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If you spent the 2010s actively popping red balloons, avoiding reading creepy children’s pop-up books, and declining invitations to quaint cabins in the woods, you must have been feasting on as many monster movies as we did.

One of the oldest forms of horror cinema, monster movies and their dreaded villains come in all shapes. Whether they're aliens, ghouls, demons, or vampires, monsters can represent a manifestation of our own fears. Or more uncomfortably, they can represent who we truly are. And honestly, we have a lot to fear these days, even if these fears aren't always straightforward to explain — that’s where monsters come in.

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From 2010 to 2019, Pennywise the Clown chased us through the sewers, Mister Babadook became an icon on-screen and off, and vampires got unexpectedly polite. Here are 13 of our favourite monster movies, unranked, from the 2010s. Just remember, if you find a creepy diary in a cabin basement, don't read the Latin.

1. IT Noooooope. Credit: Warner Bros / Everett / Shutterstock

All it took for this modern horror masterpiece's marketing team was a bunch of well-placed red balloons to strike fear into the hearts of cinema-goers. Andrés Muschietti's formidable 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's classic 1986 horror novel was realised in two parts, with the former being one of the best monster movies of the decade — both smashing critical responses and box office numbers.

Set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, IT sees a motley group of seven kids, the so-called Losers' Club, who must confront their own personal demons to battle the terrifying Pennywise, a murderous clown who casually slithers out of the sewer system to prey on children. While the film’s not just about a scary clown, and delves deeper into fears associated with adolescence, the clown will truly haunt you. Bill Skarsgård, who's been perfecting that fucked-up smile since he was a kid, truly spins an unforgettable Pennywise — if he's not on-screen, you dread when he will be. While IT: Chapter Two proves an ample ending and features an undeniably top-notch performance by Bill Hader, it is the first chapter that truly stands out. Or rather, floats.

How to watch: IT is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.

2. A Quiet Place No crunchy snacks allowed. Credit: Moviestore / Shutterstock

John Krasinski’s tense directorial debut, A Quiet Place, weaponized sound to the point that audiences found themselves too scared to eat crunchy snacks during the movie. This hold-your-breath horror film follows a young family — led by Krasinski himself, alongside Emily Blunt — doing their best to silently survive in a world where monsters hunt by sound.

"Sound plays another character in this film. Sound's the enemy of this family," said Blunt. It's this plot device that had the film constantly compared to Netflix's Bird Box, but A Quiet Place differentiates itself in many ways, one of which is the decision to show the monsters. Reveal aside, the film will leave you with many lingering questions, some of which we can help with.

Plus, there's a sequel and a prequel if you survive the first film.

How to watch: A Quiet Place is now streaming on Paramount+.

3. The Babadook Still recovering... Credit: Shutterstock

Ba-ba-DOOOOOK. You'll never quite see a children's pop-up book the same way after watching Australian director Jennifer Kent's frightening feature-length debut. Based on Kent’s 2005 short film Monster, The Babadook is an elegant, poignant, and frankly terrifying analysis of grief, not to mention one of the most impactful monster movies of the last decade.

Lead actor Essie Davis truly puts everything into her performance as Amelia Vanek, a woman who is tormented, along with her son, by the titular monster — a croaking, towering figure in a top hat you won't easily forget. Kent used puppetry and stop-motion to create the now-iconic creature, which took on a life of its own outside the film when Mister Babadook emerged as an unofficial mascot of Pride.

How to watch: The Babadook is now streaming on Shudder.

4. Attack the Block Oh, you want a great alien film? Here. Credit: Screen Gems / Everett / Shutterstock

Featuring John Boyega's feature-length film debut and co-starring future Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker, Attack the Block is one of the most creative and fun monster movies of the decade.

Written and directed by Joe Cornish (also his feature-length film debut), this British sci-fi comedy horror sees a group of teenagers, led by Boyega, who must defend their council estate from some incredibly pissed-off aliens — or rather, "big alien gorilla wolf motherfuckers" — all on Guy Fawkes Night. It’s gruesome and hilarious, and produced by the studio behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

How to watch: Attack the Block is now streaming on Max.

5. What We Do in the Shadows The mockumentary that launched the TV series. Credit: Moviestore / Shutterstock

The 2014 mockumentary that spawned the excellent TV spin-off sees Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement as co-writers, co-directors, and hilarious co-stars as vampire housemates — along with Jonathan Brugh and Cori Gonzalez-Macuer — living their very best lives after dark in Wellington, New Zealand. Throw in some exceedingly polite werewolves, led by Conchords alum Rhys Darby, trying their best to avoid being rude — "We're werewolves, not swearwolves!" — and you’ve got one hell of a fun monster movie.

How to watch: What We Do in the Shadows is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.

6. Shin Godzilla Who is responsible for this situation? Credit: Cine Bazar Toho Company / Kobal / Shutterstock

While the rebooted big-budget popcorn blockbusters Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters have smashed and crashed through cinemas before this, another take on the terrible lizard took the crown in the 2010s. From Evangelion mastermind Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Shin Godzilla unpacks the bureaucracy behind handling the invasion of a Giant Unidentified Creature. The film blatantly takes its cues from the government's handling of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Though there are some spectacularly destructive city-stomping scenes, the film focuses on the repercussions of a government slow to act during a disaster. You'll sit through meeting upon meeting, weighing pros and cons, considering expert testimony, and managing logistics before any action is taken. Which government agency is responsible for this thing? What's the biggest priority: people or damage? While this is all happening, the evolving monster itself just looks like it's having the greatest time, slithering and smashing its way to global chaos.

How to watch: Shin Godzilla is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video (but only in the UK right now).

7. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 11/10 film. Credit: Say Ahh Prods / Spectrevision / Logan/Black Light District / Kino Lorber / Kobal / Shutterstock

You've never seen an Iranian feminist vampire Western like this. Seriously, it's the only one. Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour's feature-length film debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night hinges on the nightly hunts of an intense young vampire (Sheila Vand) who rides a skateboard. Set in the ominous small town of Bad City, it's at once a sweet love story, a slick crime movie, a full-blown noir, a reinvented Western, and a bloody monster flick, with one of the best soundtracks around.

How to watch: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is now streaming on Kanopy.

8. Troll Hunter Oop, there's one. Credit: Film Fund Fuzz / Filmkameratene / Kobal / Shutterstock

If you were to tell me that a found-footage horror about trolls would actually be an effective monster movie, I’d think you were... trolling me (pew! pew!). But Norwegian director André Øvredal's Troll Hunter uses dry humour and creative mythology-building to ask one question: What if there are trolls hiding in the mountains, and the Norwegian government not only knows about it but has deployed specialised hunters to keep them at bay?

It’s a mockumentary that deploys the ol' student filmmaker-shot, first-person POV techniques popularised by The Blair Witch Project. While there are some good scares, it's actually kind of fun too. The key lies in the troll hunter himself.

How to watch: Troll Hunter is now streaming on Max.

9. The Cabin in the Woods Everything is not as it seems. Credit: MGM / Kobal / Shutterstock

A film that's much smarter than it looks, The Cabin in the Woods is the ultimate slasher/monster movie homage. The directorial debut of Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Drew Goddard, the film unpacks the horror genre as expertly as Randy from Scream would. A group of college friends, each embodying a well-known horror trope, hit the road for the requisite drunken weekend away in a remote forest cabin.

But if you think you know where this film's going, you're wrong. That's the key to this savvy horror film, with two mysterious figures (the show-stealing Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins) quite literally changing the game on our protagonists. There are monsters aplenty, in every shape and size. If only everyone would listen to Marty (Fran Kranz): "Do not read the Latin."

How to watch: The Cabin in the Woods is now streaming on Peacock.

10. Train to Busan All aboard. Credit: Everett / Shutterstock

There are zombie films, and there are zombie films, and South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho's 2016 thriller Train to Busan is one of a kind. Almost entirely set on a train travelling from Seoul, the film follows Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) and his daughter Su-an (Kim Su-an), an estranged pair who find themselves passengers amid a zombie outbreak.

As fast-paced as its hordes of undead (these zombies run, Dawn of the Dead remake-style), the film sinks those gnashing teeth in and doesn't let go until the final sequence. The sheer scale of the zombie population in this film is realised through impressive extra work, and there are more than a few sequences that'll have you shifting uncomfortably in your seat. Genuinely moving, very bloody, and above all, an example of who the true monsters inevitably turn out to be during a disaster: us.

How to watch: Train to Busan is now streaming on Peacock.

11. Crimson Peak Underrated. Don't even try me. Credit: Legendary / Universal / Kobal / Shutterstock

Guillermo del Toro dabbled in a spot of Victorian-era Gothic horror in 2015 with his big-budget ghost story Crimson Peak. It's your classic set-up: A mysterious English baronet (Tom Hiddleston) with a crumbling mansion in northern England piques the romantic interest of an aspiring New York author (Mia Wasikowska), and off they trot to their creepy new home. But of course, the mansion holds a secret, not to mention conveniently blood-red clay grounds, some frighteningly bloody ghosts, and a highly sinister sister figure (Jessica Chastain). Armed with some solid jump-scares, Crimson Peak is the kind of camp, isolated-location nightmare that the likes of Edgar Allan Poe might appreciate.

