The 8 Best Horror Movies to Stream on Amazon Prime Right Now
Streaming services offer a wide variety of movies, but for October, nothing else but some horror will do. If you’ve gotten your fill of spooky content from Netflix, check out these eight films currently available on Amazon Prime that are guaranteed to send a chill down your spine.
1. Hereditary (2018)
A slow burn that eventually catches fire, Hereditary sees Toni Collette as a mother struggling with her mother's death. When her kids begin experiencing strange visions, Collette will have to face some of the demons lurking in her family's past.
2. Child’s Play (1988)
Chucky will be your friend ‘til the end. Unfortunately, the end might come prematurely and gruesomely in this horror classic about a doll possessed with the spirit of a serial killer (Brad Dourif) who gets adopted by a child and his mother. Pint-sized terror ensues.
3. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Mia Farrow experiences a highly complicated pregnancy in this eerie and atmospheric film that continues to shock more than a half-century after its release. While carrying her first child, Rosemary realizes that her high-rise neighbors are taking an unusually strong interest in her offspring.
4. Black Christmas (1974)
Margot Kidder leads a cast of co-eds who find their holiday break less than relaxing when they begin to get picked off by a rampaging killer. Bob Clark directed this 1974 classic, which helped establish the slasher genre as we know it and served as an inspiration for John Carpenter's Halloween. (Nearly 10 years later, Clark would direct a very different kind of holiday-themed classic: A Christmas Story.)
5. Goodnight Mommy (2015)
Looming dread saturates every frame of this stylized Austrian film that sees twin 9-year-old brothers struggling to cope with their mother, who’s come back from a plastic surgery appointment heavily bandaged and acting so oddly that the brothers begin to suspect she may not be their mother at all. An effective third-act twist might compel you to pass the recommendation on.
6. Pumpkinhead (1989)
Special effects legend Stan Winston directs this tale of a grieving father (Lance Henriksen) who targets the teenage gang responsible for his boy’s death by conjuring a vengeful creature.
7. Diabolique (1955)
Two women working at a French boarding school—one married, the other a mistress—decide to put their mutual problem out of his misery. Unfortunately, his demise is only the beginning of their troubles. This moody French film based on a novel was nearly filmed for an American audience by Alfred Hitchcock, but director Henri-Georges Clouzot snapped up the rights first. The result so impressed Hitchcock that he decided to up his game with the classic Psycho (1960). If it impressed the Master of Suspense, it’s worth a look.
8. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Disclaimer: Only one segment in this made-for-television anthology is worth watching, but it’s a killer. Karen Black stars in three stories, all penned by Richard Matheson (The Twilight Zone), with the third, “Amelia,” the standout. As the title character, Black is a single woman under the thumb of an overbearing mother and hoping to further a relationship with a history professor. She buys an African artifact as a gift for him, then spends the next 25 minutes running for her life when it gains sentience. Pair it with Child’s Play for a great double feature.
