David Farnor | On 28, Oct 2022

Looking for something spooky to scream this Halloween without the fear of a monthly subscription? Enter Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV), Amazon’s newly launched streaming channel within the Amazon Prime Video app. Previously only available in the US, it’s a streaming service that provides films and TV shows without any costs – although you will require an Amazon account – with one catch: you will have to watch some adverts. Not everything included with an Amazon Prime subscription is available on Freevee and not everything on Freevee is included with an Amazon Prime subscription (for a full breakdown on how it works, click here). But for quick and easy scares for no cost, it could be just the thing for a Halloween night in.

We round up the best horror movies on Amazon Freevee UK:

Prevenge

Alice Lowe’s darkly comic horror is a masterpiece of maternal nightmares.

Donnie Darko

Richard Kelly’s enigmatic, mind-bending fusion of teen movie, horror flick and sci-fi thriller is an instant cult classic.

Triangle

Christopher Smith conjures up waves of chilling horror in this twisting, nautical thriller.

The Night Eats the World

This impressive French horror stands out as a zombie apocalypse tale with brains.

Honeymoon

Leigh Janiak’s assured debut condenses all the alienating scenes from a marriage into an understated, atmospheric horror.

REC (2007)

28 Days Later meets The Blair Witch Project as a mysterious virus turns the inhabitants of an apartment building into a horde of frenzied, bloodthirsty ghouls in the original 2007 found footage phenomenon that spawned a hit franchise and US remake.

Room 237

This collage of The Shining conspiracy theories is a bonkers yet fascinating study of how art finds meaning with its audience.

The Crazies (1973)

Putting the “gory” in “allegory”, Romero’s film shows the madness of the Vietnam war in all its viral contagion.

The Crazies (2010)

Timothy Olyphant makes for a charismatic lead in this scarily effective remake of a Romero classic.

Emelie (2016)

This supremely suspenseful babysitter-from-hell horror marks out Sarah Bolger as a talent to watch.

Ringu

Hideo Nakata’s chilling, imaginative horror is as unsettling as it is influential.

A Dark Song

Gripping, unrelenting and unique, you’ve never seen a haunted house movie like this.

The Dark (2018)

The Dark is an admirably unique spin on the undead that doesn’t quite overcome its structural issues.

Anti Matter

This ambitious micro-budget sci-fi will blow your fragile little mind.

Hellraiser (1987)

A seminal horror from the disturbed mind of maestro Clive Barker.

Pet (2016)

This abduction thriller gives erotomania and psychopathy several new twists.

I Am Not a Serial Killer

This coming-of-age horror is a creepily charming treat.

Orphan

Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 tale of an adoption gone wrong is a modern cult classic.

Ginger Snaps

This small-town coming-of-ager regenders the werewolf myth as a hilariously icky exploration of the monstrous feminine.

Splice

Splice gives its horrible theme a twisted heart. As freaky as it is fascinating. Ivan

Vampire’s Kiss

When is a vampire movie not a vampire movie? When Nic Cage thinks he’s turning into one by mistake. Think of the most absurd thing you can. Then times it by five. And make it recite the alphabet.

The House of the Devil

This razor-sharp throwback to the 70s and 80s cements Ti West as a horror director to be reckoned with.

The Blair Witch Project

The definitive found footage flick is still eerily atmospheric.

Cube

A group of strangers wake up to find themselves in a cube-shaped room that is booby-trapped with nasty puzzles. They escape, only to find another cube next to it. And another. And another. Splice director Vincenzo Natali’s sci-fi horror is a wonderfully trashy B-movie with enough blood to match its premise.

Incident in a Ghostland

Martyrs maestro Pascal Laugier delivers another horror story of trauma, delusion and escape.

 

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