Are there any really scary (but non-gory) films out? Bored out of my mind with Covid

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We wanted Insidious - The Red Door last night and found it pretty scary, but we're out of ideas now. Seen the new Exorcist movie, seen the Nun 2. I'm on my third dose of Covid and feeling pretty feeble, so stuck in one place and really, really bored!

Any recommendations? I like to be scared witless, but don't like gore/blood/gunge

The borderlands from 2013 is scary but not gory.😄

Sinister/Sinister 2? If you haven't already seen them. Also second Black phone, though I found it disturbing.

Autopsy of Jane Doe was surprisingly enjoyable.

The Ritual, though I didn't like the ending. Set in the woods and those types of films always terrify me.

In Fear. Simple British film with small cast set in a remote area of Ireland

I second It Follows!

Old one but The Exorcism of Emily Rose really freaked me out, also Mama (2013) was really good.

Series instead of a film, but Haunting of Hill House on Netflix is great

Was just coming onto write that! Good but freaky film!

Rosemary's Baby is not only really scary without being gory, it is maybe my all time favourite movie for lifestyle porn. Those incredible New York apartments and the 60s fashions !

Paperhouse is great so underrated. Director went on to do Candyman iirc.

Oh sorry! I want her it years ago and don't remember that at all. Also I'm not a fan of gore either so thought it would have been okay. Sorry!! 🙈

What about the conjuring films? I don't think I they have any gore!

Or something old school like 13 ghosts?

I love ghost ship but I remember a bit of gore. The scene where loads of people get chopped in half with a wire!

I remember watching this on channel 4 when I was about 11. I need to watch it again.

Doesn't Sinister have a gory lawn mower scene though? I might have hid behind a cushion, so can't remember whether it's actually gory or not!

I don't think you see much in the lawnmower scene. It's all implied

Oh this is so good

The Devil's Backbone is brilliant. Can't remember the gore level but don't think it's much

Oh gosh I don’t remember it’s been a while. But I don’t like gory films either so I assumed films that I enjoyed wouldn’t have any/much 🙈

We watched The Pope's Exorcist on Sky the other day. It was quite good. Pretty creepy, but not gory. Supposed to be based on a real story.

It must be 10 years old so you may have seen it but The Babadook is the scariest film I’ve seen. It’s on iPlayer atm.

Speak no evil is excellent!!!! No gore just super tense.

Host is really scary. It’s less than an hour long but it’s really unsettling and scary.

The Mist as mentioned above is on Channel 4 at the moment.

Sweat (subs), Border (subs) and Swallow, are all psychological horrors in their own way. All three captivated me.

The BBC had the series Serpent, that is well and truly creepy. Think it's available on Netflix if you want to just lie there and binge the series.

It's been mentioned but another vote for Blair Witch, not at all gory but bloody terrifying...