7 horror movies that are ACTUALLY scary

[00:00] So, I saw Us session the other day and

[00:02] it genuinely scared the [ __ ] out of me

[00:04] as I'm sure it did for a lot of you cuz

[00:06] I've been seeing so many people talking

[00:08] about how scary that movie is even

[00:09] claiming it's the scariest movie they've

[00:11] ever seen. Now, I wouldn't call it the

[00:13] scariest movie that I've ever seen. Um,

[00:15] you know, I've seen a lot of good scary

[00:16] movies out there. There are a lot of

[00:18] horror movies out there and they're not

[00:20] all good. But in this video, I want to

[00:22] talk about ones that I watched that I

[00:25] actually found scary because I feel

[00:26] like, you know, when movies like Us

[00:29] session come out, a lot of people, you

[00:30] know, really want to get more into

[00:32] horror and I I really love horror and

[00:34] I'd love for more people to get into it,

[00:36] obviously, but I don't think all of the

[00:38] most popular horror movies out there,

[00:40] um, are actually genuinely scary. Um,

[00:43] they can have good jump scares and maybe

[00:45] a creepy monster and gore, but does that

[00:47] actually make something scary? I I I'm

[00:49] more into something that like sits with

[00:50] me. It sits with me, it gets under my

[00:52] skin, makes you feel uncomfortable, and

[00:55] keeps me up at night. Like genuinely,

[00:56] like I have friends that don't want to

[00:58] watch horror movies because, you know,

[01:00] they get scared by it, but I something

[01:01] about the feeling of laying in bed,

[01:04] looking over your shoulder, looking into

[01:05] the dark hallway is it's like I don't

[01:08] know what it is. I hate it, but I love

[01:09] it at the same time. I'm sure if you if

[01:10] you enjoy horror movies, you know

[01:12] exactly what that feeling is. So, in

[01:13] this video, I made a little short list

[01:15] of horror movies that I've watched that

[01:17] I actually find scary, ones that sat

[01:19] with me, and ones that I still think

[01:21] about today. And these aren't all like

[01:22] super niche picture or anything. I'm

[01:24] sure you've heard of or even watched a

[01:26] lot of these, but I just want to talk

[01:27] about them cuz they're some of my

[01:28] favorites and they're just the ones that

[01:31] really really got to me. So, let's get

[01:34] into the first one.

[01:38] It Follows is one of the first horror

[01:41] movies that I

[01:43] watched, honestly. I feel like as a kid,

[01:45] you know, I'd watch people talk about

[01:47] horror movies or watch clips here and

[01:49] there, but I feel like It Follows was

[01:51] one of the first ones that I really sat

[01:52] down and fully watched as I was getting

[01:54] like more into film. It's not the

[01:56] scariest movie on this list, but I think

[01:57] it just has such an amazing concept,

[02:00] amazing soundtrack,

[02:02] and it is scary. Like it it will make

[02:04] you um walk around looking over your

[02:07] shoulder. So, basically the movie is

[02:10] about an STD. And I know

[02:13] that sounds stupid, it sounds crazy, but

[02:15] that's what it is. Basically, if you if

[02:17] you have you heard of the snail meme,

[02:19] right? You know the snail meme of like

[02:21] I'll explain the snail meme if you've

[02:22] never heard of it. People ask this

[02:23] question a lot, like would you take a

[02:25] billion dollars,

[02:27] but there's like this snail that if it

[02:29] touches you it kills you, and it's like

[02:31] always following you, um and it can't be

[02:34] killed, and and it's always going to

[02:36] follow you, and if you get touched by it

[02:37] you die, right? And it's but it's a

[02:39] snail slow. So, a lot of people are

[02:40] like, "Oh, I'd move around. I'd avoid

[02:42] the snail." So, it's that's that's a

[02:44] joke, but like the It Follows is

[02:46] basically that same concept where

[02:49] there is like this It's called the

[02:50] entity. And this entity, we don't really

[02:52] know what it is. We don't know if it's

[02:53] alien or like paranormal. We don't

[02:55] really know exactly what it is, but it

[02:57] takes the form of like different human

[02:59] beings. Basically, someone is like

[03:01] cursed. Like someone might have the

[03:03] curse of the entity, which means that

[03:06] they are a target for the entity. Um

[03:08] which means the entity will walk slowly

[03:11] towards this person that cannot be

[03:12] killed, they don't make no facial

[03:14] reaction or emotion or anything like

[03:15] that. They just walk towards this person

[03:17] until they reach them and eventually

[03:19] kill them. Um there's no killing them.

