The two that I watched recently that I having been thinking about have been Talk to Me and A Dark Song. I didn't think they were the scariest movies I'd seen but seemed to have left an impression on me.
Which horror movie didn’t necessarily scare you while watching, but stuck with you afterwards?
DiscussionLake Mungo. I was bored as hell watching most of it. But then it ended and I felt so, so sad thinking of Alice all alone in the house with her family gone thinking she'd moved on. And the pictures showing she was there the whole time.
Then at night I turned off the light and all I could see was her bloated waterlogged face.
completely agree, most boring movie I’ve ever watched but still kinda sticks with you
THAT scene is terrifying!
Three movies come to mind for this:
Jaws - It is not scary until I start thinking about it while at the beach.
The Strangers - It is not scary until I hear an unexpected knock on my door at night which makes this movie pop into my head again as I wonder who the hell is knocking on my door at night.
The Final Destination movies - These movies also aren’t scary while watching them until I’m in one of the relatively common situations like in the movies and start thinking about how the death scenes occurred. For example, anytime I’m driving and a truck carrying large objects is in front of me, I immediately think “Oh no, Final Destination” and try to get away from that truck.
I’ve always wondered if there was national accident data. I would love to know if there was a decrease in traffic accidents for the months following the release of Final Destination 2
Same here with the truck 😅 If you know what could happen, it’s better to switch lanes asap
ain't nobody on EARTH driving behind timber trucks anymore
Final Destination for me as well!
I didn't find much to be scared of when I first saw Midsommar, but it stuck in my head for weeks. Probably the most affecting movie I've seen.
I do find more scare in it now, just in the complacency of human behavior like that exhibited by the Harga.
The Blackcoat's Daughter. It was definitely creepy and atmospheric while watching, don't get me wrong! But I wouldn't say I was truly scared.
But then, the more I thought about the ending after watching it, it really unsettled me. How she
I thought this movie was so well done. Osgood Perkins is a truly talented director.
Definitely Midsommar. And Meghan is missing
Meghan is missing really bugged me out. It’s not a good movie by any means lol but it left me upset
That ending is just brutal and the fact that the first half of it is so cheesy somehow makes it that much worse.
Yeah that end scene is forever etched in my brain
Talk to me
The Lodge. After finishing it I didn't think I enjoyed it at all and was irritated by it. As time went on I still think about the ending and although I wouldn't say it's a favorite of mine it definitely left an impression.
I honestly thought the kids deserved it, messing around with a woman who was trying to adapt to this new life. Great movie.
Tusk - While it's not scary, that ending stays with you
Was really disturbed by that ending, struggled to eat for a week
I literally cried after watching Talk to Me in theaters😭it fucked me up dude
The movie with the hand? How
If I had to guess, empathy
for me personally, the scene with >! the friend’s little brother bashing his head against the wall !< was really disturbing for me. the movie also goes into the main character’s grief for her mother which is sad.
yeah it’s really sad idk how other people weren’t at least a little affected by it
Same. That disturbed me too.
uhm that shit was depressing, like the little brother, the ending, the whole movie was very dark imo.
Yeah that is fair. It was a hopeless movie with things all said and done. I don’t want to say too much because someone could read this but I get you
I fell asleep in the theatre and these kids who were no older than 13 sitting in front of me woke me up and told me the end. One of them was straight up affected by it
Psycho stuck with me as a little kid. Showers, stairs, motels, basements… All places where bad stuff happens.
Jaws. Fuck going in the ocean as a kid.
As a teen or adult movies never scared me. Films like Eden Lake or Killing Ground just made me think people can be fucking terrible.
Barbarian (2022)
The Innocents (2021)
It Follows (2014)
Martyrs (2008)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Inside (2007)
Cigarette Burns
I was so messed up after this movie. I could not stop thinking about it.
Lifeforce (1985) It never really scared me, but the imagery (the animatronic puppets, the 'life force' energy, and the lovely Mathilda May) was unforgettable.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but for me it's In a Violent Nature. I absolutely loved the movie and the brutal kills, but something between seeing the movie in the dark theater with only three other people in the auditorium and going back home to my wooded lot made that movie really stick with me. Thought about it for at least a week after I saw it.
Gerald's Game. I feel like a weird nightmare. I'll never forget it but it seems like few others had the same experience.
I Saw the TV Glow is exactly this, at least for me.
The Nightingale might not be explicitly a horror but it’s sort of a RR and by the Babadook director. It’s so good, it’s been like over a year since I last saw it and I’m still thinking about it.
While the attack is rough (understatement I know), I wasn't scared by Backcountry. That said, I hike a lot on the West Coast of Canada and the States. And while every Black Bear I've encountered scampers off from a distance, goddamn does this movie kick around in my head when I'm out in that same type of backpacking trip.
Hereditary
- Martyrs (2008)
- Red Rooms (French: Les chambres rouges) (2023)
- What Josiah Saw
Demons - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089013/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk I remember watching an old VHS of this when I was young. I revisit it for time to time as it’s a great movie you rarely see nowadays.
Night House. I really love that movie and Rebecca Hall. I saw it after breaking up with my ex and wow, the sadness, then betrayal and suidical ideation was very intense for me. Great movie.
