10 Best Films To Watch On Netflix UK This Halloween

10. The Boy

When a nanny is hired to look after an 8 year old boy, she expects him to be, well y'know, a boy - but instead she's faced with all things creepy and porcelain as an older couple reveal they lost their son 20 years ago. Having a doll in his place, and strict routine for his care, helps them cope with the grief they've been living with ever since. Or at least, that's the story they spin for Greta to stay and help...

Is it really Halloween if we're not seeing Chucky, or Annabelle, or some other terrifying child's toy come to life and wreak havoc on all those around them? The Boy provides a fresh new twist on the old haunted doll tope, serving up some delicious tension and batsh*t narrative deviations in the process.

Don't turn your back on anything remotely human looking, and it won't come to get you. And avoid old English country houses, since they always seem to be a problem, for good measure.