[03:22] They're they're very slow, but they just

[03:23] keep walking, and they won't stop until

[03:26] they reach you. But the only way to get

[03:29] rid of this curse and pass it on

[03:31] somebody else is by sleeping with them,

[03:33] having sex with them. Um so, it it's

[03:37] like literally a play on like an STD,

[03:39] which I think is really interesting and

[03:41] and a really fun concept. So, basically,

[03:42] if you're somebody that has this curse,

[03:44] you'd have to sleep with somebody.

[03:46] Um and then it the the curse is passed

[03:48] on to them.

[03:49] >> It's somewhere walking straight for you.

[03:54] All you can do is pass it along to

[03:56] someone else.

[03:56] >> The thing is, if that person that has

[03:58] the curse gets killed, then it goes to

[04:01] the last person that had it. Now the

[04:02] entity is following you again. So, um

[04:05] this this this all leads to a lot of

[04:06] really really intense and scary scenes

[04:09] cuz like I said, the entity can take the

[04:11] form of anyone.

[04:12] So, you don't know a lot of time when

[04:14] you see someone walking in the

[04:15] background if that is Is that the entity

[04:18] or is that just some like old woman

[04:19] walking? Like you you don't know. Like

[04:20] they could be anywhere in this movie. It

[04:22] feels like it's like a Where's Waldo

[04:24] almost where you're trying to find out

[04:26] if these random people in the background

[04:27] are the the creature coming to kill the

[04:30] main character or just like random

[04:32] bystanders. Um and the filmmakers do

[04:34] some really really just like like

[04:36] creative shots this way. Just like frame

[04:39] There's a shot of her, the main

[04:41] character, sitting in school in a

[04:42] classroom and in the window you see this

[04:44] like woman slowly walking towards the

[04:47] window and like you don't even notice it

[04:49] at first. And then and then it doesn't

[04:50] cut, so you start looking around and you

[04:52] and you just see the person walking

[04:54] closer and closer and closer. It just

[04:56] gives It gives me chills thinking about

[04:57] it. It's It's such a awesome movie and

[04:59] it has one of

[05:01] the most like bloodcurdling like soul

[05:03] leaves my body jump scares I've ever

[05:05] seen. If you If you've watched the

[05:08] movie, you know exactly which one I'm

[05:09] talking about. I'll just I won't give it

[05:11] away. I'll just say tall man. But my

[05:13] god, I had that that scene completely

[05:16] just had me like

[05:18] like I was so scared when I saw that and

[05:20] the image of it still sits with me. And

[05:22] that's what I mean by a truly scary

[05:24] movie. I feel like there's it needs like

[05:27] a few images that you just you just will

[05:29] not get out of your head. It doesn't

[05:31] have to be like super disturbing or gory

[05:33] or anything like that. But just a really

[05:35] well-made horror scene that just never

[05:38] leaves you. So, I I highly recommend you

[05:40] check out

[05:41] check out It Follows. I think it's super

[05:43] original.

[05:44] Um like I said before, amazing

[05:45] soundtrack. I think it's just a really

[05:47] well-made film and they're making a

[05:48] sequel I I I believe called They Follow

[05:51] which I'm really excited about. So, go

[05:53] watch that so you're ready for the

[05:54] sequel. So, go check out It Follows and

[05:56] let's get into the next movie.

[06:01] The next film I want to discuss is a

[06:04] Korean film called The Wailing. Um The

[06:06] Wailing is something that like I never

[06:09] really heard about and I was just

[06:11] surfing on Netflix one night and saw it

[06:13] and I'm a I'm a fan of Korean cinema

[06:16] um and I clicked on it and my god is one

[06:19] of the scariest like 3 hours I've ever

[06:22] had. It's a pretty long movie um but it

[06:25] it flies by. It's I mean it's a bit of a

[06:26] slow burn

[06:28] but once you get going it's it's just a

[06:31] total ride. Basically, it's

[06:33] um it takes place in a small like rural

[06:36] Korean town in like the mountains which

[06:38] is an amazing setting. It's such a

[06:40] unique and awesome setting for a movie

[06:42] like this

[06:43] and

[06:44] uh follows a police officer a cop who

[06:47] has like a family in the town and like a

[06:49] bunch of the citizens in the town are

[06:52] going like kind of crazy. Like they're

[06:54] randomly they have no history of

[06:56] violence but they're randomly like

[06:58] murdering their own family members and

[07:01] then they look like super weird after

[07:04] like zombified. Like they I thought it

[07:06] was a zombie movie when I was watching

[07:07] it almost because I I didn't know going

[07:08] in what it was but

[07:10] they look like their skin is all rashy.

