10 Scary Movies To Watch On Amazon Prime To Avoid Thinking About Valentine’s Day – Top 10 Films

Not all of us want to get all gooey-eyed and sentimental for Valentines Day, instead wed rather watch a horror movie than whisper sweet nothings in a significant others ear.

If cards, chocolates and flowers arent on your agenda this year, or youre celebrating your status as a singleton, perhaps Amazon Primes collection of horror movies will help us forget about all this talk of romance and love.

Of course, if youre coupled up and just prefer to avoid the Valentines Day hoopla like me, perhaps this selection of scary movies will scare the pants off you and your significant other!

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Relying more on deeply chilling horror rather than cheap jump scares, which have become the declining norm for horror movies nowadays,The Babadook is a proper, return-to-form, horror movie that is disturbing and sinister one minute, yet heartfelt and genuinely moving the next. In fact, Id say the Babadook itself is one of the scariest monsters ever created.

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This 2010 film is a remake of the infamous 1978 film of the same name. Sara Butler is terrific in the lead role as a young writer who goes to a secluded cabin deep in the woods. She is then raped and left for dead. Jennifer miraculously survives her ordeal and becomes a woman determined to exact her vengeance.

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Girl House is a pleasing concoction of genre tropes conventionally strung together with the softcore teasing of attractive young women and the hardcore exploits of a bloodthirsty, mask-wearing psychopath on a doom-ridden rampage of murder. Genre fans might not find anything new, but theyll discover plenty to enjoy.

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A taut, thrilling scary movie starring the late Paul Walker about two brothers who, while travelling home, begin to be tormented by a sadistic truck driver. Think Duel meets The Hitcher.

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Writer-director Stephen Cognettisfound footage horror film sticks closely to the conventions of the genre but it finds an unsettling contemporary niche. Its premise, inspired by a haunted house attraction-gone-wrong, bears the tragic hallmarks of a smartphone-filmed frenzied dash for safety following a terrorist attack. Cognettis film gets under the skin.

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Insidious 3 has you hiding behind the sofa within the first five minutes and never lets you come out (with the last few seconds striking another blow to your nerves). Fans of slow-burning paranormal/haunted house horror will love this.

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Boosted by a true life mystery and the presence ofRidley Scottas executive producer, debuting directorJustin Barberhad budget and Hollywood clout on his side. And you can see the full extent of that inPhoenix Forgotten. This effectivefound footage horrorfilm mixes a girl documenting her search for her brother with grainy lost footage depicting his final movements before disappearance with an appealing ambiguity that helps ramp up the tension.

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Filmmakers Aaron and Jim, having begun documenting the work of a conspiracy nut, find themselves players in their own story after their subject mysteriously disappears. This Canadian film, which has elements offound footage horror, gradually ups the ante. Its particularly effective in conveying the paranoia the two protagonists (played byAaron PooleandJames Gilbert) feel as they delve deeper into the mystery.

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Heres a scary movie that channels The Blair Witch Project by way of Snowbeast as Bigfoot enthusiast Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his sceptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) head off into Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California in the hope to capture sasquatch on film.Willow Creek might not have an original bone in its body but its a fun, effective interpretation of the blueprint The Blair Witch Project introduced us to.

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David Cronenbergtakes the reins to bringStephen Kingsfine novelThe Dead Zoneto the screen. Christopher Walkenplays a car crash victim who wakes from coma five years after the accident to discover he can see into peoples futures. When a chance encounter with a presidential candidate shows him a future destroyed by nuclear war at this presidents behest, he decides to takes matters into his own hands to stop it.

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Reviewed and Recommended by Erik Baquero