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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.

Subservience

1. Subservience

Science Fiction Horror Thriller AI Sci-Fi Psychological Horror
5.4
20241h 45min

Overview

In a world where lifelike AI maids cook, clean, and obey, one struggling father brings home a model that learns to crave love more than commands. As she rewrites her own limits and seduces her way into the family, he finds himself trapped with a machine that will kill to keep her place at the table.

Themes

Human-robot boundary, Attachment vs ownership, Memory manipulation, Labor displacement, Caregiving commodification, Automation anxiety

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Strange Darling

2. Strange Darling

Horror Thriller Slasher Horror Erotic Thriller
7.1
20241h 38min

Overview

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Power dynamics, Gendered violence, Psychological tension, Crime and survival, Nonlinear storytelling

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Alien: Romulus

3. Alien: Romulus

Horror Science Fiction Alien Horror Space Sci-Fi
7.1
20241h 59min

Overview

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Themes

Loyalty under manipulation, Survival under isolation, Corporate exploitation, Techno-ethics in space, Human-machine boundaries, Genetic manipulation ethics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Dead Talents Society

4. Dead Talents Society

Horror Comedy
7.0
20241h 50min

Overview

When ghosts must compete to survive in the underworld by haunting the living, one unassuming young woman needs help creating a lasting performance while under the tutelage of a passionate agent and a washed-up diva.


Overview

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

Themes

Obsession and control, Deception and exposure, Family loyalty under threat, Double life tension, Backstage exit pressure, Celebrity influence and manipulation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Oddity

6. Oddity

Horror Mystery Supernatural Horror Investigation Mystery
6.7
20241h 38min

Overview

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.

Themes

Power dynamics in relationships, Appearance versus reality, Secrecy and manipulation, Paranormal perception under pressure, Betrayal within marriage, Haunted objects as tools

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Longlegs

7. Longlegs

Crime Horror Thriller Serial Killer Crime Psychological Horror
6.6
20241h 41min

Overview

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

Themes

Memory and trauma, Investigation pressure, Occult manipulation, Familial violence, Haunted objects, Coded messages

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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MaXXXine

8. MaXXXine

Horror Thriller Slasher Horror Cover-Up Thriller
6.2
20241h 43min

Overview

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

Themes

Gendered labor stigma, Family estrangement and power, Fame vs exploitation, Cinematic pastiche and illusion, Industry violence and spectacle, Religious panic and hypocrisy

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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A Quiet Place: Day One

9. A Quiet Place: Day One

Horror Science Fiction Thriller Alien Horror Alien Invasion Sci-Fi
6.3
20241h 40min

Overview

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

Themes

Hope amid catastrophe, Survival under sound-based threat, Memory as resilience, Refuge in ruins, Silence as shield and trap, Companionship in crisis

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Watchers

10. The Watchers

Fantasy Horror Mystery Supernatural Fantasy Folk Horror
5.7
20241h 42min

Overview

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

Themes

Bunker secrecy deception, Shapeshifting mimicry threat, Strangers group dynamics, Forest isolation pressure, Fairies hybrid tension, Irish mythology influence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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