Netflix doesn’t have a ton of Halloween classics, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a Halloween watchlist: from 28 Years Later to Wdnesday.
When it comes to what’s on streaming, you never quite know what you’re going to find from holiday to holiday as the titles bounce around from one platform to another. Fortunately, we’ve got Netflix viewers covered with a handy guide to the best Halloween movies and shows streaming right now, from new horror releases that hit theaters this year to can’t-miss TV for the season.
Here are the best Halloween options streaming on Netflix in 2025.
If you’re looking for a recent horror movie to sink your teeth into this Halloween, Netflix’s big-ticket item this year is “28 Years Later.” A sequel so long-awaited it seemed certain to never happen, “28 Years Later” reunites director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland for an updated spin on their definitive early-2000s reinvention of the zombie franchise, picking up with what remains of British society 28 years after the rage virus decimated life as we knew it.
Another theatrical horror release from this year, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” takes the legacy sequel format that was so popular in the 2010s and applies it to the titular late-90s teen slasher. That means Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are back alongside a cast of newcomers that includes Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders and Tyriq Withers, and of course, a new hook-handed, slicker-wearing killer on the loose.
You will certainly be seeing plenty of Rumis, Miras and Zoeys trick-or-treating this Halloween, but Netflix’s cinematic sensation of the year is also a fitting Halloween watch on account of all that demon hunting. “KPop Demon Hunters” has shattered records for Netflix week after week since the film debuted over the summer, including Netflix’s first No. 1 at the box office — and if you don’t want to watch it again at home, the sing-along version of the film is headed back to theaters just in time for Halloween, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.
If you’re in the mood for something a bit more mature, both seasons of AMC’s exquisite “Interview With the Vampire” adaptation are streaming on Netflix this Halloween. Inspired by Anne Rice’s seminal vampire novel of the same name, the series follows the torrid, all-consuming dynamic between the hedonistic vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and his fledgling, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson).
It’s a masterwork of adaptation that channels the macabre philosophical spirit of Rice’s much-revered work into an even richer, sexier, more rewarding version of her iconic characters through a series of bold storytelling choices. That includes disambiguating the queer themes between Louis and Lestat, aging up Claudia, shifting the timeline forward toward more tangible moments in human history and making Louis a Black man — each one a decision that only amplifies the themes inherent within the existing characters and storytelling. With Season 3 on the way (retitled “The Vampire Lestat” in an audacious move that’s so very befitting of the title character) in 2026, now’s the perfect time to get caught up.
