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title: 'Horror Movies That ACTUALLY Scared Me 2'
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date: 2026-06-28
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# Horror Movies That ACTUALLY Scared Me 2

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## Summary

In this video, Derek shares horror movies that genuinely scared him, including The Black Phone, Orphan, Barbarian, and Weapons. He explains why each film's unique brand of terror—from psychological torture to unsettling twists—made them stand out. The video blends personal reactions with comedic commentary.

### Key Points

- **The Black Phone: A Kid's Nightmare** [00:39] — Finny Blake is bullied at school and abused by his father, then kidnapped by a serial killer called The Grabber who uses psychological torture.
- **The Grabber's Psychological Games** [02:04] — The killer acts friendly with a Willy Wonka voice but tests victims by leaving the basement door open, beating them if they try to escape.
- **Smart Killer Targets Minorities** [03:20] — The Grabber strategically kills minority children in the 1970s to avoid police attention, making him scarier.
- **Orphan: The Creepy Child Trope** [04:34] — A couple adopts a seemingly perfect girl named Esther, but she exhibits disturbing behavior like killing a pigeon and threatening castration.
- **Esther's Cold-Blooded Acts** [07:52] — Esther kills a nun, destroys a memorial, and threatens to cut off the son's balls if he tells.
- **Orphan's Twist: Esther is a Grown Woman** [10:48] — Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman with a genetic disorder that makes her look like a child, and she wants to seduce the father.
- **Barbarian: The Weirdest Horror** [13:22] — Tess stays at an Airbnb in Detroit with a stranger, discovers hidden rooms and tunnels, and encounters a giant naked cave woman called The Mother.
- **The Mother's Disturbing Nature** [16:46] — The Mother feeds captives breast milk from a baby bottle, and is the product of generations of incest by a serial killer.
- **Weapons: The Scariest Movie** [19:15] — A movie about 17 kids who run out of their homes at 2:17am in a triangular pose, directed by Zach Cregger, creates intense tension through music and atmosphere.
- **Weapons' Tension-Building Music** [21:10] — The music (or lack thereof) builds unbearable tension, making even a door opening terrifying.

### Conclusion

Derek concludes that the scariest horror movies rely on atmosphere, tension, and psychological dread rather than jump scares, and encourages viewers to share their own scary movie recommendations.

## Transcript

You know, I think we can all agree a lot
of horror movies just aren't that scary.
But lying beneath all this mediocre, not
scary stuff are gems. Horror movies that
are so good, so captivating, so scary
that you might just start
>> pissing your pants.
>> So that's what we'll be doing today.
It's been about 42 years since I did the
last one, but today I'll be going over
some more horror movies that I actually
find scary. Yes, me, I, Derek. Horror
movies that I find scary. Had to make
that clear. And in the end, I'll go over
one of the scariest movies I've ever
seen. All right, let's run it.
First time I heard about this movie, one
of my friends suggested we go watch it
one night for fun. You know, spur the
moment type of thing. Watch it in
theaters for that real scary experience.
Uh, he ended up ditching me and go with
a girl instead. So, I watched it on
streaming. But it was still pretty
scary. I'm going just assume you ain't
never seen it. So, if you ain't know, in
the Black Phone, we follow this kid
named Finny Blake. American kid from the
suburbs in 1978. And while he may live
in the suburbs and look like the average
American around this time, let me tell
you, this kid Finny, this kid is not
living the American dream. First off, he
gets bullied at school, which you know
already sucks. Getting bullied, that
sucks. But this is 70s bullying, too.
Not 2000's getting called the hard R on
the game. Nah, this is put your head in
the freaking toilet bowl and beat you up
for the dumbest reason type of bully. I
don't like your glasses. Four eyes. Like
what? What? Y'all was beating up people
for being visually impaired. And then
speaking of beat, Finn's father not the
best either. Like I thought Hispanic
moms were bad, but this man be raising a
belt off any little thing. Like his
temper could have been a horror movie on
its own. Like Finny will be munching on
his cereal, minding his business. You
think you could slurp that any louder?