[07:12] They're like freaking out. Their bones

[07:14] are popping out. Like there's like

[07:16] there's a lot of gore in this movie.

[07:17] It's not like too much in like a

[07:19] Terrifier or anything like that but the

[07:21] movie feels more real than that. So,

[07:23] those scenes feel more real and more

[07:24] terrifying. And this is the thing is

[07:26] trying to describe this movie to you it

[07:27] just it's hard because it's such a

[07:29] amazing movie with so many plot plot

[07:31] plot twists and twists and turns. I

[07:33] think it's really fun to go in blind but

[07:36] so I'm not going to give away too many

[07:37] spoilers but like

[07:38] they're like the town's freaking out.

[07:40] They've never seen anything like this

[07:41] before. They start like getting

[07:43] suspicious of this one Japanese man cuz

[07:45] they're in a small town in Korea and I'm

[07:48] not like the most, you know, I'm just a

[07:50] white guy. I'm not like the most

[07:52] up-to-date on the whole like cultural

[07:56] like clash between Koreans and Japanese.

[07:58] But, when I was researching this movie

[07:59] after there was like they were talking

[08:01] about that there is a bit of like

[08:03] xenophobia or even like racism with like

[08:08] like presuppositions made for Korean

[08:10] people and Japanese and like vice versa

[08:12] because of history and stuff like that.

[08:15] Um, and this movie kind of like plays

[08:16] around with that idea because

[08:18] like there is this one Japanese elderly

[08:21] man that lives in the mountains of the

[08:22] town and all all the people start being

[08:25] super suspicious of him like saying that

[08:26] he's doing some sort of witchcraft or

[08:28] devilry and like it he does seem pretty

[08:31] sus in the movie. Like, he's doing some

[08:33] weird stuff. There's like weird stuff in

[08:35] his house like ritualistic stuff.

[08:37] But, like you don't know what's going

[08:39] on. You don't know if this guy is just

[08:40] like a he could just be a weirdo but not

[08:42] the villain and there's just a lot going

[08:44] on in this movie. Um, it has paranormal

[08:48] stuff. I don't want to say too much but

[08:51] it has like one of the best plot twists

[08:54] I've ever seen in my life. I never knew

[08:56] where this movie was going. I think I

[08:58] have it at one point and then it would

[08:59] completely change um, what I thought was

[09:02] happening. I think it's shot and acted

[09:04] beautifully. It's just like a

[09:05] masterpiece of a movie. Like, these are

[09:08] all movies I really enjoy and think are

[09:09] scarier on this list but I think The

[09:11] Wailing is like genuinely a masterpiece.

[09:13] Like, it's an amazing movie. So, even if

[09:15] you're not like someone who loves horror

[09:17] movies, I think this movie is just like

[09:19] definitely worth checking out as just a

[09:22] film. I think it's an amazingly made

[09:23] movie. I think it has one of the

[09:26] best endings I've ever seen. There's a

[09:29] reveal of something and like a certain

[09:31] kind of

[09:33] like

[09:34] take on

[09:36] like mythology. I'd say there's like

[09:38] there's a there's a certain take on the

[09:39] kind of a certain entity. And I think

[09:42] this movie does an amazing job making it

[09:43] feel real and terrifying. And like I

[09:45] think this movie just has such a it does

[09:46] such a good job of creating a sense of

[09:48] evil in this town. You really just feel

[09:51] this town has been corrupted by evil,

[09:54] like an evil spirit or something. And

[09:55] it's so heavy and weighing on the our

[09:57] characters. And just just watch it.

[09:59] Watch The Wailing. It's amazing.

[10:01] Um let's move on to our third movie.

[10:06] Next up, I'm going to talk about The

[10:08] Strangers, which I actually think is

[10:11] probably my least favorite movie on this

[10:13] list.

[10:14] But it might be the one that scared me

[10:15] the most or second most. I think there's

[10:17] one more that scared me more than The

[10:18] Strangers. But I I during this movie

[10:21] I felt like total

[10:23] just terror. I I I did not have fun

[10:25] watching this movie.

[10:27] Um I think I I'm like Letterboxd, I

[10:29] think I rated it the lowest. I think I

[10:30] had it at like a three or two and a

[10:31] half.

[10:32] Because I feel like it was just a bit

[10:34] too much. Basically, The Strangers

[10:37] is a home invasion kind of horror. All

[10:39] of these movies, I think, on this list

[10:41] have different kinds of horror, which I

[10:42] think is why it's a fun list to make.

