10 Scariest Horror Movies

Get ready to be creeped out!

Zee Media Bureau
May 16, 2023

Shutter (2004)

This huge box office success is one of the best-known horror films from Thailand. Following a tragic accident, a young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their pictures and learn the past is not easy to shrug off.

The Exorcist (1973)

There might have been many other and possibly more scary (with better technology) horror films in contemporary times, but this cult classic about a demon-possessed child and the attempts to banish said demon remains an evergreen hit.

The Shining (1980)

An iconic Jack Nicholson performance and few but intensely scary moments make this movie - adapted from Stephen King’s novel - a scary ride. Rather than being a conventional ghost movie, it's the protagonist's slow descent into madness that will creep you out!

The Ring (2002)

A journalist must figure out a way to escape death after watching a cursed videotape that seemingly kills the viewer seven days after viewing it.

Insidious (2010)

A married couple's son enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for a variety of demonic entities in an astral plane. This movie, which has two sequels, can really get under your skin.

IT (2017)

Clowns can be funny but also really, really scary and IT shows how! Another Stephen King novel adaptation, Pennywise's - evil, shapeshifting clown's - bizarre and unsettling acts will scare not just a child but an adult too!

Scream (1996)

A film that's scary but also occasionally funny - that's Scream for you. This clever horror comedy is a massive treat for slasher flick fans.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

This American supernatural horror legal drama film follows a self-proclaimed agnostic defense counsel who represents a parish priest accused by the state of negligent homicide after he performed an exorcism. More than a regular screamer horror, the intelligent courtroom drama has many moments that can simply leave you sleepless.

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

A young couple moves into a beautiful new apartment and makes friends with their neighbours. After some time, they conceive their first child, and then all hell breaks loose. This is a classic horror film that will make your skin crawl.

The Witch (2015)

An absolutely spooky film, the movie is about a Puritan family who has been exiled from their early American settlement for an unnamed religious heresy. The family settles on a plot surrounded by wilderness, which we soon find out is haunted by witches.

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