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What are the scariest horror movies?

I love horror but apparently I don’t vibe with a lot of recommendations I find online.

I’d seen so much hype about Event Horizon and I absolutely hated it and didn’t find it scary. I just watched Late Night With the Devil and whole it was definitely enjoyable, it wasn’t the least but frightening. I also just watched Let the Right One In and really didn’t like it. It also was not a horror movie in my opinion.

I will say one of my favorites is Sinister or the first Conjuring. Sinister for the stomach twisting dread and suspence throughout and Conjuring for the same.

So, what movies do you find to be the scariest?

Canopyflyer ,

Not a horror film per se, but definitely leaning that way:

The original ‘ALIEN’.

The building of tension throughout the entire movie is brilliant.

Contramuffin ,

I liked Noroi: The Curse.

No jumpscares, but really quite unsettling

SexualPolytope , (edited )
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I don’t get scared easily, but Kothanodi had me watching through my fingers. It has four vaguely connected stories, and two of them are very fucked up. There’s a decent amount of infanticide and other atrocities inflicted on minors, so be warned if you have any childhood trauma.

Also by the same director, the movie Aamis is about cannibalism acting as a replacement for sex. It’s pretty fucked up as well.

MicrowavedTea ,

For me The Shining is one of the scariest movies and The VVITCH also comes really close to that feeling. For different types of horror I’d also recommend La Piel que Habito, Shutter and The Haunting of Hill House (the show).

And if you get the chance try the book version of Let the Right One In. It’s much better than the movie and more of a horror imo.

Anissem ,
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Love The Shining! Stephen King actually wasn’t a fan of the movie, but I think it’s because it’s based on some of his own struggles with addiction.

MicrowavedTea ,

It’s very different from his book but they’re both great on their own.

EvilBit , (edited )

I don’t consider many horror movies genuinely scary. The ones I have, at various times in my life, been actually in some way frightened (or at least shook) by, in no particular order:

  • The Exorcist (The Version You’ve Never Seen)
  • Hereditary (a masterpiece in my opinion. Free upvote literally every time I see someone recommend it)
  • Blair Witch Project
  • Paranormal Activity
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil
  • It (miniseries got me as a kid but Chapter 1 is good too)
  • Lights Out (not the entire movie but it has its moments and overall a good style)
  • Candyman (original)
  • Poltergeist (original)
  • Autopsy of Jane Doe (another poster reminded me of this one!)
  • The Taking of Deborah Logan (for like one scene but IYKYK)
  • The Dark and the Wicked
  • The Orphanage
  • Terrified and When Evil Lurks were both solidly unsettling at least
  • Event Horizon (though I know you didn’t like this one)
  • Conjuring 1-2 and Sinister too, all at least solid spookies.

Note that this does not mean these are the only GOOD horror movies. There are LOTS that I consider masterpieces that just aren’t strictly all that scary.

Suck_on_my_Presence OP ,

Oh I agree that they’re not the only good horror movies, there are so many out there that are good in other ways and many of which I absolutely love. But I’m really just looking for that something to keep the lights on at night, lol.

Thanks for the list! There are a few I haven’t seen in there, I’ll give them a try :)

EvilBit ,

I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything new you try! Or if you have opinions on items in my list, even.

JackbyDev ,

Blair Witch

spoilersI’m glad I knew the ending was disappointing before going in.

It hit on a very specific fear of mine that I have difficulty putting into words. The fear of developing a fear or maybe the fear of becoming superstitious?

CutekittyAlexa ,

Rec (2007) and Climax (2018) are some of my personal favourites that have scared me to some degree

Xatolos ,
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The original Rec and Rec 2 are great, the third movie was terrible and the Hollywood remake of the first Rec is a disaster.

Davel23 ,

Annihilation is great cosmic horror.

AceFuzzLord ,

Perfect Blue

I absolutely love and hate how they mess with your perception of not only time but what’s real because I could see myself in situations where I couldn’t tell you how long has passed and/or having to question if what I’m seeing is real or not.

Mog_fanatic ,

I absolutely love horror movies and have a long list of fantastic ones but not very many of them actually scared me. Most of them have been named already but two I didn’t see were The Babadook (2014) and surprisingly a Netflix movie called His House (2020) was actually awesome. One of my favorites in the last few years.

JustAnotherKay ,

Yeah I actually think that my favorite horror movies are the ones that get me asking questions, rather than being scared. I like being intrigued by the evil, like in Smile (until the twist at the end, it was a perfectly good psychological horror that did not need a monster)

scytale ,

It Follows. It isn’t the best horror movie, but the premise is one of the scariest for me. An entity that is inevitable, and you cannot get away from no matter what you do or where you go. It’s always there, walking towards you.

Kacarott ,

Is the entity an immortal snail?

WanderingVentra ,

What I’ve learned from this thread as someone getting into horror again is that I really need to watch Hereditary and the original Candyman. Might just bookmark this for all the great recommendations. Only hard part is that my partner isn’t into horror so it’s hard to watch them.

coaxil ,

Soft & quiet.

Humans are a terrible thing

m.imdb.com/title/tt14557188/

mozz ,
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There is a particular type of emotion which "The VVitch" and "Hereditary" get absolutely perfect. It's actually not really my favorite type of movie; it's not particular scary, per se, but it is just some stuff that is really awful that you don't want to see. If you don't want that, they may not be good, but if you vibe with that particular emotion they are hard to beat for it.

The HBO "Chernobyl" miniseries is absolutely straight-up horror. It has pretty much all the elements of a perfect horror movie, except it's (with tiny exceptions and artistic licenses) all 100% true.

"As Above, So Below" is fairly good "normal" horror of a fairly unspicy flavor.

That's honestly all I can think of that really does it well. Horror books in my experience are far better. "The Shining," "Pet Semetary," "Night Shift," and "Skeleton Crew." Also lots and lots of HP Lovecraft; the "Dunwich Horror" collection is wonderful.

Hope this helps.

Vanth ,
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There has got to be a term for the particular type of … restlessness(?) that movies like VVitch and Hereditary inflict. It’s not exactly horror, but a distinct discomfort that I can’t quite name. Talk To Me also got close for me but not as far as Hereditary.

EvilBit ,

I would say the term “dread” comes close for me.

Gerudo ,

This is why I liked Longlegs so much. Not scary, but damn that movie made me uncomfortable.

Suck_on_my_Presence OP ,

Oooh yes. I’m with you and the other commenter that that particular feeling of dread is really really great. Hereditary, Midsommar, and VVitch definitely all fit that bill. I’ve heard the same for Lights Out, so I’m going to give that a go too.

Also Chernobyl is so so good. I’ve seen it a few times now and oof.

OprahsedCreature ,

I’m noticing a distinct lack of Terrifier and Terrifier 2 in these comments. Art the Clown is perhaps the best antagonist I’ve ever seen in the horror genre and true originality is rare in the modern horror filmscape.

The Ring is also good for originality as far as modern classics, though it’s a whole book series in Japan.

Edit: I also liked The Shrine, forgot to mention that one. Again, originality.

Anissem , (edited )
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I’m pretty dead inside so not a ton can get through in the horror department, but I always thought 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later did a fantastic job making zombies a bit scary again.

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