How to watch: Crimson Peak is now streaming on Prime Video.

12. Under the Skin Not your average monster movie. Credit: A24 / Everett / Shutterstock

Now here's an unconventional monster movie that will stay, uh, under your skin for a long time after the credits roll. The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer's haunting 2013 sci-fi Under the Skin sees Scarlett Johansson as a predatory alien who drives around hunting men in Scotland. But it's not that straightforward. It's one of the strangest, most hypnotic, and relentlessly unsettling movie experiences of the decade — and musician and composer Mica Levi's score is the stuff of seductive nightmares. Plus, the sheer ambition of this A24 production itself must be noted: Many of the scenes were filmed with hidden cameras within the film's white van, which Johansson herself drove as she trawled for everyday men, not actors, while Glazer and his team sat with monitors in the back.

How to watch: Under the Skin is now streaming on Kanopy.

13. Under the Shadow A hidden gem of a monster movie. Credit: Moviestore / Shutterstock

Tehran in the '80s during the Iran-Iraq War is the last place you'd expect to be facing a djinn, but in Under the Shadow, that’s exactly what's up. The feature-length directorial debut of Iranian-born, London-based filmmaker Babak Anvari, this modern version of a haunted house horror film centres around medical student Shideh (Narges Rashidi), whose family's apartment building is hit by a missile during the conflict. But that's not the only thing to worry about, with a shadowy presence threatening Shideh and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) in between all-too-human attacks. It's a bona fide master class in tension building.

How to watch: Under the Shadow is now streaming on Netflix.

UPDATE: Sep. 20, 2024, 2:56 p.m. EDT This article was first published Oct. 18, 2019. It's been updated and republished since then to reflect current streaming options.

Looking to spike your cortisol levels? Then we've got the Netflix streaming guide for you.

From old frights to new fears, we've scoured Netflix's horror catalog to find the best cinematic nightmares for darkening your device. Of course, not all terrifying titles are born of the same fire and brimstone — so we've included a variety of ethereal ghost stories, stark home invasion horrors, gentrifying vampires, psychological thrillers, classic creeps, satirical scares, and more. Yes, Netflix originals like the Fear Street trilogy and I'm Thinking of Ending Things are on here. But we've also got genre staples and hidden gems.

Here are the best scary movies currently streaming on Netflix — all of them packed with eerie entertainment value, because you don't need to sleep ever again. Happy haunting!

SEE ALSO: What to watch: Best scary movies 25. The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Anybody who saw the absolute blast of found footage fun that was 2010's Troll Hunter knew that Norwegian director André Øvredal was somebody to watch out for. And yet six years later, his follow-up, this claustrophobic oddity about a father and son pair of coroners (pre-Succession Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch) who go to work trying to figure out what killed the mysterious, unblemished young woman whose body has been delivered to their lab, didn't make much of a sound. Not at first, anyway. 

But over the years the film's cult has steadily grown, and by now from where I stand, it's become a stone cold (or should I say, "corpse cold"?) classic. Awash in deeply unsettling body horror that digs its hooks deep into our anxieties about what's under our own skin, The Autopsy of Jane Doe eventually twists its scalpel to become something even stranger still. A real hidden gem. — Jason Adams, Freelance Contributor

How to watch: The Autopsy of Jane Doe is now streaming on Netflix.

24. El Conde Credit: Netflix

Chilean General Augusto Pinochet was one of history's most notorious dictators and a voracious embezzler, to boot. What if he were "bloodthirsty" in a more literal sense? 

From Spencer director Pablo Larraín,  this pitch-black satire reimagines Pinochet (played here by Jaime Vadell) as a 250-year-old vampire, living in exile with a family whose ready to tear him (and each other?) apart over his vast fortune. Think of it as "Blood Succession," but with a math-whiz nun at the center of it (Paula Luchsinger, who nearly steals the film). 

Filmed in lush black and white, El Conde is a dark, clever, and often gruesome gothic alternative history. It pulls off the feat of offering supernatural chills while never losing sight of the monstrous historical evils which it draws upon. — Rufus Hickok, Contributing Writer

How to watch: El Conde is now streaming on Netflix.

23. Under the Shadow 

Times are tense in 1980s Tehran for mother Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi). The former medical student is worried about running afoul of Iran’s repressive post-revolutionary government, and the country is mired in a seemingly endless war with Iraq. Her husband Iraj (Bobby Naderi) is called to serve as a doctor on the frontlines, and their apartment building is being shelled daily.

Things only get worse after a bomb hits their apartment building and lodges, unexploded, in the roof; as their neighbors flee to safer locations, the building becomes downright uncanny. Did the bomb let something — or someone — in? Precious objects are disappearing from their apartment or being thrown out entirely, which the feverish little girl blames on malevolent djinn. It's up to Shideh to save not only her daughter's life from all these external threats but her very soul from malevolent, seemingly mystical intruders. 

In his first feature-length film, Iranian-born director Babak Anvari proves adept at slowly ratcheting up the paranoid atmosphere and jittery details, before finally letting it all explode in the last act. — R.H. 

How to watch: Under the Shadow is now streaming on Netflix.

22. Run Rabbit Run Credit: Netflix

Succession star Sarah Snook has more to worry about than the Roy family in this Aussie chiller. She plays Sarah, a divorced mother and fertility doctor suddenly in charge of her late father's estate — which includes her estranged mother, Joan (Greta Scacchi), who is in the beginning stages of dementia and is in an adult care home. If that weren't enough, Sarah's young daughter, Mia (Lily LaTorre), has begun acting strange. First, it’s the stray rabbit she’s brought home and started dressing like. Then, it’s some creepy crayon drawings and insistent demands to visit Joan, whom Mia has never met. Finally, it’s the girl’s conviction that she’s not Mia at all but Alice, Sarah’s sister who went missing when they were children at the same age Mia is now. Is Alice back for some sisterly spooks? Director Daina Reid makes deft use of unnerving sound design, creepy visuals, and a pervasive sense of dread and danger to strongly suggest the answer is yes. — R.H. 

How to watch: Run Rabbit Run is now streaming on Netflix.

SEE ALSO: We need to talk about 'Run Rabbit Run's twisted ending 21. The Babysitter

Y'know, I'm not sure The Babysitter really works as a movie; it's more the idea of a movie loosely strung together by one-liners and style. Still, it's a fun way to kill a few hours. Samara Weaving stars as the titular childcare professional, a popular teen with a passion for human sacrifice and one-liners. Judah Lewis stars as the kid being babysat, with supporting performances by Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, and Andrew Bachelor. The sequel, released in 2020, is more of the same — so if you like the first, do a double feature. — Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter

How to watch: The Babysitter is now streaming on Netflix.

20. Bone Tomahawk

If you've already seen Bone Tomahawk — writer/director S. Craig Zahler's feature debut, the blackhearted 2015 Western that stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, and David Arquette — then you know the infamous scene that cemented this movie's place in the pantheon of cinematic nastiness. If not, well, prepare yourselves. This movie, and that scene in particular, definitely doesn't mess around. (With those vibes and Arquette's presence, it very much feels like the heir to Antonio Bird's 1999 masterpiece Ravenous, which is no small compliment.)

Russell plays the sheriff of a small desert town in the 1890s who's forced to head out into the wild with some men when several of his townspeople are kidnapped by a tribe of Native Americans who've gone off the deep end, to put it mildly. (The film manages to thread the needle on what could be considered problematic representation, making it clear this tribe is shunned by all the other tribes due to their inbred cannibalistic savagery.) That's basically the entirety of it: a rescue mission that goes very, very, very sour, very fast. It's brutally tense, truly nightmare-inducing stuff — torture porn on the Western front. — J.A. 

How to watch: Bone Tomahawk is now streaming on Netflix.

19. Velvet Buzzsaw Credit: Claudette Barius / Netflix

From the dude behind the brilliant 2014 psychological thriller Nightcrawler comes a hilarious — and horrifying — send-up of the Los Angeles art scene. In writer-director Dan Gilroy's epic Velvet Buzzsaw, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, and half a dozen other performers you probably love act their hearts out as fine art appreciators hunted down and killed by their priceless pieces. (Seriously, Billy Magnussen gets strangled by a painting of monkeys. It's awesome.) — A.F.

How to watch: Velvet Buzzsaw is now streaming on Netflix.

18. Blood Red Sky

Netflix's Blood Red Sky is one of those horror movies made so much better by knowing as little as possible going into it that I'm going to try to say as little as possible to get you to watch it. Directed by Peter Thorwarth, who co-wrote the script with Stefan Holtz, this action horror adventure combines the best parts of Flight Plan with tinges of A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. Star Peri Baumeister is completely breathtaking as a woman attempting to protect her son from hijackers aboard a transatlantic voyage. — A.F.