Like damn, bro. You got some superhero
or something? It's the ' 70s. Let him
enjoy his crunch logs in peace. Mind
you, this is all only like 12 minutes
into the movie. And I already felt bad
for the kid. Dad beats you. Born in the
70s, this dude's life is terrible. But
to top it all off, just when you thought
it couldn't get any worse for the kid,
one day while he's walking home from
school, Finny gets kidnapped. And this
is where the horror really starts. Cuz
the dude who kidnapped Finny is one of
the strangest, one of the most just
unsettling killers I've seen on screen.
The Grabber, which um not the best name.
I'm not going to lie to you. The
Grabber. That that can mean a lot of
things, bro. But in this case, it's cuz
he be grabbing up kids from the street
and murking them. That's right. And to
me, this guy is by far the scariest part
of the movie. Like for some horror
movies, it's the atmosphere or the jump
scares, but in the Black Phone, it's
this guy. Cuz yeah, we've seen all types
of killers in these movies before, but
the feeling I got when this dude was on
my screen was just
cuz you know, he likes to do these weird
psychological torture games to the kids
he kidnaps. Like like first he'll start
acting like he's a nice guy doing this
weird Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka voice
that he does.
>> Hurt you? I'm not going to hurt you. Now
why would I do you want some soda? Let
me get you some soda.
>> I'm not even joking. That's actually how
he sounds to me. Then he'll do these
things to test the kids like leave the
basement door open. But if he catches
you trying to sneak out of it, he'll
beat you. Yeah. And according to him for
being a naughty boy, whatever that be.
And that's really his whole goal while
you trapped in his basement. This dude
is just itching for you to be naughty.
But the scariest thing about this dude
to me is he's a smart killer. I noticed
this while I was watching. As the movie
goes on and Finny gets more advice from
the dude's victims through the black
phone, the movie eventually shows us how
many victims the grabber has. Five. And
there's this one specific scene in the
movie that shows all of them lined up.
And that scene not only confirmed how
smart this dude is to me, but it also
added a whole new layer of fear. Cuz
tell me why I'm looking at who he
killed, right? And I noticed this dude
started killing minorities. And I ain't
saying it's okay when it was white kids.
No, no, I'm not saying that. But you got
to put it in perspective. This is the '
70s. You tell the cops back then a
Mexican kid is missing, they just going
to be like, "Well, he probably went
home." They might as well be gone with
the win in the 70s cuz the NBC ain't
covering them. And I don't know about
y'all, but to me that that's much scary.
A lot scarier. That means this dude was
smart enough to switch up his game plan
to avoid getting caught. He was probably
sitting in his room like, "All right,
next mouth. I'll do white, white, black,
white. Is that too much white?"
>> That junk is scary, y'all. I'm telling
y'all, if it wasn't for him getting
greedy and going after Finny, which led
to his demise, a lame one at that. Like,
how you going to get pieced up by a
pre-teen, bro? I'm telling you, this
dude would have never gotten caught. He
was playing meta,
but I had the black phone first for a
reason. It's not even close to the
scariest horror movie I've watched. A
movie that's a bit closer, though, is
Orphan. Like Black Phone scares me cuz I
imagine being a kid and running into
that dude. But even as an adult, this
one this one freaks me out. This movie
is so good. I don't even want to hint at
what it's about yet. I mean, obviously
an orphan, but you know what I mean. So,
in Orphan, we follow this married
couple, Kate and John. And even though
these two definitely got it better than
Finny over there, I mean, look at their
crib. Life ain't perfect and stuff ain't
always sweet, especially in marriage.
And trust me, I would know. I've had
like three divorces on Sims. But in K
and John's case, it's not divorce. is
that they lost their baby. And this loss
clearly flung Kate into a depression.
She took up the bottle, started seeing a
therapist. This was some sad stuff. And
then John, not so much. I'm not going to
say he wasn't sad, but I couldn't see
it. All I saw him trying to do was get
one in with Kate. But hey, I ain't
judging. Some of the happiest dudes you
be seeing be the saddest. So maybe
that's how he copes. So to finally deal
with the sadness, Kate and John decide
they want to give that love they would
have gave their daughter to another kid
cuz they're just sweet like that. So,
they go to the orphanage, which I never
understood how these things work, like
parent-wise. Do you just come in and
pick the one that looks most like you?
