Are you a horror movie nut but you need some new recommendations? Feel like you’ve seen everything out there.
Well, good thing you clicked on this link to read this AskReddit article where people recommend their favorite terrifying horror films that don’t rely on cheap gags and scares.
Take note of these!
1. A classic!
“The Hitcher. Its just this teenager who picked up a murder hobo, escaped, but then sees him in another car with a family and tries to intervene.”
2. I need to check this one out
“I don’t know anyone else that’s seen it, but They Look Like People is a pretty unsettling psychological horror.”
3. Lake Mungo
“Lake Mungo.
Shot like a documentary, and definitely one of the more realistic mockunentaries I’ve ever seen. It’s about a family in Australia who believe their house is being haunted by the presence of the recently deceased teenage daughter. Since it’s meant to be realistic, the entire film kind of focuses on the idea that spirits aren’t real. That’s all I’ll say about the plot.
It’s been about two years since I first (and last) seen it and it has certainly stuck with me. I think about it often.”
4. Good choice
“John Carpenter’s The Thing.”
5. Ringu
“The original Japanese version of The Ring (“Ringu”).”
6. Spooky
“Event Horizon was pretty spooky.”
7. Take Kubrick’s word
“The Vanishing. Dutch film. Completely terrifying. Kubrick said it was the scariest movie he ever saw.”
8. An old fashioned ghost story
“The Others (2001).”
9. From 1979
“Alien.”
10. Unsettling
“Jacobs Ladder for sure, very unsettling atmospheres.”
11. Into the Catacombs we go
“One movie I liked that didn’t grab too much traction was As Above, So Below, about a group of college kids that get lost in the catacombs below Paris, and the demons they meet down there. It’s unsettling as a film, but also because it has actually happened that several people, drunk or whatnot, have ventured into the catacombs and gotten lost and died. The movie was filmed in the actual catacombs, and the effects are really good. Plus there is a psycological aspect to the haunting that occurs, particularly amongst the more guilty of the group. Would recommend.
There are jump scares, but they are legitimate.”
12. Nightmares
“The Mothman Prophecies” shares a spot with the original “Nosferatu” as one of three movies that legitimately gave me nightmares.”
13. Home invasion
“Hush (2016) Most home invasion movies freak me out but this one really stuck with me.”
14. Here are two for you
“Night of the Living Dead (1968). The classic zombie flick scared the shit out of me as a kid! :O
It Follows (2015). The modern monster flick scared the shit out of me as an adult! :O “
15. The Ritual
“The Ritual is a great movie, and it’s on Netflix.
“Reuniting after the tragic death of their friend, four college pals set out to hike through the Scandinavian wilderness. A wrong turn leads them into the mysterious forests of Norse legend, where an ancient evil exists and stalks them at every turn.”
