Who doesn't love a good slasher movie full of guts, gore, and the occasional comedy? Netflix's sizable horror category features multiple slashers, both original films and some licensed ones like Scream VI and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Since we've officially reached the "halfway to Halloween" mark, it's the perfect time to indulge in a few of these films. Don't know what to pick? We've got you covered with a list of our favorites!
1. The Babysitter (2017)
- Director: McG
- Writer: Brian Duffield
- Cast: Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell, and Bella Thorne
Scream queen Samara Weaving is a devil-worshipping babysitter in this fun teen slasher movie also starring Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, and Emily Alyn Lind.
Cole nurses a crush on his babysitter, Bee (Weaving), since she's pretty and nice to him, a refuge away from the bullying he receives at school. But one night, while Bee is watching him, Cole catches her and her friends performing a human sacrifice and learns the dark truth about her participation in a Satanist cult. A battle for survival ensues between Bee and her friends vs. Cole.
2. There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
- Director: Patrick Brice
- Writer: Henry Gayden
- Cast: Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, and Diego Josef
Makani Young has a secret that makes her a target for a psychopathic killer attacking the students of Osbourne High School, intent on exposing lies for the world to see.
This teen slasher is based on the novel by Stephanie Perkins, which is a fast-paced and gruesome affair. Shawn Levy and James Wan produced the film for Netflix. The story itself is a little all over the place, but There's Someone Inside Your House channels some of the meta vibes from Scream to create a refreshing modern horror flick.
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Director: Jim Gillespie
- Writer: Kevin Williamson
- Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Johnny Galecki, and Bridgette Wilson
This 1997 slasher is one of the most popular teen slasher movies in the 1990s alongside the Scream franchise. This July, the film is getting a legacy sequel featuring the return of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Julie James and Ray Bronson.
Now is the perfect time to revisit the original movie and find out what happens to a group of teens who try to keep a deadly secret, only for it to come back and stab them one year later.
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
- Director: David Blue Garcia
- Writer: Chris Thomas Devlin
- Cast: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Moe Dunford, Nell Hudson, Jessica Allain, Olwen Fouéré, Jacob Latimore, and Alice Krige
For those seeking a slasher movie that doesn't hold back on the gore, look no further than the 2022 reboot of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. While not the best in the film series, Texas Chainsaw Massacre still delivers the blood and guts fans look for from this franchise.
Set 50 years after Leatherface's 1973 killing spree, the Netflix Original follows a new group of characters in an abandoned Texas town. While investigating a local orphanage, they get a scare from a mysterious man who turns out to be Leatherface, who soon starts another rampage of slaughter.
5. The Conference (2023)
- Director: Patrik Eklund
- Writer: Mats Strandberg
- Cast: Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren, Eva Melander, Bahar Pars, Amed Bozan, and Maria Sid
Another horror-comedy slasher film that doesn't hold back on the bloodshed, The Conference is a hilarious and underrated Swedish horror movie about a work retreat of public sector employees going horribly wrong as a bloodthirsty murderer descends on their little gathering.
6. Fear Street: Part One (2021)
- Director: Leigh Janiak
- Writers: Phil Graziadei and Leigh Janiak
- Cast: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Maya Hawke
The first entry in Netflix's beloved Fear Street saga based on R.L. Stine's long-running YA book series, Fear Street: 1994 kicks off the trilogy by introducing us to a group of teen friends who accidentally stumble upon an ancient evil.
For centuries, this entity has been responsible for a curse that has plagued Shadyside's unfortunate and unlucky residents. The story continues in parts two and three, taking place in 1978 and 1666. This May, Netflix is releasing a fourth Fear Street movie based on Stine's novel The Prom Queen.