Like, oh, look at this one, honey. This
one has your eyes sort of. Or can you
just adopt any kid even if they're
nothing like you? Because if that's the
case, I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm
going just line up all the kids and tell
them to race. Max is the one coming home
with me. You might take it out, buddy.
And Kate and John must have been
thinking the same thing I was, cuz out
of all the kids they could have picked
from the orphanage, they chose the most
gifted one. a little girl by the name
Esther. And you've seen the title. You
don't got to play dumb. There is
something wrong with this little girl.
And before you say, no, it's not the
fact that she dresses weird. Come on,
y'all. She's just Russian. It's worse
than that. Far worse. Which is crazy cuz
at first when you're watching it, Esther
looks like the best daughter in the
world. She's polite. She's smart. She
learns ASL to talk with her or not talk
with her her new deaf sister. She's
great. I mean, it's it's no Project
Lebron, but this is still amazing stuff.
almost too amazing cuz the longer these
two live with this little girl, the more
cracks they start to see in this little
perfect daughter image. Like first thing
we see is that she has a bit of a temper
problem. This girl from school tried
touching like the little ribbons around
her neck and she JUST FLIPPED OUT.
Like all right, maybe maybe that's a
Russian thing, too. And then there's the
scene where she walks in on Kate and
John coping with their loss if you get
what I'm saying. And instead of being
traumatized like a normal kid, she just
stares. What kind of? And that's not
even the weirdest part about that one
cuz after Kate saw that Esther saw them,
you know, she feels the need to give
Esther the the birds and the bees talk.
So she pulls up on her Esther when two
people love each other very much. You
know, they they want to show they
Yeah, I know. I know. They be She was
not expecting that. And then the thing
she did that just really took it over
the top for me with this girl was that
after Kay and John's son accidentally
shot a pigeon while he was playing with
a paintball gun and I'm saying
accidentally very loosely here because
the dude literally aimed his sights in
and shot. Then he want to be talking
about some I didn't mean to. I didn't
mean to. Shut up. Esther pulls up on him
and tells him he needs to take some
accountability which is facts. That's
facts. By putting the bird out its
misery.
Oh my goodness. That's cold. But you are
9 years old. What are you talking about?
And the kid Daniel obviously couldn't do
it. Telling me to kill a pigeon. What
are you talking about? But guess what?
Esther does it. No hesitation or
nothing. Just bop. There is something
wrong with this little girl. And Kay
eventually realized something is up,
too. So, she starts doing some digging.
Calls the orphanage to find out what's
wrong. And see, if I was the parent, I'm
calling too, but I would have just said,
"Forget figuring out what's wrong." I
would have just called up,
>> "Hello." Yeah. So, mine just killed a
pigeon. Uh yeah, y'all do refunds or
>> and Kate doing all this investigating
actually made things worse. This is when
things get scary. Cuz if you thought
Esther's antics were bad before, you
don't even know cuz remember I told
y'all Esther is a smart girl. Very
smart. So when she gets wind of Kate's
plan to find out who or what she is from
Sister Abigail, she decides to handle it
in a very calm and tactful way.
Nah, I'm just kidding. She kills her.
Yeah, even with all them cracks from
earlier, I did not think this 9-year-old
was capable of murdering anyone, much
less a nun. That's like double evil. And
it doesn't even end there, cuz after
that, she only continues to do evil
stuff. She destroys the memorial cape
made for the daughter they lost out of
spite. She burns down the family
treehouse to dispose of all the
evidence. And this last thing she did
had me genuinely scared. Y'all remember
Kay and John's son, right, Daniel? But
before Esther burned down the treehouse,
Daniel saw her hide the evidence in the
treehouse. But Esther saw that. So she
pulls up in his sleep and tells him if
he says what he saw to anyone, she going
to pull up on him again and cut off
his hairless balls. His balls. I don't
care what no one says. Freddy, Jason,
and Michael ain't never said something
that scary to no one before. I was
around this kid's age when I first seen
this movie. So that threat felt like it
was at me at me sitting there clutching
my nuts in fear. There is something
wrong with this girl. And the worst part
is no one can prove anything cuz she's
nine. The cops won't believe that. Tell
them she murdered someone and burned
down a treehouse, they just going to be
like, why? Which is a good question. Why
is she doing this? Is she possessed? Is
she a demon? Is she a skinw walker? Why
is this little girl so evil? Well, at
the end of the movie, that's when it all
makes sense. So, after this girl, Kate
gets sedated for for pretty much pimp
slapping Esther. At this point, let's
not act like she don't deserve it,
y'all. We know she deserved it. John
goes home with Esther and Max and leaves
Kate alone at the hospital. And while
she's there, she gets a call from the
previous orphanage Esther belonged to.
