10 Best Horror Films To Watch On Netflix This Halloween

9. The Omen

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The Film:

Despite being a flagship release for Warner Bros in 1976, The Omen is anything but a glossy, safe horror movie from a major studio; based on the notion that Satan's spawn is tummy-crawling through the upper echelons of US society, director Richard Donner - working from a near perfect script from David Seltzer - creates a film full of big moments and squirming scenes of gore.

Everything from a bestial graveyard visit (Seltzer's script is fascinated with doggy imagery), a grim glass death to Gregory Peck's now famous number of the beast reveal contribute to a solid and, most importantly, scary movie. Jerry Goldsmith's score ain't half bad either.

Although this movie kicked off an unlikely trilogy, it's this opener that remains the most chilling.

Big Scare:

Damian's nanny loses it (big time), giving a vacant-stared wave to the toddler as he frolics at a kid's party, before publically hanging herself. Shocking, controversial and disturbing.

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