But forget all that for a second, because this week I want to tell you about some of the scariest movies I have ever seen.
I didn't always love horror movies. In fact, I hated them a lot. I remember while growing up getting the most horrible anxiety at previews for any (probably terrible) horror movie. (Though honestly this still happens to me as an adult). My best friend told me about Freddy Krueger when we were like 8 and I swear I did not sleep for days.
Then randomly a few years ago, I suddenly became obsessed (see #3 on this list). And now, here we are, where I am going to tell you about a few of my faves and/or least faves that I must admit are good movies. OKAY.
1. It Follows
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| LOUD TERRIFYING MUSIC BLASTS SUDDENLY |
This one was easy. I knew nothing about it when my sister Sarah and I decided to see it in theaters last year, which was probably for the best. I'll never forget sitting in the theater contemplating leaving only 5 minutes in because I was already so freaked out. It's mostly the music, but also there's this weird sense of familiarity that I can only describe as...very creepy. Plus who doesn't get scared of THE TALL MAN?!
2. Halloween
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| Love huuurts |
Now that I am actually making this list I am noticing a trend in that I want to say yet another movie that caused me so much anxiety at first I had to stop watching for a while. I love the Halloween movies, but the 2007 remake holds a special place in my heart, which I guess is weird to say about a horror movie. This one takes a while to get going but is so worth it for the end. Can't say I'm a fan of the unrated version, but that's just me. Out of any of the movies on this list I'd say this is the one I will make the most effort to watch at some point before November.
3. Evil Dead
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| Me too, girl |
This movie is the reason I love horror! Let me share with you an all too familiar story: Kept seeing this trailer advertised on the side of YouTube videos, finally clicked it, regretted every second, and had horrible anxiety for the rest of the day. Then somehow my siblings and I decided to see it in theaters 3 days later. It is pretty scary and definitely disgusting, but weirdly I wouldn't mind just putting it on in the background one of these days (even if I am home alone...well...maybe). They didn't use any CGI which is crazy! I could never fake-cut off an arm the way they did, and I am forever obsessed with the entire "blood rain" scene at the end.
*Side note: I was going to include a very different photo but I got too scared while googling it. YOU'RE WELCOME.
4. Insidious Chapter 2
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| DON'T YOU DARE |
Okay, like I can't even talk about this movie. Searching for images became way too scary way too quickly, so I settled for one of the slightly less terrifying moments. HOLY SHIT THOUGH. I barely enjoyed the first Insidious, and only went to see this one when my sister Sarah and I (as per usual) wanted to see a movie and discovered this one had the same actors in it again. We had the theater to ourselves, which for once wasn't actually that fun; it was SO CREEPY. I know even now that since I googled this movie I will think about the old lady before I go to sleep and be terrified. The image of her putting on the lipstick getting ready for murder still haunts me. It's been 3 years.
5. Session 9
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| "HEY...fuck youuuuuu" |
I feel like I was too young to have watched this when I did, even though I was like 17. This isn't a very fun horror movie (unless we're talking about this part). It's mostly a little too realistic and extremely disturbing. I feel like the scary part of this movie is supposed to be the recordings, but everything else about it really puts me on edge. And of course the ending will haunt me forever, which is why I have promised to never watch it again. Enjoy!
6. The Pact
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| *muffled crying in the distance* |
This is a movie about a girl who goes to her childhood home after her mother dies and she can't get in touch with her sister. Weird shit starts happening. I refuse to say more than that for fear of ruining it; just know that this movie gets spooky, and it will make you afraid of closets forever.
7. Silent Hill
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| aw what the fuck is this |
Okay, this one is a little embarrassing. I watched this with my boyfriend less than a year ago, and around 20 minutes in I told him if I had seen this when it first came out (when I was in middle school), I would have been so scared! Haha!
Then as the movie went on I actually started to get more and more freaked out (GOD this is such a trend!) until it finally ended. Spoiler alert: the ending is not a happy one! The music is so fucking scary, just thinking about it is making me nervous right now. The little girl's story is what got me the worst; after that I couldn't chill out for like 2 hours. I don't know how this movie was received or if people think it's scary but honestly I don't think I could ever watch this one again.
8. The Exorcist
This one does not get a photo. It is included in this list only because it is the most frightening movie I have ever watched.
In 2010, my sister Susie and I were up late probably watching dumb videos online or something. At some point we found our way to an article about the scariest ladies in movies, and after scrolling through for a minute we landed on a photo of a demon possessed girl on a bed. I remember trying to cover the screen with my hand and being like, "WHAT IS THAT" and we were both legit scared, even though we definitely tried to laugh it off.
As time went on we kept admitting to each other how freaked out we were about that photo, and Susie started sleeping in my room. After weeks, maybe months of this we decided maybe the way to get over our fear would be to watch the movie and like, get used to her demon face.
WHOOPS NO we shouldn't have done that. The movie was actually pretty good, but I still have nightmares about it sometimes! We had to share a bed and watch Easy A every night for such a long time. I don't know how long exactly, but to be honest even now when we have sleepovers we put Easy A on to go to sleep.
Anyway, if you haven't seen this one you should take the time to. It's a classic! It's terrifying! On second thought, just watch Easy A instead.
9. Blair Witch
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| Didn't even watch this part |
Yes the remake!! It felt like an exact copy of the original until suddenly it was just its own terrifying camping trip. There was more than 1 scene I couldn't make myself watch. A lot of the movie was spent with me literally hiding in my jacket praying it would be over soon so we could buy milk at Target and rush home like nobody's business. I am so surprised by how much I enjoyed it overall; I only hated one character which is pretty rare in found footage movies. Be prepared for some gross shit. I'm not sure if it's bugs or not because I shut my eyes for 5 minutes but I'm going to assume it's bugs.
10. Suspiria
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| Is this the barbed wire pit or the cafeteria I always forget |
This is one movie that isn't totally terrifying! It's a little creepy and a little silly but the music is great and so is...the plot. There aren't enough legit good movies about witches so I think this one definitely needed to be on the list. My sister Sherri convinced me to watch it a year or 2 ago and I feel like since then we have been unable to stop imitating the music at each other.
And there you have it! I just thought of 5 more movies I wish I could include but this post will soon be its own novel if I don't stop now. Lemme know what your fave horror movies are! Even if you're my sibs and I already (probably) know the answer!
See ya next week!
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