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10 Horror Movies To Watch On Netflix If You Want A Scary Night

People watch horror movies in all kinds of ways. Some of us guys know to use them when we want a girl to cuddle up next to us (I remember trying that with The Woman in Black, and ended up being more scared than my lady companion…). Many try their luck watching them to prove they are tough – on the other hand, I know plenty of people who refuse to watch a scary movie alone; safety in numbers, I suppose.

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Stephen King’s The Children Of The Corn

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By no means the greatest book-to-film adaptation out there (it is a Stephen King rendition, after all), 1984’s The Children of the Corn still offers enough of the author’s haunting inspiration to keep everyone watching on edge.

The story follows a couple, Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton AKA Sarah Connor), who find themselves stuck in the agricultural town of Gatlin, Nebraska. An innocent enough looking place, the two come to realize that it’s overrun by a cult of children who kill anybody over the age of 18 as sacrifice for a demonic being. Led by the tantalizing Isaac (John Franklin), whose eyes are just about as creepy as his satanic agenda, and armed with your usual farming equipment, these kids are not to be messed with.

Is it cheesy?  Yes. Is it outdated? Yes, especially when the unseen “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” enacts his fury. But there’s something about the idea of a kindergarten cult with sickles that’s alarming enough to look past the technological discrepancies.