10 Unhinged Cult Movies to Watch on Amazon Freevee
If you don’t mind commercial breaks, there’s plenty of weird cinema to be found in Freevee’s voluminous catalogue. io9 already shared recommendations of squirm-inducing titles you can stream for free on the Amazon service—but there’s always room for more unhinged horror and sci-fi in your diet. Here are 10 more for the list!
Ghoulies II (1987)
You do not need to have seen the first Ghoulies to squeeze maximum enjoyment out of this schlocky sequel, which gives the pesky, toilet-lurking little demons an appropriately sleazy new setting: a carnival funhouse known as “Satan’s Den.” Free with ads on Freevee.
Fear No Evil (1981)
High school is already hell without having to deal with the sudden realization that one of your classmates is the reincarnation of Lucifer—just one of the outrageous elements in this freaky creation. Fear No Evil also features some wildly lo-fi special effects and, perhaps most oddly, a soundtrack filled with recognizable punk and new wave jams from the Ramones, the Rezillos, Richard Hell, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, and others. Free with ads on Freevee.
The Day Time Ended (1979)
In this chaotic sci-fi tale, reptilian aliens come to Earth and open up a space-time portal, causing all kinds of trouble for a multi-generational family who’re just trying to live out a peaceful life in the desert. (If this sounds familiar, it got the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment during season 12 on Netflix.) Free with ads on Freevee.
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
William Peter Blatty (author of The Exorcist, Oscar-winning writer of The Exorcist script, and writer-director of The Exorcist III) made his directorial debut with this hallucinatory, polarizing adaptation of his novel Twinkle, Twinkle, “Killer” Kane. It kind of defies genre, but it’s set at a creepy psychiatric hospital for members of the military, whose patients include an astronaut who decided at the very last minute that he did not want to go to the moon. Free with ads on Freevee.
Witchboard (1987)
It’s never a good idea to play irresponsibly with an Ouija board... but it’s always a good idea to watch Witchboard and remind yourself why. Free with ads on Freevee.
Ben (1972)
The sequel to Willard stars a rat so loyal and heroic he inspired a maudlin power ballad sung by a tweenage Michael Jackson (“Ben, the two of us need look no more/We both found what we were looking for/With a friend to call my own/I’ll never be alone”). He also leads an increasingly violent rodent army, which is why Ben is a horror movie and not a Disney tear-jerker. Free with ads on Freevee.
Planet Terror (2007)
If you don’t have time to watch the Grindhouse double feature with all the bells, whistles, and faux trailers, you can watch Robert Rodriguez’s segment—which has some elements that haven’t aged as well as others, but is still as gleefully gross as ever—as a standalone. Free with ads on Freevee.
Wolf Creek (2005)
Though this Australian chiller draws inspiration from actual crimes, the eeriest element in this tale of backpackers whose lives intersect with a dangerous local is how it cultivates the feeling that the landscape itself is infused with malevolence. Free with ads on Freevee.
The Invisible Man (2020)
In the wake of the Dark Universe falling apart, this update of the classic Universal Monsters tale showed what the future of creature-features could aspire to be. Elisabeth Moss plays a woman who escapes her controlling boyfriend—only to see things get worse when he uses his invisibility tech to make her (and increasingly, everyone around her) question her own sanity. Free with ads on Freevee.
Blair Witch 2: The Book of Shadows
The original Blair Witch Project celebrated the 25th anniversary of its release earlier this year, and its influence is still felt across the found-footage horror genre. The 2000 sequel imagines that the events of that 1999 film were real, and follows a new set of characters curious to explore the Blair Witch legend. Directed and co-written by Joe Berlinger—who’s best-known for his documentaries, especially the Paradise Lost West Memphis Three series—Book of Shadows wasn’t very well-received upon release, but has lately enjoyed a bit of a reappraisal. Free with ads on Freevee.
