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Best Horror on Prime Video, ranked by IMDb rating

260 horror titles on Prime Video rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.

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The Thing (1982)
★ 8.2 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 57   R · 1h 49m · Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Nosferatu (1922)
★ 7.8 IMDb   🍅 97%   Not Rated · 1h 34m · Horror · Fantasy
The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 80%   MC 55   R · 1h 37m · Comedy · Horror
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbi
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The Wicker Man (1973)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 92%   MC 87   R · 1h 28m · Horror
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the islan
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Stree (2018)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 80%   Not Rated · 2h 8m · Horror · Comedy
Set in the town of Chanderi, Stree is based on the urban legend of Nale Ba that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s, and features Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao in pivotal roles.
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Carrie (1976)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 86   R · 1h 38m · 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Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother.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 supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent tu
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 91   R · 1h 23m · 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 sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
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Santa Sangre (1989)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 88%   NC-17 · 2h 3m · Horror · Drama · Thriller
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
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Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ (2021)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 100%   Not Rated · 2h 6m · Documentary · Horror
Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries "It" and its infamous villain Pennywise live on in the minds of horror fans around the world. This documentary captures not only the buzz the "It" saga
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Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 90%   MC 87   R · 2h 7m · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
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Take Shelter (2011)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 92%   MC 85   R · 2h · Thriller · Drama · Horror
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 79   PG · 1h 47m · Drama · Horror
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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The Day of the Beast (1995)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 77%   R · 1h 39m · Horror · Comedy · Action
When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocaly
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-14 · 1h 36m · TV Movie · Drama · Crime · Horror
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
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Sleep Tight (2011)
★ 7.2 IMDb   🍅 91%   MC 70   Not Rated · 1h 42m · Thriller · Horror
César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.
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Bedevilled (2010)
★ 7.2 IMDb   🍅 89%   Not Rated · 1h 55m · Thriller · Crime · Drama · Horror
A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals
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Chandramukhi (2005)
★ 7.2 IMDb   Not Rated · 2h 46m · Comedy · Horror · Drama
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge.
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Midsommar (2019)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 83%   MC 72   R · 2h 28m · 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 dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, g
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The Host (2006)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 85   R · 2h · Horror · Drama · Science Fiction
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
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Black Christmas (1974)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 73%   MC 65   R · 1h 38m · Horror · Mystery · Crime
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
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The Fly (1958)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 95%   MC 62   Approved · 1h 34m · Science Fiction · Horror · Drama
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matte
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 85%   GP · 1h 36m · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
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Sick of Myself (2022)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 88%   MC 71   1h 37m · Comedy · Horror
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the mi
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Black Sunday (1960)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 88%   Approved · 1h 27m · Horror
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor wi
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 75%   Not Rated · 1h 28m · Crime · Horror · Mystery
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the model
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 93%   Passed · 2h 13m · Romance · Drama · Horror
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
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Zana (2019)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 100%   TV-MA · 1h 37m · Drama · Thriller · Horror
Haunted by her long-suppressed past and pressured by family to seek treatment from mystical healers for her infertility, a Kosovar woman struggles to reconcile the expectations of motherhood with a legacy of wartime brut
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
★ 7.1 IMDb   🍅 100%   Unrated · 1h 36m · Documentary · Horror
An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.
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The Witch (2016)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 91%   MC 84   R · 1h 32m · Horror · Fantasy · Mystery
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are test
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Pearl (2022)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 76   R · 1h 43m · Horror · Drama
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temp
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 74%   MC 57   R · 2h 22m · Adventure · Horror · History
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 87%   PG · 1h 18m · Horror · Mystery · Fantasy
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interru
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Tenebre (1982)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 83%   MC 83   R · 1h 41m · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
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Black Sabbath (1963)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 89%   MC 82   Approved · 1h 37m · Horror
Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.
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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
★ 7.0 IMDb   🍅 100%   Approved · 1h 3m · Thriller · Adventure · Horror · Action
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff
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Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)
★ 7.0 IMDb   Not Rated · 1h 39m · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Horror
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving spac
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Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 71%   MC 56   R · 1h 34m · Horror · Thriller
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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Triangle (2009)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 78%   R · 1h 39m · Horror
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
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Stir of Echoes (1999)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 70%   MC 67   R · 1h 39m · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
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Climax (2018)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 68%   MC 69   R · 1h 37m · Drama · Horror · Music
When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—bef
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 82%   MC 71   R · 1h 32m · Drama · Horror
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
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Stree 2 (2024)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 57%   2h 27m · Horror · Comedy
Following the events of 'Stree', the town of Chanderi is being haunted again. This time, women are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity. Once again, it's up to Vicky and friends to save their town and lo
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Ravenous (1999)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 52%   MC 46   R · 1h 41m · Adventure · Western · Horror · Comedy · Drama
After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gon
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Altered States (1980)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 58   R · 1h 42m · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and fi
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Exhuma (2024)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 80   2h 14m · Mystery · Horror · Thriller
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess wit
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 73%   MC 77   Not Rated · 1h 29m · Drama · Horror
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
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House of Usher (1960)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 83%   MC 75   Approved · 1h 19m · Horror · Drama
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Philip Winthrop arri
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 95%   Approved · 1h 27m · Mystery · Thriller · Horror
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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The Quiet Family (1998)
★ 6.9 IMDb   1h 41m · Horror · Comedy · Crime
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, a
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
★ 6.9 IMDb   🍅 71%   Not Rated · 1h 26m · Horror · Thriller · Mystery
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

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