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?
A Tale of Two Sisters is one of the only movies that has genuinely scared me, some great scenes in it.
The latest one that got to me, was “When evil lurks” (Cuando acecha la maldad). A pretty fast-paced horror from Argentina.
And my favourite one before that was “The Descent”. A claustrophobic horror following a group of cave explorers.
can recommend Coherence
Horror movies don’t scare me, but Hereditary was the one movie that made me come close to experiencing genuine fear from watching a movie.
Tell me about it. Horror movies are such a snoozefest but Hereditary gave me the creeps.
Meh. Towards the end I was laughing at the Spiderman bit. Hilarious.
When people say this they’re just talking about the one single moment in the first half of the film, right? The rest of the movie was interesting but idk about scary.
You mean after like 15 minutes?
If you want something a bit different, seek out Threads. It’s on the Internet Archive (here, in fact)
Not a traditional horror film at all, it’s set in the north of England in the early 80s (depending what n where you’re from, the accents might prove a challenge!) and shows the ordinary people of a small city gradually coming to terms with escalating tensions between East and West, which result in all out nuclear war.
And then we get to see the actual on the ground nightmare that that would be. Not in a showy Hollywood way but in a grim, horrifyingly real feeling gritty British drama way. Bleak isn’t the word.
It’s something that’s never quite left me since I saw it for the first and so far only time some years ago. Truly disturbing, and not fun at any point after things start getting serious. Brilliant though.
I’ve seen this one recommended a bunch, but I always thought it was a documentary. Interesting. I’ll give it a watch.
Some of it is presented like a documentary, but most is done as drama. Hope you enjoy it (although enjoy isn’t the word!)
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.
Some suggestions from my side - in addition to many already posted suggestions I would add to my list as well:
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The series Twin Peaks (all three seasons plus the feature ‘Fire Walk With Me’) is not 100 % horror but it has it’s tense of mystery and some scary scenes as well
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Don’t Look Now from 1974 - a classic mystery drama with great Donald Sutherland in the leading role - also more mystery/suspense than horror
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IT (reboot) - still scarier than the Terrifier movies which are more slasher / fun-splatter
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Quarantine - until I saw the original ‘REC’
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Schock - Italian horror movie classic
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Barbarian - I expected different but I was surprised in a positive way
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The Borderlands (2013) is a great found footage horror film with a unique twist on the genre. The ending was particularly horrifying to watch, and I don’t normally find horror films scary.
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.
I really enjoyed Pandorum and The Babadook.
Talk To Me. I would also say Sinister and The Conjuring are my favorites, and I also struggle to find scary movies that genuinely scare me. Watch this alone in the dark the first time. It is now my all-time favorite scary movie, and it’s fairly recent.
If you are a muslim then dabbe 3. It is the most terrifying movie i have ever seen.
Why is it only scary for Muslims?
It has a lot of black magic and jinns in it, which are quite consistent with islamic mythology. The horror hits you differently if you have heard stories about it in your childhood.
I mean for me, i can shrug off almost anything with “yeah right” but when it comes to islamic mythology, i kinda believe in it so it’s more scary.
If you like the supernatural/demon ones, check out The Autopsy of Jane Doe. I loved it, the tension is absolutely perfect and a fantastic cast to boot.
Added to the list!
I enjoyed High Tension.
