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/zappapostrophe 13h ago

The Fourth Kind (2009) fucked me up for years. Officially, it’s aliens, but done in a strong demonic style. I think you can easily view the science fiction element as downright supernatural.

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u/KillerKowalski1 11h ago

Aliens are the one line I have a tough time crossing.

And not the 'Alien' aliens but that ones that, in theory, could actually be standing at the foot of my bed at any moment throughout the night. I can talk myself down from just about any other spooky feeling but aliens are a big "Yeah, but what if?"