[10:45] But The Strangers is it plays with the

[10:47] fear of strangers entering your home and

[10:51] and harming you. And I think that's just

[10:52] like a fear that all of us can can

[10:54] relate to.

[10:56] Um cuz we've all had those moments being

[10:58] home alone or it's just you and somebody

[11:00] else. And it's dark outside and you feel

[11:03] like you feel like someone's inside the

[11:05] house or someone's outside the house.

[11:06] You hear a knock at the door and you're

[11:08] scared what it is and don't want to open

[11:10] it and it cuz you're just so scared of

[11:12] someone entering your safe space. I

[11:14] think that's what makes home invasion so

[11:16] terrifying is

[11:17] um the thought of somebody like we are

[11:20] all so safe in our house.

[11:22] And the thought of somebody entering

[11:24] that um and and completely ripping us

[11:27] from our one safe spot on this earth is

[11:29] just terrifying. So, I talking way too

[11:31] much about what the themes are, the mood

[11:34] the plot of the movie is basically

[11:37] this couple, they went to a wedding for

[11:39] their friend, but they're so they're

[11:41] staying like a remote cabin. Um and

[11:43] their relationship isn't doing so hot, I

[11:45] don't think. They're kind of arguing and

[11:46] maybe thinking about like breaking up.

[11:48] And now they're in this cabin alone at

[11:50] night and

[11:51] they randomly get like a knock at the

[11:53] door and it's like this creepy girl like

[11:56] wearing like a mask and it's just super

[11:59] cryptic and they don't really say much

[12:01] and like oh my god, I'm getting chills

[12:02] thinking about it. It It's like

[12:05] they're basically just like getting

[12:06] harassed by these like three

[12:09] strangers.

[12:12] >> Say that again.

[12:13] >> Strangers like wearing these really

[12:16] creepy masks and

[12:18] it's like

[12:20] I love when horror I'm going to get into

[12:22] this more for another movie on this

[12:24] list, but I love when horror

[12:27] just can be subtle and doesn't like sh-

[12:30] spam like what the they're trying to

[12:33] scare you with at the forefront of the

[12:34] screen. I love when something just can

[12:37] happen in the background and this movie

[12:39] does that so well where you don't even

[12:41] notice it maybe on your first watch. I

[12:43] think there was things I didn't notice

[12:44] until later on. We're basically like

[12:47] the like these you see things like you

[12:49] see that people have gotten into the

[12:51] house and now our characters don't know

[12:53] it and we're the fact that it's

[12:56] something that's like not shown to us

[12:57] like immediately if like if you just saw

[12:59] it in the background, your heart would

[13:01] sink and you would just feel your like

[13:03] you would feel just goosebumps

[13:05] everywhere. I can't think I'm thinking

[13:06] about it right now. There's a moment

[13:08] where you don't even it's not like a

[13:10] spoiler cuz it's it's not even it's just

[13:12] like a thing where like the characters

[13:14] are are the they've locked the doors and

[13:16] stuff, but in the background you can see

[13:17] like maybe the back door wasn't locked

[13:19] and you see someone standing in the back

[13:21] and it's just that that is such

[13:24] good horror to me. Um and it's something

[13:26] that

[13:28] it it cuz it makes you think. Just you I

[13:30] finished the movie and then I'm walking

[13:31] around my own house and I'm just like, I

[13:33] want to look around everywhere because

[13:34] what if I'm not facing the direction I

[13:36] should be and there's an intruder behind

[13:38] me or something like that. I think it is

[13:39] kind of inspired by a true story as

[13:41] well. I don't know how much that is

[13:43] actually, you know, true when it comes

[13:45] to horror movies like Conjuring. Like it

[13:47] was a true story, but it's like, is it?

[13:48] I don't know. So,

[13:50] definitely check out The Strangers if

[13:51] you want some home invasion horror. I

[13:53] think home invasion horror is terrifying

[13:55] cuz it feels so real. There's nothing

[13:57] supernatural about this one. It's just a

[13:59] really really well-crafted horror movie

[14:02] with really great um scares. And to be

[14:04] specific, I think they remade this movie

[14:06] and it was called this like they split

[14:07] it up into multiple parts like

[14:10] I think it's called The Stranger Chapter

[14:11] 1, The Strangers Chapter Chapter 2. It

[14:13] had the girl from Riverdale or whatever.

[14:15] Do not watch those ones. I've heard

[14:17] those ones are terrible and they're just

[14:19] like not scary at all.

