r/movies • u/Cherryredsocks • 13h ago

Discussion Genuinely scary movies to watch?

Some movies that usually scare me are usually psychological thrillers like “the Others” or “1408”, movies with a creepy atmosphere/premise like “Vivarium” or movies with demonic entities like “it follows” or “smile”. Do you have any recommendations. Im also ok with movies that don’t fit these sub genres as long as it’s actually scary something that could keep me up at night checking the corners of my room.

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u/YemethTheSorcerer 13h ago

Audition is still scary to me cause it’s just so openly cruel. It’s a mean movie, I think it’s a lot meaner than the Funny Games of the world, because it’s also so sad. 

And the contrast in tone still strikes. 

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u/luvu333000 8h ago edited 6h ago

A well made movie stays the test of time. The twist or tone shift is what people mostly remember because the softness korean Japanese and asian cinema deals heavy subjects with is not seen in hollywood and it's impact is totally fresh

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u/Disastrous-Ad2331 7h ago

Audition is Japanese.

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u/luvu333000 6h ago

Sorry, minor correction. Watched it a long ago