10 Horror Movies So Terrifying Even Natural Light Won't Make the Watch Easier

10. Pearl (2022)

Hope isn’t the only thing chasing dreams can induce in one’s mind. Amid WWI and the global pandemic, a young woman is stuck with her family that she’s sick of. Her strict mother, paralyzed father, and across-the-ocean husband are her world… But she wants much more for herself, and her madness lights a dark path for her.

You can watch Pearl on Max, Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

9. Nope (2022)

Sometimes, you should trust your gut; sometimes, it’s much better to be rational. Two siblings struggle with maintaining their family ranch after their father’s death — and as they’re about to give up and sell it, they witness something unsettling in the locale. Instead of leaving, they decide to try and make the sight into their attraction.

You can watch Nope on Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

8. Midsommar (2019)

Keeping ancient traditions and customs alive is a charming practice until you realize that not every tradition is worth keeping. A small group of American students arrives at an isolated Swedish hamlet that’s known to celebrate the Summer Solstice just like hundreds and thousands years ago. But they should have done their research…

You can watch Nope on Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video.

7. Train To Busan (2016)

Surviving isn’t enough to remain human. When a mysterious virus unleashes onto South Korea, a father and his young daughter are on a train to the only city that’s supposedly safe. But the virus makes its way to the train — and the zombies it produces are inhumanely quick and violent. Can they survive and make it to Busan?

You can watch Train To Busan on Netflix and Prime Video.

6. It Follows (2014)

When they talk about the dangers of unprotected sex, the last thing you’d think about are supernatural threats. But that’s exactly the consequences a young woman faces: after a peculiar intimate encounter, she gets followed by a mysterious otherworldly force that plagues her with visions and paranoia and turns her life into living hell.

You can watch It Follows on Netflix and Prime Video.

5. The Host (2006)

Perhaps, we would care more about the environment if ruining it would have consequences as brutal as in The Host. After the American military dumps a bunch of toxic waste into a river near Seoul, weird mutations start happening down below. Soon, a monstrous creature starts terrorizing the people and takes a little girl…

You can watch The Host on Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video.

4. Funny Games (1997 & 2007)

Vacation homes in the middle of nowhere are charming — until they’re not. A family of three arrives at their residence for the summer, but the good time doesn’t last. Two violent young men take them hostage, kill their dog, and make them play unhinged “games” for their own amusement. As time passes, their ideas get more deranged…

You can watch Funny Games on Max, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

3. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

While they might look exciting from the outside, the last few near-feral tribes on the Earth aren’t the best company to keep. After an expedition to the last man-eating jungle commune goes missing, a rescue mission is sent there. As the rescue team makes its way through the forest, they start finding their predecessors’ tapes.

You can watch Cannibal Holocaust on Prime Video.

2. Jaws (1975)

Mighty ancient creatures are breathtaking… As long as they stay extinct, that is. Because once a massive and very old man-eating shark resurfaces near a beach community and starts terrorizing the shore, no one feels safe — or excited. After several terrifying murders by the shark, a veteran assembles a team to hunt it down.

You can watch Jaws on Netflix and Prime Video.

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Visiting family members’ graves is nice; visiting creepy-looking strangers’ houses on the way back — not so much. A group of friends stumbles upon an unsettling abandoned farm and decides to make a stop there which proves to be a terrible idea: the farm is not abandoned, and the thing that lurks there is hungry for human leather.

You can watch The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on Max and Prime Video.