Horror movies on Amazon Prime Video in the US

Top 20: Horror movies on Amazon Prime Video in the US

Updated 9 October 2026 · Ranked by TMDB popularity, which reflects what people are watching and searching for this week · Subscription titles only

1. The Whistler (2026) · ★ 1.0/10 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller
   Reeling from their daughter's loss, Nicole and Sebastian come into possession of a secluded Venezuelan farm, unaware of the dark forces they're about to face.
2. Blood & Rust (2026) · Horror, Action
   In the fading rustbelt town of Redpatch, Ohio, nights feel longer, shadows heavier, and strangers never arrive without reason. After losing his father to a strange…
3. Dark Nuns (2025) · ★ 6.2/10 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
   Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they…
4. X (2022) · ★ 6.7/10 · Horror
   In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find…
5. Weapons (2025) · ★ 7.3/10 · Horror, Mystery
   When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their…
6. The Thing (1982) · ★ 8.1/10 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
   A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
7. The Mummy (2017) · ★ 5.5/10 · Fantasy, Thriller, Action
   Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day,…
8. Hereditary (2018) · ★ 7.3/10 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
   Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but…
9. The Devil's Mouth (2026) · ★ 6.5/10 · Horror, Thriller
   A group of college friends' Thailand adventure turns deadly when they become trapped in submerged caves with a dangerous predator. As oxygen runs low, past conflicts…
10. Midsommar (2019) · ★ 7.1/10 · Horror, Drama, Mystery
    Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a…
11. Pretty Lethal (2026) · ★ 6.8/10 · Action, Thriller, Horror
    A troupe of ballerinas find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition.
12. Smile 2 (2024) · ★ 6.6/10 · Horror, Mystery
    About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating…
13. Let Us Prey (2014) · ★ 5.7/10 · Thriller, Horror
    Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out…
14. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · ★ 7.3/10 · Horror
    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something…
15. Terrifier 3 (2024) · ★ 6.7/10 · Horror
    Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season…
16. Van Helsing (2004) · ★ 6.4/10 · Horror, Adventure, Action
    Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals…
17. Child's Play (1988) · ★ 6.8/10 · Horror
    After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror…
18. Carrie (1976) · ★ 7.3/10 · Horror, Thriller
    Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has…
19. The Purge (2013) · ★ 6.2/10 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
    Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these…
20. Don't Breathe (2016) · ★ 7.0/10 · Horror, Thriller
    A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

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