How to watch: Blood Red Sky is now streaming on Netflix.

17. The Ritual

In director David Bruckner's scenic tour of a hellscape, four pals hike through northern Sweden to honor a departed friend. Of course, their trip soon morphs into a torturous and never-ending nightmare — with a killer lead performance by Rafe Spall. Slippery and divisive, this movie begs to be picked apart. More likely than not, you'll love the world it creates but hate the way it ends. Or, like me, you'll love the world it creates and how it ends. Have fun with it! And pack bug spray! — A.F.

How to watch: The Ritual is now streaming on Netflix.

16. Apostle Credit: Netflix

Before Michael Sheen became the angel Aziraphale in Amazon's Good Omens, he celebrated religion in a, uh... "different" way. Apostle is a completely bonkers period horror film that features Sheen at his most terrifying, playing a cult leader with an affinity for bloodletting and other "creative" religious sacraments. Lead Dan Stevens keeps the slow-paced narrative moving, with stunning supporting performances by The Politician's Lucy Boynton and Welsh stage actor Mark Lewis Jones. — A.F.

How to watch: Apostle is now streaming on Netflix.

15. Pearl

The middle child of director Ti West's X trilogy – flanked by X before and MaXXXine after – is, in typical middle child fashion, the weirdest of the bunch. No offense to middle children; we're so very here for it! Flashing us some 60 years back from the Texas Chain Saw-adjacent slasher setting of X, Pearl doles out the 1918-set backstory for that first film's elderly murderess (also played by Mia Goth), showing us what sent her off toward cuckoo-town in the first place. And oh, what a wild tale it is.

Isolated on her parent's farm during that year's notorious flu pandemic and finding her big flashy (and deluded) dreams of stardom dashed at every turn, Pearl works just fine as a demented little stand-alone picture. It never demands you be familiar with what happens in either of its bookend movies. It's just its own little surreal technicolor tale of ambitions curdled, featuring an instantly iconic horror performance from Goth as we watch Pearl give 40 whacks to every bastard who keeps her down. Cuz she's a star, dammit. And is she ever. — J.A.

How to watch: Pearl is now streaming on Netflix.

14. It Follows

Kicking off with a righteous banger of an opening scene — we watch a young woman run out of her house half-dressed in a panic from something we can't see, only to end up moments later unnervingly mangled in the sand of a local beach — David Robert Mitchell's 2015 new classic of atmospheric terror never lets up. Much like the shape-shifting entity at its heart, which passes from teenager to teenager like an STD on fire. 

Starring Maika Monroe (who cemented her Scream Queen status this year thanks to the double-feature of this and The Guest) as unwitting teen Jay, who's just met a sweet, mysterious boy she likes, It Follows immediately becomes a death march of tension that thrums along on Disasterpeace's masterful throwback synth score. And Mitchell's brilliantly off-kilter camera work does a lot of the heavy-lifting, giving us a nightmare that presents itself in bright light and familiar spaces, disfiguring ordinariness into something unforgettably horrific. — J.A.

How to watch: It Follows is now streaming on Netflix.

13. Cam Credit: Netflix

One of the most underrated titles in Netflix's original horror catalog, Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber's Cam combines the tumultuous world of professional webcam modeling with the insidious terrors of a body-snatching whodunnit. The Handmaid's Tale's Madeline Brewer stars as Alice Ackerman, an ambitious performer eager to climb up the digital ranks who finds herself confronted with a doppelgänger gunning to take her spot, her fans, and maybe...her life. — A.F.

How to watch: Cam is now streaming on Netflix.

12. The Babadook

Way back before becoming an inexplicable LGBTQ+ icon, The Babadook was just a simple ghoul standing in front of a girl asking her to "dook dook dook" it. Anyway, enough has been written in the last decade about director Jennifer Kent's 2014 film being an "allegory for grief" that we should probably start writing papers about those papers now. Or perhaps we should just wipe away the cobwebs and see the movie for what it is, which is a barn-burner of a tale about an overworked mom (Essie Davis, who deserved all of the awards for this performance) and her anxious little boy Samuel (Noah Wiseman, really earning that "World's Most Annoying Brat" mug) unraveling together hand-in-hand in the wake of family tragedy. The performances keep everything almost too relatable, and Kent's eye for gothic weirdness summoned a new horror icon right out of thin air. — J.A.

How to watch: The Babadook is now streaming on Netflix.

11. Bodies Bodies Bodies

Director Halina Reijn's Bodies Bodies Bodies is a spin on the "Old Dark House" trope — get a bunch of pretty people trapped inside a space and then start picking them off one by one, until the survivor(s) can suss out the killer(s) and their motive(s). Here it's a "Hurricane Party" thrown by rich dickweed David (Pete Davidson) at his parent's palatial place. We enter the festivities alongside girlfriends Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) and Bee (Borat 2 breakout​ Maria Bakalova), who want to showcase their new love to Sophie's old friends. But once the bodies start hitting the hardwood floors, old tensions and new questions — who is this stranger in their midst? — quickly arise. All that, plus a hilarious Rachel Sennott and a half-naked Lee Pace opening a champagne bottle with a sword! What more could one ask for? — J.A.

How to watch: Bodies Bodies Bodies is now streaming on Netflix.

SEE ALSO: Let's talk about that shocking 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' ending, with director Halina Reijn 10. 1922 Credit: Netflix

Directed by Zak Hilditch and based on Stephen King's novella of the same name, 1922 tackles classic themes of guilt, envy, and evil through the grim lens of the American Dust Bowl. Thomas Jane and Molly Parker square off to striking effect, painting a portrait of a marriage that is as at once remarkably absurd and nauseatingly plausible. The couple's son, played by Dylan Schmid, is just as compelling, with a heartbreaking storyline you won't soon forget. (FYI, fans of the book, there are big changes to the adaptation's ending that didn't bother me but could bother you.) — A.F.

How to watch: 1922 is now streaming on Netflix.

9. Ouija: Origin of Evil 

The biggest surprise in Ouija: Origin of Evil, the 2016 prequel to the mediocre 2014 film Ouija, was when it turned out to actually be a good movie. It makes sense now, since Origin of Evil's director Mike Flanagan has gone on to mesmerize us with The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. But in 2016 this movie hit as a shock — the best kind. 

Set in the late 1960s, this is an old-fashioned tale of two sisters, one of whom asks the board to connect with their dead father and the other one who gets possessed by an evil spirit in the process. Flanagan manages to suss out big wallops of the oogie-boogies from the little wooden board and its recognizable planchette, which has haunted every sleepover for the past 130 years. (Ouija boards as we know them date all the way back to 1890, if you can believe it!)* — J.A.

How to watch: Ouija: Origin of Evil is streaming on Netflix.

8. Vampires vs. the Bronx

Want a movie that's got excitement, comedy, a scorching message about the evils of gentrification, and is a kid-friendly romp? Then take a bite out of Vampires vs. the Bronx. Oz Perkins' PG-13 horror-comedy centers on Afro-Latino teens, who recognize that a flurry of missing person posters and influx of rich white folks with tote bags means bad news for the neighborhood. Together, they team up Monster Squad-style to take down the bloodsuckers and save their community. With a sharp wit, a warm heart, a rich sense of atmosphere, and an equal appreciation for the Blade movies and '80s Amblin, Vampires vs. the Bronx is an easy watch full of rewards.* — Kristy Puchko, Film Editor

How to watch: Vampires vs. the Bronx is now streaming on Netflix.

7. The Fear Street trilogy Credit: Netflix

Director Leigh Janiak pulls off a small movie miracle in her Fear Street trilogy, delivering consistently fun and fright-filled sequels that just keep getting better. Start your journey off with Fear Street Part One: 1994, in which we meet the cursed teens of a town named Shadyside. For years, the suburban haven has been terrorized by mass murderers — all of them normal townspeople who seemingly "snapped" over nothing.

Across Fear Street Part Two: 1978 and Fear Street Part Three: 1666, get to the bottom of the mystery behind these killings and their connection to the legendary Shadyside Witch. Based on the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine, this is a punchy slasher with enough gore and goofs to fuel a straight-through binge. — A.F.

How to watch: The Fear Street trilogy is now streaming on Netflix.

6. The Perfection

From cellos and foreplay to hallucinations and hiking, The Perfection does absolutely whatever it wants. Featuring Allison Williams in her best role since Get Out and Dear White People's Logan Browning in her best part ever, this vibrant genre blend will get a reaction out of you. Not necessarily a good reaction, but a reaction nonetheless. It's body horror meets psychological thriller meets occult drama meets classical music. With bugs. And vomit. I, for one, loved it! — A.F.

How to watch: The Perfection is now streaming on Netflix.

