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

There’s no better time for horror than summer. With June finally here, it’s time to delve into the perfect warm-weather horror options on Netflix and beyond. Whether you’re watching a movie that reminds you how nice it is to be indoors, a chilling movie that makes you feel like you’re eating a popsicle, or the cinematic equivalent of air conditioning – with This month’s streaming options have your early summer covered.

To help you figure out what to watch on those still chilly June evenings, we’ve compiled a list of the best streaming horror movies this month, including everything from Psycho To You are the next one To 47 meters deep. Every single movie on this list is available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, or Max, so finding every single one of the best horror movies of June should be easy this time around.

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The Thing (2011)

Year: 2011
Duration: 1h 43m
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Pour: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen

The first days of summer, just as everything is getting hotter again, is the perfect time to shoot a very chilled horror movie, and that’s 2011 the thing is an excellent option. Yes, really, the prequel to John Carpenter’s masterpiece is actually pretty good.

The story of the Norwegian base that first fell victim to the Thing Monster’s mimicry and rampage is just as brutal, gory, and chilling as the original, though none here are as charming or interesting as the characters in the first film. The biggest tragedy of this version of The Thing is that the production originally featured practical effects reminiscent of Carpenter’s classics, but scrapped them in favor of CGI creations that aren’t nearly as pretty or scary. Even, the thingThe prequel is a great concept, well executed, and even a somewhat pale imitation of the original film is more enjoyable than most other horror movies you can stream.

the thing is streaming on Netflix.

Psycho

Year: 1960
Duration: 1h 49m
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Pour: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

Don’t let the black-and-white look or its status as a classic film fool you: Psycho is still an outstanding horror film today. The film follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a young woman determined to escape her life with a large sum of money she just earned. While that may be the real plot, most people will probably first recognize it for the presence of Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), one of cinema’s greatest and most disturbing villains and characters ever. Even beyond the infamous shower stabbing with its iconic score and framing: Psycho is full of scary and disturbing scenes that still make it an absolute must-read for horror fans.

Psycho is streaming on Netflix.

Down in the soil

Year: 2021
Duration: 1h 47m
Director: Ben Wheatley
Pour: Ellora Torchia, Joel Fry, Hayley Squires

Summer is finally here and that means it’s time to kick off your shoes and head outside to enjoy the wonders of nature. Or you could watch Down in the soil and resolve never to leave your home again…unless it’s on a nice paved area.

This film, a pandemic-era offering from kill list And The I 2 Director Ben Wheatley sends his characters into the woods in hopes of making a scientific discovery. The film’s beautiful and pristine wilderness feels at once like it’s just yards from a highway in America, and at the same time appallingly remote and isolated. Woodland horror is an all too rare genre these days, especially the kind that restores strength to the land itself, but Wheatley’s thoroughly modern folk-horror entry is extraordinarily chilling and surprisingly brutal — and all set in the great outdoors, making it a perfect The film kicks off the summer.

Down in the soil keeps streaming hulu.

47 meters deep

Year: 2017
Duration: 1h29m
Director: John Roberts
Pour: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine

In honor of the upcoming release of The Meg 2: The Trench (Yes, we know it won’t be out until August, but something must make the wait easier.) We’re offering an underrated shark attack movie from a few years ago.

47 meters deep It centers on two divers who jump into a shark cage to get up close and personal with the ocean’s scariest predator. Unfortunately for the divers, a great white shark overwhelms their supposedly shark-proof cage. What comes next is 90 minutes of survival, you guessed it, 47 meters below the surface of the water.

While it’s no Jaw, 47 meters deep is a highly entertaining creature movie and the best shark movie ever The Shallows (Streaming on Tubi) – which is also worth checking out if you’re in a particularly sharky mood.

47 meters deep keeps streaming hulu.

You are the next one

Year: 2011
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Adam Wingard
Pour: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen

Probably the best comedy slasher since the original Scream, You are the next one is about an incredibly wealthy family who are attacked out of nowhere by a gang of assailants wielding crossbows, axes and wearing animal masks.

To say much more would mean giving up some of the film’s excellent revelations, but the team of director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett – who also directed – did The host and the surprisingly great Blair Witch third film – has plenty of surprises in store to keep every second of the film entertaining. The duo deliver a bloody mess of unique and brutal kills while remaining light, fun and scary thanks to a perfect understanding of the rhythms of the slasher genre and how to exploit them.

You are the next one is currently streaming Max.