The 5 best horror movies to watch on Netflix this February
Happy February, Polygon readers and horror movie fans.
Horror is a yearlong pursuit for us. Long gone are the days when this great genre was contained to just the month of October — instead, we can get spooked to our heart’s content all year round.
This month, we’ve picked out five great spooktacular picks for you to watch on Netflix in February. Some are leaving Netflix at the end of the month, some have upcoming sequels, some are seasonally appropriate, and some just rule.
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Without further ado, let’s dig into it.
Year: 2013Run time: 1h 52mDirector: James WanCast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston
One of the best demonic possession movies ever, and arguably the real kickoff point for the still-going horror boom, director James Wan’s first movie about the husband-and-wife demonologist duo remains one of the best and most enjoyable horror movies of the last few decades. The film follows the Perron family, who have to call in the Warrens (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), a church-supported, though unofficial, team of exorcists willing to take on some of the more difficult cases that may be a little too fringe for the Vatican’s official sanction.
Aside from just launching a monumentally successful franchise and horror movie universe — which now includes two official sequels, three Annabelle movies, one Nun film (soon to be two), and The Curse of La Llorona — The Conjuring is full of carefully built tension and expertly made freakouts, punctuated by a few good-natured jump scares. But it’s also just an extremely fun movie — at least as fun as a movie about a mother of five being possessed by the demon Bathsheba could be. —Austen Goslin
Year: 2017Run time: 2h 15mDirector: Andy MuschiettiCast: B
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