5 Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime
There’s nothing like a good horror movie to send shivers down your spine and your heart. Amazon Prime features a wide selection of scary movies, including recent releases like Smile, M3GAN, and Jordan Peele’s Nope. All the classic elements of adolescent horror are here, but with a new twist, in this suspenseful psychological thriller. Jennifer Lawrence gives an outstanding performance.
1. Crawl
The best horror movies are the ones that have that special something that gives you that fresh thrill. That tingle up your spine, the goosebumps on your skin, and that hard cold thumping of your heart. From pestering poltergeists to flesh-eating zombies there is something for everyone in this genre of spacemov film. This psychological horror thriller is one of the most chilling movies on this list. It is a slow burn that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Bone Tomahawk starts out as a Western but then it slowly unfolds into a nightmarish horror movie. Kurt Russell heads up a killer cast and the practical effects add an old-school nastiness that you don’t get in many modern horror films. This is a must-watch!
2. Jeepers Creepers
There’s nothing like the fresh thrill of a great horror movie. From pestering poltergeists to wicked witches, there are tons of options out there to give you goosebumps and a hard-cold thump. Ti West’s slow-burn psychological horror may have only come out in 2009, but it feels like a throwback to an earlier era of scary movies that didn’t shy away from slowly ratcheting up tension. Its creepy, remote setting and its refusal to resort to cheap jump scares makes it an essential watch.
A classic that never gets old, Jeepers Creepers stars Justin Long as two brash slackers who take a road trip into a forest ruled by an unknown monster. It may be a little silly, but it’s still one of the best horror movies on Amazon Prime. And it has a perfect ending!
3. Ju-On: The Grudge
The Grudge is an intensely disturbing horror movie that delivers a mix of in-your-face scares and atmospheric verve. While it may not be as polished or thought-out as other films on this list, there is a clear reason that this first entry into the Ju-On franchise—which now spans 13 movies, two shorts, books, and even a video game—has the cult following it does.
The film focuses on a curse that arises after the vengeful ghost Kayako murders her family in a jealous rage and haunts the house where they died. The curse, or fuyurei, follows all who enter the house and causes them to die, a concept that is not only frightening but also unsettling because it seems impossible for these souls to find peace. The result is one of the best and most memorable entries in the whole J-Horror movement.
4. Hereditary
Unlike other horror movies, Hereditary doesn’t simply seek to shock its audience through jump scares. Instead, it aims to disturb the viewer psychologically by portraying how easily family members can turn against one another. Debut director Ari Aster’s film doesn’t reinvent the genre but does polish the cobwebs off of classics like Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist. Hawk-eyed genre hounds will be able to spot the references, but most viewers will be too busy gripping their armrests to notice.
Toni Collette is a force to be reckoned with in Hereditary, a slow-burn thriller that is both heartbreaking and unnerving. Her performance is Oscar-worthy, and even the most skeptical moviegoers will likely leave Hereditary with an uneasy feeling. That’s the true mark of a good horror movie. It sticks with you long after the credits roll. Definitely a must-watch!
5. The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Whether you want to be frightened, entertained or both, there is nothing quite like a great horror movie. From pestering poltergeists to wicked witches and homicidal maniacs, the genre has something for everyone. And luckily, there are plenty of spooky options on Prime Video.
Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead remake) tries to inject some energy into this Lisbeth Salander spin-off, but the scattered moments of inspiration are easily overshadowed by a generic 21st century Cold War plot about mercenaries, government agencies and Lisbeth competing to gain exclusive possession of software that would give anyone with access to the world’s nuclear codes.
This gross stop-motion movie is a Boschian hellscape of scatalogical and eschatological horrors stacked on top of each other like the layers of an impossible tower of Babel, oozing with pus, bile, blood and ichor. It’s a visual feast that’ll have you covering your eyes.
