Primal Horror Movies
Riley on Film
English - December 01, 2019 19:31 - 14 minutes - 6.54 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
First, do you have Amazon Prime Video?
In this episode I rattle off short previews of horror movies included in the Amazon Prime Video membership. I subscribe and I watch a lot of my horror movies on there. It's amazing. I was not paid to share that!
I hope to do more of these posts for other services like Netflix, stay tuned. Here's a sample search pasted from IMDB of some of the great horror films on Prime. I mention a lot of them in this show.
1. The Amityville Horror (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror
6.2
10
28 Metascore
Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud
Votes: 32,814 | Gross: $86.43M
2. A Quiet Place (2018)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
7.5
10
82 Metascore
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Votes: 325,056 | Gross: $188.02M
3. The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
R | 85 min | Horror
5.2
9
48 Metascore
A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.
Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman
Votes: 22,921 | Gross: $24.43M
4. Mother! (2017)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
6.6
9
75 Metascore
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 164,636 | Gross: $17.80M
5. Stake Land (2010)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
6.5
9
66 Metascore
In a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Gregory Jones
Votes: 39,093 | Gross: $0.02M
6. Annihilation (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
6.9
9
79 Metascore
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 239,937 | Gross: $32.73M
7. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Western
7.1
9
72 Metascore
In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 73,769
8. Gothika (2003)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
5.8
9
38 Metascore
A depressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the asylum where she worked, with no memory of why she is there or what she has done.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton
Votes: 101,611 | Gross: $59.69M
9. The Exorcist III (1990)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
6.3
9
48 Metascore
A police Lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.
Director: William Peter Blatty | Stars: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller
Votes: 22,403 | Gross: $26.10M
10. Children of the Corn (1984)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
5.7
9
45 Metascore
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin