The 10 best horror films and shows on Amazon Prime Video this Halloween
Amazon Prime Video has hundreds of horror films to get you in the Halloween mood. As All Hallows’ Eve fast approaches, fans of the macabre may be on the hunt for that next great film or TV show to sink their teeth into.
From gory classics to spooky slashers, Prime Video is the perfect place to spend the spooky season. All of this great horror content comes included with a subscription to Prime Video, and can be viewed without paying a penny thanks to Amazon’s 30-day free trial.
What’s more, Amazon has launched two new and improved high-spec Fire TV Sticks to watch them on, both with improved speeds, full 4K support, Dolby Atmos audio, Dolby Vision, HDR, HLG, and HDR10+. Shoppers can even benefit from two amazing deals on the impressive pieces of kit.
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Here, we have compiled the 10 best horror films and shows available on Prime Video this Halloween.
Totally Killer
Kiernan Shipka fronts an ensemble cast in Totally Killer (Courtesy of Prime)From production company Blumhouse – the team behind a plethora of recent horror films and franchises including Paranormal Activity, Insidious and The Purge – the 1980s-set slasher Totally Killer offers a clever mashup of horror, teen comedy and sci-fi.
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It centres on teenager Jamie Hughes (Kiernan Shipka), who, 35 years after the grisly murder of three teens, accidentally travels back in time to stop the masked killer’s spree before it happens. With the help of her teen mother and her friends, Jamie must navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of 1987 and take down the killer before she’s stuck in the past forever.
An American Werewolf In London
One of the most iconic horrors of its time, John Landis’ 1981 classic follows American backpackers David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) who arrive in Northern England for a walking tour. During a nighttime trek across the Yorkshire moors, the friends are attacked by a violent beast which brutally kills Jack.
Weeks later, an undead Jack returns to warn David that a werewolf was their assailant, and that he is now a werewolf too.
The Exorcist
This propulsive psychological thriller is a modern reinvention of the franchise inspired by William Peter Blatty’s original 1971 book. Picking up after the events of the iconic 1973 film, The Exorcist follows two priests dealing with cases of a demonic presence targeting a family and a foster home.
The series was well received upon release despite flying under the radar in the UK. Its second season earned a perfect 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is sure to be enjoyed by fans of the late William Friekin’s horror classic.
Dead Ringers
Rachel Weisz plays the sinister twin sisters in Dead Ringers (Courtesy of Prime Video)A modern take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller, Dead Ringers features Rachel Weisz playing the double-lead roles of Elliot and Beverly Mantle. In this dark tale, the Mantle twins are gynaecologists who share everything: Drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes – including pushing the boundaries on medical ethics – in an effort to change the way women give birth.
Rec
Fans of the found-footage genre will love this terrifying Spanish horror. Billed as “28 Days Later meets The Blair Witch Project,” Rec follows news reporter Ángela (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo as they cover the night shift in a Barcelona firehouse.
What starts out as an ordinary night becomes a hellish nightmare as a virus turns the inhabitants of an apartment building into a horde of frenzied ghouls. Rec’s disturbing documentary style adds to its sense of claustrophobia, as viewers are immersed in the violent ordeal.
Final Destination
The first chapter in the gruesome franchise centres around American high-schooler Alex. When the lucky teenager has a premonition that the plane he and his classmates are about to board is going to explode, he throws a fit and gets him and his friends kicked off the flight.
To everyone’s horror, the plane explodes shortly after take-off. As the group begins to die mysteriously one by one, the remaining survivors must try to figure out what is going on before they join the other victims.
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World War Z
With a perfect combination of Brad Pitt and ultra-fast zombies, World War Z is a fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic story of the potential last days of the human race. When a zombie pandemic suddenly begins toppling cities and governments around the world, former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt) is called in to help find a cure, sending him on a perilous globe-trotting journey.
Them
Shahadi Wright Joseph stars in Them (Courtesy of Amazon Studios)Amazon’s limited anthology series explores terror in America. The 1950s-set first season centres on a Black family who moves from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighbourhood during the period known as The Great Migration.
The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces, next-door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
Paranormal Activity
The first instalment of the hit supernatural horror franchise centres on the story of Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat), a carefree couple who become haunted by an unseen presence in their house. They decide to investigate the increasingly bizarre and escalating intrusions by setting up a video camera to capture evidence of the demonic presence in their house, only to find much more than they ever imagined.
Malignant
In this original horror thriller from Saw director James Wan, Madison (Annabelle Wallis) is a pregnant woman living in Seattle. After an argument with her abusive husband, Madison finds herself paralysed by shocking visions of grisly murders, but her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
Join Amazon Prime Video to stream all this horrifying content. A host of other frightening flicks are available on Netflix.
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