When it comes to horror movies, everyone has their own threshold. For some people, watching a horror movie is no big deal, but for others (the faint of heart), it might be a bad idea since a good horror movie is bound to give you nightmares!
In either case, watching a good horror movie can give you a brilliant rush of adrenaline, because after some time, you find yourself too invested in the movie. Today, I thought I would share some of my personal favorites with you! So let’s get started!
The Ring
I remember watching this movie back in the early 2000s when I was a kid, and I found it pretty traumatizing. Even today, I feel shivers go down my spine whenever I watch this movie.
The Ring is about a mysterious videotape that consists of eerie images and clips, and whoever watches that tape is destined to die in 7 days. The protagonist is the movie is a journalist who also watches the movie and is now at risk of dying in 7 days before solving the mystery! One iconic scene from the movie will always be when the girl crawls out of a well in the tape and actually steps out of the TV screen! I vividly remember it even today!
Sinister
Sinister will always be among my favorite horror movies of all time. The concept of the movie is too different, and I absolutely love how Ethan Hawke absolutely nailed his character!
Ethan Hawke plays the role of Ellison who is a true crime author and in his search of writing his next book, he moves his family to the house where a recent murder tragedy took place. The best part is, he doesn’t even tell his family at first! However, things eventually take a paranormal turn as he discovers absolutely haunting super-8 tapes, consisting of videos of families being brutally murdered.
I remember this movie stressed me out so much when I first watched it that it gave me a bad neckache from the stress!
Midsommar
Midsommar is under the umbrella of A24, the studio very well known for its horror movies. However, I can’t possibly put into words how weird yet amazing Midsommar is. This movie is definitely not for the faint of heart, especially the ones that can’t handle blood and gore.
I can’t explain much about the movie without giving away the plot, so I’ll just tell you that the movie is about a group of friends that travel to Northern Europe for a Swedish midsummer festival at the invitation of a friend who belongs there. However, things take a darker turn as they start to unfold. Things also start to get pretty gruesome, so you probably shouldn’t watch this one if you have a weak stomach.
Hereditary
Here’s another movie from A24, but this has some pretty subtle kind of errors. You need to be pretty observant to watch and understand this one, as it isn’t exactly your average, straightforward kind of horror movie.
The movie is about how a family is subjected to an ancestral curse that they have no control over. One thing that really stood out about the movie to me was the phenomenal acting. Every actor did great justice to their character and made the movie as brilliant as it could possibly be!
Grave Encounters
This is more of an underrated movie that I believe people need to watch. However, this one isn’t American; it’s Canadian and is definitely among the best movies I have ever watched. The is about a team of people that work as “ghost hunters” on a TV show.
They go to an abandoned mental asylum as part of an episode that they’re shooting and eventually, dark and scary stuff starts happening. They are haunted by the ghosts of previous patients and some of them look so creepy, they are bound to give you nightmares. This movie definitely had some of the best jump scares I have ever seen. This movie should definitely be on your list of horror movies to watch!
The Sixth Sense
This one might not be as scary, but it has the best storywriting I have ever seen. Every second of the movie is as captivating as it could possibly be. The movie stars Bruce Willis and a very young Haley Joel Osment and both of them played their characters to perfection.
The movie is about a very young boy who has the power to communicate with dead people who don’t exactly know that they are dead and they have some unfinished business on Earth after which they can cross over. Bruce Willis plays the role of the child psychologist who helps Haley completely harness his powers. However, it is the MAJOR plot twist at the end that completely blew my mind!
A Bonus Tip
Luckily, since we live in the age of the internet, you don’t have to run to your nearest DVD store to get a movie to watch. You can stream all of these movies online but for that, you must ensure that your internet is reliable enough so that you don’t have to stare at that annoying buffering wheel. So be sure to look into Xfinity Internet plans as they come with great speeds and affordable rates. And remember, don’t watch these movies alone!
