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To not be able to find a good horror movie

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WhatwillitTake · 25/02/2026 15:19

Please recommend some good horror movies! I'm not interested in anything with subtitles at this moment in time.

I am scrolling through Netflix and similar and, I have seen all of the interesting ones like The Haunting of Bly Manor etc.

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Mumblechum0 · 25/02/2026 19:29

follygirl · 25/02/2026 15:58

The Descent is brilliant

Yes. Best horror film ever

TheApocalypticiansApprentice · 25/02/2026 19:28

Ok - I’m not sure I’m actually recommending this, because it honestly traumatised me for months afterwards, but I guess that’s a mark of its achievement. The performances are frankly a bit too spot on.

Feel sick even typing the words:

Bones and All

There. Don’t blame me if you’re never the same person again after seeing it.

Goingbacktoit · 25/02/2026 19:27

Hostel
Smile 1 and 2
Saw
Host

Goingbacktoit · 25/02/2026 19:27

Hostel
Smile 1 and 2
Saw
Host

NotAWurstToIt · 25/02/2026 19:26

30 Days of Night was one I liked and The Others also, although more spooky than horror

ElsieMc · 25/02/2026 19:23

Midnight Mass. Horror with a storyline and decent acting.

On MN a few months back, someone mentioned a film.on bbc iplayer called Ghost Stories with Paul Whitehouse. I think it may have gone now, but it really scared me, particularly the warehouse part of the story.

Elsvieta · 25/02/2026 19:21

Let The Right One In

Namingbaba · 25/02/2026 19:18

Agree with Midsommar - it’s in English so no subtitles.
What kind of horror do you like? Midsommar is more psychological horror than gore.

Nitgel · 25/02/2026 19:16

2nd borderlands

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 25/02/2026 19:14

woodpeckersounds · 25/02/2026 19:10

Take away will be here imminently and was wanting to watch a film myself, so Abigail it is! Thank you!

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Abigail is fab. I’ve watched it twice x

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 25/02/2026 19:12

Do you want blood/gore or more jump ones?

woodpeckersounds · 25/02/2026 19:10

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 25/02/2026 15:25

The visit, knock at the cabin, cabin in the woods, Saw films. What sort do you like? Abigail has just come to Netflix and I love that one. It’s humorous, serious and gory.

Take away will be here imminently and was wanting to watch a film myself, so Abigail it is! Thank you!

StormyLandCloud · 25/02/2026 19:04

The I spit on your grave movies are good and pretty jumpy, and drag me to hell

TheApocalypticiansApprentice · 25/02/2026 18:56

Oh yes - a Jordan Peele trilogy would be a tremendous horror session. (Though I don’t quite think of Nope 😍as horror - because I didn’t want to run away from the cinema.) Get Out is fabulous. Ashamed to say I’ve never yet plucked up the courage for Us. Because I don’t actually do horror.

DarkEyedSailor · 25/02/2026 18:54

Oh and From Dusk till Dawn is fab too.

DarkEyedSailor · 25/02/2026 18:53

Do you like zombies? If so, It Stains The Sands Red is on Amazon and is one of my favourites. Nicely corpse-like zombie, female lead, decent story.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 25/02/2026 18:38

I enjoyed Killer Book Club on Netflix

outerspacepotato · 25/02/2026 18:35

Cure! 90s Japanese horror.

David Cronenburg movies.

Sinners is great. Horror doesn't win the awards but this one really should.

Carnival of Souls.

mumof2nanof1 · 25/02/2026 18:24

I really liked Mama

Damnd · 25/02/2026 18:22

BonfireToffee · 25/02/2026 15:32

Have you seen Midsommar? I thought that was great. A lot of folk liked Hereditary, too - by the same director. I wasn't mad keen but I'd give it another go.

Midsommar is an awesome recommendation!

Sostewedover · 25/02/2026 18:22

Get out the Jordan peel movie is just fantastic as is nope

frontwoman001 · 25/02/2026 18:20

La Mesita Del Comedor 😈

  • it's about an awkward dinner party. That's all the info you need going in.

Wolf Creek
The Chaser (Korean movie)
You're Next
Don't Breathe
Smile
Buried
Wrong Exit (2021)

I love Train To Busan. Also a Korean movie. It's about zombies. Zombies on a train. I put off watching it for a while because I'm not mad into zombie movies. But then I watched it and loved it.

UniquePinkSwan · 25/02/2026 18:07

If you can handle subtitles, Terrified. It’s Argentinian and it’s my favourite.

although going by the ‘horror’ suggestions you’re getting, this might be a bit much for you

YouAreTheCauseOfMyHeadache · 25/02/2026 18:00

the last shift or host on prime - superb

Worried198423 · 25/02/2026 17:35

Talk To Me is quite good
The Black Phone is decent
Cabin in the Woods
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Wrong Turn

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