5 Halloween movies to watch on Netflix for teens (2020)

What Halloween movies does Netflix have for teens?

Alright, Netflix watchers, we’re well into the spooky season. By now you’ve probably made a decent dent in your watch list, but just in case you’re still looking for some suggestions, we have five Halloween movies teens might enjoy.

Fair warning, it’s slim pickings out here if you’re not a child or an adult, so check out our list of horror shows, too,  just in case there’s something you want to view!

Let’s take a look at the Halloween movies on Netflix for teens.

1. Vampires vs. The Bronx

Netflix’s most recent Halloween offer for teens is Vampires vs. The Bronx where a group of teens band together to defeat an encroaching evil in their neighborhood. It’s a formula that worked for Stranger Things, no reason why it shouldn’t do well when that basic premise shifts from Hawkins, Indiana to Bronx, New York City.

What makes Vampires vs. The Bronx special is that it’s also a story about gentrification and who is seen as important and who is not. The film follows Miguel aka “Lil Mayor” whose doing everything he can, including hosting a block party, to fundraise in order to help people in the neighborhood stay in their homes.

Things take a turn when Miguel discovers that the pack of bloodsuckers trying to “upgrade” his neighborhood and steal the block are actual vampires planning to use the Bronx as their feeding ground. They figured people won’t care if the poor go missing, but Miguel and his crew certainly care, and they aren’t stopping until they take back what’s theirs.

Vampires vs. The Bronx is PG-13 for violence and profanity.

2. The Addams Family (1991)

A macabre comedy might be right up your alley if you’re looking for a grim laugh. The 1991 film adaptation of The Addams Family is perfect for lovers of gallows humor. While you could make your viewing experience one for the whole family, a Netflix party with your closest friends would be just as cozy.

This PG-13 version of the beloved Addams Family are just as weird and delightfully unhinged as their ’60s predecessors. Gomez and Morticia are inappropriate about pretty much everything from the innuendos they revel into their encouraging of Wednesday and Pugsley’s violence. Any day is a good day for comical death and mayhem.

The only thing missing from Gomez’s dark happiness is his brother, Fester. It’s been years and he misses him, a fact Gomez’s lawyer uses against him in a devious scheme involving fraud and impersonation. Of course, hi-jinks and shenanigans ensue as this dastardly plan quickly goes off the rails.

3. Deadly Scholars

Fans of The CW’s Nancy Drew will probably enjoy spending 90 minutes figuring out whodunit in Deadly Scholars, a film previously given the awful name #SquadGoals. You can guess the quality of the thriller based on that early title, but sometimes a cheesy movie hits the spot when you’re not in the mood for a serious slasher.

Deadly Scholars is what happens when the competitive world of full-ride scholarships turns deadly. The film follows Samantha Hodges, a journalist who writes for the school paper and the yearbook. Her group of friends are all achievers, and each one of them is eligible for the college scholarship someone is willing to kill to receive. Determined to find the killer before she winds up a victim herself, Samantha launches an investigation to track down the murderer.

Netflix has Deadly Scholars rated as TV-14.

4. Polaroid

If you’re in the mood for a popcorn thriller then Polaroid is the supernatural horror for you. The film doesn’t ask much of its audience other than to sit back and watch the lives of a group of teens be ruined by a haunted vintage camera.

The premise of Polaroid rests on Bird, an introverted teen photographer who receives an old Polaroid camera as a gift. What she doesn’t know is that whosoever wields the camera has the power to determine someone’s death. Anyone whose picture is taken will die at the will of the entity trapped inside it.

While Polaroid is PG-13, it’s rating isn’t simply because of the typical fair of violence and revenge killing in most horrors. The film also deals heavily with bullying, suicide, and sexual assault.

Fans of Kathryn Prescott (Skins), Samantha Logan (All American), Katie Stevens (The Bold Type), and Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale) may want to check out Polaroid just to see what their favorite drama genre queens are up to in this thriller.

5. Underworld

There’s nothing better than a movie that has a point of view. In Underworld, the vibe is an aesthetic straight out of an Evanescence video.

Released in 2003, Underworld is the first movie in an action-horror franchise that follows Selene, a Death Dealer sworn to rid the world of lycans. A blood feud between werewolves and vampires has been waging for centuries and Selene has never questioned her loyalty. Lycans killed Selene’s family, so she has her own vendetta against their species.

But when a human by the name of Michael Corvin gets caught in the crossfire of this age-old battle, Selene begins to wonder what exactly started this feud and who she can actually trust.

Underworld is R-rated due to gore and violence, but if you or your teen are already action junkies used to free-flying blood and grotesque body horror then y’all should be fine watching vampires and lycans fight to the death.