5. His House Credit: Aidan Monaghan / Netflix

Writer-director Remi Weekes' His House is easily my favorite scary Netflix release from 2020. Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu star as refugees from South Sudan seeking asylum in Britain who are assigned to live in an eerie neighborhood where they aren't welcome. Spectacularly frightening and ruthlessly critical of its subject matter, His House delivers everything it must — and then some. — A.F.

How to watch: His House is now streaming on Netflix.

4. Gerald's Game

Another romp from Mike Flanagan, based on one of Stephen King's lesser-known terrors, Gerald's Game follows a couple on a romantic trip to a remote cabin where things are totally fine and nothing bad happens. Just kidding! It's so, so, so bad! This survival thriller rooted in psychosexual trauma offers an exquisite performance by Carla Gugino, who is devastating nearly every moment she is on screen. Really. It's Haunting of Hill House times 10. Watch it for her. — A.F.

How to watch: Gerald's Game is now streaming on Netflix.

3. Creep

Oh, you thought you liked Mark Duplass? Because he was the love interest in all those indie rom-coms, played that doctor in The Mindy Project, and is easily the best character in The Morning Show? Well, think again! In Creep, a found-footage film that foregoes pageantry for a stark sense of panic, Duplass plays a strange loner named Josef that freelance documentarian Aaron, played by writer-director Patrick Brice, can't quite pin down. Duplass's performance is intoxicating, and Brice imagines a universe so compelling it absolutely merits its equally great sequel (also on Netflix). — A.F.

How to watch: Creep is now streaming on Netflix.

2. Incantation Credit: Netflix

Kevin Ko's Taiwanese horror freaked people out so much that it even started a TikTok challenge and managed to become the all-time highest-grossing horror film in Taiwan. "When one imagines horror movies, it’s almost impossible to not associate them with jump scares, monsters, or slashers," wrote Rizwana Zafer for Mashable. "Incantation does not rely on any of those typical horror movie factors, so it’s not really 'scary' in the traditional sense. Instead, Ko manages to terrify us using suspense and dread, built on the intimacy and psychological terror of the heroine. He plays on our deepest fears to scare us, incorporating elements of gore, trypophobia, and the eeriness of the unknown, that something evil is always lurking in the background."* — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor

How to watch: Incantation is now streaming on Netflix.

1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Emotional demolitions expert/filmmaker Charlie Kaufman destroys audiences once more in the mind-boggling I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Adapted from Iain Reid’s novel of the same name, this cryptically titled psychological thriller follows a woman, played by Jessie Buckley, and her boyfriend, played by Jesse Plemons, on a disturbing visit to his parents’ remote farmhouse. What follows? Well, that depends on who you ask.

A transfixing meditation on art, existence, value, authorship, isolation, and more, I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a truly one-of-a-kind experience as profound as it is disquieting. You may not have a great time in this house of abstract horrors (especially when Toni Collette is on-screen doing those classically terrifying Toni Collette things), but it will be a lasting one.* — A.F.

How to watch: I'm Thinking of Ending Things is streaming on Netflix.

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* denotes that this blurb appeared in a previous Mashable list. 

UPDATE: Sep. 11, 2024, 3:30 p.m. EDT This story was originally published on Oct. 23, 2019. It has been updated to reflect Netflix's current streaming library.

Do you want to watch something scary? Well, you horror stan, Hulu is a great place to start looking.

Right now, the streaming service has a solid lineup of new and old frights, ranging from Hulu originals like False Positive, starring Ilana Glazer, to cross-genre international hits like Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. Of course, not all horror experiences freak us out in the same way — or to the same degree — so you'll want to know what you're getting yourself into before pressing play.

SEE ALSO: What to watch: Best scary movies

To help you out, we've combed through Hulu's catalog and selected the 26 all-around best horror movies available (in no particular order). 

Good luck out there, and remember: Never go alone!

1. False Positive Credit: Hulu

From Mother! to Rosemary's Baby, reproduction has been explored by enough horror titles to qualify pregnancy-terror as its own subgenre. In director John Lee's False Positive, co-written with star Ilana Glazer, the gross-out body stuff you've seen done countless times gets fresh framing with a snappy script that addresses modern mothering imperfectly but thoughtfully. Plus, Pierce Brosnan plays a campy, creepy OB-GYN villain you've just gotta see. — Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter

How to watch: False Positive is streaming on Hulu.

2. It Lives Inside

It Lives Inside stars Never Have I Ever's Megan Suri as Sam, short for Samidha, a first-gen Indian-American teenager who really wants to fit in at school. This means leaving behind the traditions her mother, Poorna (Neeru Bajwa), and her former best friend, Tamira (Mohana Krishnan), hold onto dearly. The tension between the women is already beginning to boil over when we first meet them. So when Tamira embarrasses Sam in the hallway between classes one day by freaking out and claiming there's a horrible spirit trapped inside the jar she's been carrying around, Sam finally breaks — as does the jar when Sam smashes it to the floor in a fit of rage, telling Tamira to get a grip. 

Yeah, needless to say, Tamira was onto something. And now the very real loosed spirit, called the "Pishach," is coming for everybody. A Hindu devourer of souls and flesh that works its way into our world via negative vibes, it's found a feast here among these conflicted immigrants. Out from all of this, director Bishal Dutta crafts a Babadook-ish metaphor with big scary fangs – assimilation as the real American horror story. And we watch Sam spiral into a supernatural tussle for the souls of everybody she cares about, a trail of terrors left in their wake. — Jason Adams, Contributing Writer

How to watch: It Lives Inside is now streaming on Hulu.

3. Jennifer's Body Credit: Doane Gregory / Fox Atomic / Kobal / Shutterstock

It was exiled in cult-ville for a while, but Jennifer's Body finally seems to have secured its rightful place as a stone-cold teen-horror classic. Directed by Karyn Kusama (The Invitation) and written by Diablo Cody (Juno), the film centers on nerdy teen girl Needy (Amanda Seyfried) and popular queen bee Jennifer (Megan Fox) and their unlikely BFF love affair. Their friendship becomes unlikelier still when Jennifer finds herself assaulted by a Satan-worshipping rock band and accidentally turns into a literal man-eating succubus.

As the pile of dead horny teen boys begins piling up, Needy must stop her bestie from bleeding the entire high school class dry. And all of teenage-dom's fraught bullshit becomes weaponized in a teen girl duel to the death that could've only come from the keyboard of Diablo Cody. — J.A.

How to watch: Jennifer's Body is streaming on Hulu.

4. Hatching

A perfect companion piece to Black Swan, Hatching is a Finnish horror film from 2022 about a tween girl ballerina named Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) whose overbearing influencer mother (Sophia Heikkilä) is far more concerned about presenting a perfect image to the world than any well-being, mental or physical, of her daughter's. That quest for perfection becomes a tad bit more complicated when Tinja starts raising the orphaned egg of a crow her mother murdered (for the crime of destroying a family portrait) — especially when the egg hatches and quickly grows into a massive carnivorous bird that Tinja tries, but fails, to control herself. (Just ask the poor puppy next door.) The monster bird is a wonder of puppetry (no CG here!), but the wonders of Hatching don't stop there; it's got 10 types of unexpected weirdness prepped. And you will absolutely not see where it's all headed until, like Tinja's mum, it's far too late to dance yourself outta this one. — J.A. 

How to watch: Hatching is streaming on Hulu.

5. Amulet Credit: Rob Baker Ashton / Head Gear / Kobal / Shutterstock

The first feature written and directed by British actor Romola Garai (Atonement), Amulet is a gothic chiller about an ex-soldier named Tomaz (Alec Secareanu of God's Own Country) who's being chased by the ghosts of his past. Not literally — this is not a ghost movie — but via the very bad memories he carries with him from his unnamed war-torn homeland. Ones which we become privy to via flashback, and ones that become gradually more disturbing as the film goes on. Unable to accomplish much in his life, he ends up on the streets of London, where a nun named Sister Claire (Imelda Staunton) takes pity on him and gets him a job as the live-in helper to a young woman named Magda (Carla Juri) who's taking care of her ill mother, hidden away in the attic. That's never a warning sign!

Yes, this gig turns out to be not exactly what he was sold on, and his discoveries about these two women become as scary as anything bubbling up from his disturbing past. Before he even realizes it, Tomaz finds himself trapped in a whole new sort of nightmare. It's not so surprising, given there's an actor in the director's chair, that Amulet prioritizes the slow and unsettling build of its performances, taking time to establish a sturdy and enviable relationship between Tomaz and Magda that we come to care about. Right before horribly ripping that rug out from under us and revealing the shrieking chasm of horror that's been right beneath their feet — or in this case, up in the attic — all along. — J.A. 

How to watch: Amulet is streaming on Hulu.

6. The First Omen

Not that these habits deserve defending, but if one were so inclined, The First Omen is a good movie to point to when people say that Hollywood's insistent reliance on IP is totally fruitless. This is one of the (few and far between) good examples in which adding onto an iconic story bore some fruit. Presented as a direct prequel to Richard Donner's 1970 film, director Arkasha Stevenson — whose fine work on the two streaming horror series Brand New Cherry Flavor and Channel Zero should not go unspoken — suffuses The First Omen in a sense of dread that proves worthy of its forebear.

