Prime Video: the 10 best films to watch in streaming for Halloween

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That’s it: we’re officially in the “spooky Halloween season”! If you are like us, too old to go around looking for treats, you are probably looking for good films to gently scare yourself while curled up on your sofa.

That’s good, The Digitals here offers you its selection of must-see horror feature films if you are a subscriber to Amazon’s streaming platform.

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What are the best Prime Video movies to scare yourself?

Mister Babadook

Since the sudden death of her husband, Amelia has struggled to bring her 6-year-old son, Samuel, who has become completely out of control, to his senses. When a storybook titled “Mister Babadook” mysteriously turns up in their home, Samuel becomes convinced that the “Babadook” is the creature haunting his nightmares. His visions then take a disproportionate turn, he becomes more and more unpredictable and violent.

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Heredity

When Graham family matriarch Ellen dies, her family discovers increasingly terrifying secrets about her lineage. A sinister heredity from which it seems impossible to escape. A horror gem by Ari Aster (Midsommar), with the excellent Toni Collette.

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The Jane Doe Identity

Tommy Tilden and his son Austin are medical examiners at a small town’s local morgue. One evening, the sheriff brings them the corpse of a young woman with an unknown identity, nicknamed “Jane Doe”. They decide to carry out their investigation to find out his story and the reason for his death.

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The Invasion of the Defilers (1978)

One day Elizabeth notices her friend’s strange behavior. Then, little by little, other people transform themselves strangely like this. While they sleep, a plant creates their perfect duplicate, while the original disappears. A remake of Don Siegel’s classic, with a prestigious cast: Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum…

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Don’t Breathe

To escape her mother’s violence and save her younger sister from an existence without a future, Rocky is ready to do anything. With her friends Alex and Money, she has already committed a few burglaries, but nothing that brings them enough to finally leave Detroit. When the trio hears about a blind man who lives alone and keeps a small fortune at home, they prepare what they think will be their final coup. But their victim will turn out to be much scarier, and above all much more dangerous, than they expected…

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The Silence of the Lambs

A psychopath known as Buffalo Bill sows terror in the Midwest by kidnapping and murdering young women. Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is responsible for interrogating former psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, a formidably intelligent psychopath with a penchant for cannibalism, capable of providing him with information concerning Buffalo Bill. But he only agrees to help her in exchange for information on the young woman’s private life. A bond of fascination and repulsion is established between them.

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Black Box

After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that makes him question who he really is.

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Invisible Man

Cecilia Kass is in a relationship with a brilliant and wealthy scientist. No longer able to tolerate his violent and tyrannical behavior, she runs away one night and takes refuge with her sister, their childhood friend and her teenage daughter. But when the man commits suicide, leaving Cecilia a significant part of his immense fortune, she begins to wonder if he is really dead…

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The Visit

Two children are sent to spend a week in Pennsylvania, on their grandparents’ farm. But when one of them discovers they’re involved in something deeply disturbing, their chances of returning grow dimmer by the day.

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Night of the Living Dead (1968)

While Johnny and Barbary are flowering their father’s grave, a strange man attacks them. Terrified, Barbara flees and takes refuge in a country house. She finds Ben there, as well as other fugitives. The radio then tells them the terrible news: the dead are attacking the living.