She’s also the best thing here, playing Bee, a sweet babysitter who looks like she may be the first crush for the kid she watches, a 12-year-old named Cole. It helps that Samara Weaving has become a bigger star behind hit films like Ready or Not. McG’s 2017 horror comedy has developed something of a cult following in the years since it dropped on Netflix, to the degree that it actually got a sequel. Of course, it includes a lot of the Sandler comedy troupe, including Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, and even a reunion with Happy Gilmore co-star Julie Bowen. While most of the Sandler Netflix movies are pretty horrible, this one is actually kinda sweet and funny.

A target of mockery for the entire town, he becomes its only salvation when supernatural events start to occur. The comedy superstar pulls another goofy voice out of his closet to play Hubie Dubois, an awkward guy who just happens to live in Salem, Massachusetts. Sure, it’s not exactly a horror movie, but this surprisingly fun Adam Sandler original could set the right tone for your holiday movie marathon. With that said, here are Netflix’s best 15 original horror flicks.

There are some thrillers (like Hold the Dark and Rebirth) and sci-fi action movies (like Spectral) that we’re leaving off. First, it has to have the already-iconic Netflix boom-boom title card, so stuff that they picked up but don’t consider a “Netflix property” for whatever reason (like the great Under the Shadow) doesn’t qualify. We watched as many of the horror offerings under the Netflix Original banner as possible and ranked the best ones.

It helps that Netflix maintains a steady output of original movies for the season, adding to its already impressive collection of horror films. As we quickly approach Halloween proper, movie fans are turning to streaming services for scares more than ever.

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