Just in time for the season, Amazon’s running an Instant Video Halloween Horror Sale, featuring such titles as (descriptions from IMDB.com):
The Conjuring (R, 4.5/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced to own for $6.99 in SD / $8.99 in HD)
In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror.
In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house.
What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go.
To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.
– Written by Kenneth Chisholm
Creepshow (R, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced to rent for $2.99 in SD / $3.99 in HD, currently priced to own for $6.99 in SD / $8.99 in HD)
Five tales of terror are presented.
The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father’s Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him.
The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life.
The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach.
The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college.
The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches.
– Written by Todd A. Bobenrieth
The Devil’s Rejects (Unrated version, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced to rent for $2.99 in SD / $3.99 in HD, currently priced to own for $6.99 in SD / $7.99 in HD)
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers the Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil’s Rejects) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege.
Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert.
When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.
– Written by Claudio Carvalho
Eight Legged Freaks (PG-13, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced to rent for $2.99 in SD / $3.99 in HD, currently priced to own for $6.99 in SD / $7.99 in HD)
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs.
It’s then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff’s young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
– Written by Sujit R. Varma
Silent Hill (R, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced to own for $4.99 in SD / $8.99 in HD)
After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill.
However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both.
When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her.
Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.
– Written by krazyhorse98
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