3 New to Prime Video Movies to Watch This Weekend — Including a Two-for-One Creature Feature (Oct. 9-11)

As spooky season seamlessly overlaps with cozy couch-potato season, there is no better time to hunker down with a thrilling film that will raise your hair and test your nerves. Amazon Prime Video offers a massive catalog of spine-tingling movies, having added a staggering 136 new movie titles on October 1 alone. To help you navigate your choices for the October 9-11 weekend, we have rounded up three standout films worth streaming right now.

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' (2024)

Cinema's tallest titans team up for this action-packed follow-up to 'Godzilla vs. Kong,' directed by Adam Wingard. In this installment, the giant ape encounters more of his species hidden within the Hollow Earth, specifically facing off against the sadistic dictator Skar King, who threatens to invade the Earth's surface. To prevent global catastrophe, Kong forms an uneasy alliance with his former rival, Godzilla, to ensure the survival of both species and humanity.

'The Witch' (2016)

Before taking on iconic roles in 'The Queen's Gambit,' 'The Menu,' and 'Furiosa,' Anya Taylor-Joy delivered a haunting breakthrough performance in Robert Eggers' directorial debut, 'The Witch.' Set in 1630s New England, this folk-horror masterpiece follows an isolated Puritan family whose youngest child is abducted by a forest witch while under the care of their eldest daughter. As supernatural terror and paranoia infiltrate their home, the family begins to turn on one another in a chilling descent into madness.

'There Will Be Blood' (2008)

For those looking for a different kind of intensity, Paul Thomas Anderson's American classic features Daniel Day-Lewis in an Academy Award-winning, powerhouse role. He stars as Daniel Plainview, a ruthless silver miner-turned-oil tycoon who builds a petroleum fortune in early 20th-century California. His insatiable ambition soon thrusts him into a bitter, decades-long feud with a charismatic yet hypocritical evangelical preacher named Eli Sunday, pushing Plainview to the brink of losing his humanity.