Celebrate Halloween 2017 with the 17 scariest horror films available on Netflix now

At the beginning of 2016’s “The Void,” which was written and directed by Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie, we see a young man and woman fleeing from a farmhouse in the middle of the night. The man escapes, but the woman is shot and set on fire. At this point, you’re probably thinking you know the score. “The Void” is going to be some sort of sadistic kidnapping tale, right? Wrong. Not even close, in fact. The ending is a bit weak, but the amount of times you’ll say, “What the heck is going on?” in the meantime makes this film totally worth it.

Jon Knautz directed and co-wrote this Canadian horror film about a group of journalists who travel to Poland to investigate several suspicious missing persons cases. We won’t spoil too much, but this film might make you hesitant to explore the European countryside — and it might also make you weary of going out on foggy days. At the very least, you’ll be treated to 93 minutes of edge-of-your-seat entertainment.

The scariest thing about Rodney Ascher’s “The Nightmare”? It’s totally real. Well, it does contain some dramatizations, but “The Nightmare” is a documentary about sleep paralysis, an actual condition where people are conscious but unable to move — which affects 5 percent of the population on a regular basis and up to 50 percent of people at some point in their lives.

If you’ve seen any film starring Vinnie Jones, you know he’s a pretty tough dude. In the underrated 2008 horror film “The Midnight Meat Train,” he plays a merciless serial killer who butchers and hangs his random victims on meat hooks in the subway. It’s disturbing to anyone who has ever taken public transportation after dark, but on the plus side, it also stars Bradley Cooper!

“The Human Centipede” isn’t necessarily scary in a “boo!” kind of way; it’s more — well, just watch it. Or better yet, don’t watch it. OK, fine, you can watch it, but don’t complain to us when your biggest fear is replaced with what you’ll witness in this Tom Six written, produced and directed experiment in sadism.

If you have a weakness for haunted house flicks, you have to check out “The Houses October Built.” If you have a slight fear of haunted houses, this movie will make sure you never visit one ever again. A group of kids go searching for the scariest horror attraction and find it, and it turns out to be everything they always dreamed of — in their worst nightmares.

Parenting is hard enough when you don’t have to worry about ghosts, evil vine creatures and fake babies trying to mess up your judgment. We’ve already said too much. Just watch 2015’s “The Hallow,” written and directed by Corin Hardy, especially if you’ve just moved to a new town.

What could be scary about a canal, you say? Well, forget everything you know about narrow manmade waterways. In this 2014 film written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, nothing is as it seems. You’ve probably heard of unreliable narrators, but this Irish ghost flick will keep you guessing (and freaked out) for the full 92 minutes.

If you’ve never seen “The Babadook,” you might be surprised to hear that it has become something of an instant classic to most people who have watched it. Jennifer Kent wrote and directed this 2014 tale of a mother and son haunted by a ghoul from a book that has a creepy catchphrase you’ll begin to hear on eerily quiet nights... or will chant in the darkness to spook your friends.

Was 2004’s “Saw” perfect? No. But did it have some tense moments in a horrific, sadistic kind of way? Absolutely. Thirteen years later, memories of the torture horror film still conjure up fears of waking up chained to a pipe while a psychotic serial killer hopes you’ll saw your foot off.

Mines are creepy. They go deep underground, are extremely dark and can easily spell death. Add in a freakishly weird timeline and a group of unexpecting friends, and you’ve got what appears to be a typical cabin-in-the-woods horror movie gone terribly, terribly wrong. And by wrong, we actually mean oh-so-right.

When people ask us for a fun and frightening film available on Netflix, our go-to answer is 2014’s “Last Shift.” Starring Juliana Harkavy (of TV’s “The Walking Dead” and “Arrow”), this psychological horror movie centers on a rookie cop tasked with guarding an abandoned police station on the final night before it is permanently closed. “Last Shift” often lulls you into thinking you know what’s going to happen next but ends up keeping you guessing throughout all 87 minutes. Don’t watch this one alone either.

A deaf woman (Kate Siegel) getting stalked by a burglar outside of her remote rural home might sound like an overly simplistic plot, but “Hush” almost instantly turns into 81 minutes of heart-racing, palm-sweating, armrest-grabbing terror. Don’t watch this movie alone, and even if you have a companion, you might want to double-check those door locks.

If you haven’t seen Eli Roth’s “Hostel,” it’s probably exactly like you picture it. A group of college students head to Europe and are endlessly tortured while attempting to run for their lives. The 2005 film relies heavily on jumps and sadistic gore for most of its scares, but the most frightening part might be the fact that it could actually happen in real life.

The ridiculousness of “Hellraiser” might border on campy for some horror fans, but it’s nevertheless a disturbing flick, especially for those who have ever feared getting sucked into Hell by giant metal spikes after innocently playing with a puzzle box. Then again, Pinhead (Doug Bradley) doesn’t really go for innocent folks so just play nice.

You might think, “I know Mark Duplass; how can I expect to be scared by him?” Well, prepare to have your ever-trusting mind blown when Duplass plays a dying man who hires a videographer (Patrick Brice, who also directed the film) to document his life while he’s still alive. If you couldn’t guess by the title of the film, Duplass is a total creep. And not in a “ha ha” way. We’re pretty sure you’ll never trust anyone again after watching this 2014 found footage freakout.

When you hear that “Baskin” is a Turkish horror movie that screened at the Toronto Film Festival, you might picture some kind of artsy, existential fantasy film. If that’s what you’re expecting, run! Run away as far as you can! This movie is messed up. Like seriously messed up. If nothing — and we mean nothing — offends you in any way, you might have a chance of making it through this movie. Either way, you’ve been warned.