[14:22] Go watch the original one. I'll check

[14:24] the Check what year it's it's made just

[14:26] to make sure you watch the right one.

[14:27] Okay, I just checked. Came out in 2008.

[14:29] So, watch The Strangers from 2008.

[14:32] It will leave you paranoid and

[14:36] checking your doors for nights to come.

[14:38] Let's move on to the next movie.

[14:43] The next movie that I want to talk about

[14:45] is Sinister. Now, Sinister is definitely

[14:47] one of the most popular ones on this

[14:48] list. You've If you're into horror,

[14:50] you've probably watched Sinister or at

[14:52] least have heard of it. It stars Ethan

[14:54] Hawke and it is

[14:57] um it's a really really good horror

[14:59] movie. I think it's like one I would

[15:00] recommend to a lot of like horror

[15:02] beginners or people that are like diving

[15:05] more into horror movies. Like if you

[15:06] watch The Conjuring movies, I think this

[15:07] is like the next step from that. I

[15:09] really enjoyed The Conjuring movies,

[15:11] but I think Sinister is a bit more scary

[15:14] than those movies

[15:16] cuz it feels a bit more like real and

[15:17] dark. Sinister is basically Ethan Hawke

[15:19] who is like this crime like he's a

[15:22] writer and he writes these books where

[15:24] he is trying to like solve cases that

[15:27] were never solved by the police. So,

[15:30] like families that were killed or stuff

[15:32] like that that that that cases that went

[15:34] cold, he kind of picks them back up and

[15:37] puts clues together um and has actually

[15:40] had some success in the past helping

[15:41] like cases be solved. So, he's like a

[15:43] popular writer, but he hasn't had a hit

[15:45] in a long time and he's getting

[15:47] desperate cuz his family needs money.

[15:49] All right, two kids and a wife. And so,

[15:52] they move into this small town and they

[15:54] move into a new house um and he's good

[15:56] he's writing a new book on on this

[15:58] family that was killed.

[16:00] But, what he doesn't tell his wife or

[16:02] his kids is that the house that they're

[16:04] moving into is the house that this

[16:07] family was killed. The movie starts with

[16:08] the family being killed and it was

[16:10] actually like a group suicide that the

[16:12] family did, but one of the children went

[16:15] missing.

[16:16] There was like a family with three kids

[16:18] and one of the kids went missing and the

[16:20] rest of the family like hung themselves

[16:21] from a tree and it's it's just it's

[16:23] really eerie.

[16:24] Um so, he's in this house that like this

[16:28] horrific tragedy happened in and he's

[16:31] trying to keep that secret from his

[16:32] wife. Um and basically he he's writing

[16:36] his book and stuff and then he finds in

[16:38] the attic of this house he finds a box

[16:40] of like um videotapes, like uh reels,

[16:44] like reels like like film reels.

[16:46] Um and he puts the the film reels in and

[16:49] watches it on the projector and they're

[16:52] all like

[16:54] um

[16:55] killer like the the videos that the

[16:56] killer recorded. Um a killer recorded.

[17:01] Um and he's like stalking and these

[17:03] these videos are like the some of the

[17:05] scariest like most [ __ ] up things

[17:07] you'll watch in a horror movie. It's

[17:08] like a like the killer's POV stalking a

[17:11] family

[17:13] um and and like singing with it's like

[17:15] weird it's like the the the design of

[17:17] these horror tapes, they feel real, they

[17:18] feel like something you'd find on the

[17:19] dark web. Um they don't show you

[17:21] anything like too graphic or too insane

[17:24] or anything like that, but they're just

[17:24] like truly, truly disturbing. Um and it

[17:28] makes you feel super uncomfortable. And

[17:29] as Ethan Hawke is like watching this,

[17:31] he's going deeper and deeper. And like

[17:33] and like what's amazing is this movie

[17:34] doesn't like they don't show you all

[17:36] these

[17:37] recordings at once. You you get them

[17:39] sprinkled throughout the movie because

[17:41] as he watches these tapes, like weird

[17:43] stuff happens. Like these tapes feel

[17:46] like they're cursed or have like the

[17:48] first of all how did that tape had that

[17:50] box get there? Um

[17:52] and Insidious I think is just a

[17:54] >> [music]

[17:54] >> it's a tremendous movie. Again, it has

[17:56] one of the

[17:58] best jump scares I've ever seen. There

[18:01] are multiple good jump scares in this

[18:02] movie, but I think this there's one

[18:04] specifically that you just comes out of

[18:05] nowhere and it's amazing. Definitely

[18:07] check out Sinister. Same director as

[18:09] like Doctor Strange and the Black Phone.

