🕯️horror 101 for people who say they can't do scary movies
for the friend who swears they can't handle horror. ordered by how much it'll actually mess with you, not by quality (well, mostly)
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1
start here honestly. nicole kidman, a big house, barely any blood and the twist still gets people
2
Get Out (2017)
3
The Babadook (2014)
4
folk horror, very slow, pays off in the last 15 minutes. some people bail before that, don't
5
Hereditary (2018)
this is where it stops being polite
6
It Follows (2014)
7
Sinister (2012)
genuinely one of the few that scared me on a rewatch, not just the first time
8
found footage done right, spanish original, not the US remake Quarantine
10
isabelle adjani in the subway scene. i don't know how to describe this movie and i've tried
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