10 horror movies on Prime Video perfect for Halloween night

The Conjuring: Last Rites (Image Source: Prime Video)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Image Source: Prime Video)

Halloween is incomplete without streaming some of the horror movie masterpieces. Prime Video has a perfect list of horror movies to fit this spirit. These movies offer both fear and a compelling story. Each one pulls you into a world where the danger seems real.

However, this list shares ten of the best horror movies on Prime Video. They will turn a normal night into an exciting Halloween time.


10 best horror movies on Prime Video perfect for Halloween

The Conjuring

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The Conjuring (Image Source: Prime Video)

The Conjuring tells the true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren. They were famous for looking into ghosts. In 1971, the Perron family moved into an old Rhode Island house. They hoped for a new start. Then they heard noises. They saw shapes in the dark. An evil spirit targeted the mother, Carolyn. The Warrens discovered that a witch had once lived on the land and had allegedly cursed it.

The last scene focuses on getting rid of the spirit. The horror movie feels real even in a fictional setting. It builds fear with mood and quiet moments.


Hereditary

Hereditary (Image Source: Prime Video)
Hereditary (Image Source: Prime Video)

In this horror movie, a family deals with sadness that changes into horror. Annie Graham tries to understand her mother’s secret life. Her daughter, Charlie, acts strangely. She draws scary pictures. One day, a tragic accident changes everything for the family. They start seeing shadows. They hear whispers. Then Annie learns her mother was part of a group that worshiped a demon named Paimon.

The ending shows their destiny was planned. The film’s power comes from its slow, uneasy feeling. It mixes family pain with fear of the supernatural.


Insidious

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Insidious (Image Source: Prime Video)

Josh and Renai Lambert’s young son, Dalton, fell into a deep sleep. This happened after he looked in the attic. Doctors could not find the reason. The family heard whispers and saw shapes at home. They thought ghosts haunted the house, so they moved. But the hauntings followed them. A person who sees spirits explained that Dalton’s spirit was trapped. It was in “The Further,” a dark place for lost souls, and evil spirits tried to take over his body.

The horror movie shows that Josh had to use his own spirit to bring his son back. The scenes in The Further are scary.


A Quiet Place

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A Quiet Place (Image Source: Prime Video)

This story takes place after strange monsters killed most people. These monsters are blind. They hunt anything that makes noise. The Abbott family lives in silence to survive. They walk without shoes and use sign language to talk. There, a dropped toy could mean death. In the movie, the parents protect their children. Every second becomes a fight for their lives.

The horror movie uses sound to scare you. The quiet makes every small sound feel like an explosion. It is scary, but it shows the strength of family love.


Smile

Smile (Image Source: Prime Video)
Smile (Image Source: Prime Video)

Dr. Rose Cotter worked as a therapist. A patient killed herself in front of Rose. The patient had a terrifying smile. Rose started seeing the same smiles everywhere. Her friends and family thought she was crazy. Rose learned that this curse jumps from person to person through painful events and death. And she had to stop the curse to live.

The story focuses on a fear no one else can see. The simple smile becomes the most frightening thing. The horror movie leaves you feeling cold even after it ends.


The Black Phone

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The Black Phone (Image Source: Prime Video)

The Black Phone is set in a small 1970s town. A man called “The Grabber” kidnapped children there. He kept taking them. A 13-year-old boy named Finney was captured, too. The Grabber locked him in a basement with strong, thick walls. An old, non-working phone was on the wall. The phone rang. Finney answered it. He heard the voices of the killer’s dead victims. They gave him advice to escape.

This horror movie mixes fear with true bravery. It shows that hope can live even in the darkest place.


Candyman

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Candyman (Image Source: Prime Video)

Anthony McCoy, a painter, moved into a Chicago neighborhood. The area had a bad history. People told him the story of Candyman. This spirit appears if you say his name five times in a mirror. Anthony used the story in his paintings for ideas. Then, killings began. He found out the story was true.

Candyman’s story is about past wrongs and getting even. It passes through time. Anthony became obsessed. He started losing his mind and control of his body. The horror movie mixes supernatural horror with ideas about violence and memory.


Midsommar

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Midsommer (Image Source: Prime Video)

Dani had just lost her family. Her boyfriend, Christian, invited her to Sweden. They went with their friends and visited a small village for a festival that happens every 90 years. The village was bright with flowers, but something felt very wrong. The special ceremonies started happily but ended in horror. Outsiders started disappearing. Dani felt trapped, too. The scary parts happen in broad daylight.

This makes them even more unsettling. Midsommar is about sadness and losing your mind slowly.


Evil Dead Rise

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Evil Dead Rise (Image Source: Prime Video)

Two sisters, Beth and Ellie, saw each other again in Los Angeles. Their bond faced a test. Ellie’s children found a strange book in the basement. Playing a recording of strange words released bad spirits. Ellie became possessed. She became violent and trapped her family in their apartment. The building turned into a messy war zone. Beth had to fight to keep the children safe.

This horror movie is fast, bloody, and shocking. It shows that family love can survive even the worst evil.


The Nun

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The Nun (Image Source: Prime Video)

The Nun takes you to a dark church in Romania. A priest and a young nun, Sister Irene, went there. They had to look into a nun’s death for the church leaders. The church looked peaceful by day but was terrifying at night. They found a demon named Valak. It looked like a nun. It used religious faith and fear to break people. The pair searched the church’s secret tunnels and fought to stop the evil again.

The old, dark church setting makes the movie scary. Every shadow adds to the fear.


Prime Video has many scary movies that are not just loud noises. These ten horror movies offer stories that feel real, even with ghosts. The Conjuring and Insidious show families fighting darkness.

Hereditary and Midsommar turn deep sadness into terror. A Quiet Place and The Black Phone show courage against fear. Smile, Evil Dead Rise, The Nun, and Candyman explore how fear lives in our feelings and memories.

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Edited by Ritika Pal