10 Ultra-Creepy Netflix Original Movies You May Have Missed

Equal parts gross-out horror and tense mystery thriller, The Perfection tells the story of Charlotte (Williams), who, after dropping out of a prestigious music academy, is tasked with finding a new protégé for her former professor, Anton (Steven Weber). After sleeping with Charlotte, Elizabeth (Browning) comes down with a mysterious sickness, the symptoms of which include vomiting spiders and bugs crawling around under her arm. The story only delves deeper into twists and turns from there, as thoughts of revenge and jealousy between Charlotte and Elizabeth begin to slowly unravel to reveal a horrifying truth.

Jessie (Carla Gugino) goes on a vacation to an isolated lake house with her husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) to try to rekindle their relationship. During a particularly intense and uncomfortable role play foreplay session, Gerald handcuffs Jessie to the bed, locking her arms to the headboard. But shortly after, Gerald dies, leaving Jessie trapped with no easy way to escape. Soon, she's confronted by strange, frightening visions and memories, all while she's tormented by the voice of her dead husband. The movie is based on a Stephen King novel, so you can expect the same twisted psychological horror that forms the core of some of King's best stories.

When a group of friends decide to take a shortcut through a strange forest during their hiking trip through Sweden, they run afoul of some forest-dwelling locals and their grisly rituals. The Ritual evokes Blair Witch-style vibes without the "found footage" style, painting a tense, paranoia-laced portrait of a group of friends working through their shared trauma and history to survive a supernatural threat.

Cargo isn't your typical zombie flick. Rather than focusing on a large group of strangers brought together by circumstance a la Dawn of the Dead or even Zombieland, Cargo zeroes in on Andy (Martin Freeman), a survivor of a zombie apocalypse who, after becoming infected himself, must find another group of survivors to take care of his infant daughter, Rosie.

Set during the First Carlist War in Spain, Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil is a period horror film that borders on fantasy, evoking a style similar to Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. It tells the story of a young girl, Usue (Uma Bracaglia), who unwittingly frees the demon (Eneko Sagardoy) that was being held captive by a blacksmith (Kandido Uranga).

Horror-comedy The Babysitter centers on Cole (Judah Lewis) and his crush on his babysitter, Bee (Samara Weaving). But after Cole learns that Bee might actually be part of a satanic cult, he finds that they'll stop at nothing to keep him quiet about their activities. It's a great slasher flick that's surprisingly funny in places and certainly worth a watch.

Eli (Charlie Shotwell) is a boy who's lived his entire life in protective gear due to his severe allergic reactions to the outdoors. His parents, Rose (Kelly Reilly) and Paul (Max Martini) take him to a clean house facility for a mysterious treatment, where he meets Dr. Horn (Lili Taylor). Left alone, Eli experiences hauntings and sees supernatural phenomena, leaving him to wonder about the origins of the house and its proprietor.

Dan Stevens stars in this tale about Thomas Richardson (Stevens), whose sister, Jennifer (Elen Rhys), has been kidnapped by a mysterious cult. He sets out to a remote Welsh island to rescue her, posing as a convert, only to become embroiled in their bloody, horrific rituals. It's a movie that revels in dread from the get-go.

Evoking the same kinds of chills that you might come to expect from a haunted house movie, I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House stars Ruth Wilson as Lily, a live-in nurse hired to take care of an elderly author, Iris Bloom (Paula Prentiss). As Lily learns of the house's sordid past, she finds herself beset by horrors and frights because of Iris' incredibly strong connection to the supernatural.

Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) are terrorized by thanks to their son, Cody (Jacob Tremblay), whose nightmares come to life when he falls asleep. There are a few unsettling moments in the film, but it doesn't rely on jump scares to get its eerie story across.

There's something for everybody on this list: slow-burn, dread-packed descents into darkness, mysterious woods filled with bloody cultists, and even a unique story set in a zombie apocalypse, which is a fairly overused trope by today's standards. And when you're ready to dig deeper into the Netflix catalog, you'll find plenty more where these came from.