The 5 best horror movies to watch on Netflix and more this April

Another month and another great excuse to watch a horror movie.

Horror movies are a year-long pursuit here at Polygon. Sure, we have a list of the best horror movies you can watch right now, or the best horror movies of 2023, ranked by scariness, but every month, we’ll find him perfect for the time of the year. We’ve also put together a small list of our five picks.

This month, we’ve picked a movie that fits right into our slate of amazing theatrical horror.there is a star Evil Dead Rise,Very fun Pope’s Exorcist…and again Renfield, if that’s your speed. To help you prepare for a terrifying trip to the theater or keep up with the terrifying topic, we’ve picked a few movies that fit those molds, as well as the all-time classic wildcards for movies of the month. .

Without further ado, let’s dig into it.

birds

Year: 1963
Execution time: 1 hour 59 minutes
directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy

Probably Alfred Hitchcock’s most overtly supernatural film, and definitely his darkest. birds It tells the story of a small town overrun by a flock of inexplicably hostile, bloodthirsty and terrifying birds, seemingly desperate for the destruction of humanity. The film never explores or explains why all avian creatures (perhaps the entire world?) became evil overnight, but as a result, the next time you watch it, at least It’s a relentlessly bizarre movie that’s a little unnerving. A crowd circles overhead.

birds Streamed on Netflix.

Evil Dead II

Image: Studio Canal

Year: 1987
Execution time: 1 hour 24 minutes
directed by: Sam Raimi
cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

Evil Dead II is a very weird sequel, mostly a bigger, weirder, meaner, funnier, and overall sillier remake of the original film. The film follows Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda as they travel to an abandoned cabin in the woods. As in the first film, passages from the cursed book Necronomicon are read out, releasing the spirits that possess humans, dead or alive. However, compared to the first film, the killings start much earlier, become more stupid and violent, and eventually lead to chainsaws, shotguns, and possessed hands.

Evil Dead II Streaming on IndieFlix.

exorcist

Image: Warner Bros.

Year: 1973
Execution time: 2 hours 2 minutes
directed by: William Friedkin
cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair

It’s one of the clearest transitions between modern and classic horror. exorcist 50 years after its release, it is still active. The film follows a movie star’s mother and her little daughter as they become possessed by the ancient demon Pazuzu. The devil wreaks havoc on his family, one nearing the end of his career and his life, another suffering a crisis of faith and hoping to save the girl and her immortal soul. exorcism. Despite dozens of exorcism films following in this film’s footsteps, few yet match it in horror or sheer quality.

exorcist is streaming on HBO Max.

Overload

Photo: Peter Mountain/Paramount Pictures

Year: 2018
Execution time: 1 hour 50 minutes
directed by: Julius Avery
cast: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Olivier

One of the problems with most WWII movies is that they don’t show enough zombies, Overload Not most WWII movies. This follows a team of D-Day soldiers sent to blow up the church’s Nazi radio tower. Instead, they find a hidden research facility and Reich’s new weapon, the Undead. silly, fun, brutal, great time, Overload It’s a good action-horror, and it’s always engaging thanks to the magnetism of its star, Wyatt Russell.also the director of the movie Pope’s Exorcist Directed by Julius Avery!

Overload Streaming on FuboTV, paramount plus.

30 Days of Night

Image: Columbia Pictures

Year: 2007
Execution time: 1 hour 54 minutes
directed by: David Slade
cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston

Starting in one of the greatest horror movie establishments of all time, 30 Days of Night It was a great time. A group of people try to survive the night after a group of vampires appear in Barrow, Alaska. This movie mixes all the hallmarks of survival horror, vampire, slasher and chilly winter horror, and ultimately manages to live up to its excellent premise.

30 Days of Night is streaming on Hulu.