Most Popular Horror Movies on Netflix DVD

Netflix’s DVD rental service in the United States is home to hundreds of thousands of titles. At this time of year, they no doubt see an influx of people wanting to rent popular horror titles for Halloween, but what are the most popular? 

The brilliant team at Netflix’s DVD.com have provided us with three lots of data for their most rented horror titles. These lists look through all of the “most shipped” titles of all time.

One walks us through the most shipped horror movies of all time.

Another walks us through which classic horror movies are the most popular, and finally, they’ve given us a collection of the most rented monster movies.

Netflix’s DVD division is perhaps overshadowed compared to the global streaming service (the DVD rental service only operates in the US). Still, it recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and remains an excellent companion service to Netflix.

Want to see more lists of what other Netflix DVD members are renting? Earlier in the year, we revealed what the most popular movies so far in 2022 were and the most rented in 2021 too.

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Most Rented All-Time Horror Movies from Netflix DVD

1. Cloverfield
2. The Wolfman
3. Daybreakers
4. Red Riding Hood
5. The Crazies
6. Prometheus
7. Predators
8. The Last House on the Left
9. Drag Me to Hell
10. Shaun of the Dead
11. The Haunting in Connecticut
12. 28 Weeks Later
13. World War Z
14. Paranormal Activity
15. 28 Days Later
16. The Rite
17. Saw
18. Resident Evil: Afterlife
19. The Eye
20. The Reaping
21. The Strangers
22. Case 39
23. From Hell
24. Splice
25. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
26. The Invasion
27. The Descent
28. Saw II
29. The Messengers
30. Devil
31. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
32. Pandorum
33. Hostel
34. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
35. Gothika
36. Resident Evil: Extinction
37. Vacancy
38. Jennifer’s Body
39. Saw IV
40. Saw III
41. The Unborn
42. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
43. Silent Hill
44. The Mist
45. 30 Days of Night
46. Insidious
47. The Hills Have Eyes
48. Sleepy Hollow
49. The Ring
50. Saw V

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Most Rented Classic Horror Movies on Netflix DVD

1. The Shining (1980)
2. Psycho (1960)
3. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
4. The Birds (1963)
5. Poltergeist (1982)
6. The Exorcist: The Extended Director’s Cut (1973)
7. Halloween (1978)
8. The Wicker Man (1973)
9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
10. The Omen (1976)
11. The Exorcist (1973)
12. The Stepford Wives (1975)
13. Fright Night (1985)
14. The Haunting (1963)
15. The Innocents (1961)
16. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
17. Frankenstein / Bride of Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection (1931)
18. Them! (1954)
19. The Thing from Another World (1951)
20. The Blob (1958)
21. The Bad Seed (1956)
22. Scanners (1981)
23. Dracula (1931)
24. Creature from the Black Lagoon: Special Edition (1954)
25. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
26. The Brood (1979)
27. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
28. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
29. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
30. The Crazies (1973)
31. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
32. House of Wax / The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1953)
33. Black Christmas (1974)
34. The Invisible Man: Special Edition (1933)
35. The Mummy (1932)
36. Panic in Year Zero / The Last Man on Earth (1962)
37. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
38. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
39. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
40. Horror of Dracula (1958)

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Most Rented Monster Movies on Netflix DVD of All Time

1. King Kong (2005)
2. The Descent (2005)
3. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
4. The Mist (2007)
5. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
6. Alien vs. Predator (2004)
7. Godzilla (2014)
8. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
9. Boogeyman (2005)
10. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
11. The Mummy (2017)
12. The Mummy Returns (2001)
13. The Mummy (1999)
14. A Quiet Place (2018)
15. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
16. Predator (1987)
17. Evil Dead (2013)
18. The Monster Squad (1987)
19. Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
20. The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
21. Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
22. Feast (2005)
23. My Name Is Bruce (2006)
24. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
25. Krampus (2015)
26. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
27. Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
28. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
29. The Thing from Another World (1951)
30. King Kong (1933)
31. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
32. House of the Dead (2003)
33. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
34. Creature from the Black Lagoon: Special Edition (1954)
35. The Brood (1979)
36. The Fly (1986)
37. From Beyond (1986)
38. Masters of Horror: Dario Argento: Jenifer (2006)
39. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
40. King Kong (1976)
41. Monster Hunter (2020)
42. The Mummy (1932)
43. The Gate (1987)
44. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
45. Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008)
46. The Toxic Avenger (1986)
47. Love and Monsters (2020)
48. The Monster (2016)
49. House (1977)
50. Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (2008)

Any surprises on these most rented lists for you? Let us know in the comments down below.