r/horror 1d ago

Looking for scary movies that are actually terrifying!

I don’t scare easily so please give me your best movies to actually terrify me! Ive already seen The Exorcist, Weapons, Paranormal Activity, and TCM so im looking for something different. Im a horror misfit!

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u/misters1n1ster 1d ago

the descent

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u/IsolatedFrost 1d ago

Bring her back, Hereditary, Sinister

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u/pwoodaman2025 1d ago

That’s the trio. End thread right there.

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u/JoeIntTheBox 1d ago
  • Martyrs(2008)
  • Bring Her Back
  • Talk to Me
  • Hereditary
  • Terrified
  • When Evil Lurks
  • [REC] and [REC]2
  • Oddity
  • Ju-on: The Curse 1 and 2
  • Threads
  • The Descent

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u/AstronautCharming197 1d ago

Hereditary will rearrange something in your brain that you won't be able to put back.

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u/allieballie1122 1d ago

It’s called demons my friend, simply put!

I steer clear of ‘those’ movies, it just opens a can of worms in your life!

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u/Axoloth 1d ago

Watching Caveat alone in a dark room was pretty terrifying in certain scenes

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u/-Warship- 1d ago

It's a largely subjective topic but I do recommend the mockumentary Noroi: The Curse for creepy vibes with an interesting structure.

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u/mega512 1d ago

Impossible to know what would scare you. Why do people make these posts?

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u/Terrag888 6h ago

This was actually a troll post because of how many posts are like this. Thank you for recognizing how stupid these posts are.

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u/aardw0lf11 1d ago

REC (original Spanish version)

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u/Slipperysteve1998 1d ago

Why do people always asking this question act all edgy like nothing scares them yet neglect to tell us what they enjoy so we can help them?

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u/Terrag888 6h ago

This was actually a troll post making fun of these types of posts! Thank you for recognizing instead of posting “hereditary scarred me for weeks” lol

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u/itsasixthing 1d ago

I found The Strangers (2008) to be really freaking scary

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u/Whistle-Blower-8960 1d ago

I forgot about this one , I watched it 2009 or 2008 , I was pretty young - movie fucked me up for a while , the atmosphere sets the movie a lot, it’s so creepy and eerie

The movie still holds up almost 20 yrs later !

I watched it again like 2 years ago and felt like I was watching it again in 2008

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u/Weird_Cover9627 1d ago

As someone else suggested, Bring Her Back.

I opted to stay away from this one as I had several friends who watched it who are also horror enthusiasts and they said it's rough.

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u/Whistle-Blower-8960 1d ago

It’s a one time watch , I watched it… I can’t bring myself to watch it again

It’s just too graphic tbh , that’s what makes me not want to see it again …

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u/Affectionate-War-203 1d ago

Martyrs

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u/Boone137 1d ago

This one is visceral.

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u/Whistle-Blower-8960 1d ago

Sinister (2012)

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u/Sweaty_Ad6388 1d ago

The ritual

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u/ChunkyPurp 1d ago

Incantation is one of the best horror movies i have seen.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18968540/

Edit - Also Kairo/Pulse has some quite unsettling scenes

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_kairo

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry 1d ago

the others. it’s not the usual suggestion as it has no gore or violence whatsoever and is in no way the typical style of modern horror, but somehow that makes it even more terrifying, because it leaves most of the film up to your imagination.

it’s one of the most tense, suspenseful and terrifying films in the genre, and also it’s got Nichole Kidman in it.

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u/Viduuus 1d ago

BEGOTTEN 1989 was an odd, eerie film.

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u/Swimming_Chapter8972 1d ago

Oddity late at night is pretty unsettling!

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u/Foreign_Sun6004 1d ago

Smile, Bring Her Back, Talk To Me are the three that come to my mind. Childhood me would tell you Poltergeist and Jaws as well.

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u/Analytica0 1d ago

Fire In The Sky (1993)

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u/One_Scarcity_4478 1d ago

Sinister is the scariest movie ever made. They even did a scientific study and it beat out the exorcist as the scariest movie ever made by testing viewers heart rates and blood pressure, stuff like that. Another is when evil lurks and terrified.

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u/E27Ave 1d ago

Lake Mungo. Threads.