[18:11] So he's worked with Ethan Hawke again.

[18:13] [music] And he just makes really good

[18:14] horror movies. Um

[18:16] check it out.

[18:21] The next movie that I want to discuss is

[18:23] The Descent. The Descent might be one of

[18:25] the more like unpopular ones on this

[18:26] list. Um but it's it's a really, really

[18:30] scary movie that I found recently and

[18:32] watched. It's basically about

[18:35] um these group of women that are friends

[18:38] and um the one the main character had a

[18:41] forget your fam- really bad family

[18:42] tragedy happen um at the beginning of

[18:44] the movie. Um and now she's agreed to go

[18:48] on this like the at the beginning of the

[18:49] movie there there were they were tie-

[18:51] they they were river rafting and there

[18:53] was an accident after that. Um so

[18:55] they're like they're they're all

[18:56] daredevils, they're all adventurers, and

[18:58] and they're all adrenaline junkies. So

[19:00] they decide to go on this girls' trip to

[19:02] get her mind off the tragedy and go cave

[19:06] diving in this in this like unexplored

[19:08] cave. That already is something that I

[19:11] think a lot of us fear. Caves are super

[19:13] claustrophobic. We know I don't

[19:15] understand why people decide to just

[19:18] jump into

[19:20] you know, these tight unexplored caves.

[19:22] Like you don't need that's totally

[19:23] optional. Totally optional. You don't

[19:24] need to do that, but they still decide

[19:25] to do that. Um

[19:27] and that's what these girls do. They go

[19:29] on you know, they go on

[19:31] with cables down into this cave and

[19:33] explore it. And

[19:35] there's this this this really just like

[19:37] uneasy feeling the entire time. Like

[19:40] maybe they're being watched or something

[19:41] like that, but they they're just

[19:43] a lot of really terrifying moments of

[19:46] near death and stuff like that. And I

[19:48] feel like nothing

[19:51] that like supernatural or paranormal

[19:53] happens for majority of this movie.

[19:56] But it's still just really really

[19:57] terrifying. As the movie goes on

[20:00] there is supernatural like elements

[20:04] introduced. And when that is introduced,

[20:06] holy [ __ ]

[20:08] It is one of the It is one of the

[20:09] strongest jump scares I've ever seen cuz

[20:11] this comes so out of nowhere. So I'm not

[20:12] going to tell you anything about it. But

[20:14] The Descent

[20:15] has more than

[20:17] it is more than it seems. I love when

[20:19] movies show restraint and don't um

[20:23] like reveal all its cards right at the

[20:26] beginning. I I I really respect when

[20:28] movies like The Descent have restraint

[20:30] to not reveal

[20:31] all their cards right at the beginning.

[20:34] And and just like let and just let the

[20:35] movie just let the movie cook. Let the

[20:37] movie cook and sit there and and go

[20:39] through it. And I'd love to hear your

[20:41] thoughts and in the comments if you've

[20:43] seen the movie you know exactly what I'm

[20:45] talking about. Um and you'll you'll know

[20:48] the jump scare. You'll know the jump

[20:49] scare. So if you go watch it, come back

[20:51] and let me know what you think. Check

[20:53] out The Descent cuz it'll scare you.

[20:55] Let's go on to the next movie.

[21:00] Next up is the scariest movie that I've

[21:03] ever watched. Um and that is Hereditary.

[21:07] Now, Hereditary is very popular. You've

[21:09] probably watched it if you like horror

[21:11] movies, you've definitely heard about

[21:12] it. It is truly, truly scary. When Us

[21:17] came out, a lot of people were talking

[21:19] about how they compared it to like

[21:22] Hereditary. Like, I feel like Hereditary

[21:24] set the standard for like what a

[21:26] terrifying modern horror movie is. And

[21:29] people It's like It's like that every

[21:30] time there's a new like movie like Us or

[21:33] like Smile or whatever, I don't know.

[21:35] When it's like a big popular horror

[21:36] movie, I feel like people are like, "Oh,

[21:38] like they're comparing it to

[21:39] Hereditary." Cuz that's how scary

[21:41] Hereditary is. Now, Us did not surpass

[21:44] Hereditary for me. I think Hereditary is

[21:45] a better movie. I think it is a scarier

[21:48] movie for sure.

[21:49] Um, this movie is I don't even know how

[21:52] to describe it. It's Ari Aster, who also

[21:55] directed Midsommar, which is also a

[21:57] really good horror movie, but not as

[21:59] good as Hereditary. No No No way near as

[22:01] good as Hereditary in my opinion. And

[22:02] it's a very different kind of horror.

