Even though Halloween has passed, there isn’t any reason why you can’t continue watching spooky films. Here are ten of the movies deemed “scariest” in the past 15 years. Here it goes:
10. “The Ring” by Ehren Kruger
This is a somewhat popular movie in America, however, what people don’t know is that it is actually an American adaption of “Ringu” by Kôji Suzuki. This movie isn’t scary because of gore, but of its creepiness and ability to make your skin crawl. The plot revolves around Rachel Keller, a journalist investigating the mysterious death of a few teenagers who decided to watch a video, which supposedly killed you after viewing it. Rachel later watches this video, causing her and her son to be haunted by the spirit trapped inside it. Scary? No. Creepy? Yes.
9. “28 days later” by Alex Garland
In this zombie genre movie, people are infected with a deadly virus contained by chimpanzees which were freed by an animal rights activist group. 28 days after this incident, ‘bicycle courier’ Jim wakes up to find the streets of London empty and deserted. Later finding a group of survivors, the lot discovers the cause of all disappearances: demented, raging creatures that lurk in the shadows. Surprise: the chimpanzees infected the population of London which turn into mindless violent zombies. Will they survive the virus, or fall to dementia: watch it and find out.
8. “Saw” by Leigh Whannell
The start of this scary movie is like any other: two men chained on separate sides of a bathroom with a dead man between them. Adam and Lawrence, the two men who have been kidnap, soon learn that to escape they’re going to have to kill each other. Adam must leave the bathroom while Lawrence must kill him before a certain time, or his family will die. Through this entire trauma, the police are investigating and attempting to find the victim’s kidnapper who believes this is all a game.
7. “Misery” by William Goldman
From Stephen King’s “Misery,” the film begins with famous author Paul Sheldon, who had just finished writing the final book depicting a character names Misery. After having a severe car crash, Paul wakes up to Annie Wilkes, who is nursing him back to health. Annie, being a huge fan of Sheldon’s work, is furious after reading that Goldman kills off Misery in his last book. After maniacally injuring Paul’s foot, she forces him to rewrite his book, torturing him throughout the whole time.
6. “The Descent” by Neil Marshall
A knit-tight group of females go on their “yearly” vacation to a cave expedition. One ‘unexpected’ fall later, the ladies find themselves stranded inside the uncharted part of the cave with no map, limited supplies, and just a chock full of friendly humaniod creatures. And by friendly I mean darkness loving and blood drinking. Not only does this “family friendly” movie have the stereotypical and over-excessive American gore, but it also leaves you with a horrible sense of claustrophobia.
5. “The Sixth Sense” by M. Night Shyamalan
Child Psychiatrist Dr. Malcolm Crowe gets a new patient, six year old Cole Sear, whose problem is different from anything Crowe’s seen; Cole can see the troubled spirits of the dead. Constantly terrified by what he sees, Cole only tells Dr.Crowe this secret. As Crowe digs deeper into Cole’s conditions the two soon figure out a shocking conclusion.
4. “The Blair Witch Project” by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez
Three College students set out to make a documentary about the Blair Witch Trials. Traveling to a town, the viewer finds out the B.W. Trials which is a legend of a bunch of witches who tortured and murdered children in the woods. Skeptical of the town’s description, the three go on an adventure into the woods which, of course, it ends with them losing their direction, food, and logical sense.
3. “Audition” by Daisuke Tengan
The movie starts off with Shigeharu Aoyama, a widower of seven years with a 17 years old son, Shigehiko, who encourages him to start dating again. Sigeharu’s friend, Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, a film producer, suggest a fake dating game, where girls sign up to be the perfect choice for Shigeharu. In the end he decides with Asami Yamazaki, an enchanting woman, except for the fact that she’s different from her resume.
2. “Orphanage” by Sergio G. Sanchez
This movie takes place in Spain, where a woman and her son move back into her childhood home; it would be fine, if it wasn’t for the fact it was a creepy orphanage for handicapped children. Like in any good scary movie, the ghost targets the child, and little Simón starts to talk to an invisible friend. Laura believes that his friends are a figment of his imagination. She decides to host a party in celebration of her plans to reopen orphanage. During the party Simón tries to show his mother his friends’ cabin, but she’s too busy. Later while looking for him, she spots a masked boy and realizes Simón has gone missing. After a few months she begins to feel other people’s presence in the house and she decides to call a team of parapsychologists to try and solve her troubles.
1. “The Exorcist” by William Friedkin
Regan, a 14-year old girl, suddenly becomes prone to fits and has bizarre behavior. Regan proves quite a handful for her actress-mother, Chris MacNeil. When Regan gets completely out of hand, Chris calls in young priest Father Karras, who becomes convinced that the girl is possessed by the Devil and that they must call in an exorcist: Father Merrin. His foe proves to be no run-of-the-mill demon, and both the priest and the girl suffer numerous horrors during their struggles. Several accidents occurred on set, leaving people to believe that the movie was cursed.
