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The best horror on Prime Video right now
Right now the best horror films and series on Prime Video in the United States are Supernatural (2005), American Horror Story (2011) and Hannibal (2013). This is the top 27 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
5. The Thing1982
Film · 1h 49mHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction★ 8.1
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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AMC+12. Hereditary2018
Film · 2h 8mHorror, Mystery, Thriller★ 7.3
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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Hulu
YouTube Free (free)15. Carrie1976
Film · 1h 38mHorror, Thriller★ 7.3
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother.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 turn.
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Prime Video
HBO Max17. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974
Film · 1h 23mHorror★ 7.3
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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Netflix
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Peacock
Philo+719. Midsommar2019
Film · 2h 27mHorror, Drama, Mystery★ 7.1
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.
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20. Ghostland2018
Film · 1h 31mHorror★ 7.4
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives.
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Bloodstream
Fawesome (free)21. An American Werewolf in London1981
Film · 1h 37mComedy, Horror★ 7.4
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 disturbing changes to his…
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Howdy+722. Good Boy2026
Film · 1h 50mDrama, Mystery, Horror★ 7.2
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure.
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Tubi (free)23. Pearl2022
Film · 1h 42mHorror, Drama★ 7.2
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother.
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Prime Video
Kanopy (free)
Hoopla (free)
Roku Channel (free)+424. Nosferatu1922
Film · 1h 34mHorror, Fantasy★ 7.6
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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Night Flight Plus
Shudder+2526. Succubus2024
Film · 1h 43mHorror, Thriller★ 8.3
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman...
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Prime Video
Shout! Factory
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Plex (free)27. Let the Right One In2008
Film · 1h 55mHorror, Drama★ 7.5
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship.
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fuboTV
Peacock
Magnolia Selects+9
Questions
- What are the best horror films and series on Prime Video right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Supernatural (2005), rated 8.3 out of 10 on TMDB, then American Horror Story and Hannibal.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
- Can it pick something for me?
- Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.
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