As many of us are stuck inside at the moment, you may be looking for something to watch. These are some of the best horror films currently streaming on Netflix and Prime Video. Have you seen any of these? Do you have any other suggestions? We’d love to hear what you think!
The following films are spoiler free for your viewing pleasure.
1. Halloween
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2018
Written By: Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green
Directed By: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
In this direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same, Michael Myers escapes captivity once again 40 years after his original killing spree. Now a post-traumatic Laurie Strode must prepare to face Michael once again.
2. Donnie Darko
Currently Streaming On: Prime Video
Released: 2001
Written and Directed By: Richard Kelly
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze
Donnie Darko is a troubled teenager who starts getting visions of a figure in a bunny costume whom informs Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.
3. Orphan
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2009
Written By: Alex Mace
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farming, Aryana Engineer, Peter Sarsgaard
After the death of their unborn child, a couple adopts a nine year old girl, but there’s something not quite right about Esther…
4. Mercy Black
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2019
Written and Directed By: Owen Egerton
Starring: Daniella Pineda, Austin Amelio, Miles Emmons, Lee Eddy
A woman is released from psychiatric care fifteen years after stabbing a classmate as a sacrifice to Mercy Black. Now her nephew is becoming obsessed with the same urban legend, and she begins to question how real it may all be.
5. The Woman In Black
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2012
Written By: Jane Goldman
Directed By: James Watkins
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White
Based on the 1983 novel of the same name. A grieving lawyer is sent to a remote village to sort the paperwork of a deceased woman. He soon encounters her vengeful spirit when she begins to terrorise the locals.
6. American Psycho
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2000
Written By: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
Directed By: Mary Harron
Starring: Christian Bale, Bret Easton Ellis, Chloë Sevigny, Jared Leto
Based on Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel of the same name. Patrick Bateman is just like any other wealthy investment banker; except he’s a psychopath with an uncontrollable bloodlust.
7. Se7en
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 1996
Written By: Andrew Kevin Walker
Directed By: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow
Two detectives are tasked with finding a serial killer who is using the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders.
8. Would You Rather
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2012
Written By: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen
Directed By: David Guy Levy
Starring: Brittany Snow, Sasha Grey, Jeffrey Combs, Robb Wells
A wealthy man gathers a group of desperate people in his mansion and forces them to play a game of Would You Rather – but the dilemmas are sadistic, and increasingly more deadly.
9. Joy Ride
Currently Streaming On: Prime Video
Released: 2002
Written By: J.J. Abrams, Clay Tarver
Directed By: John Dahl
Starring: Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Jessica Bowman
Also known as Road Kill here in the UK. Lewis, Venna, and Fuller are taking a cross-country trip home for summer. To make their journey a bit more fun, they use their CB radio to prank a trucker, however the joke is soon over when he begins to stalk them, seeking revenge.
10. Devil
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2010
Written By: M. Night Shyamalan, Brian Nelson
Directed By: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Bojana Novakovic, Logan Marshall-Green, Chris Messina, Bokeem Woodbine
Five strangers get stuck in an elevator, but come to realise that the devil is among them, looking to claim it’s victims one by one.
11. See No Evil
Currently Streaming On: Prime Video
Released: 2006
Written By: Dan Madigan
Directed By: Gregory Dark
Starring: Kane, Samantha Noble, Christina Vidal, Michael J. Pagan
A group of delinquents are sent to an old hotel to clean it up. Unbeknownst to them it is the home of a deranged killer, who likes to rip his victims eyes from their skulls.
12. Pan’s Labyrinth
Currently Streaming On: Prime Video
Released: 2006
Written and Directed By: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Douglas Jones, Sergio López, Maribel Verde
When Ofelia and her mother move in with her stepfather, she is informed by a faun that she is a Princess, and will need to undertake three tasks to prove her royalty.
13. Friday The 13th
Currently Streaming On: Netflix
Released: 2009
Written By: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Directed By: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti
In this reboot of the 1980 classic of the same name, Clay Miller is searching for his missing sister, not knowing she has been captured by the deadly Jason Voorhees.
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