The 27 best scary movies on Netflix

This series of shorts made by some of the best indie horror directors working today — Adam Wingard, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid — brings back the great 1980s horror works like "Cat's Eye" and "Creepshow."

Set in 1980s war-torn Tehran, a mother and daughter struggle with a post-revolution world, as well as an evil spirit that seems to be in their home.

When a zombie outbreak happens in South Korea, a group of people on a train have to fight their way to survival.

To obtain fame and fortune, a young starlet enters into a deadly agreement.

Want to feel really uncomfortable? Check out this look at 24 male students who go through a mock prison experience in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

This one you shouldn't skip. We follow the journey of Justine (Garance Marillier) from vegetarian to a thirst for meat that goes a little too far, after going through a carnivorous hazing ritual.

This dark comedy/horror sent in 1840s California looks at a group of men — including Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle — stationed at a fort that investigate a gruesome tale of cannibalism.

Before Nacho Vigalondo made his critically-acclaimed "Colossal," he did this thriller all told through the POV of a desktop. Elijah Wood and Sasha Grey star.

Want a really weird Jim Carrey movie? Check this one where he plays a guy who is convinced a novel is written about him.

In present-day Moscow, forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle. This action-packed thriller quickly became the highest-grossing Russian release ever.

No, the Darren Aronofsky movie isn't already on Netflix. This is the movie that made Aronofsky include the "!" at the end of his title. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this Hitchcockian thriller follows a loyal mother who is in search of the real killer behind the murder her son is accused of.

Six years after an alien invasion, an American journalist in Mexico tries to get back to the US border, but aliens are looking to strike at any moment.

One of the reasons Steven Spielberg's classic is so memorable is the tension that it builds even though you rarely see the shark.

After a sexual encounter a young woman is haunted by spirits she can't escape.

An intense thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. You'll think twice about going to that dinner party you were invited to after watching this.

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's mixture of action, horror, and comedy is highlighted perfectly in this tale of a sea monster that emerges from Seoul's Han River.

Newly married and spending their honeymoon in a rustic cabin, Bea and Paul don't have a care in the world. Until they go mad.

Clive Barker's classic explores a frightening alternate dimension when a family discovers an ominous puzzle box. It also includes one of horror's greatest characters, Pinhead.

Pleasant dreams.

If you want a little fun with your scares, try on this classic from 1984. Joe Dante's look at a creature that you really should never feed after midnight, leads to a town overcome by destructive monsters.

This disturbing black-and-white slow burn horror from first-time director Nicolas Pesce looks at a young woman with some dark desires.

Mix heavy metal, Satan worship, and a haunted house and you get this insane horror that stars a very ripped Ethan Embry.

Things get creepy for videographer Aaron when he answers a Craigslist ad by Josef to film him for one day.

Adapted from a Stephen King story, a young couple is trapped in a remote town where the children believe everyone over 18 must die.

Set in a dystopian future where the bad are thrown into a cannibal-filled wasteland in Texas, a girl (Suki Waterhouse) tries to survive. Movie stars Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and an unrecognizable Jim Carrey.

A single mother struggling to keep up with her rambunctious son begins to lose it after a strange children's book comes to her doorstep.

26 horror directors are each given a letter of the alphabet as a starting point to create a scary short.