Non-gory films that are genuinely terrifying

[Greensleeves]

I love really scary, suspense-filled movies that make me scared to go upstairs on my own. I'm not a fan of slashers, body horror, bugs etc; I think some horror movies are just gross rather than scary. Anyone want to recommend any films with a real atmosphere, genuine menace etc without lots of blood and guts? I'll start:

The Others
Don't Look Now
Rosemary's Baby

Sinister, Insidious, and Eden Lake.

I've seen and loved all of these! Definitely up for scary series as well, though they seem to be thinner on the ground.

The autopsy of Jane doe (though has a bit of blood)

The Godfrey Parks episode of most haunted scared me lol. That and the fake programme in the 90s, about the haunted house, it was a whole evening and pretended to be real, Mr pipes I think.

Duel (1971), it gave me nightmares for years.

Dark Water (the original version)
Shutter
In Memoriam
The Silent House

Host - the one that takes place on Zoom. Terrifying.

The Grudge. Terrifying

We need to talk about Kevin
The Ring
The Babadook
3096 Days
Don’t Breathe

Blair Witch Project

I agree Host was terrifying

@Tulipvase I was at school when Mr pipes was on TV, had nightmares for years, no one told kids it was fake until seemingly years later.

I also love The Others

The Ring was really scary and creepy at the time, not watched it in years.
Get Out- a little bit of gore at the very end but just love the crazy storyline, so clever!
The Visit- a good, creepy one if you don’t mind the found footage style of filming

@SilkySuky i think I was about 17 and was still scared. My boyfriend offered to buy me a bottle of whatever alcohol I was drinking if I would walk round the local graveyard after watching it, I didn’t get the booze.

Also, Get Out.

The Vanishing

Second nun is supposed to be shit. Loved the first one

The Innocents (1961) is brilliant.

I also second The Haunting (1963).

On TV, I really liked Marchlands and The Secret of Crickley Hall from the early teens.

The Watcher in the Woods, early 80s film made by Disney of all people!

I loved that !

I agree with @Theeyeballsinthesky - the original version of the Haunting . No gore. I watched it with my mother decades ago and we were so scared we had to go and lock the back door together. Genuinely creepy & scary but not a drop of blood.

This was the one that popped into my head!

The original Dutch version. Not the Hollywood remake.

@DRS1970 - Eden lake is SO gory. It's basically torture porn 😟 I absolutely hate that film... one of the only times I've ever seriously considered walking out of the cinema.

Oh god yes!

Still look over my shoulder every time the wind rustles through the woods where I live

@Tulipvase I was about 12, it was the talk of the school and one girls dad worked on the show and she very convincingly told everyone stories about weird stuff that happened to other crew that worked on the 'documentary'. Complete rubbish but I was genuinely terrified.