20 Best Netflix Original Horror Movies - Ranked

There's no doubt that cinema's loss is the streaming industry's gain in our uncertain present, and despite facing stiff competition in recent months from the likes of Disney+, Apple TV+, and HBO Max, Netflix still reigns supreme as the king of the VOD mountain.

Netflix continues to invest enormous amounts of money in bolstering its Originals line-up, releasing up to a dozen new movies per month, ranging from star-studded tentpoles to more modest genre films.

And given that horror films are famously cheap to produce compared to most other genres, it's little surprise that it's found itself quite a snug home on the platform.

Over the last five years, Netflix has produced dozens of horror films, whether glossy, star-studded pictures or low-budget efforts you'll need to actively seek out yourself.

And while the general quality of Netflix's horror-themed Originals are totally all over the place, there are nevertheless some terrific gems worth discovering, no matter the fame of the cast or the size of their budget.

Ranked from good to great, these are the 20 best Netflix Original horrors you absolutely need to check out...

Though falling somewhat short of Babak Anvari's prior masterwork Under the Shadow, Wounds still dares to be a compellingly twisted exploration of toxic masculinity.

It's held aloft during even its creakier moments by Armie Hammer's delightfully loathsome performance as a bartender whose life begins to unravel after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

While vague right to its final moments, Wounds offers up plenty of memorably unsettling imagery, while the two-hander between Hammer and Dakota Johnson ensures this is a thoroughly watchable horror joint - even if it doesn't get close to realising its full potential.

Techno-horror has a bad rap among critics and audiences alike - and usually rightly so - but at least this one has something to say, and a unique filmmaking voice through which to express it.