The movie tells the story of an American nun-in-training named Sister Margaret (Nell Tiger Free from Servant) sent to Rome to work at an orphanage. After bonding with Carlita (Nicole Sorace), the resident weirdo orphan who's kept locked in her room so she can devote all her time to drawing weirdo drawings, Sister Margaret becomes convinced that there is a plot surrounding the girl. Specifically, her fellow nuns and the priests in charge mean to sacrifice Carlita in some sort of pact with the devil. And if you do know The Omen, you can probably guess where this is all going, but Stevenson packs the film to the rafters with wildly unsettling imagery, and Free is such a terrific actress that you're drawn into this nightmare anyway, deeply dreading those final moments that you know are looming ahead. — J.A.  

How to watch: The First Omen is streaming on Hulu.

7. Villains Credit: Hulu

Venerable horror icons Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe lead Villains, a Bonnie and Clyde-meets-Don't Breathe mashup with a sprinkling of '50s style you'll love. When criminal lovebirds Jules and Mickey decide to rob a house, they encounter a mystery within and must contend with the home's residents, played by Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan, to solve it. — A.F.

How to watch: Villains is streaming on Hulu.

8. Sea Fever

If you're a fan of the ever-reliable subgenre of aquatic horror (think Leviathan or The Deep) and you've never seen Neasa Hardiman's 2019 Sea Fever, then are you ever in for a treat. Starring the capable twosome of Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott as a fishing boat captain and her husband who trawl the waters off of Ireland, the search for one big haul takes them and their crew into uncharted waters where, you guessed it, something sinister lurks below the surface. Meaning the surface of the water and then, unnervingly, beneath the surface of their skin. Convincingly marrying science with its horror a la Barry Levinson's equally underrated The Bay, Sea Fever manages to drag all manner of slippery grossness up; it becomes terrifying because the movie makes it seem terrifyingly plausible. — J.A.

How to watch: Sea Fever is streaming on Hulu.

9. I Saw the Devil Credit: Softbank Ventures / Kobal / Shutterstock

Essentially an extended chase scene between a cop named Kim Soo-Hyeon (Squid Game's Lee Byung-hun) and a psychotic serial killer Jang Kyung-chul (Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik) who murders Kim's fiancée in the film's incredibly disturbing opening scene, I Saw the Devil is a two and a half hour siege of relentless, breathless terror. 

It's not that we haven't seen this story before. It's basically a Western, just with sleek snowy parkas standing in for chaps. But it is very much how director Kim Jee-woon stages it all — a brutal knife fight between three men inside a moving car turns violence into poetry. As each man thinks they've gotten one over on the other, we watch them twist and turn toward hell together — it hits its marks but with such style. I Saw the Devil is thrilling, bloody, and extremely scary when it wants to be… which is thankfully very often. — J.A.

How to watch: I Saw the Devil is streaming on Hulu. 

10. Crimes of the Future

You think you know what you're getting into, with Crimes of the Future being hailed as the movie that finally saw legendary Canadian director David Cronenberg dipping his toe back into the Body Horror well that he so thoroughly defined, thanks to films like Videodrome and The Fly, that it became known as "Cronenbergian." And yet Crimes of the Future – which shares a title with a film Cronenberg made in 1970 but is not a remake – is even weirder and funnier and more out-there than you can imagine. 

Reuniting with his muse Viggo Mortensen, Crimes of the Future is really a rumination on the making of art. But in a way only Cronenberg could've come up with. Viggo plays Saul Tenser, a futuristic performance artist who has his deformed organs harvested on stage by his partner Caprice (Lea Sedoux) before growing new, even more bizarre organs in their place. Through no fault of his own, Saul becomes enmeshed in the battle between a group of evolutionary terrorists and the shady bureaucrats (including a hysterically strange Kristen Stewart) trying to stop them. It's basically The Man Who Knew Too Much but with lots of wound-fellating. Guaranteed to get under your skin! Where it will then wriggle around! — J.A.

How to watch: Crimes of the Future is streaming on Hulu. 

11. Prey Credit: David Bukach © 2022 20th Century Studios

The widely successful prequel to the Predator franchise, Prey is set in 1719 and follows Naru (Amber Midthunder) as she tries to protect her community from our favorite clicking, creepy alien nightmare. Hulu also has the entire Predator franchise available for streaming if you’re up for a marathon. — Yasmeen Hamadeh, Entertainment Intern

How to watch: Prey is streaming on Hulu.

12. Enys Men 

This is definitely one for the more adventurous among us. Writer-director Mark Jenkin's experimental 2020 twist on the folk horror genre stars a terrific Mary Woodvine as an unnamed scientist who's been left totally alone on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall, England, to study local plant life. Specifically, a kind of flower that only grows there, and the lichen that is devouring it. As usually happens with people left alone for long stretches of time in remote places, the woman slowly loses her moorings and her mind, as time stops making sense and some mysterious ghost miners start appearing to her. 

And so the movie goes — the woman's clockwork daily activities, which we've been using to navigate time's passing ourselves, begin expanding and contracting onscreen until we too find ourselves steadily loosed from any sense of reality. The film builds a rhythm, and then it turns it against us. Enys Men is a real trip, in other words. And one beautifully filmed on 16mm film; there are the kinds of images here — those strange flowers, especially — that will sear themselves deep onto your forever place. — J.A.

How to watch: Enys Men is streaming on Hulu.

13. Infinity Pool Credit: Neon

Like The White Lotus on meth, director Brandon Cronenberg's nightmarish Infinity Pool sends a pair of married well-to-do beauties named James (Alexander Skarsgard) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) to an exclusive tropical resort to see what chaos they can wrangle up, all in the name of avoiding their marital problems. And does it ever wrangle up, first in the form of another pair of married well-to-do beauties – Gabi (Mia Goth) and Alban (Jalil Lespert). The foursome flirt over dinner, as beautiful rich people do, and the next day they find themselves breaking the resort's rules to head off into the countryside to taste a little local color. 

Unfortunately, the local color they find is all red – blood, gore, and some unknown science-fiction goo that traps them in a sticky tangle of consciousness cloning that'll have them wishing all the locals had wanted was their kidneys. Like all of Cronenberg Jr.'s movies to date, Infinity Pool proves itself to be a surreal puzzle that spirals outward into endless complexity, dissolving not just the walls of the body but those of the mind too. The barriers between our flesh and our fantasies turn to liquid in his hands — we're mostly water after all — and Infinity Pool means to drown us in its deep end. — J.A.

How to watch: Infinity Pool is streaming on Hulu.

14. The Host

Before South Korean maestro Bong Joon-ho went off and made the Oscar-winning Parasite in 2019, he seized the global stage's attention with this epic 2006 monster movie. It kicks right off with its titular amphibious monstrosity, the size of a city bus, leaping out of the Han River in downtown Seoul in the middle of the day and gobbling up a fleet of locals. Immediately, you know you're in for something new with The Host; usually monster movies take the Jaws route and conceal their beastie until the end. But Bong goes far above and beyond. Per usual. 

Besides being chock-full of incredible creature attack action sequences, The Host also manages to be an alternatingly heartbreaking and heartwarming family drama, with South Korean legend Song Kang-ho in the lead and Sense8 star Bae Doona kicking ass as his archer sister. As if that isn't enough, the movie is an act of political activism to boot, pointing its finger straight at the American military complex for poisoning Korea's waters. Bong juggles all the balls with perfect madcap aplomb. Anybody paying attention here could see right away this was a director going places. And we were right! — J.A. 

How to watch: The Host is now streaming on Hulu. 

15. Fresh Credit: Searchlight Pictures / Moviestore / Shutterstock

Flipping the script on the dangers of online dating, Mimi Cave's dark dark dark 2022 horror-comedy Fresh shows how the dangers of the long-lauded in-person meet-cute can trump the worst even Tinder might have to offer. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Noa, who's seriously over the cyber-dating scene when suddenly a Prince Charming named Steve (Sebastian Stan, having a blast) bumps into her at the grocery store. They have an immediate connection, go on several dates, and Noa really thinks he might be the one.

Spoiler alert: Steve is not the one. This is a horror movie, after all. When the happy twosome decide to go on their first out of town trip together, Noa quickly learns Steve ain't no prince at all, and modern romance finds itself relentlessly skewered in Cave's skillful hands. This is the movie that proved MCU superstar Stan was up for taking seriously way-out-there risks. Without his hilariously creepy turn in Fresh, we probably wouldn't have then gotten his scrappy turns in A Different Man, Pam & Tommy, and The Apprentice. Fresh is delicious on all fronts. — J.A.

How to watch: Fresh is streaming on Hulu.

16. Immaculate

Newly minted movie star Sydney Sweeney seized her rightful Scream Queen crown (what a scream!) with this post-Roe v. Wade nightmare about a nun named Sister Cecilia (Sweeney) who finds herself blessed with an immaculate conception all her own. Or is it? (Unnecessary spoiler alert: Not so much!) 

