The Best Halloween Movies on Netflix Are These 3 Alfred Hitchcock Classics: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The Birds,’ and ‘Marnie’

If you’re looking for scary movies to watch on Netflix in October 2024, then you should know that there are currently three Alfred Hitchcock movies available on the streaming service. While it’s not unheard for Netflix to host classic films, the streamer is notorious for its limited selection of films from before the 21st century. But in a pleasant surprise for subscribers this month, the streamer added not one, not two, but three Hitchcock movies to its library—Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie—which make for the perfect spooky season movie marathon. It’s a Halloween miracle!

Hitchcock movies are not quite horror movies—more like thrillers—but they are very scary, and very good. That’s especially true for Psycho, Hitchcock’s 1960 psychological thriller that is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time Anthony Perkins delivers an all-time great performance as Norman Bates, the seemingly mild-mannered hotel clerk with a dark,

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