It's only a matter of days before Halloween, and time to really start packing in those scary movies to set the mood. Last time, we got the ball rolling with a selection of recommended movies from Hulu, and here's an additional thirteen (!)—in honor of the witching hour—from Netflix. Like our last batch, this selection ranges from moody and spooky to gory and funny. They include zombies, vampires, piranha, giant bugs, and wurdalaks. Light up your jack-o-lantern and press play.
Nosferatu
★★★★★
Widely considered one of the greatest directors in history, F.W. Murnau was one of the original German Expressionists, using extraordinary sets and angles to illuminate the moods of his stories. For Nosferatu (1922), he adapted Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, but failed to secure the rights. Stoker's family tried to sue, and we almost lost this amazing film to history. The incredible, creepy Max Schreck stars as the ratlike Count Orlok, who rises out of his coffin, stiff as a board, not moving a muscle. For further research, see Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a fiction film that imagines what this movie might have been like if Schreck were a real vampire.
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