After surviving drowning as a child, Cecilia becomes convinced that her life has been saved for a godly reason. She has a purpose. So when she's shipped off to Italy to work in a convent for sickly nuns, she grabs it, convinced this must be her path. Little does she know! The hot priest who invited her (Álvaro Morte) is a pile of red flags wrapped up in a sleek cassock, but it's not until Cecelia's belly starts growing that her suspicions take real hold. Immaculate bides its time, but its unholy destination is 100% one for the record books. Stumbling out of the end credits and back into the light, you will instinctively mutter a heap of Hail Marys whether you're Catholic or not. — J.A.

How to watch: Immaculate is now streaming on Hulu. 

17. Cobweb Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate.

Vibing on similar themes as The Babadook and Coraline, director Samuel Bodin's debut feature stars C'mon C'mon's Woody Norman as a bullied eight-year-old named Peter whose overprotective parents Carol (Lizzy Caplan) and Mark (Antony Starr) don't much help matters. Refusing to let him partake in normal childhood activities like trick-or-treating, they keep him cooped up in the house most of the time, constantly warning him about a young girl who went missing in their neighborhood some years before. 

And then one night as Peter tries to sleep, a tap-tap-tapping on the inside of his bedroom wall begins, followed soon thereafter by a little girl's voice. And this little girl has nothing nice to say about Peter's parents. Slowly, Peter starts sensing his parents' strange behavior might be covering up a horrible secret, and before you can say "yellow wallpaper," the boy's suspicions begin unraveling his entire home life around him. Like a Grimm fairy tale sprung to life, this fabulous bedtime story features ace performances from all three of its leads (especially Caplan, who's clearly having a blast) and more goth atmosphere than you can shake a pumpkin full of bones at. An unduly overlooked gem! — J.A. 

How to watch: Cobweb is streaming on Hulu.

18. Skinamarink

Based on anecdotal data, Skinamarink works on about one out of every ten people who watch it. Those who do click with it may be few and far between, but this ultra low-budget indie leaves them shuddering in terror, unable to shake off its sense of absolute wrongness for days after. So lucky, we few! I do indeed count myself among those who found Kyle Edward Ball's experimental 2022 flick unnerving as hell. It got to me and then some.

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The story, as much as there is one, involves two little kids named Kevin and Kaylee who seem to have been left home alone one night, as long as you don't count the sinister presence stalking the hallways, whispering to them from the darkness, and making the doors and windows of their home disappear. Time seems to stretch out infinitely, which can feel either entertainingly terrifying or like 100 minutes of staring at walls with the occasional glimpse of a haunted toy. If you are one of those able to vibe on Skinamarink's wavelength, then watch out. Those walls will stare right back. — J.A.

How to watch: Skinamarink is streaming on Hulu.

19. 28 Weeks Later Credit: Susie Allnut / Fox Atomic / DNA / UK Film Council / Kobal / Shutterstock

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's 2007 sequel to Danny Boyle's revolutionary zombie movie 28 Days Later has never gotten the proper appreciation it deserves. Yes, tonally, it's a different beast, but I've always dug its concept of society crumbling all because of one man's simpering cowardice. Doesn't it just feel that way sometimes? 

Starring Trainspotting's Robert Carlyle as a man guilt-stricken over having run from a horde of infected and having left his wife to die, the film admittedly has a bit of a Jaws IV thing going on where the plague (slash shark) seems to have it out for one particular family, thereby straining all logic. But logic be damned, this one feels more like poetry, like a fairy tale turned to terrible life. — J.A.

How to watch: 28 Weeks Later is streaming on Hulu.

20. Alien

Witness the birth of three, yes three, horror icons! Ridley Scott's 1979 haunted-house-in-space masterpiece Alien gives us first the Xenomorph, the murderous outer space creature with acid for blood and a mean streak a million light-years long. And it gives us Ellen Ripley, the ultimate Final Girl brought to life by actress Sigourney Weaver, in what would be the first of four on-screen appearances by this character. Finally (and most importantly) it gives us Jonesy the cat, who's had enough of this shit for nine lifetimes. 

Still the best movie Scott's ever made, this horror classic about a group of space truckers who encounter one hell of a stowaway has lost none of its terrifying power in the four and a half decades since its making. Awash in killer character actors doing their thing (Yaphet Kotto! Veronica Cartwright! Ian Holm!) before getting torn to shreds one by one, every sequence of this movie, from chest-burster to Mother's countdown, deserves to be in the Horror Movie Hall of Fame. Just as long as they stay out of Jonesy's way. — J.A. 

How to watch: Alien is streaming on Hulu.

21. Piggy Credit: Jorge Fuembuena. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing.

Sara (Laura Galán) is an overweight teenager living a deeply unhappy existence in a rural Spanish town; she can't even go for a swim on the hottest day of the summer without being mercilessly bullied by a gang of mean girls. (The film's title is their cruel nickname for Sara.) Those mean girls get theirs, though; they're kidnapped by a mysterious man who leaves behind one witness who could help save them: Sara herself. 

And so writer/director Carlota Pereda's 2022 film, a feature-length reenvisioning of her own short film from a few years earlier, introduces its troubling moral quandary — should Sara show mercy for those who tormented her? Or should she give in to her thirst for revenge and leave them to rot on the vine? Pereda manages to complicate our feelings on the matter with every twist, all while delivering a terrific and tense exercise from the small-town drama surrounding the mystery of the missing girls. Galán gives a wonder of a performance, making Sara difficult to love but tremendously easy to empathize with. — J.A. 

How to watch: Piggy is streaming on Hulu.

22. Suitable Flesh

When director Stuart Gordon died in 2020, a lot of horror fans feared they'd never again get a goopy and gross and downright disgustingly sexy H.P. Lovecraft adaptation again. With Dagon, From Beyond, and his Re-Animator movies, Gordon had proven the clear master of those cherished 1980s classics. Enter director Joe Lynch in 2023, who crafted Suitable Flesh as an ode to all things Gordon-ian, and gave us one of the most entertainingly sickening examples of them all. 

An adaptation of the Lovecraft story "The Thing on the Doorstep," Suitable Flesh stars Heather Graham as the psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby, who's busy leading a perfect life with her hot, sweet husband Eddie (Johnathon Schaech). Perfect, that is, until she starts finding herself drawn, somewhat erotically, to a new patient named Asa (Judah Lewis), who's convinced his dying father has been possessing him. From there it all turns into a ton of bloody body-swapping fun that all of the actors have a hell of a good time playing with, especially once horror icon Barbra Crampton (star of several of Gordon's classics) swings in as Elizabeth's own psychiatrist. Great old-school vibes with lots of pink goo – just what the doctor ordered! — J.A.

How to watch: Suitable Flesh is now streaming on Hulu. 

23. Censor Credit: Magnolia Pictures / Moviestore / Shutterstock

The conservative argument that disturbing content (like horror movies, for instance) will rot a person's brain and turn them into a psychopath is brought to diabolical life in writer/director Prano Bailey-Bond's psychedelic 2021 thriller Censor. Set in the mid-'80s, when controversy over "video nasties" has taken England by storm, Censor stars a stellar Niamh Algar (Mary & George) as a prim woman named Enid who works for the British Board of Film Classification. Basically, it's her job to watch all of the really fucked-up movies and tell the filmmakers what they have to edit out if they want to be certified for public exhibition. 

So day after day, Enid sifts through the worst stuff imaginable, going frame by repulsive frame. It doesn't help that she's got her own childhood trauma involving a missing sister lurking about, which one film that she watches in particular seems to trigger a few repressed memories of real hard. And before you know it, our precious Enid finds herself falling down the filthy rabbit hole of exploitation cinema, her sanity a mere splatter upon its walls. And thank goodness nobody was around to censor Censor, because this is one fucked-up good time. — J.A. 

How to watch: Censor is streaming on Hulu.

24. The Feast

One of the best of the recent folk horrors that we've seen in the wake of Midsommar and The Witch, Lee Haven Jones' Welsh 2021 fright-fest The Feast is deeply creepy, stuffed to its tippy-top with hair-raising imagery that I dare you to forget anytime soon after. Set against a small dinner party at the country estate of a rich and powerful family, led by politician-father Gwyn (Julian Lewis Jones), it's easy enough to see pretty much where The Feast is going from its start. Anyone would clock these rich people as immediately awful, and the local girl Cadi (Annes Elwy) who's been hired to help out with the party has some sort of off-kilter and sinister vibe from the moment she steps onto their property. 

And yet the disturbing depths Jones takes everything to still shock – it's basically Triangle of Sadness meets The Wicker Man, but with way more booby-trapped genitals then that equation might at first imply. And to cap it all off, the mossy nightmare vibes of Bjorn Stale Bratberg's cinematography are absolutely breathtaking. This is, simply put, one of the most beautiful-to-behold horror movies of recent years. — J.A.

