t as it seems. Meanwhile, if your stomach can hack the terrifying true story of Jeffery Dahmer, you can watch Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, who was known for cannibalism and who killed 17 young men and boys during a decade beginning in 1978.
6. Harry Potter
If you’re searching for a bit of nostalgia, every single Harry Potter movie has been added to Netflix Singapore. Pick between eight films of the series and go on an adventure with Harry, Hermione, and Ron as they navigate life at the famous school for witchcraft and wizardry Hogwarts. Definitely, this movie series will entertain you on Netflix this Halloween.
7. Don’t Come Home
This new Thai drama show follows paranormal incidents in an old abandoned mansion after a mother moves into there. There, she confronts dark secrets from the past after her young daughter mysteriously vanishes.
8. The Deliverance
Horror fans can’t miss this new demonic movie on Netflix. It tells the story of a family, who are living at a home in Indiana, that appears to be haunted. After discovering strange unearthly occurrences, everyone in the community believes that the house is a portal to hell. Certainly, one of the best Halloween movies to watch on Netflix Singapore.
9. The Strays
The Strays is a British horror thriller movie that was first released last year. The psychological thriller follows Never, an upper-class women living an idyllic life with her family, when she is forced to confront her past when two strangers arrive in her town. These strangers, are revealed to be her estranged children from a previous life she abandoned, and her life begins to unravel.
10. The Fall Of The House Of Usher
This is a seriously sinister show to watch. The gothic horror tells the story of two ruthless sibling Madeline (Mary McDonnell) and Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) who have built a mega powerful pharmaceutical company. However, when past secrets come to the light the heirs to the Usher dynasty die at the hands of a mysterious force. The show is by the creators of The Haunting of Hill House, so you know it will be scary!
11. Bird Box Barcelona
Another new hit film expanding the story of the famous 2018 Bird Box (also mentioned on this list) starring Sandra Bullock. This time, the streets of Barcelona are taken over by the sinister forces which aims to kill off the world’s population. Here, Sebastian must navigate his own survival across the city. It’s one of the best movies to watch this month.
12. All Of Us Are Dead
This coming-of-age hit Korean horror series is a popular watch on Netflix. Packed with heart-stopping action, it follows students who must escape their high school after a student is infected by a virus, turning people into zombies. Featuring themes like love and social inequalities and a diverse range of characters…this one is unmissable this Halloween.
13. Killer Book Club
This Spanish film follows a group of eight horror-loving friends, who must fight for their lives against a killer clown, who seems to know the secret they all share. That secret being that they accidently killed their professor when pulling a prank on him. So, this Killer Clown decides to try and kill them off, one by one.
14. Woman of the Hour
Mark your calendar for October 18 when this highly-anticipated chilling film is released on Netflix. The acclaimed movie follows an aspiring actress (Anna Kendrick) who crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in a 70s Los Angeles when they are cast on an episode of a dating show. What’s even spookier is the film is based on a true story.
15. The School for Good And Evil
With a stellar cast and alluring special effects, this is a more light-hearted Halloween flick to watch. It’s based on the best-selling book series of the same name. The movie depicts two best friends, Agatha and Sophie, as they navigate life at an enchanted school for young heroes and villains. But they soon find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
16. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
This is a sequel film to the Texas Chainsaw movies – which are possibly some of the scariest movies ever made. In this sequel, a group of influencers in a Texas ghost town encounter a notorious serial killer, Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin and seeks vengeance.
17. The Pope’s Exorcist
Get in the Halloween mood early by taking on this horror flick on Netflix. Viewers will see the chief exorcist for the Vatican, Gabriele Amorth, battle Satan and innocent-possessing demons. The man in question has fought more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime.
18. The Haunting Of Hill House
This critically-acclaimed horror series needs no introduction. The Haunting of Hill House blends family drama with supernatural horror and explores the lasting effects a haunted house has on its former residents.
19. The Watcher
This American crime series tells the true story of a married couple who bought their dream home in 2014 in New Jersey. However, shortly after moving into the house, they are harassed through letters signed by a creepy stalker called The Watcher.
20. Run Rabbit Run
This British horror movie is dominated the Top 10 recently. It centres around a young girl, whose single mother, a fertility doctor becomes increasingly worried by the child’s claims to have memories of another life, and she must confront a ghost from her past.
21. The Midnight Club
Just released last October by the creators of The Haunting of Hill House, it tells the tale of a group of terminally ill teenagers who meet in the hospice to tell spooky stories. With not long to live, the friends make a pact between them that the first person to die must send signs from beyond the grave. But when one of them dies, chilling things begin to happen.
