Poll of the Day > scary movie reccomendation

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i have netflix, amazon video and hulu right now and i wanna get spooked

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The Witch spooped me

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papercup posted...

The Witch spooped me

watched that recently, was great. black Philip!

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I'm not sure what's on what, so I'm just going to recommend you some of my favorite horror movies.

Alien
Get Out
Us
Hereditary
The Wailing(this movie is on Tubi, a free streaming app with some ads)
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If you haven't seen them a lot of the newer wave of horror movies have been fantastic: The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar, The Babadook, and the Suspiria remake are all great. Some lesser known ones worth checking out: Goodnight Mommy, The Lodge, and Relic.

Older horror movies I'd recommend: Rosemary's Baby, The Wicker Man, the original Suspiria, The Shining, and The Thing. All of these are pretty well-known so you may have seen them. I'll think of some more obscure recommendations too if you're interested.

The Apostle on Netflix

cant describe too much without giving a lot away but its fucking mindblowing, and it stars Dan Stevens who is just a cool actor

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Yeah if you havent seen Hereditary it is one hell of a movie too

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I only liked the first and third ones to be honest

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I only have Netflix and the Canadian one at that. So hopefully these will be available to you. The Ritual was really good. I'll throw in another vote for Hereditary. I thought The Shallows was pretty good if you are scared of sharks. Kind of a slow burn but I really enjoyed The Endless. Okay maybe it's not that scary but I recommend Tremors anyway.

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ive seen the majority of the majority of the movies you guys recommended but theyre all solid movies. my girlfriend ended up picking 'the taking of deborah logan' and it ended up being pretty good!

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Cube

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Lokarin posted...

Cube

One similar to this one is a movie on Netflix called The Platform. Its a movie from Spain I think, but its a good one that Id recommend

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What kind of things scare you? And what kind of scary movies have you seen and liked? That could help us out...
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Event Horizon

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Look up "Fall of the Cabal".

You'll never want to sleep again.

the blackcoat's daughter

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I think something a lot of people here may be missing is that he specifically wants to get spooked. While some of these are great films, they're not particularly scary. (Then there's the secondary issue of what's on streaming.)

The Babadook certainly has a few good jumps, though.

Others that might work (and are on NF):
As Above, So Below
Autopsy of a Jane Doe (it's kinda light on story, though)
Apollo 18

I should also mention Mercy Black wasn't terrible, other than the twist. Kinda have the same issue with Open House's ending.

I think I've watched most of the non-subbed horror on NF (it has a ton of subbed films, many of them Indian. I've never been big into Indian horror.) Two that I haven't watched are Session 9 -- which is supposedly very good -- and The Boy (which I read the spoilers for years ago and it seems like it could be scary)


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I can't even remember the last time I've been genuinely spooked during a movie. I consider most of the newer horror films to be psychological thrillers anyway. Some really great films lately, though. Loved Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar, Blackcoat's Daughter, The Ritual, etc. Even the sillier ones have been great fun, like Hush, Don't Breathe, Bird Box....

The hardest time I've had watching something in a recent film was a scene during Gerald's Game. Oof. Had to pause for a sec.


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Mead posted...

The Apostle on Netflix

cant describe too much without giving a lot away but its fucking mindblowing, and it stars Dan Stevens who is just a cool actor

This movie was doodoo... imagine a Resident Evil storyline with none of the fun gameplay.... yeeeeeeeesh!

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supergamer19 posted...

This movie was doodoo... imagine a Resident Evil storyline with none of the fun gameplay.... yeeeeeeeesh!

I legit think that youre thinking of a different movie

The Apostle had no similarities to anything Resident Evil, at all

https://youtu.be/J1JdWOqc9Q8

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Zeus posted...

I think something a lot of people here may be missing is that he specifically wants to get spooked.

The problem is, different people define that in different ways. Are jump scares good enough? Does he want something that will make his skin crawl and leave him feeling creeped out even after the movie is over? Slasher films with tons of gore and more and more elaborate kills? Psychological horror where the uncertainty is what unnerves you?

Does it have to be something supernatural? Murdery? Body horror?

It's hard to know what to recommend if you don't know what sort of horror/suspense someone's looking for.
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tbh nothing genuinely scares me for more than a few seconds unless its like some seriously fucked up existential shit. hereditary was disturbing and unsettling as fuck but i wouldnt say i was 'spooked'. idk i guess no movie is actually gonna scare me that much as an adult. i value good acting and writing above everything else and just like creepy shit.