How to watch: The Feast is now streaming on Hulu.

25. Bone Tomahawk Credit: Caliber Media Company / Kobal / Shutterstock

The absolutely vicious first film from director S. Craig Zahler (who went on to make the also-vicious action flicks Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete) remains his best work to date, somewhat by leaps and bounds. Bone Tomahawk is a 2015 Western set in 1890s California about two morons (David Arquette and Sid Haig) who stupidly desecrate a Native American burial site and end up dragging their entire town into utter hell for it. 

Their blunder sets into a chain of events that forces the sheriff (Kurt Russell) and a pack of local men (among them Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Patrick Wilson) to head out into hostile territory to save the wimmin-n-chillin', as the saying goes. Oh and did I mention that the tribe they're up against are inbred troglodyte cannibals that all the other Native Americans steer super clear of? That's probably an important detail. Featuring one of the most grotesque scenes of violence put on screen in the last 20 years, Bone Tomahawk makes the "hard" in "Goes Hard" work extra extra hard y'all. — J.A.

How to watch: Bone Tomahawk is now streaming on Hulu.

26. When Evil Lurks

Another one that goes super duper hard, Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks lurched its monstrous way toward us in 2022 out of Argentina, telling us of the apocalyptic outbreak that happens after an evil spirit is not sufficiently disposed of by brother-farmers Pedro and Jaime (Ezequiel Rodríguez and Demián Salomon). Dropping pieces of its bizarre world-building little bit by little bit, Rugna keeps us guessing as to what the hell is happening as this seemingly small mistake spreads outward like the plague — evil infecting everything it comes into contact with; a genie that cannot be stuffed back into its bottle once loosed. Pedro and Jaime pick up family members along the way as they try to first stomp out their error and then just run from it – it's a road trip through the belly of hell, and When Evil Lurks isn't afraid to tear apart the most innocent among us as we all stare on helplessly. — J.A.

How to watch: When Evil Lurks is now streaming on Hulu.

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UPDATE: Apr. 24, 2024, 5:00 a.m. EDT This article has been updated to reflect current streaming options.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Monday, October 1, 2024:

AcrossOne is officially called an "Academy Award of Merit"

• The answer is Oscar.

Aquatic mammal whose closest terrestrial relative is the hippopotamus

• The answer is Whale.

Charlie Brown's friend with a blanket

• The answer is Linus.

City founded by twin brothers, according to legend

• The answer is Rome.

Something to cram for

• The answer is Test.

DownThe bird Duo in Duolingo's logo, e.g.

• The answer is Owl.

Button-up or button-down

• The answer is Shirt.

Olympic racing vessel since 1936

• The answer is Canoe.

Class reunion attendees

• The answer is Alums.

Button you might need a paper clip to press on an electronic device

• The answer is Reset.

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Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Mini Crossword.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for October 1 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for October 1 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Channel surfing

These words are where shows and movies can live.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The answers are channel names.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Network.

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• History

• Hallmark

• Discovery

• Lifetime

• Network

• Paramount

SEE ALSO: Hurdle hints and answers for October 1

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Google's Gemini Live is now freely available for everyone using Google's Gemini app in English, the company announced on Monday.

Originally, Gemini Live was launched at the Pixel 9 event, but was originally available only for Pixel 9 devices, and it required a Gemini advanced subscription. In September, the company started rolling it out to a subset of Android users, and now it should be available to all users.

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Gemini Live is a voice conversation feature for Google's smart assistant Gemini, allowing users to chat with Gemini for as long as they like. It offers a number of different voice options, and is better at handling features of actual conversations such as pauses and interruptions. It also has context retention, meaning it will remember previous interactions, making subsequent conversations more meaningful.

SEE ALSO: Google Maps is cracking down on fake business reviews

Google's Gemini app is only available for Android right now. It's not inconceivable, however, that it one day comes to Apple's iOS as well. Apple's Craig Federighi mentioned the possibility in June, saying that Gemini is "maybe" coming to iOS in the future, along with other AI models.

This review discusses eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Heartstopper, you've grown up.

A compassionate, gentle exploration of identity, mental health, and early sexual experiences, the Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman's graphic novel feels more mature in Season 3, all while maintaining its signature sweetness. Season 2 focused on the complexities of coming out, specifically Nick's (Kit Connor) journey through understanding his bisexuality. And this season, directed by Andy Newbery, the series sees Charlie (Joe Locke) through an immensely challenging time with anorexia and his mental health.

SEE ALSO: 6 things teens say they really need for their mental health

On the teen series spectrum, Heartstopper has always felt like a younger sibling of Sex Education, a less dramatic companion of Never Have I Ever, and the polar opposite of darker teen shows like Skins or Euphoria. And this season, though the characters move further into maturity, Heartstopper maintains its tendency for tenderness through life's complicated turns. The "Paris Crew" face a lot individually this season, each grappling with the difficult task of asking for help, but ultimately finding love and support within their found family — and getting their first hangovers together.

With the cast at their best yet, Heartstopper once again proves why it's one of the top teen shows on TV.

Heartstopper Season 3 presents Charlie as more than his disorder, while showing the realities of anorexia. Joe Locke as Charlie. Credit: Samuel Dore / Netflix

Screen portrayals of eating disorders are rarely commendable on screen, with shows like Netflix's To the Bone completely missing the mark. Last year, Ripley Parker's Everything Now actually managed a miracle, approaching the realities of eating disorders (specifically anorexia), social anxiety, and body dysmorphia with respect and nuance — and an excellent performance by Talk to Me’s Sophie Wilde.

Heartstopper has been slowly and sensitively incorporating Charlie's struggle with an eating disorder since Season 1, but this season, his undiagnosed anorexia and declining mental health become overwhelming for him. As in Season 2, Heartstopper subtly and tactfully shows how difficult everyday situations can be for Charlie: a picnic with friends, a casual crisp offer at lunch, a day at the beach in swimming costumes. Locke is expertly understated and nuanced in his portrayal of Charlie's concealed pain, with Oseman's animated illustrations helping to convey his inner tension. Episode 4, one of the best episodes of the season (and of the year, in my opinion) shows Charlie's decision to ask for help and get treatment through both his and Nick's points of view in their journals. It's a sensitive insight into a very interior struggle.

Kit Connor as Nick. Credit: Samuel Dore / Netflix

At the same time, the show portrays the complexities of caring for someone you love who has an eating disorder. Connor is superb this season, conveying Nick's deep feelings for Charlie but also his deep fear over getting things wrong — there's a brilliant scene involving a conversation with Nick's kick-ass Aunt Diane (welcome series addition Hayley Atwell) about not needing to have all the answers; it should be mandatory viewing. Thankfully, the series also gives us way more time with Charlie's concerned, stoic sister Tori (Jenny Walser), Oseman's original protagonist, meaning some brilliant scenes between Locke and Walser. And through some deeply moving moments — I'm still recovering from Tao's (William Gao) film project for Charlie — we see Charlie's friends turn up for him, too.

Like Everything Now, Heartstopper shows that Charlie's recovery isn't without setbacks, especially when he returns home from treatment. His family often does say the wrong thing, and Charlie's frustration at being treated as "fragile" results in understandable anger. Importantly, Heartstopper tackles another considerable issue for people living with eating disorders: body dysmorphia and anxiety over body image, especially when it comes to sex.

Heartstopper approaches early sexual experiences with trust, respect, and curiosity. Yasmin Finney and William Gao as Elle and Tao. Credit: Samuel Dore / Netflix

Having set itself apart from other teen dramas as more sugary and PG, Heartstopper has somewhat distanced itself from conversations around sex. Season 1 was about as far away from the frank likes of Sex Education as you could get, and Season 2 only hinted at the possibility of characters taking things further. But this season, Heartstopper is all raging hormones, while maintaining the show's well-worn status as a safe, nonjudgmental, pressure-free space. It's incredibly refreshing to see insecurity in intimacy met with compassion. 

In Season 3, as in Oseman's graphic novel, the characters tentatively figure out their sexual desires and boundaries in very sweet scenes. Charlie and Nick, who left the "L" word hanging at the end of Season 2, fall headfirst into their feelings and desires this season, namely figuring out if they're ready for their first sexual experiences. While Connor and Locke thrive in realising their characters' complex inner turmoils alone, together they're dynamite romantic leads.

Like Sex Education, Heartstopper makes plain the crisis of sex education in the UK through complete classroom nonsense (yes, we're talking cucumbers and condoms). But by learning from one another with trust and respect, the Paris Crew stumbles through their first experiences with apprehension, curiosity, and patience. That is, when their parents and siblings aren't barging in on them.

The rest of the Paris Crew go through it, too. There's a lot going on for everyone this season. Credit: Samuel Dore / Netflix

Charlie and Nick aren't the only ones managing maturity and heavier things this season; Elle (Yasmin Finney) navigates gender dysphoria, Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) explores their gender identity and trying new pronouns, Tara (Corinna Brown) struggles with anxiety, Imogen (Rhea Norwood) confronts her internalised heteronormativity, and Isaac (Tobie Donovan) combats loneliness among his coupled-up friends while further exploring his asexuality.

