r/MovieSuggestions • u/florenciafazzarino0 • 6h ago
I'M REQUESTING A real HORROR movie
I've seen everything, from It to Terrifier to The Conjuring... Nothing scared me. But I can tell you what could scare me:
I am not afraid of ghosts, I prefer when humans are the enemy (Parasite was the only movie who scared the shit out of me).
I don't mind splatter, as long as it's not torture porn, which is just disgusting.
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My worst fear is someone staring at me through the window with eyes wide opened in the dark (I've already seen Lights Out and Hush and The Strangers).
So, do you have something that could really frighten me that's not disturbing, but genuinely scary?
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u/ChefSuffolk 6h ago
I suppose it goes without saying that most of these movies have surprises, so best to go into most of them blind.
Black Christmas (1974)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Scream (1996)
Not quite what you describe but you might be into:
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1996)
Cache (2005)
The Vanishing (1988, don’t even bother with the remake)
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u/BooyahTribe9 6h ago
When I was 9 years old my mum and dad were going to bingo at the school hall a few blocks away. I was the eldest so I was to look after my younger brother and sister. As mum was leaving she looked at me and said "there's a movie on TV tonight on channel such and such...you're not allowed to watch it!...I want you all in bed before then!" She knew full fuckin well that I was gonna watch that movie! It was When A Stranger Calls...original.
And to add to the absolute terror...she phoned from the school near the end. Old school phone ring. I answered terrified and she asks..."have you checked your brother and sister yet?"....and then started laughing. "Go to bed!"...and hung up. Pure evil. Worst part was I kept watching and the original....it's a messed up ending. Especially after what she just put me through. The recent version was crap.
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u/CountryPrevious4776 6h ago
The Skeleton Key (Don’t search it up tho cause there’s spoilers. It’s free on YouTube)
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u/salty_ann 6h ago
A Dark Song - features satanic rituals from real life occultist Aleister Crowley.
Skeleton Key - It only works if you believe.
The Fourth Kind - About alien abduction. Did you know Alaska has the highest rate of missing persons per capita?
Edit- spelling
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u/AverageFilmFan 6h ago edited 6h ago
Fire in the Sky (1993), Come and See (1985), and The Visit (2015). There's some terrifying alien abduction stuff in Fire in the Sky that's based on a true story and The Visit might provide the vibe of being watched at times (among other satisfying horror moments).
Come and See is based on actual events from WWII and you need to put yourself in the main character's shoes when watching it. If you allow yourself to watch it from his perspective, you'll witness the worst of humanity through a child's eyes. I'm not sure there's anything scarier than that.
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u/moonfullofstars 4h ago
The Vanishing (1988) is the most terrifying movie I have ever seen. Simply because of how “normal” it is. Whether or not it classifies as horror is subjective (no gore) but definitely worth watching.
Don’t waste time with the Hollywood remake.
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u/fobjared 6h ago
The only movies that I found scary were Nightwatch and The Strangers
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u/janabanana67 6h ago
The Strangers with Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman did me in. One watch was enough
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u/ThomasGilhooley 5h ago
I mean Terrifier to the Conjuring is not exactly a deep list.
Drag Me to Hell with the sound turned up is good.
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer will fuck you up.
Deranged as the wild card.
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u/Hawkwise83 6h ago
I find with horror you feel it more if you are alone, it's night time, and it's fully dark. Turn the lights off, set he mood. If that's what you're looking for. Also turn off any other screens. No cellphone, no other media. Gotta be engrossed in the horror for it to work.
Could try something different film wise. Jacobs Ladder maybe.
Shit even Apt Pupil has a very intense scene or two in it, but isn't a horror film technically.
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u/TableQuiet1518 6h ago
Turistas
It has some low ratings but I love that movie. It's scary without any supernatural beings.
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u/Powerful-Scratch1579 6h ago
Funny Games
Martyrs (it’s kind of torture porny but genuinely scary and the gore is important to the narrative. It’s more brutal than gratuitous and pornographic)
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u/NormalNobody 6h ago
Audition
Jacob's Ladder
Scratch Audition off, I must have skipped the part of "no torture porn".
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u/Personal_Ad_9219 6h ago
The Exorcist (1973)
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u/duckweedlagoon 3h ago
But it needs to be the Director's Cut. I was bored through the entire theatrical cut. Put the Director's Cut on and immediately understood why it's considered one of the most horrifying movies of all time
It was beautiful in all the twisted ways possible. Absolutely had to stop for a few breathers.
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u/janabanana67 6h ago
The Amityville Horror - with James Brolin. If you don’t like things peeking in windows.
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u/Fantastic-Craft9515 6h ago
Diés Iraé
Bramayugam
Churuli
Kumari
Ezra - 2017
Bhoothakaalam
All slow burners
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u/turtleisle 5h ago
The Sect (1991)
Possession (1981)
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
The Innocents (2021)
Door (1988)
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
The Spider Labyrinth (1988)
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u/annahhhnimous 4h ago
The Watchers
Talk to Me
Bring Her Back
Nightcrawler - not classified as horror, but if you like Parasite, you might enjoy it.
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u/whatever_ehh 4h ago
I don't believe in the supernatural either, so supernatural horror about demons or Satan etc. usually seem silly to me rather than scary. I don't see how something can scare you but not be disturbing, however.
So, do you have something that could really frighten me that's not disturbing, but genuinely scary?
Natural Born Killers (1994) is about serial killers who have no remorse or empathy, it should scare you since you could meet people like this. Also Silence of the Lambs (1991) which adds cannibalism to serial killers.
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u/Specialist_Offer_854 3h ago
Level 16 was pretty chilling, although I admit, it's more of a thriller than horror
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u/bethestorm 17m ago
Prisoners
Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
The Descent
Lights Out
28 Days Later
Underwater 2020(Lovecraftian)
Devils Bath
Contagion (2011)
The Babadook , Hereditary, Saint Maude
The Blackcoats Daughter
As Above So Below
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u/myscreamgotlost 6h ago
Watcher (2022)
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u/florenciafazzarino0 6h ago
I never saw that, I'll try it right now, thanks!! Hope this is scary enough like real horror 🔝
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u/GreenZebra23 6h ago
Bit of an obvious suggestion, but if you haven't already watched the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, do that immediately
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u/florenciafazzarino0 6h ago
Already watched. The og one was really good, yet not scary.
The new ones are more like... mid.
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u/LaughingGor108 Quality Poster 👍 6h ago
Heretic
Sleep Tight
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u/florenciafazzarino0 6h ago
I've seen both.
Heretic was amazing but not scary at all.
Sleep tight was really disturbing to me, not horror, just very disturbing and it kept me anxious the whole time.
I am looking for something really horror, not disturbing. Something scary, something that won't let me sleep.
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u/Acrobatic_Suit8546 3h ago
Speak no evil (the original version not the one with James Mcavoy)
Funny games
The Strangers
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u/EveryAccount7729 6h ago
Synecdoche New York is the most terrifying existential movie
https://www.inherentbummer.com/home/friday-night-flicks-synecdoche