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Horror movies

Spine-chilling tales designed to provoke fear and suspense, featuring the supernatural, monsters, and psychological terror.

Subgenres include: Slasher Horror, Monster Horror, Zombie Horror.

Possessor

91. Possessor

Horror Thriller Science Fiction Psychological Horror AI Sci-Fi
6.5

20201h 43min

Australia, Canada

Director: Brandon Cronenberg

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Themes

Family ties vs professional duty, Identity fragmentation under pressure, Corporate control via mind-implant, Self-division under role-play, Ethics of host manipulation, Attachments vs duty

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Swallow

92. Swallow

Drama Thriller Horror Psychological Horror Psychological Drama
6.5

20201h 35min

United States, France

Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Themes

Mental illness stigma, Patriarchal control, Medical deception, Class and privilege imbalance, Domestic confinement, Pregnancy pressure

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Spontaneous

93. Spontaneous

Comedy Horror Dark Comedy Gore Horror
6.5

20201h 42min

United States

Director: Brian Duffield

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

Themes

Youth risk-taking, Mortality in daily life, State response to crisis, Mass fear and rumor, Unclear causes and ambiguity, Hedonism as coping

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Bone Tomahawk

94. Bone Tomahawk

Western Horror Drama Revisionist Western Folk Horror
7.1

20152h 13min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: S. Craig Zahler

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

Themes

Trust under threat, Survival under siege, Violence as necessity, Frontier lawlessness, Cultural collision, Grit under isolation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Deerskin

95. Deerskin

Comedy Horror Dark Comedy Psychological Horror
6.6

20191h 17min

Belgium, France

Director: Quentin Dupieux

A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.

Themes

Deception under pressure, Obsession drives possession, Manipulation through objects, Pursuit of exclusive status, Alienation from suburban life, Art financed by fraud

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
AMC+ Amazon Channel
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Suspiria

96. Suspiria

Horror Mystery Drama Psychological Horror Mindbender Mystery
6.7

20182h 32min

Italy, United States

Director: Luca Guadagnino

A darkness swirls at the center 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.

Themes

Ritual power dynamics, Art as spiritual battleground, Institutional secrecy and control, Female agency vs manipulation, Occult influence within institutions, Trauma under performance culture

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Summer of 84

97. Summer of 84

Drama Horror Mystery Whodunit Psychological Horror
6.7

20181h 46min

Canada, United States

Director: Yoann-Karl Whissell

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

Themes

Surveillance and intrusion, Suspicion toward authority, Youth friendship under pressure, Suburban paranoia and mystery, Trauma and vigilance after events, Evidence gathering under risk

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Raw

98. Raw

Horror Drama Body Horror Coming-of-Age Drama
6.9

20161h 38min

Belgium, France

Director: Julia Ducournau

In Justine's family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she's a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Themes

Identity under pressure, Belonging and exclusion, Peer pressure rituals, Family legacy and secrecy, Ethics of consumption, Body horror and appetite

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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It Chapter Two

99. It Chapter Two

Horror Thriller Drama Supernatural Horror Mind Game Thriller
6.5

20192h 49min

United States

Director: Andy Muschietti

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Loss and resilience, Identity and belonging, Intergenerational trauma, Collective memory strain, Prejudice and violence, Ritual as burden

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Bird Box

100. Bird Box

Horror Thriller Drama Supernatural Horror Survival Thriller
6.6

20182h 4min

United States

Director: Susanne Bier

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Group cohesion under stress, Survival under unseen threat, Blindfolded vulnerability, Coercion under threat, Hope amid catastrophe

Available on

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