Or should I say what she thought was the
orphanage cuz she finds out Esther's
last spot wasn't an orphanage. It was a
psych ward. Yeah, this little girl is
crazy. Which makes sense. You got to
have at least a few screws loose to
throw to cut off someone's ball. But
that's not even the full explanation cuz
this Russian dude tells Kate on top of
being crazy, Esther has been keeping
something else under wraps. Last chance
to leave, y'all. Last chance. This
little girl Esther is not a little girl
at all. She's a grown woman.
Mhm. Mhm. Crazy. Apparently, she looks
like this cuz of some genetic dwarf
thing. But my mind was blown when I
first seen this. Like, this is some
weird anime stuff. a middle-aged woman
pretty much trapped in the body of a
child. That must suck. You wouldn't even
be able to do regular stuff. Like,
imagine your friends trying to go to Six
Flags and you can't get on anything but
the kitty rides cuz you 35 in the body
of a seven-year-old. That would be
horrible. But that's how it is for
Esther. But that still doesn't answer.
Why would she go out her way to look
even more childlike? Why is she trying
to live with people? Well, the reason
she did all this stuff, you know, get
adopted, torment Kate, was for one
reason, a twist again. The reason she
did all this was because she wants John.
I know she's really an adult, but this
don't feel right. This whole thing from
beginning to end was just Esther trying
to get herself a man. And there's just
just so many things wrong with this.
Like, you really thought this was the
way to do it? Dressing up as a child.
That pigtailes and dress stuff might
work in Japan or with billionaires, but
not with a man who's trying to adopt
you. Bro, come on. That's gross. And
that's who it's the scariest for, at
least in the end. Cuz remember, they
went home without Kate. So when they get
home, John has to deal with Esther, who
he thinks is just a Russian kid he
adopted, trying to re him. Ah, this junk
is gross. She over here talking about
some But you said you love me. Seeing
someone get rejected is cringey enough,
but seeing a father reject his daughter,
that's something I thought only
dudes in Arkansas had to deal with. I
don't want to see this messed up part is
that dude John doesn't even figure out
that she's been fooling them that whole
time. I mean, maybe he did cuz he saw
her without her makeup when she stabbed
him to death, but I doubt it. Kate
rushes home after figuring out the news.
I mean, obviously she's late. John's
dead. But either way, Kate got to be the
realest chick I seen in a horror movie
cuz when she was approaching the crib to
park up and run inside, she said that
and straight up crashed her car into her
crib. That's some cool stuff. Could you
imagine nothing was happening inside
though? That would have been a little
embarrassing. And this one pretty much
concludes with Kate getting back for Jon
and killing Esther by kicking her after
she tried to pull a Don't let me die,
Mommy. And I know I just talked hella
about this movie, but Orphan, it's still
not close to being the scariest one. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry. A movie that is though
is Barbarian.
This one was actually suggested by one
of you guys a little while ago. And let
me tell you something about this movie.
This movie is not only scary, but it's
weird. like movies I thought were weird
for type of weird and that's actually
what I was saving it for, but here it
is. So, this movie is about a girl named
Tess who's staying at an Airbnb in
Detroit. I ain't say nothing. Except
this Airbnb got some weird stuff going
on in it. First of all, when this girl
gets there, she finds out someone else
was already staying there. A dude at
that. And because of some event going on
in the city, she has to stay with him.
Oh, heck no. See, I'm a dude and I'm
sleeping amongst the rats before I even
think about sharing a crib with literal
Pennywise. That's his actor, y'all. Look
at him. But that was only the first
thing. Cuz later at night, the weird
stuff continues when Tess in the middle
of the night hears a weird sound. And I
mean weird.
