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Best Foreign Horror Films on Netflix | 2021

26 Foreign Horror Films on Netflix That Are Almost Too Scary to Watch

Sep 9 2021

Need a scary film to get your adrenaline rushing? If so, Netflix has a bunch of horrifying foreign thrillers that will spook you to your core. Whether you're looking to shake things up on movie night or you're always on the hunt for a horror movie that will shock and surprise you, scary movies give you an unmatched experience, and more.

After you've run through all the horror classics (don't tell us you haven't seen Insidious!), you can move on to this list of frightening first-rate foreign films if you want to take things up a notch. Not only will these movies scare you real good, but they'll also expand your horror movie horizons. Read on to see the best foreign horror flicks on Netflix, and prepare to get scared.

— Additional reporting by Lauren Harano, Haley Lyndes and Tasha Dowbachuk

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1. Verónica

Verónica is so scary, many viewers are having to turn it off halfway. The Spanish film tells the story of a teenage girl who fears an evil spirit has entered her home following a seance.

Watch Verónica now.

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2. Under the Shadow

Under the Shadow takes place during the Iran-Iraq conflict, and it focuses on a Tehran woman whose husband is at war. While caring for their infant daughter, the woman becomes convinced that evil spirits have possessed their house.

Watch Under the Shadow now.

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3. Pandora

2016 South Korean film Pandora is a thriller movie that will make your heart beat out of your chest. When a nuclear power plant suffers a series of explosions, Jae-hyeok and his coworkers must return to the disaster zone to save the world from nuclear disaster.

Watch Pandora now.

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4. Eerie

This Filipino horror film is chilling in all the right ways. When a girl commits suicide at an all-girls Catholic school, one of the guidance counselors decides to look into her death — and what she finds is terrifying.

Watch Eerie on Netflix now.

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5. Aurora

In Aurora, an island innkeeper, Leana, and her sister are faced with an unforeseen shipwreck that leaves many passengers missing or in some cases, dead. In an attempt to help out, the sisters search for missing victims' bodies. Little do they know, the dead will come looking for them.

Watch Aurora on Netflix now.

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6. Suzzanna: Buried Alive

In this totally creepy Indonesian flick, a robbery turns into a murder when a pregnant woman's employees discover that she is unexpectedly home during their heist, and though they bury her body in the backyard, she returns to haunt them in increasingly terrifying ways.

Watch Suzzanna: Buried Alive on Netflix now.

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7. Girls With Balls

When their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, a high school volleyball team faces off against ruthless hunters in this dark comedy.

Watch Girls With Balls on Netflix now.

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8. Polaroid

All we can is be careful not to have your picture taken with this haunted Polaroid camera, or you might just die.

Watch Polaroid on Netflix now.

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9. It Comes at Night

During a highly contagious outbreak at the end of the world, a family seeks refuge with Paul's (Joel Edgerton) family in It Comes at Night. However, tensions rise as the horror creeps closer to the home.

Watch It Comes at Night on Netflix now.

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10. Ghost Stories

This Indian anthology horror film comes from the directors of Lust Stories and consists of four short segments, each with their own uniquely chilling supernatural story.

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11. Dark Skies

Keri Russell stars in this supernatural horror flick as Lacy, a real estate agent who finds herself and her family plagued by a series of terrifying events. Lacy becomes determined to find the source of the deadly threat, and through research, she discovers that the threat may be supernatural.

Watch Dark Skies on Netflix now.

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12. Mercy Black

This 2019 horror flick follows a woman who is released from a psychiatric hospital after she stabbed a classmate 15 years ago to conjure a ghost. When she goes to live with her sister, she realises that her nephew is obsessed with the same ghost, and she must try to save him from the demonic evil that's about to take over.

Watch Mercy Black on Netflix now.

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13. The Influence

In this eerie Spanish thriller, a young mother returns with her family to the mansion she was raised in (and had a terribly unhappy childhood in) to look after her venomous mother, who is in a coma yet refuses to die.

Watch The Influence on Netflix now.

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14. The 3rd Eye

When two sisters move back into their childhood home after the death of their parents, one of the sisters senses that the house may also be inhabited by a dark, unseen presence.

Watch The 3rd Eye on Netflix now.

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15. The 3rd Eye 2

In this follow-up to The 3rd Eye, Alia takes a job in an orphanage. There, she meets a teen named Nadia who claims that she possesses the same inner eyes that Alia does, and that she hears eerie voices in the walls — the source of which they try to find together.

Watch The 3rd Eye 2 on Netflix now.

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16. Don't Listen

The Spanish film Don't Listen tells the story of a family who experiences the loss of their nine-year-old son and begins hearing a cry for help. As they decide to bring in a paranormal expert, the haunting within the house leads to bizarre events.

Watch Don't Listen on Netflix now.

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17. The Swarm

The 2021 French film The Swarm will definitely give you goosebumps. The film follows a single mother who breeds locusts for the purpose of eating them as a high-protein food. But here's the twist: they discover that these insects have a taste for blood.

Watch The Swarm on Netflix now.

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18. Hypersomnia

Hypersomnia is an Argentinian thriller about a young starlet who, while rehearsing for a play about human trafficking, finds herself relieving tragic scenes that are hard to depict from reality. The movie was released in 2016.

Watch Hypersomnia now.

19. Sabrina

You'll never look at dolls the same after watching Sabrina. The 2018 Indonesian horror movie tells the tale of an orphaned niece who lives with a toy manufacturer. All is fine and well until Maira calls her late mother's spirit into play and strange events begin to happen.

Watch Sabrina now.

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20. May the Devil Take You

May the Devil Take You is an Indonesian horror film that deserves your attention. When a young woman searches for answers about her father's strange illness, she discovers an alarming truth.

Watch May the Devil Take You now.

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21. Ravenous

If you like zombie movies, then you'll enjoy this fresh take on flesh-eating villains in Ravenous. Based in a rural post-apocalyptic Quebec town is a group of survivors who, in the face of evil zombies and an impending plague, flee their home.

Watch Ravenous now.

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22. The House Next Door

In the Indian horror film The House Next Door, a new family moves into a young couple's neighbourhood and completely changes their lives ... for the worse.

Watch The House Next Door now.

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23. Stree

If you enjoy ghosts and spirits, then Stree is the film for you. The Indian horror film tells the story of a town that fears an evil spirit that comes each year, calling men by their names, abducting them, and leaving nothing but their clothes behind. One young tailor doesn't believe the tale until it happens to him.

Watch Stree now.

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24. The Blackcoat's Daughter

Starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Boynton, the Canadian horror film The Blackcoat's Daughter tells the tale of two students who get left behind at an all-girls boarding school, where they're forced to battle an unforeseen presence.

Watch The Blackcoat's Daughter now.

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25. Cargo

The Australian horror film Cargo takes place during a horrible zombie pandemic in which an infected father hunts to find his daughter a new home before he inevitably changes for the worst.

Watch Cargo now.

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26. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Starring Ruth Wilson and Paula Prentiss, the Canadian film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House tells the story of a live-in nurse who winds up taking care of a horror novelist only to find that the home they reside in is haunted.

Watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House now.

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