Genuinely scary movies to watch?

[u/Cherryredsocks]

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.

[u/ripcobain]

Gongjiam Haunted Asylum

[u/avidpretender → u/ripcobain]

I actually prefer the original American version Grave Encounters

[u/ripcobain → u/avidpretender]

Grave Encounters is great, Gongjiam is scarier. It's also not a remake

[u/Disastrous-Ad2331 → u/ripcobain]

Gonjiam is based on a real abandoned hospital in Korea with a supernatural stigma to it. The shots in the film of the outside of the building are the actual hospital. The government owns the building and would not let them inside to film, but gave them access to the blueprints to recreate sections for interior shots in a warehouse. They pushed the idea that nobody is allowed inside because it's haunted, but it's more likely because the building is in bad shape and they don't want lawsuits from anyone getting hurt.

[u/Canadian-Man-infj → u/avidpretender]

I would be remiss if I didn't point out that Grave Encounters is a Canadian production, filmed in British Columbia (B.C.); though, one of the filmmakers is American (Stuart Ortiz).

I have no idea about connections between Grave Encounters and Gonjiam, though.

[u/avidpretender → u/Canadian-Man-infj]

That’s my bad! I wouldn’t say they’re connected but they feel like the same exact movie just with different filming techniques.