The 17 Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now (October 2024)
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The Exorcist III (1990)
Run Time:1 hr 49 min |Director:William Peter Blatty
Cast:George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson
The Exorcist IIIis an excellent standalone feature anda refreshing addition toThe Exorcistfranchiseafter the mediocre sequel,Exorcist II: The Heretic, 13 years prior. This time, directed and written byWilliam Peter Blattyand based on his novelLegion, the story follows an investigator who obsesses over a case of unsolved murders, eerily similar to the Zodiac Killer. Since the real-life Zodiac Killer professed their enjoyment ofThe Exorcistin one of the cryptic letters sent to the media, Blatty decided to base the demonic murders on the infamous events. As Detective Kinderman (George C. Scott) continues to unravel the presumably deceased Gemini Killer’s mysteries in the film, supernatural confrontations and unsettling revelations come to light.
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REC (2008)
Run Time:1 hr 18 min |Director:Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Cast:Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso, David Vert
Recognized asone of the best found-footage horror films,RECis a Spanish film about an infectious breakout that causes the immediate and involuntary quarantine of an entire apartment building. Confused and terrified, the isolated neighbors are left to handle the situation in the dark with no escape. Strange attacks begin to occur as the infected become volatile; armed with shaky flashlights and household weapons, the quarantined fight for survival while hoping for a solution to come from the outside.
Train to Busan (2016)
Run Time:1 hr 57 min |Director:Yeon Sang-ho
Cast:Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik
Train to Busanis a zombie action-horror film that grabs the audience’s attention throughout the film. This incredibly well-paced story comes from South Korea, where many recent movies have taken the industry by storm. In this story, a young girl and her father take a train to visit her mother in the morning before a busy workday. Just before the train is leaving, one sick passenger boards, and with them, a virus, which quickly spreads and traps the healthy on the train to fight for survival. With brilliant character development, gruesome action, and genuine heartfelt moments,Train to Busancovers many genres and creates one of the best zombie movies ever made.
Suspiria (2018)
Run Time:2 hr 32 min |Director:Luca Guadagnino
Cast:Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Chloë Grace Moretz
When Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson), is accepted to a dance academy in Berlin, she is quick to befriend Sara (Mia Goth), a fellow aspiring dancer. The two train under the guidance of Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton). Meanwhile, Patricia (Chloë Grace Moretz), a former student, shares tales of the academy’s dark secrets with her psychotherapist, Dr. Klemperer, who Swinton also plays in an incredibly convincing disguise. Patricia suddenly disappears, sending Sara down a rabbit hole of investigations, and discovers underground chambers and occult rituals within the academy.
Terrifier 2 (2022)
Run Time:2 hr 18 min |Director:Damien Leone
Cast:David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Elliott Fullam, Sarah Voigt, Kailey Hyman
Since 2008, Art the Clown has been terrifying audiences with intense gore and violence after releasing a short film calledThe 9th Circle. The cult following developed by bare-bones slasher enthusiasts has led to theTerrifierfranchise.Terrifier 2made waves when it debuted in 2022 and turned Art the Clown into a household name. A third film is currently in the works andis slated to release in 2024.
Hellraiser (1987)
Run Time:1 hr 33 min |Director:Clive Barker
Cast:Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley
This classic 80s film sparked a massively underrated franchise consisting of 11 features to date. InHellraiser, Frank (Sean Chapman) solves a puzzle box that opens a portal to hell and its inhabitants, the Cenobites. The Cenobites tear Frank to pieces and trap him in hell, but when his family moves into his old house, they accidentally resurrect him. This time, Frank’s only chance for survival is to feed off the blood of his victims to reconstruct his body.
As Above So Below (2014)
Run Time:1 hr 33 min |Director:John Erick Dowdle
Cast:Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert
As Above So Belowfollows an archeologist, Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks), and her team into the Parisienne catacombs in search of the legendary philosopher’s stone. But as they travel deeper into the caves, supernatural horrors appear in the form of each one’s personal trauma. It’s loosely based on the hermetic principle that the outer world mirrors the inner world, and for these unfortunate explorers, these manifestations are all too real.
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
Run Time:1 hr 39 min |Director:Sam Raimi
Cast:Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer
When a loan officer, Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), denies an elderly woman named Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) an extension on her mortgage, a powerful curse is cast upon her. This curse comes from a demon whose only mission is to drag Christine to Hell. With the help of her boyfriend, Clay Dalton (Justin Long), they attempt to break the curse and banish the demon back to hell.Drag Me To Hellis hilarious, but the jump scareswill haunt your dreams.
V/H/S (2009)
Run Time:1 hr 56 min |Directors:Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Chad Villella, Ti West, Adam Wingard
Cast:Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman
V/H/Sis a unique horror film made up of several stories. Different directors create a collection of tales, all tied together by one overarching narrative. When a group of thieves discover a series of old videotapes, they quickly realize that each tape contains a more terrifying tale than the last. They’re drawn deeper into a world of mysteries and scares as they watch. This movie is perfect for those who enjoy bite-sized horror stories with a connecting thread.
Candyman (2021)
Run Time:1 hr 31 min |Director:Nia DaCosta
Cast:Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Williams
When an artist moves to the projects in Chicago, he becomes obsessed with the story of theCandyman, a supernatural being in the form of a man with a hook for a hand. When the art curator and his girlfriend, Brianna (Teyonah Parris), showcase Anthony’s (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) artwork at her colleague Clive’s (Brian King) gallery, the art is not received well. Later, Clive and his girlfriend accidentally summon Candyman (Tony Todd) and are brutally slaughtered. This only pushes Anthony to investigate the tale of the Candyman further, exposing more and more people to the horrors of summoning him.