Finney is a particular highlight this season, with Elle's sense of identity really tested publicly and privately. When Elle unpacks her gender dysphoria being triggered with Tao, the conversation is comfortable and respectful. But when she's lambasted on a community radio show with anti-trans rhetoric, Elle's sense of herself is rattled, and Finney gives her best performance yet. "It feels like the whole world is against me," she tells Tao, and it's not out of place, with trans young people continuing to face abuse, harassment, and discrimination on a daily basis in the UK.

Ultimately, Heartstopper shifts into more grown-up territory this season, to moving and enlightening effect. And the show manages to do so while maintaining the sense of curiosity and compassion that makes Oseman's comics so relatable and enduring. With the cast at their very best yet, it's another superb season for Heartstopper, one we're delighted to say "hi" again to. 

Heartstopper Season 3 is streaming on Netflix Oct. 4.

If you feel like you'd like to talk to someone about your eating behavior, in the U.S. you can call the National Eating Disorder Association's helpline at 800-931-2237. You can also text "NEDA" to 741-741 to be connected with a trained volunteer at the Crisis Text Line or visit the nonprofit's website for more information.

In the UK, you can contact Beat through webchat, email, or phone — England (0808 801 0677), Scotland (0808 801 0432), Wales (0808 801 0433) Northern Ireland (0808 801 0434). The helplines are open 3 p.m. to 8 p.m, Monday to Friday.

Prime Video has released the trailer for "Like a Dragon: Yakuza," based on SEGA's popular Japanese gangster video game series.

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TL;DR: Live stream Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan in the Champions League for free on Tabii. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Champions League is back with another batch of top-quality games between Europe's best sides. There are a number of really interesting matchups in the second round of fixtures, including Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan.

Bayer Leverkusen started this year's competition with a comfortable win, but AC Milan will be a tough test for the German champions. AC Milan lost to Liverpool in the first round of fixtures, but will believe they can bounce back and secure their first points of the campaign.

If you want to watch Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan?

Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan in the Champions League kicks off at 8 p.m. BST on Oct. 1. This fixture takes place at the BayArena.

How to watch Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan for free

Bayer Leverkusen vs. AC Milan is available to live stream for free on Tabii.

Tabii is offering free live streams of the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League for the next three seasons. Tabii is geo-restricted to Turkey, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Turkey, meaning you can unblock free live streams of the Champions League from anywhere in the world.

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What is the best VPN for Tabii?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on Tabii, for a number of reasons:

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TL;DR: Live stream RB Salzburg vs. Brest in the Champions League for free on Tabii. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The first round of Champions League fixtures produced some really entertaining games, and we're expecting more of the same in the second round. There are probably bigger games than RB Salzburg vs. Brest, but don't let that fool you into thinking this isn't going to be an exciting matchup.

Brest are looking for their second win of the competition after beating Sturm Graz in their first group game. Will RB Salzburg provide a tougher challenge? Or can Brest beat another Austrian side?

If you want to watch RB Salzburg vs. Brest in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is RB Salzburg vs. Brest?

RB Salzburg vs. Brest in the Champions League kicks off at 5:45 p.m. BST on Oct. 1. This fixture takes place at the Red Bull Arena.

How to watch RB Salzburg vs. Brest for free

RB Salzburg vs. Brest is available to live stream for free on Tabii.

Tabii is offering free live streams of the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League for the next three seasons. Tabii is geo-restricted to Turkey, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Turkey, meaning you can unblock free live streams of the Champions League from anywhere in the world.

Live stream RB Salzburg vs. Brest on Tabii by following these simple steps:

1. Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in Turkey

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can access free live streams of the Champions League without actually spending anything. This obviously isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you enough time to stream RB Salzburg vs. Brest (plus more Champions League fixtures) before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to the best free streaming services from around the world, you'll need a subscription. Fortunately, the best VPN for streaming live football is on sale for a limited time.

What is the best VPN for Tabii?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on Tabii, for a number of reasons:

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• Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more

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• Fast connection speeds free from throttling

• Up to eight simultaneous connections

• 30-day money-back guarantee

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Your access to your favorite porn sites is not guaranteed. There are many locations around the world that will restrict your access to porn sites, and that's probably for the best. That being said, there is a time and a place for everything. And when the time is right to visit a porn site, you'll want to be able to secure access without delay.

If you want to bypass online restrictions to unblock porn sites from anywhere in the world, you should consider using a VPN. These handy tools can hide your digital location to unlock the best of the web.

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VPNs can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to secure servers in other locations. This simple process means you can bypass geo-restrictions to access porn sites like Xnxx from anywhere in the world.

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TL;DR: Watch Arsenal vs. PSG in the Champions League for free with a 30-day trial of Prime Video. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Champions League has a new look this season, and the result is more games between Europe's biggest club sides. We weren't initially convinced by the new format, but we do enjoy seeing the likes of Arsenal and PSG battling it out. That's what the Champions League is all about.

If you want to watch Arsenal vs. PSG in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Arsenal vs. PSG?

Arsenal vs. PSG in the Champions League starts at 8 p.m. BST on Oct. 1. This fixture takes place at the Emirates Stadium.

How to watch Arsenal vs. PSG for free

Arsenal vs. PSG is available to live stream on Prime Video in the UK, but you don't need to be subscribed to Amazon Prime to watch this fixture. Instead, you can watch Arsenal vs. PSG (plus more Champions League fixtures) for free with a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime.

Fans from outside the UK will need to use a VPN to watch the Champions League for free on Prime Video. This process is straightforward:

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After the chaos of today's Verizon outage, many people probably want to just go home, collapse on the couch, and boot up their PlayStation. Unfortunately, it looks as though a second outage may throw a wrench in those plans, with reports pouring in that the PlayStation Network has gone down as well.

SEE ALSO: Verizon outage has now been fixed

According to crowdsourced tracker DownDetector, reports of a PlayStation Network outage began coming in at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT / 5:30 p.m. PDT. This was around an hour after Verizon announced that its own massive outage had been fixed. The issue also appears to be global, with outage reports coming in from across the globe.

PlayStation's Network Service Status page has confirmed the outage, stating that "some services are experiencing issues." Such issues may include difficulty signing into your PlayStation account, launching games, accessing PlayStation Video content, or making purchases in the PlayStation Store. So pretty much anything you might have wanted to do on your PlayStation.

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A disruption to the PlayStation Network is of course not as impactful as a seven-hour outage from one of the largest telecommunications companies in the U.S. Even so, it's an ironic and unwelcome end to an already stressful Monday for many. 

Though PlayStation has not yet acknowledged the disruption on its official social media accounts, numerous people have expressed their frustration online.

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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 1's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles used to be available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it. Unfortunately, it has since been taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for October 1 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

Connects to the internet.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There is one reoccurring letter.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter M.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

MODEM.

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Wordle.

The “Oppenheimer” star makes his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s timely new play about a literary lion who gets assistance from A.I.

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for October 1's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: Hurdle hints and answers for October 1 What is Connections?

The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

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Want a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: In a state of agitated confusion

• Green: Getting in peak form

• Blue: Water but make it dangerous

• Purple: Machine wash

Featured Video For You Connections: How to play and how to win Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Flustered State

• Green: Fitness

• Blue: Fast-Moving Water

• Purple: Dishwasher Cycles

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #478 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Flustered State: LATHER, STEW, SWEAT, TIZZY

• Fitness: CONDITION, FORM, HEALTH, SHAPE

• Fast-Moving Water: CASCADE, CURRENT, RAPID, WAVE

• Dishwasher Cycles: NORMAL, QUICK, RINSE, SANITIZE

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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Check out our live blog coverage on the Verizon outage for more up-to-date details on the major cellular network issue.

The massive Verizon outage is apparently over, with the telecommunications giant finally announcing that services have been fully restored.

"Verizon engineers have fully restored today's network disruption that impacted some customers," Verizon wrote in a post on X. "Service has returned to normal levels. If you are still having issues, we recommend restarting your device."

It still isn't clear exactly what caused Monday's outage. Considering how secretive telecom companies are about such disruptions, we may never find out. Verizon's services were down across the country for hours, preventing people from making calls, sending texts, or using their mobile data for much of the day.

"We know how much people rely on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience," wrote Verizon. "We appreciate your patience."

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The news of service restoration came approximately seven hours after Verizon first acknowledged the issue, which impacted customers across most of the U.S. According to crowdsourced tracker Down Detector, nobody in North Dakota, South Dakota, nor Wyoming reported being impacted by the Verizon outage. These states were unfortunately in the minority, with many more suffering disruption.

Despite Verizon's statement, some on social media claim that their service has still not been restored even though they restarted their phone as recommended. It seems some customers will have to continue being patient for a little longer.

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