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Films That Are Genuinely Scary

I'm a total sucker for paranormal films and jump scares - very basic I know but they're almost always guaranteed to scare me! There are other films on this list that are included because they scared me as a child. For example, blue creatures with horns haunted my nightmares for years before I finally realised they were from Little Monsters! Lastly, plenty of films have disturbed or disgusted me, such as Audition or Human Centipede, which you might expect to see on such lists. However, these films haven't caused me to feel genuine fear. The film on this list that terrified me the most, which caused me to genuinely recoil, scream, and hide behind my fingers, was Trainspotting, specifically the baby Dawn scenes and when she fell from the ceiling. Harrowing.
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Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
100%7.4
2
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
98%8.0
3
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
30%6.2
4
Threads (1984)
Threads (1984)
100%8.0
5
Little Monsters (1989)
Little Monsters (1989)
44%6.0
6
The Witches (1990)
The Witches (1990)
93%6.9
7
Free Willy (1993)
Free Willy (1993)
71%6.0
8
A Close Shave (1995)
A Close Shave (1995)
100%8.1
9
Jumanji (1995)
Jumanji (1995)
55%7.0
10
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
91%6.7
11
Trainspotting (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
91%8.1
12
Small Soldiers (1998)
Small Soldiers (1998)
49%6.2
13
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
84%8.3
14
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
86%6.5
15
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
96%8.0
16
Cast Away (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
89%7.8
17
The Others (2001)
The Others (2001)
84%7.6
18
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
80%6.7
19
The Ring (2002)
The Ring (2002)
71%7.1
20
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
34%7.6
21
Doctor Who - The Empty Child (2005)
Doctor Who - The Empty Child (2005)
22
The Descent (2005)
The Descent (2005)
86%7.2
23
War of the Worlds (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
75%6.5
24
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
95%8.2
25
Severance (2006)
Severance (2006)
66%6.5
26
[REC] (2007)
[REC] (2007)
89%7.4
27
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
83%6.3
28
The Orphanage (2007)
The Orphanage (2007)
87%7.4
29
Buried (2010)
Buried (2010)
87%7.0
30
Insidious (2010)
Insidious (2010)
66%6.8
31
Grave Encounters (2011)
Grave Encounters (2011)
67%6.1
32
You're Next (2011)
You're Next (2011)
79%6.6
33
The Woman in Black (2012)
The Woman in Black (2012)
66%6.4
34
Mama (2013)
Mama (2013)
63%6.2
35
The Conjuring (2013)
The Conjuring (2013)
86%7.5
36
Annabelle (2014)
Annabelle (2014)
29%5.4
37
Last Shift (2014)
Last Shift (2014)
100%5.8
38
The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook (2014)
98%6.8
39
Hell House LLC (2015)
Hell House LLC (2015)
75%6.4
40
Sinister 2 (2015)
Sinister 2 (2015)
15%5.3
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