Between shopping for clothes and birthday gifts, maybe pause and peruse the vast Prime Video movie catalog. There are a surprising amount of great horror movies available on Amazon's streaming service, and many of them are available with your Prime subscription (meaning you don't need any extra add-ons or channels to watch the movies listed below).
From popular found-footage horror films to edgier titles, these are some of our favorite psychological horror movies currently available on Prime Video.
The Collector (2009)
- Director: Marcus Dunstan
- Writers: Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton
- Cast: Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, and Robert Wisdom
The Collector is the perfect combination of a Saw movie and a home invasion thriller (with a big twist). The story revolves around a man named Arkin (Josh Stewart) who breaks into a wealthy family's home, only to discover that he's the second person to break into their home that night. The first assailant came in, captured the family, and then set up a bunch of deadly traps throughout the house. Arkin's theft quickly turns into a survival mission, for both him and the killer's captives.
Eden Lake (2008)
- Writer/Director: James Watkins
- Cast: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O'Connell, James Gandhi, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Shaun Dooley, and Finn Atkins
Yellowstone actress Kelly Reilly stars opposite of Michael Fassbender in this bleak and disturbing British thriller. Reilly and Fassbender play a couple who head to the idyllic Eden Lake for a romantic weekend away. Unfortunately for them, they cross paths with a few very aggressive local teens who take it upon themselves to torment the couple in increasingly brutal ways.
Suspiria (2018)
- Director: Luca Guadagnino
- Writer: David Kajganich
- Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, and Elena Fokina
Luca Guadagnino's take on Dario Argento's classic 1977 film proves that sometimes remakes can be a good thing. It helps that Guadagnino doesn't attempt to replicate everything Argento did in his original movie, instead taking this bewitching story in a new direction. Dakota Johnson plays lead character Susie Bannion, who has just been accepted to a prestigious Berlin dance academy. But when a former dancer accuses the higher-ups of witchcraft, things take a very dark turn.
The Neon Demon (2016)
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Writers: Mary Laws, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Polly Stenham
- Cast: Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves
I remember seeing The Neon Demon in theaters and walking away feeling thoroughly disturbed. It is probably the most disturbing movie in Elle Fanning's career thus far. In it, Fanning is a young model desperate to launch her career, so she moves to Los Angeles in pursuit of her dream. But becoming a star in this cutthroat industry in a nightmare.
Possum (2018)
A disgraced puppeteer must return to his childhood home to confront his dark childhood. Possum is a deeply unsettling movie that plays directly into our fears of the uncanny, especially with the design of the film's primary puppet that will surely haunt you for days.
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
- Director: Adam Robitel
- Writers: Adam Robitel and Gavin Heffernan
- Cast: Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang, and Ryan Cutrona
This found-footage film plays out like a documentary featuring three college students living with a woman and her ailing mother, Deborah. Their goal is to document the progression of Alzheimer's in Deborah as it steadily gets worse. However, as time passes, it becomes clear that Deborah is exhibiting signs of something much more frightening. There's one particular scene toward the end that will be burned in your brain forever.
The Wailing (2016)
- Writer/Director: Na Hong-jin
- Cast: Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee, and Jun Kunimura
A 2016 Korean horror film, The Wailing is a very long movie but I promise that it flies by while you're watching it. Set in a rural village that has begun experiencing symptoms of a strange disease that appears to lead the infected to murder, the local police are perplexed as to what is plaguging this village. An officer notices that his daughter is also showing odd signs and teams up with a shaman to try and find answers.
Vivarium (2020)
- Director: Lorcan Finnegan
- Writers: Garret Shanley
- Cast: Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg
Vivarium is a unique and mind-bending film that features Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots as a couple trying to find a new home. One of the neighborhoods they are looking into potentially moving to is a classic suburban development, except all of the houses are identical and the deeper the couple goes down the winding roads, the harder it is to find an escape.
Honeydew (2020)
- Director: Marcus Dunstan
- Writers: Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton
- Cast: Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, and Robert Wisdom
A lesser-known indie flick that is really well executed, Honeydew follows a couple who are forced to stay with a random farmer after they run into some trouble while investigating a fungal outbreak in the rural areas of New England.