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And while not every spooky film is well-received, some, like The Birds and A Nightmare on Elm Street, have garnered lots of critical acclaim and still hold up even years after their original releases.

Here are the best horror movies of all time, ranked by critics.

Classic horror flicks, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Fly also received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Even though not every spooky film is well-received, some have received critical acclaim and are still just as great years after they were originally released.

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Related: The Top 10 Richest People in India 2019 It follows a graduate student in Chicago as shes writing her thesis on Urban legends, and in doing so, she comes across the legend of the Candyman.

The Last Exorcism (2010) The first horror movie to kick start our list is The Last Exorcism.

Directed by Daniel Stam and released in 2010, The Last Exorcism is an American supernatural horror movie staring Partick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr and Louis Herthum.

Its about a slightly odd evangelical minister, who agrees to participate in a documentary that captures his last exorcism and exposes the fraudulent activites in his ministry.

The film was a major box office success, grossing over 67 million, and has a current Rotten Tomato rating of 72.

May The Devil Take You (2018) Released in 2018, May The Devil Take You is an Indonesian horror film, written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto.

The film follows a young girl, Alfie, whos trying to figure out her fathers illness.

This leads her to visit his old house where she ends up stumbling on a lot more than she bargained for.

The film was officially released by Netflix on 9 August 2018 and the sequel, Chapter 2, was released later the following year.

Rotten Tomatoes gives it a current rating of 83.

The Sixth Sense (1999) The next best horror movie on Netflix is The Sixth Sense.

The Sixth Sense is a supernatural horror-thriller that follows a young boy whos able to see and talk to the dead.

The film was well-received by critics upon release and became the second-highest-grossing film of 1999, accumulating somewhere in the region of 293 million in the US and around 379 million from around the globe.

Apostle (2018) Written and directed by Gareth Evans, Apostle is a 2018 horror period film starring Dan Stevens, Lucy Boynton, Mark Lewis and Bill Meaner.

After finding out his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult, Thomas Richardson travels to the island where his sisters being held and prepares himself to get her back, whatever the cost the maybe.

Whilst on the island, he uncovers an evil secret more sinister than he can imagine.

Apostle premiered at Fantastic Fest in September 2018 and began streaming on Netflix shortly after in October.

Critics gave the film a lot of praise, especially for its cinematography, visuals, performances and blend of horror genres.

Ravenous (2018) Coming in at number twenty-one on our list of the best horror movies on Netflix is, Ravenous.

French language Canadian horror film, Ravenous, was written and directed by Robin Aubert and stars Marc Andr Grondin, Monia Chokri, Brigitte Poupart, Luc Proulx, Charlotte St-Martin and Micheline Lanctot.

The plot follows a small town in Quebec, Canada, as they try to deal with a virus outbreak which leads to a horrific zombie attack.

Ravenous was well received by critics and won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film.

It was also nominated for several other awards, like Best Motion Picture.

Cargo (2017) The twentieth best horror movie on Netflix right now is Cargo.

Cargo is a 2017 Australian horror drama, directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke.

It stars, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes, Martin Freeman, Susie Porter and Caren Pistorius.

Cargo premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 6 October 2017 and was released in Australian cinemas in May 2018.

It received mainly positive reviews from critics and holds a firm rating of 88 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Candyman (1992) Candyman is a classic 1992 American horror film thats based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker.

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