Sound like someone aggressively sucking
a baby bottle. What the heck? But when
she looks to see if it's the dude she's
staying with, she sees he's asleep. The
heck is going on? And it only gets
stranger. The next day, Tess go outside
and notices the neighborhood she stayed
in is run down. Like bad. I ain't say
nothing. After her job interview, people
tell her she shouldn't even be on that
side of town, that it's dangerous. And
strangest of all, when Tess gets back to
the crib and accidentally gets herself
stuck in the basement, she finds a
hidden room. And in that hidden room,
there's another room. And I don't know
what happened in here, but it must have
been some messed up stuff cuz this room
had a bucket, a stained mattress, a
camera, and a bloody handprint.
This is not good. Tess obviously panics
and luckily at the same time her
roommate comes back. Convenient, huh?
And she starts telling him, "Look, we
got to go. There's a bucket with boo
boo, a camera, and a buddy hand in the
basement. We got to go." And it's a
horror movie, so you know, dumb stuff is
like law. Tell me why this dude says I
should go check it out myself to be
safe. What you mean to be safe? If we
just leave and call the cops, I think
that's pretty safe. I don't know how
Tess ain't think maybe this dude was
behind it or something at this point.
That's what I was thinking. There's a
stranger in your crib. He shows up when
you find the stuff and then he wants to
go check it out himself. Come on, bro.
But I realized quickly I might have been
wrong cuz after this dude goes
downstairs and doesn't respond. Tess
goes down there, which again is like,
"Hey, why would you go into the basement
again? You knew this man for about 17
hours and you want to play Captain SA
clown?" That could have been my best
friend and I still would have dipped
like I warned you, buddy. But when Tess
goes down there to see what's going on
with the dude, she discovers that in
that hidden room with the room, there's
a hidden passageway. See, at this point,
I was like, Tess, if you go in there,
you either top five dumbest people in
horror movies or I'm the most heartless
dude on the planet, cuz why would you go
in there? She goes down there, of
course. And this when the true horror of
this movie starts, cuz when Tess gets
down them steps, she finds a few, I'll
say, surprising things. First of all,
she finds out this downstairs area isn't
just a basement within a basement. It's
a whole tunnel system. Then in that very
same tunnel system, she finds some
cages. Some very big cages. And then,
most surprising of all, she finds her
roommate, which is surprising cuz I
thought you were in danger, buddy. What
happened? At this point watching this,
y'all should be thinking the same thing
I was thinking when I first watched. Oh,
yeah. Tess, you stupid. It's clearly him
behind and he's trying to act all
scared. This is all clearly him.
[Applause]
Oh my. Out of nowhere from the tunnels
came this giant naked lady that just
straight up merckked Keith. And I mean
like really naked. Like I can't show
y'all, but just know they was hanging
tent. And this naked monster lady is by
far the most disturbing part of this
movie. Well, her and how she was made.
Like we don't see it immediately, but
after she captures Tess, the actual
owner of the house comes through and
discovers the same tunnels. And that's
when we see how scary this lady is. Cuz
first of all, her speech non-existent.
Cave speak. And you may not find it
scary, but I do. I don't want to be held
hostage by someone who speaks like
speaking in ugas and boggas. Are you mad
or excited? I can't tell. Then we find
out they call her the mother, which you
may be thinking, "Oh, why is that a big
deal?" Well, the reason they call her
the mother is because she wants to be a
mother so bad that she feeds the people
she captures through baby bottles. Yeah,
she's giving them milk. And I thought
with her speech, she's running to the
grocery store and asking where the dairy
section is at. So, you can only assume
Mhm. That's right. That's her milk. H,
that's disgusting.
But I'm drinking all of it. Look, it's
either that or she starts getting
aggressive. And if I'm in this, if she
want a baby, she going to get a baby.
The second she put that bottle through
the cage, I'm going to be in there.
Plus, it beats what happens if you don't
drink it. If you don't drink it out the
bottle, she takes you out the cage and
makes you drink it straight from the
source. Which I don't even got to
explain why a giant naked cave lady
giving you some mother's milk is both
terrifying and disgusting. And I already
know there's going to be some of y'all
in the comments saying, "Hear me out."