22. A Quiet Place 1 & 2
These 2018 and 2021 thriller movies are the perfect Halloween throwback on Netflix. A family must live in silence to avoid being hunted by vicious creatures who chase sound. Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and Lee (John Krasinski) are forced to communicate in sign language, along with their children, to survive this brutal universe.
23. Fear Street Trilogy
Horror fans will rejoice at this trilogy coming to Netflix so you can get in the Halloween mood. You can enjoy Fear Street Part: 1994, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 and Fear Street Part 3: 1666 on Netflix. The first movie follows a teen and her friends who decide to fight against evil forces after a series of brutal murders in their small town. Indeed, it will give you nightmares!
24. You
This American psychological thriller first hit screens back in 2018. Watch season one to four. In season four, Joe has settled down in England after (spoiler alert) murdering his wife, Love, but making it look like he didn’t do it at all and that he is, dead too. However, Joe becomes the target of toxic obsessions and infatuations in London. Certainly, you’ll want to lock your doors and watch your back after this one. In 2025, Season 5 is coming and it will be the last season of You.
25. Things Seen & Heard
This horror movie is based on the novel by Elizabeth Brundage, All Things Cease To Appear. In a 1980s depicted world, Catherine (Amanda Seyfried) and her husband George (James Norton) excitingly move to an old house in the Hudson Valley. Soon after, supernatural events unfold, and they realise that their home is harboring sinister secrets. If you’re a scary cat like myself, be sure to watch this horror flick with someone else.
26. Stranger Things
The second volume of the fourth installment of Stranger Things landed on Netflix last year. It picks up after six months since the battle in Starcourt, which almost destroyed Hawkins. The friends are separated for the first time, with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) captured and stuck in a hidden location with no powers. But you can watch the four installments together if you’ve never seen it before.
27. Fractured
This 2019 psychological thriller movie tells the tale of a man who goes on a mission to find his injured daughter and wife after they disappear from the emergency room. Believing the hospital has something to do with it, he starts to piece together the mystery. It’s cleverly absorbing but not too chilling that you’ll be hiding behind your hands..
28. The Devil All The Time
Expect a stellar cast, from Tom Holland to Robert Pattison, to bring this disturbing movie to life. In a postwar town in America, watch as a young man tries to fight against corruption and sinister characters who can’t tell the difference between faith and evil, in order to protect his family. Indeed, this movie is unsettling to watch, full of violence, death, and plenty to heighten your Halloween spirit.
29. Hubie Halloween
This horror comedy flick stars Adam Sandler, Noah Schnapp, Maya Rudolph and more. It follows Hubie Dubois (Sandler), an unusual but harmless oddball, known to locals. However, when residents start disappearing, Hubie has a hard time trying to convince people it has something to do with an escaped criminal who is new to the area. You’ll have to watch it to find out what happens next.
30. #Alive
This South Korean title seems fitting in the current climate. It tells the story of a virus that spreads through South Korea and turns people into flesh-eating zombies. Instead of running, Joon-woo locks himself inside his apartment, trying to hide from the blood-thirsty monsters. This suspenseful thriller may even give you nightmares and is just the Netflix movie to get you in the mood for Halloween.
31. Bird Box
This Netflix sensation needs no introduction, but in case there’s a small chance you haven’t seen it, then it’s probably a good time to watch this post-apocalyptic thriller, where evil attacks through sight. Anyone unfortunate enough to see the mysterious force will commit suicide. Sandra Bullock plays a mother of two, who attempts to take her children on a treacherous journey down a river to safety. And she has to do it all, um, blindfolded!
32. The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
This supernatural dark fantasy series is totally worth the watch. A twisted adaption of the Sabrina The Teenage Witch, it follows Sabrina Spellman as she tries to navigate her dual-life as half-witch and half mortal, while trying to protect herself and her loved ones from evil forces.
33. Unsolved Mysteries
This gripping docuseries will leave you with an insatiable appetite for true crime. While the shocking real-life murders and mysterious disappearances aren’t for everyone, you can binge-watch four seasons on Netflix Singapore right now just in time for Halloween 2024.
34. Super Monsters Save Halloween
This Halloween movie on Netflix Jr is perfect to watch with toddlers and children in Singapore. The film focuses on social-emotional learning as the Super Monster spread holiday spirit in their neighbourhood which may help ease children’s fears about Halloween and monsters. Plus, this movie is actually part of the Super Monsters show.
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