Top Horror Movies To Keep You Awake At Night

Imagine This: The whole population has vanished from the face of the earth due to a deadly disease. You are the only living being on earth. Suddenly…….There is a knock on the door.

When you open the door, it is all dark with no living being standing out there – just a cold breeze and howling winds. How would you feel? Confused? May be wondering if you rightly heard the knock on the door or was it just your imagination?

If you liked our little horror story above, you will love our list of the top horror movies.

 

Top Horror Movies 

Make your weekend completely spooky, scary and fun with the most horrifying, terrifying and frightening best horror movies. Here’s our list of top horror movies:

Let the Right One In (2008)

IMDB Ratings: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8.2
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar

If you are among those people who don’t like monsters and chainsaw massacres, but enjoy a conventional story-based horror movie then this one is best for you. This movie is about the friendship between Oskar, a 12-year-old outcast boy, and Eli, a 100 year old vampire frozen in the body of a child. This movie is the best vampire movie made in last 20 years. The story of two adolescent, from the totally opposite side of nature, will pull your heartstring.

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 7.3
Director: Drew Goddard
Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison

Paranormal activities are completely out of our imaginations. Demon worshippers in the form of humans have created a web on this earth and many people were trapped in it. Guess what happens to them next – they are sacrificed. The cabin in the woods is the movie that gives you chills when you are watching it. It has a complex story board that will capture your attention throughout the movie. Part horror and part conspiracy flick, the movie is a masterpiece of horror film.

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

IMDB Ratings: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 7.3
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

 

Have you ever felt the presence of something invisible around you? Well, it’s so scary. Thrill and Horror lovers know how amazing it seems on screen. Rosemary’s Baby is one classic movie of its kind. A couple moves into a new apartment for better neighborhoods. But, the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant. The question was, does her baby belong to some supernatural thing? The volatile climax has an answer.

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

IMDb Rating: 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 6.7
Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard

The Blair Witch Project is an early example and a pioneer of low-budget, self-camera filming that became an iconic entry into the horror movie industry based on a true story. The violence was off screen, more terrifying because the audience had no idea that what was happening around them. The combination of suspense and horror with an unforgettable ending has changed the world of horror films.

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 7.2
Director: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

If you must have remembered, the most horrifying movie of 80’s was Evil dead. The movie was full of ghosts and scary flesh-possessing spirits that took over human bodies. This movie was the sequel of Evil Dead 1. But, this one was scary, especially when the guy cut one of the demons who possessed the body of his girlfriend in pieces.

Pet Sematary (1989) 

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 6.1
Director: Mary Lambert
Stars: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne

The movie based on the Stephen King book that disrespects the pet cemeteries and Indian burial grounds forever. The story is about a doctor and his wife, who buried their dead son in a cemetery with some seriously bad juju. And, mystically dead son came back to life, but it was not really their son but the evil spirit.

Event Horizon (1997)

IMDb Rating: 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 6.2
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan

The movie is about a space crew that receives a radio signal from a lost ship and sets off to investigate the vessel, but what they found on their arrival was a set of horrifying events. The first half of the movie presents beautiful scenic visuals, but the other half is filled with more blood and killings.

Carrie (1976)

IMDb Rating: 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 7.2
Director: Brian De Palma
Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving

Carrie is a movie very near to reality. Many incidents of such nature have occurred when a baby is born with special evil powers. The story is based on a life of a girl, whose mother was a special priestess of Jesus. The heart-breaking story is about a tormented girl with evil and supernatural powers, who after years of abuse unleashes her wrath on the fellow students on their last day of school.

So, Here’s the Challenge!

So, there you go. If you think you have the spunk to watch these movies tonight (with the lights off, obviously) then we would love to see you have a go at it. If you manage to watch all without getting goosebumps even a single time, we will acknowledge you as the ‘Bravest Person We Have Ever Seen’. Let the terror begin!