Best Horror Movies on Prime Video (February 2026)

The horror genre is among the most popular in film. And if you had any doubt, consider that two horror films are nominated for Best Picture this year at the Academy Awards (Sinners and Frankenstein), and five performances from horror films have been nominated in the acting categories. Amazon Prime Video is one of the best places to stream your favorites and find even more of what the genre has to offer. Here are just a few of the best horror movies on Prime Video.

What are the best horror movies on Prime Video?

The horror genre has a wide spectrum. There’s gory horror, classic horror, gothic horror, action horror, arthouse horror, allegorical horror, comedic horror, and really anything in between. Prime Video has a bit of everything, which alone makes the subscription price worth it. For this list, we’re considering films available through Prime with no add-on subscriptions required.

Sinners (2025)

Maybe the easiest film to add to the list, the Ryan Coogler film recently earned a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations. Sinners tells the story of twin brothers (both played by Michael B. Jordan) who found some success in Chicago and returned to their hometown in Mississippi in the 1930s. The two plan to open a club where the Black community can feel free to have a good time. They enlist the help of their musically gifted younger cousin Sammie (Miles Caton), whose talents go beyond skill. On the club’s opening night, the power of Sammie’s music draws some unwelcome guests and shifts the entire film into something supernatural.

Nosferatu (2024)

This Robert Eggers film stars Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a haunting reimagining of the classic vampire tale. Set in the 1830s, estate agent Thomas (Taylor-Johnson) is called to a remote castle in Transylvania to meet with a mysterious client. He leaves behind his new bride, Ellen, who was once plagued by terrifying visions. Ellen begs Thomas not to go, but he promises he’ll return soon.

Once Thomas leaves, Ellen’s visions return with frightening ferocity, and it becomes clear that Thomas is not the only one who harbors a desire for her. Like the recent Frankenstein, we wouldn’t necessarily classify this one as scary, but it is an overwhelmingly striking piece of Gothic horror. Lily-Rose Depp’s physical performance deserves special credit.

Suspiria (2018)

This Luca Guadagnino adaptation of Dario Argento’s 1977 classic takes us to 1970s Berlin, where young American dancer Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) is offered a place to train with the prestigious Helena Markos Dance Company. She quickly rises through the ranks, while the dancer she replaces accuses the company’s directors of witchcraft. As students begin to go missing, Susie starts to unravel what’s happening behind closed doors.

With cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, a haunting score from Thom Yorke, and choreography by Damien Jalet, there’s so much about this film that’s worth a nod.

Speak No Evil (2024)

An adaptation of the Dutch-Danish film of the same name, Speak No Evil follows American couple Louise (Mackenzie Davis) and Ben Dalton (Scott McNairy), who are based in London and vacationing in Italy with their preteen daughter. There, they meet Paddy (James McAvoy), Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), and their son, Ant (Dan Hough). The two families hit it off, and Paddy and Ciara invite the Daltons to visit them at their home in Devon.

Dealing with personal conflicts at home, Louise and Ben decide that getting away again might be good for the family, so they pack up and head to the countryside. Once settled, however, the Daltons begin to see another side of Paddy and Ciara, and the visit slowly curdles into something far more unsettling. If you saw the original film and hated the ending, you might be pleased to know this version takes a different direction.

American Psycho (2000)

This black comedy horror stars Christian Bale in one of his most iconic performances. Directed by Mary Harron and adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial novel, American Psycho centers on Patrick Bateman, a successful young star in the 1980s New York finance world. He keeps a strict schedule and does everything he can to maintain a flawless façade.

Beneath that perfection, however, Patrick lives another life — one in which he’s a serial killer. Willem Dafoe appears as the investigating detective, and we also get a fantastic early-career performance from Reese Witherspoon as Patrick’s girlfriend. Exceptionally stylish and unsettling, American Psycho still checks out as one of the sharpest satires of its era.

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

We wouldn’t put this in the obvious horror category. If you’ve seen the film, you might even disagree about whether it belongs on a best-of horror list at all. But we’d still categorize it as psychological horror, and it’s a film we’re more than happy to make space for.

Directed by Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin stars Tilda Swinton in an exceptional performance as Eva, a mother struggling to understand her son, Kevin (Ezra Miller), whose behavior becomes increasingly startling. The story unfolds in fragments, moving between Kevin’s childhood and the aftermath of the tragedy that defines it.

The Woman in the Yard (2025)

Danielle Deadwyler is an actor worth keeping an eye on. She’s been fantastic in every film she’s been in, and it won’t be long before she reaches the A-list tier. Though the Jaume Collet-Serra-directed film received mixed reviews, it’s still a slow-burning horror that tilts into the folkloric, and it’s worth watching if this is your preferred flavor of horror. And, of course, for Deadwyler’s performance.

The Woman in the Yard follows Ramona (Deadwyler), who is grieving the loss of her husband after a tragic car accident. Now a widowed mother of two, she struggles to care for her children and their rural farmhouse. Soon, a mysterious woman in mourning garb begins sitting in the backyard, drawing closer and closer with each passing day.

How We Picked the Best Horror Movies on Prime Video

Prime has a lot to offer in the horror genre. You’ll find everything from Oscar-nominated features to C-level films that make you question how they even got made. No shade if you’re into those films; there are plenty on the streaming platform to pick from. Aside from a bit of personal bias, our picks are films that earned strong audience and critic feedback.

We left a few titles off the list simply because they’re leaving Prime in the coming weeks. If you have the chance, one film we would have included — Let the Right One In (2008) — is available to stream until the end of January.

Source: Comingsoon.net