[22:04] Hereditary tackles grief and loss in

[22:07] such a like sad and terrifying way. Um,

[22:12] Midsommar does something similar

[22:13] tackling grief. But, my god, Hereditary

[22:17] has It's It's a truly disturbing movie.

[22:19] We're talking about like This isn't a

[22:22] movie that I would recommend to people

[22:24] that are like just getting into horror.

[22:26] I think there are actually like really

[22:27] depressing

[22:28] >> [music]

[22:28] >> and disturbing themes in this movie. So,

[22:30] you have to be really ready ready for

[22:31] that. This isn't like any of the other

[22:33] movies that I've talked about. I feel

[22:34] like the other movies that I've talked

[22:35] about on this list,

[22:37] besides maybe The Strangers,

[22:39] are all like fun to watch even though

[22:41] they're so scary. They are very scary,

[22:43] but they're fun to watch. You know what

[22:44] I mean? There's like Um, it they almost

[22:47] kind of more feel like a haunted house.

[22:49] Like, they're like, "Oh my god." Like,

[22:50] when you get scared in a haunted house,

[22:51] it's it's really, really scary, but

[22:53] like, you know you have you you know

[22:55] you're there having a fun time. You know

[22:56] what I mean? But, like, Hereditary isn't

[22:59] a fun time. It is not a fun time.

[23:01] Hereditary is terrifying and it has

[23:05] imagery that has sat with me since that

[23:07] I will never forget. Um Hereditary is

[23:10] about a family um that basically has

[23:14] their grandmother pass away.

[23:16] Um and we slowly learn that the

[23:19] grandmother was involved in some weird

[23:22] like cultish things and this is now

[23:27] coming back to bite her family. There's

[23:32] um stuff that happens with the father,

[23:35] there's stuff that happens with the

[23:36] mother, there's stuff that happens with

[23:37] the the son and the daughter that's like

[23:39] truly disturbing. Um

[23:42] it all comes together and in the last 30

[23:46] minutes

[23:47] I have never been more scared in my

[23:49] entire life. Like truly, I am telling

[23:51] you right now the last 30 I don't want

[23:52] to hype this movie up too much because I

[23:53] feel like

[23:54] uh

[23:55] I feel like people like

[23:57] because it's so popular and so many

[23:59] people have said what I'm saying about

[24:00] how scary it is, I feel like people go

[24:01] in with like the mindset of like oh I'm

[24:04] not going to get scared. You know, I'm

[24:06] going I'm going to be like I'm alpha,

[24:07] I'm not going to be scared of this. I've

[24:08] seen so many comments saying Hereditary

[24:09] is not even scary, like what are you

[24:10] talking about? Like no, it is a

[24:12] terrifying movie.

[24:14] It is so well made. If you weren't

[24:15] scared of it, I actually don't

[24:16] understand how. And I feel like the

[24:18] thing with horror you got to really like

[24:21] be in the right mindset for things. I

[24:23] feel like you could watch like an action

[24:25] movie and it's like no matter if you're

[24:28] like

[24:29] with your friends or on your own, I feel

[24:31] like you can you still like get the same

[24:33] kind of stuff out of it. Like you can

[24:34] really respect how cool something is, a

[24:36] stunt, an explosion,

[24:38] the choreography hits the same. But like

[24:41] I feel like horror is so atmospheric and

[24:43] it so much depends on your mindset and

[24:45] your your own like atmosphere. Like when

[24:48] I watched Obsessed, I feel like part of

[24:49] the reason I didn't find it as scary as

[24:50] other people was because there was

[24:51] people

[24:53] in the theater talking behind me like a

[24:55] lot. Like anytime something scary was

[24:57] happening, they're like oh [ __ ] Oh,

[24:58] fuck." And I'm like, I get that they're

[24:59] having a good time, but like for me,

[25:01] that takes me out of the movie. It makes

[25:03] me feel less scared. If I would have

[25:04] watched Obsession alone on my laptop, it

[25:07] probably would be one of the scariest

[25:09] movies I've ever seen.

[25:10] Um

[25:11] but like, man, Hereditary I did watch

[25:13] just alone with my girlfriend and

[25:15] it it really scared me. So,

[25:17] I think if if you're someone that didn't

[25:18] think it was that scary, maybe try

[25:20] giving it another shot and watching it

[25:21] alone or something instead of like

[25:23] drinking with your friends and watching

[25:24] it and talking the whole time and then

[25:26] saying it's not that scary. Cuz I feel

[25:27] like that's a lot of people's

[25:28] experiences with certain horror movies.

