Amazon: 7 best horror movies to watch on Prime Video

Please note: This rating is based on AlloCiné Internet user ratings. Only movies with at least 500 votes were considered in this top.

1- The last train in Busan

The situation is simple: an unknown virus transforming the population into zombies has spread to South Korea, after which a state of emergency has been declared. On the train departing from Seoul, passengers are fighting a relentless battle for survival to Busan, where they hope to be safe.

Between the camera-smashing scenes and the impressive army of zombies, Last Train to Busan has everything ideal for a horror movie. Inventive and shot with ingenuity, charming characters, fierce tempo and well-placed humor: Voila! Film director Sang-ho Yon’s famous feature film is really smart, impressive and does not allow you to breathe. The film, selected and presented at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival “Without Competitions”, is a crazy run on fundamental human issues, in addition to disguised social criticism. Get on board: A decision you will not regret.

2-Dracula

In 1492, returning from the war, Prince Vlad Dracul discovers that his fiancée has committed suicide: he has since been considered cursed. The heartbroken prince denies the church and swears to seek revenge on him: then he becomes Count Dracula. Four hundred years later the vampire leaves Transylvania for England and discovers the existence of Mina Murray, the wife of his lawyer Jonathan Harker, who looks like Elizabeth, her lost love.

A devotee of Brem Stoker’s novel, which he amazingly adapts, Francis Ford Coppola Dracula is a brilliant return to the original myth and arguably his best adaptation. Moreover, the film worn by legendary actors – Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins – is an illustration.
Romantic, melancholy and baroque of an eternal tale that releases a thrilling and sulfurous atmosphere. Sophisticated directing and photography, sophisticated script and excellent acting, here we are dealing with a masterpiece, quite simply.

3- Jaws

With the start of the summer season, residents of a small seaside resort are shocked when a vacationer’s body is found mutilated. Police Chief Martin Brody is formal: this is a shark attack. But before he wants to ban access to the beaches, the city mayor is only thinking about the profits generated by the influx of tourists. When the beast continues to uncertainty, Brody joins a marine biologist and a former sailor to hunt this hungry white shark.

It is no more cult than this internationally acclaimed Steven Spielberg classic adapted from the Peter Benchley bestseller novel. Perfect technical craftsmanship and stunning special effects – which was undoubtedly the source of many shark phobias among its viewers – contributed to the success of this realistic and well-crafted catastrophic film. Sober, accurate and effective, Jaws is a mythical work, fascinating and terrifying, provoking psychosis and anxiety: a model in the genre, sublimated to the music of the great John Williams.

4- Welcome to Zombieland

When a group of four polar assailants come together to survive the zombie apocalypse, it’s welcome to the land of zombies, a cult horror comedy starring an even more cult quartet of actors, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Jesse Eisenberg.

But if the universe is now invaded by the immortals, Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock each have their own mission to fulfill: The other, a frightened young man, wants to find his family, while the last two, trained sisters, try to join an amusement park to escape. Directed by Ruben Fleischer, Welcome to Zombieland is a completely twisted and insane adventure. On the menu, funny lines and weird situations for a fun and insane result. A zombie movie that does not take itself seriously, we could not ask for more!

5- Pan Labyrinth

In 1944, the war in Spain ended. Young Ophelia’s mother will settle down with her new husband, the authoritarian captain of Franco’s army. When he gets used to the new life badly, Ophelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth near the house guarded by Pan, a strange magical and demonic creature.
Learns that she is the lost princess of the enchanted kingdom. To find out this secret, a young girl has to end three dangerous trials …

Awarded 3 Oscars, the Pan Labyrinth stands out for its unparalleled elegance. Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece, dense and powerful, re-imagines the fairy tale, here violent and sensitive, simple and complex. It is visually beautiful and fascinating, poetic and dangerous, a real escape into an amazing, dark and fascinating fantasy world. Here is a visual slap in the face with strong symbolism, absolutely revealing.

6- Repulsion

Carol is a young woman who works and lives in London with her sister Helen. Introverted, her aversion to sexuality is the starting point for her relationship problems with men, especially Colin, whom she denies, and Michael, her sister’s lover, whom she hardly appreciates. When the latter goes on a trip with Michael, Carol gradually falls into schizophrenia and quickly finds herself with haunting voices …

Filmed by the stunning Catherine Deneuve, Repulsion is a psychological drama in black and white, forbidden to the youngest where neurosis reigns. The classic film of Roman Polanski’s cinema, horrifying, bizarre and heavy, relies on human madness and quickly turns into a sublimated, inventive, mysterious and gloomy nightmare with inventive and orderly staging.

7- Without sound

In the post-apocalyptic world, the family tries to survive against mysterious creatures that attack them at the slightest noise. If they understand, it is too late. The eye-catching – and wordless – noise-free is scary and depressing, but also terribly disturbing is the fantasy-horror thriller: Here is the winning combination.

With brilliant screenplay and visual mastery, the film is a silent lesson in cinema taught by the meticulous and talented John Krasinski. Almost silently, everything is based on his palpable tension and his vital stakes that amaze the spectators stuck in the chair, on apnea, but also on the cast of his actors, each of whom is more distinctive than the other. Emily Blunt works skillfully there, John Krasinski is strong there, not to forget the revelation that is Millicent Simmonds, a deaf young actor who looks sincere. More than a horror movie, it is a quiet place for the ode family and about what we could do to save it, a piece of cinema that is impossible to forget or miss.

The best horror movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video