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I See You

It's on Prime. I loved the hell out of it and was probably the best movie I've seen in ages.
The twists are crazy

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

tbh nothing genuinely scares me for more than a few seconds unless its like some seriously fucked up existential shit. hereditary was disturbing and unsettling as fuck but i wouldnt say i was 'spooked'. idk i guess no movie is actually gonna scare me that much as an adult. i value good acting and writing above everything else and just like creepy shit.

Supposedly Session 9 excels in those regards. Circle was pretty good, but it's not really creepy. And I guess Await Further Instructions was a decent character drama, although it only had a handful of things that might be considered unnerving. All are on NF.

What I might be tempted to recommend is Last Shift, but I'm not sure that any streaming platforms have it for free right now. The story is admittedly a little barebones, but it's really heavy on the spooky shit. The ending is flaky, though.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

The problem is, different people define that in different ways. Are jump scares good enough? Does he want something that will make his skin crawl and leave him feeling creeped out even after the movie is over? Slasher films with tons of gore and more and more elaborate kills? Psychological horror where the uncertainty is what unnerves you?

Does it have to be something supernatural? Murdery? Body horror?

It's hard to know what to recommend if you don't know what sort of horror/suspense someone's looking for.

He's a man. Unless he's overly squeamish, jump scares and *maybe* some suspense scenes are the only thing that might elicit a reaction.

That said, sure, there's the matter of phobias. But you can burn those out over time. Actually, the movie Dread was about that. Halfway decent horror film, although more on the drama side than any real scares.

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Ferarri619 posted...

I See You

It's on Prime. I loved the hell out of it and was probably the best movie I've seen in ages.
The twists are crazy

@Ferarri619 we just watched that tonight. thanks for recommending that, we both loved it

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Read the wiki for that and the synopsis doesn't make any fucking sense. The time-line of events sounds all screwy and then one of the final reveals doesn't make much sense in context (ie, if everybody kidnapped was alive). Did whoever edited the wiki just explain it badly or is it that much of a clusterfuck?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_See_You_(2019_film)

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i figured you'd be too emotionally destroyed still to watch a scary movie, ok?

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are you 12

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Zeus posted...

Read the wiki for that and the synopsis doesn't make any fucking sense. The time-line of events sounds all screwy and then one of the final reveals doesn't make much sense in context (ie, if everybody kidnapped was alive). Did whoever edited the wiki just explain it badly or is it that much of a clusterfuck?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_See_You_(2019_film)

a plot description would probably make it seem really confusing because of the way things are shown to you in the first half

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any others? ive seen the majority of these and liked them

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Random Babadook reference on last week's Last Week Tonight >_>

DirtBasedSoap posted...

any others? ive seen the majority of these and liked them

On those streaming services? It would take forever to find everything. However, Hulu has The Houses that October Built -- a found footage about kids checking out dark rides and being terrified by carnies -- which I remember being alright back when it was on NF.

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It Follows
Youre Next

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holy fuck, my gf and I watched geralds game. that was intense as fuck

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Never scared by horror movies. I usually root for the monster. People tell me I'm a serial killer, but they're hilarious. On that not Hellraiser is my favorite series because pinhead is a badass.

Mead posted...

I legit think that youre thinking of a different movie

The Apostle had no similarities to anything Resident Evil, at all

https://youtu.be/J1JdWOqc9Q8

See, that guy was about to get shredded by this ridiculous gear machine and they probably cut it off at the good part.

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Not sure about what's on most of those but 1922 on netflix is great if you like Stephen King

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Muscles posted...

Not sure about what's on most of those but 1922 on netflix is great if you like Stephen King

The short-story was pretty brutal

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Zeus posted...

Await Further Instructions

just watched this

one of the worst movies i have ever seen

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But what did you think about Session 9?

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if you want a shitty horror movie to poke holes in and make fun of i could recommend about a billion, but i cannot remember the last time i saw a movie that was legitimately scary. the skeleton war has completely desensitized me.

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my gf and I just watched it comes at night and that was pretty good (A24 does not make anything bad) but we do love shitty movies so Ill keep that in mind.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

holy fuck, my gf and I watched geralds game. that was intense as fuck

I told you, bro....

Movie is great, but the ending feels a little cheap. Still... that one scene.... holy...

We seem to have similar tastes. I have I See You queued up on my watchlist. Good to know it's a nice watch.

I've heard The Clovehitch Killer is alright, but that seems to be a Mystery Thriller.


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blackcoat's daughter was scary as fuck

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just watched green room. as far as non-supernatural horror movies go, thats about as good as it gets. probably my favorite horror movie I watched all week.

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Lights Out and Dont Breathe are another couple of good ones

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