No, bro. I'm not hearing you out. But
like I said, how she was made was even
scarier cuz she may look like the
monster of this movie. I mean I mean she
is, but there's a bigger monster behind
all this. This guy. And it's okay to be
confused. Just looks like a middle-aged
dude, right? But this guy is actually a
serial killer. Yep. And when I say this
dude is sick, I mean he's sick because
not only was he murking exclusively
women on some Doma stuff, but he would
have babies with these women. And after
he would have babies with these women,
he would have babies with those babies.
I know. Take it all in. Take it all in.
And he did this over and over and over
again until he made the mother, which
explains the appearance, the strength,
and the cave speak. Yeah, this movie is
sick. And now for the scariest movie of
the video. It's no other than
I got a lot of stuff I want to say about
this movie. First, Warner Bros. Hold.
This is fair use. Now, before I even get
to how I feel about it, you got to know
this movie is special. It's about
missing kids like the Black Phone and
directed by the dude who made Barbarian.
And it shows cuz this movie was probably
the scariest experience I had in a movie
theater ever. And I've seen a dude get
jumped at the theaters before. If you
ain't never seen it, this movie is about
a small town where a classroom of kids
go missing under mysterious
circumstances. 17 kids all ran out their
homes at 2:17 a.m. Yeah, 2:00 a.m., not
three. And all of them never to be seen
again except one. But the strange thing
is when they ran out, they all did this
triangular pose almost like a mix
between tea posing and the Naruto run.
And now the town and the parents are in
an uproar trying to figure out how or
why this happened. And that's all y'all
really need to know cuz this first half
is all it took for this movie to scare
me. But I didn't know I was going to be
that scared when I was coming in. I came
in thinking, "Ah, scary." But then about
5 minutes into the movie when I seen
that first kid run across the street
with his arm stretched out, I want to go
home. I can't explain it. It wasn't a
disturbing or scary killer. It wasn't
spammy jump scares. It was just vibes.
That's the best way I can explain it.
This movie had scary vibes. Like, bro,
this jump was so scary. It made me
realize I might be on the spectrum. No,
I'm serious. Cuz every time I felt
tensions rising or stuff became too much
for me, I was immediately rushing to
cover my ears. I'm serious. I spent
about 80% of the movie like that. Pack
the 2. I ain't care. That's just how
real it was. I ain't care about what the
people around me thought. I was just
trying to make it through. And that's
what I think it was with this movie.
Like, yeah, of course it's also a mix of
fear of the unknown, but I think the
music of this movie or even lack thereof
sometimes just built this tension. And
it makes sense, too. We all know horror
movies aren't scary without their music.
Like, you're not going to be scared
watching The Conjuring if it had
freaking Spongebob music in the back.
like,
nah, it just wouldn't be the same. And
weapons, weapons was really good at it.
The music just made me feel like
something was always about to happen.
Like, there's this one scene early on in
the movie where the teacher of the kids
that went missing goes to visit the one
kid that didn't go missing to, you know,
figure out why he's the odd one out. But
while she's posted up out there waiting
to see something suspicious, she
accidentally falls asleep. But that's
not the scary part. The scary part is
while she's asleep, the kid's house door
opens. And when I tell y'all I've never
been so scared to see a door in my life,
I'm not trolling. Like that jug had my
heart racing. And then when we saw some
lady come out that same door wielding
some scissors and walking around like a
like a crackhead. Oh my goodness. I was
in the theater ears covered. Wake up.
Come on. Wake up. I was so scared my
friend had to let me know to uncover my
ears cuz I was yelling. And that was
just the first half of the movie too.
Even the reveal towards the end, spoiler
warning, that it was actually the kid's
witch aunt on behind it all had me a
little spooked. And not even because I'm
scared of what she can do. I mean, low
key, but it's cuz look at her. Look at
those teeth. If this was the first scene
they showed in the movie, uh-uh, I would
have walked out immediately. That's
pretty much all the movies I wanted to
go over today, y'all know what to do.
Comment down below the movies y'all
thought was the scariest. Or maybe y'all
didn't find any of them scary, and I'm
just I'm just a Either way,
though, comment down below some movies
you guys find scary. I might do a part
three. Maybe I'll use some of yours. And
moral of the story,
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