Looking for some spine-chilling entertainment to get you in the Halloween mood today? Prime Video has you covered with a frighteningly good selection of horror films that will have you peeking through your fingers.
From new releases to cult classics, this curated collection offers something for every horror fan. Whether you fancy supernatural frights, slasher thrills, or monster mayhem, Prime Video's UK library has the perfect scary movie to make your Halloween complete.
So this Halloween, grab your popcorn (and perhaps a cushion to hide behind) as we explore the 13 best horror films to stream on Prime Video this spooky season.

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'Longlegs'

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'Longlegs'
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'The Monkey'
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'Heretic'
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'The Strangers: Chapter 1'
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'Halloween (2018)'
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'The Craft'
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'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1978)
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'Totally Killer'
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'Dog Soldiers'
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'Suspiria' (2018)
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'Dawn of the Dead' (1978)
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'Possession'
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'The Meg 2: The Trench'
'Longlegs'
Investigator pondering wall covered in mysterious writings and symbols

Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.

'The Monkey'
Upside-down, nightmarish monkey with large eyes and teeth in a dark, moody setting

Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Adam Scott

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

'Heretic'
Tense confrontation in dimly lit hallway with three people

Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door. Greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), the religious women are drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, pulled further inside the strange man's house.

'The Strangers: Chapter 1'
Two masked figures stand menacingly near a brightly lit truck at night

Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Ryan Bown, Matus Lajcak

After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorised by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.

'Halloween (2018)'
Menacing figure in dark clothing standing in shadowy yard at night

Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak

Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who once again confronts Michael Myers (Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney), the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

'The Craft'
Two women in dark clothing under blue lighting, one with straight hair eating

Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True

A young girl new to a Catholic school befriends a coven of witches whom the other students either shun or fear. But when a powerful invocation goes wrong, the consequences could endanger their lives.

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1978)
Tense scene with older man and younger woman in laboratory-like environment

Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum

When strange seeds drift to Earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time. This classic exercise in psychological science fiction can be read as a political metaphor or enjoyed as a fine low-budget suspense movie—and it works well either way.

'Totally Killer'
Five figures in black jackets wearing identical blonde masks with wide grins

Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt

35 years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer“ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. 17-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mum’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and on the run for her life, accidentally time travels back to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teen mum (Olivia Holt) to take down the killer once and for all before she’s stuck in the past forever.

'Dog Soldiers'
Two men in military uniforms in tense confrontation

Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby

A small quad of British soldiers battle for their lives against a pack of savage werewolves in the Scottish wilderness.

'Suspiria' (2018)
Woman with red hair in foreground, mirror reflection in background

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson

A darkness swirls at the centre of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

'Dawn of the Dead' (1978)
Zombie in patterned coat surrounded by pink and red store displays

Director: George A. Romero
Cast: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

'Possession'
Man recoils from smoky doorway as woman watches in horror

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

'The Meg 2: The Trench'
Diver suspended in water facing enormous open shark mouth

Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Jason Statham, Jing Wu

A research team's journey into the depths of the ocean turns into chaos when a mining operation forces them into a battle for survival, facing off against Megalodons and relentless environmental marauders.

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