5 Best Thriller Movies on Paramount Plus that will make your heart race

Do you want to feel your heart race and your spine tingle? Perhaps you require a spooky reason to snuggle up to your crush? Or perhaps you want to put your skills to the test with some truly terrifying movies? No matter why you want to watch a scary movie at home, Paramount+ has an exciting selection of films.

We’ve compiled a list of the best horror movies from a wide range of genres below. We have what you want, whether you’re looking for modern hits with stars like Vincent Price and Béla Lugosi or chilling classics with stars like Béla Lugosi and vicious zombies.

  1. A Quiet Place (2018)
  2. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
  3. Saint Maud (2019)
  4. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
  5. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

1. A Quiet Place (2018)

The Abbotts find themselves battling for survival in the isolated area of upstate New York, which is characterized by a new era of complete silence, on an Earth that has been devastated and is overrun by invulnerable predators that may have come from another planet. Indeed, even the smallest sound can be fatal for this new type of invader, which is drawn to noise, however, despite the fact that it has already been a year since the powerful monsters were first observed, this tenacious family still stands firm. Naturally, it is essential to learn how to survive in this muted dystopia; However, an otherwise joyful event jeopardizes the already fragile stability now, of all times. Additionally, the Abbotts must not make a sound now more than ever.

  • Release Date: April 6, 2018
  • IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
  • Watch Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Director: John Krasinski
  • Main Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Cade Woodward

2. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

A black-and-white remake of George Romero’s 1968 classic that opens in a cemetery with the recently deceased coming back to life from unknown causes and attacking the living as their prey. As every cadaver that can be seen for miles around longs for its flesh, one woman manages to flee the terrifying zombies and seeks refuge with others in a farmhouse. Will they survive the night knowing that the dead came back to life?

  • Release Date: October 19, 1990
  • IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
  • Watch Time: 1 hour 32 minutes
  • Director: Tom Savini
  • Main Cast: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, and McKee Anderson

3. Saint Maud (2019)

Maud, a deeply religious live-in nurse with a troubled background, accepts a job in a mundane English coastal town to care for Amanda Köhl, a once-famous dancer and choreographer who is now terminally sick. Nurse  Maud quickly develops an obsession with freeing her helpless patient from herself and guiding her to the light after becoming certain that she has been assigned to sensualist, chain-smoking Amanda for a reason. But is worldly Amanda ready to be forgiven for her transgressions?

  • Release Date: February 12, 2021
  • IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
  • Watch Time: 1 hour 24 minutes
  • Director: Rose Glass
  • Main Cast: Morfydd Clark, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jennifer Ehle, and Marcus Hutton

4. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

A retelling of the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel that takes place in England in the 1920s.Auntie Roo is a kind American widow who hosts a lavish Christmas party each year in her mansion, Forrest Grange, for the orphanage’s staff and children. In fact, she is a severely disturbed individual who keeps her young daughter’s mummified remains in an attic nursery. She imprisons a young girl in her attic one Christmas because she sees her and thinks of her daughter. When Christopher, her brother, tells them what happened, nobody believes him, so he goes to save her.

  • Release Date: March 17, 1972
  • IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
  • Watch Time: 1 hour 31 minutes
  • Director: Curtis Harrington
  • Main Cast: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, and Ralph Richardson

5. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Walter Paisley, a nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the various artistic regulars’ talent and popularity. He is praised as a brilliant sculptor, but his newfound friends want to see more of his work after he accidentally killed his landlady’s cat and plastered the body to hide the evidence. Walter, who has no artistic talent at all, must use similar techniques to create new work, and soon, people start mysteriously disappearing.

  • Release Date: October 21, 1959
  • IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
  • Watch Time: 1 hour 6 minutes
  • Director: Roger Corman
  • Main Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, and Julian Burton

Final verdict

If you have a subscription to Paramount Plus and you are a big fan of thriller films, then this article has the best list for you. We have mentioned all possible movies that would send a chill down your spine. Definitely, a must-watch if you love to watch horror and scary films. 

Shehak Raza

Shehak is a sports/streaming freak and loves to watch different sports including NFL, NBA, Football and binge watching thriller and drama content is a hobby as well. This guy loves to eat pizza at anytime in any situation

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