10 horror movies to stream on Amazon Prime Video right now
10. Under the Skin (2026 Prime Re-release)
Under the Skin makes its way back to streaming services with a re-release in 4K that further emphasizes the hypnotic weirdness of the film. With Scarlett Johansson playing an alien predator moving through Scotland, the film is more of a mood piece than a traditional horror film. With little dialogue and imagery that is starkly clinical, the film demands that the viewer sit with the discomfort rather than trying to follow the plot. The film's creepiest scenes feature stark blackness and observation, making the vulnerability of humans seem almost clinical.
9. Pearl (2022)
Pearl thrives on contradiction. Shot in vibrant, almost cheerful Technicolor tones, it tells the deeply disturbing origin story of a young woman whose hunger for stardom curdles into violence. Mia Goth delivers a performance that swings between vulnerability and unhinged fury, culminating in monologues that are equal parts heartbreaking and horrifying. Though connected to the world of X, it stands powerfully on its own as a character study.
8. Late Night with the Devil (2024)
Late Night with the Devil brilliantly merges found-footage horror with 1970s broadcast nostalgia. Framed as a live 1977 talk show slowly unraveling on air, the film captures retro television aesthetics with uncanny precision before plunging into occult chaos. The gradual tonal shift is what makes it so effective—awkward interviews turn sinister, skepticism morphs into dread, and the studio lights start to feel oppressive.
7. When Evil Lurks (2023)
When Evil Lurks delivers possession horror stripped of hope. This Argentinian nightmare dismantles the comforting “rules” audiences expect from exorcism stories—there are no neat rituals or guaranteed salvation arcs here. Instead, evil spreads like an infection, contaminating families and communities with terrifying inevitability. The atmosphere is oppressive, and rural landscapes feel isolated rather than freeing. What unsettles fans most is the moral bleakness; good intentions often accelerate catastrophe.
6. Terrifier 3 (2024)
Terrifier 3 knows exactly who it’s made for and doesn’t apologize for a second. Art the Clown’s Christmas-themed rampage is unapologetically grotesque, pushing practical gore effects to almost cartoonishly extreme limits. For gorehounds, it’s a showcase of endurance—how much brutality can you stomach in one sitting? Yet beneath the carnage is a twisted commitment to spectacle. The holiday setting adds a perverse layer of irony, turning festive imagery into backdrops for chaos. (Please note that this scene depicts a moment from the 2016 horror film Terrifier.)
5. Barbarian (2022)
Barbarian is a masterclass in narrative misdirection. What starts as an awkward double-booked Airbnb situation quickly mutates into something far more grotesque and unpredictable. The genius of the film lies in how confidently it shifts tone and perspective, constantly pulling the rug out from under the audience. Just when you think you understand the genre lane it’s operating in, it pivots. The subterranean horror that unfolds isn’t just physical—it's thematic, digging into ideas of entitlement, predation, and complicity.
4. Smile 2 (2024)
Smile 2 amplifies everything that made the first film unnerving and dials it up to stadium-level horror. By centering the curse around a global pop star, the sequel expands the mythology into a world where every performance becomes a potential psychological collapse. The signature grin is still deeply unsettling, but now it’s framed against flashing cameras and screaming crowds, making the paranoia feel public and inescapable. It’s bloodier, louder, and far more frantic, yet it doesn’t lose sight of the psychological torment at its core.
3. Talk to Me (2023)
Talk to Me is the kind of horror that makes you yell at the screen because you know exactly when things are about to spiral. Distributed by A24, it takes a simple concept—teens summoning spirits with an embalmed hand—and pushes it to devastating extremes. The possession sequences are raw and chaotic, never glamorized, and the emotional fallout feels painfully real.
2. The Night Visitor (2025/2026 Prime Exclusive)
The Night Visitor reinvents the home invasion formula by asking a far more unsettling question: what if the intruder isn’t entirely human? Built around smart-home technology turning against its owners, the film uses modern paranoia as its playground. Lights flicker on command, security systems glitch, and doors lock themselves—and the house becomes a cage. The claustrophobia is relentless because the threat feels integrated into the walls themselves. For horror fans who love contained thrillers, this one thrives on tension rather than spectacle. (Please note that this image is from the 1971 psychological thriller film The Night Visitor.)
1. The Long Legs (2024)
The Longlegs feels like the kind of horror that seeps into your bones rather than jumps out at you. With Nicolas Cage delivering one of the most unhinged and quietly terrifying performances of his career, the film transforms a serial killer procedural into something almost occult in atmosphere. It’s not about flashy scares; it’s about dread that builds scene by scene as an FBI agent closes in on a murderer whose crimes feel ritualistic and wrong on a spiritual level. The sound design is suffocating, the silence weaponized, and Cage’s presence alone makes every frame unpredictable.