I went into this movie blind and I ended up really enjoying it!
Most recently, When Evil Lurks.
It Follows
The Taking of Deborah Logan.
Even though she’s technically got supernatural dementia, the toll the mom’s condition takes on her daughter is depressingly real. You can see the exhaustion and pain and stress on her face and the unhealthy drinking she does to cope. It really makes me afraid of my parents aging.
Would be
- Midsommar - I didn't like it when I was watching it but I think about it a lot after that. I think many of us see glimpses of our past relationships in it. This movie exhausts me.
- Cure (1997) - back when j-horror was flying high. They did the dreary atmosphere thing down in late '90s and early '00s.
- Absentia - probably due to it being very low budget but the premise creeps me out so much.
- Bug (2006) -
Midsummer is a good example. When I saw that mallet I knew there was going to be trouble.
Love to see Absentia getting its praise 🙏🏻
The original Halloween. That ending makes you look around at night sometimes. But the rest of the film didn’t really scare me.
Just did a post about this, but Caveat definitely stuck with me. Wasn't scary during but was done really well and there's still certain scenes that pop up in my head.
The Ring part 1. I was 15 yo when I saw it and it was like 21 years ago and I still rewatch it now and then. I think that for 2002 it was a very good horror movie
Night of the Living dead, mosty due to how important it was to the horror and Zombie genre
Soft and Quiet, I watched it a year or two ago and I still think about it all the time, such an intense movie.
Recently I'd say something like Speak No Evil (2022) - Wasn't scary to me, but the ending stuck with me for a bit. I wonder if the remake is going to follow the same exact story.
Yup. Didn't really find it that interesting until the brutal ending. It was enough to stay with me the rest of the day.
Came here to say this same movie. Slow burn, infuriating, not necessarily scary but…ugh. The ending is in my brain forever and I’m not sure I’m happy about it.
They are making a remake of that? wtf
Yup an American remake. Starring James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis.
hmm not sure how well that would work since it seems to address social norms of Scandinavian culture.
They also pretty much gave away the whole plot in the new trailer. But I am going to see it anyway because I love the og and McEvoy rules.
The Voices (2014). Obviously unsettling while I watched, but thinking about it after was even more so
It follows.
Watched when family was gone for the weekend. Combo of empty house and the subtle effective dread really got me.
Midsommer, it wasn’t scary, just kinda like “huh, okay…” after, kept me trying to think it through and figure the move out lol
The first Paranormal Activity. I was house-watching for my parents whilst they were away, and a couple of friends came over and we watched it. It wasn’t scary at all. But all of a sudden (when my friends had left) I just got - terrified! Mostly from the scene where the lights on the downstairs floor were turned on. I don’t know why that freaked me out so bad, but I had to watch cute animals videos for the rest of the night, and I refuse to ever watch that movie again!
Midsommar did that to me exactly.
Speak no evil
Paranormal Activity. I laughed while watching this movie, but at night time I kept having that eerie feeling
Midsommar
Come True. Not scary per se.. but weirdly unsettling.
Midsommar
Lake Placid
a dark song is amazing. i'd also say stopmotion and you'll never find me.
I don't have much to add here, movies & tv mostly either roll off of me or become the focus of intense hyperfixation (e.g. Something in the Dirt, which I've probably watched 12 times), but yeah, definitely A Dark Song, what an absolute banger. Probably the best movie about actual ritual work I've seen. Just *chef's kiss.*
Just such a good movie about magick.
The mist
The void
I watched this particular movie with my daughters, but I can't remember the title. All I remember was the movie being Luke found footage.
It was about a woman who was kidnapped by a deranged predator, and there was this scene where he had some people over, and they put drinks on the table. What we didn't know was that the kidnapped woman WAS the table. She was kneeling, and a tablecloth was put on her, and if she even moved, she would be punished or killed.
I teared up at that scene I was horrified. Apparently, it was based on a true story? I could be wrong. It got me thinking about how sick man can be, and I wouldn't wish this on my own kids.
Does anyone remember the show I just described? Thanks!
The Exorcist (1973). After watching that as a teen, I couldn't take a shower without constantly pulling the curtain aside to see if "she" was standing there.
A Serbian Film,Martyrs,Salo 120 Days Of Sodom, Eden Lake, Funny Games none of them scared me but very Disturbing and definitely think about what if , because there some truly disturbed people in the world!
Marty’s (2008). A year later and it’s still stuck with me.
man, when evil lurks left me and my friends so rattled for some reason. i don't think it was scary, but I do think it had some very disturbing scenes. for some reason the
Creep, both 1 & 2. It didn’t exactly scare me but made me uncomfortable and felt very much like a conversation between two people despite very obviously being fake. It definitely felt like a real situation you could find yourself stuck in and the eerie awkwardness of it all that just keep building up left an impact on me. It’s now one of my favorite scary movies. Way too unrated.
The Ring the OG Japan one when it first came out especially the TV scene , that stuck with me for years.
May (2002) stuck with me for monthsssss. Months. Still to this day actually :)
Paranormal Activity made me look at my gf sideways before bed. The Ring had me looking at static channels differently. Sinister had me looking at stories of family annihilation differently. And Martyrs...'nuff said...