[25:30] They don't put themselves in the right

[25:32] atmosphere to be scared. Um

[25:34] but Hereditary is it's not just, you

[25:37] know, like it's not like brutal in like

[25:40] terrifying for the sake of it. I think

[25:42] it has things to say. That's why I think

[25:43] it's a good movie. It it's tackling

[25:45] grief in a really really like

[25:47] interesting and depressing way.

[25:49] Um it has I think Toni Collette, who

[25:51] plays the mother, is it's one of the

[25:54] best performances I've ever seen in a

[25:55] movie ever. I think she probably should

[25:57] have won an Oscar for it. I think it is

[25:59] it she's

[26:00] who shows her trauma and her fear

[26:03] and everything else she does in that

[26:05] movie, she does it so well. I I think

[26:08] it's it is one of the best performances

[26:09] I've ever seen from an actress or an

[26:11] actor.

[26:12] Um and like I said, the last 30 minutes

[26:14] of Hereditary, I could I just think of

[26:16] it and I instantly get shivers. I

[26:17] instantly look at the corner of my wall

[26:19] thinking I'm going to see something. And

[26:20] what I talked about earlier um with the

[26:22] strangers about movies that have things

[26:25] going on in the background that le it

[26:27] leaves it leaves up to the audience to

[26:29] notice, this is the prime example of

[26:32] that for me. There is a scene in this

[26:34] movie

[26:35] where

[26:37] it it holds a shot at like a bed where

[26:39] someone wakes up and it's holding a shot

[26:42] and the shot just holds and there's no

[26:44] music and there's like no dialogue. It's

[26:46] very quiet. It's a son waking up asking

[26:48] where his family is. And

[26:50] it it holds on that shot for so long and

[26:52] you're just like, "Okay, like what's

[26:53] going on?" And then you start looking

[26:54] around like, "What is that? What the

[26:56] [ __ ] is that?" It's like

[26:57] And then and then it moves and it's like

[27:00] it's one of the scariest things I've

[27:01] ever seen in my life. It still sits with

[27:03] me so much and man, that ending and

[27:05] everything was just incredibly scary.

[27:07] And there was a interesting interview

[27:10] with Curry Parker, the director of

[27:12] Obsession, talking about like the modern

[27:14] jump scare.

[27:16] Um cuz he's talking about how like he

[27:18] loves in movies and he and he puts in

[27:20] his own movies, his horror movies, like

[27:22] he wants to he loves jump scares that

[27:24] aren't like loud noise and like someone

[27:28] jumping and screaming and stuff like

[27:29] that. But he loves jump scares that is

[27:31] like something uncanny, something that

[27:33] makes the audi- like the audience feel

[27:34] uncomfortable, like the what like saying

[27:37] like, "What what the [ __ ] is that? What

[27:38] is that?" Some- like a human shouldn't

[27:40] move like that. Someone shouldn't smile

[27:43] like that or make a face like that or or

[27:45] stand like that. I think and it's like a

[27:47] a quick like jarring shot of that. It

[27:49] doesn't need a giant loud sound or

[27:50] anything like that. Just seeing it, I

[27:52] think that is such an effective way of

[27:54] scaring someone. Like just having an

[27:57] uncanny moment. And this movie does that

[28:00] so well, having people stand where they

[28:03] shouldn't be, having someone's standing

[28:06] in the in the dark corner of a room and

[28:08] you can't just make out what it is and

[28:09] then by the time you do, they're gone.

[28:11] It's just like Stuff like that scares me

[28:13] so much. Hereditary is truly truly a

[28:16] horror movie that sits with me. It

[28:18] scares me every scene.

[28:20] Um and I want some of the top of it, but

[28:22] I also don't because that means I'll

[28:23] have something new to think about and be

[28:25] scared about when I go to sleep at

[28:26] night. So watch your Hereditary at your

[28:29] own risk. If you have seen it, let me

[28:30] know what you think about it cuz I I I

[28:33] really do love talking about that movie.

[28:35] Um but now we're going to move on to the

[28:36] final movie of this list.

[28:42] I saw the TV glow is

[28:45] I watched it pretty recently and

[28:48] it is one of my favorite movies of all

[28:50] time. I think all out of this entire

[28:53] list, I saw A Dark TV Glow is my

[28:55] favorite movie. That it's not the movie

[28:57] that scared me the most, but it is the

[28:59] one that I feel like affected me the

[29:01] most. And out of all the horror movies

[29:04] on this list, this one has a very

[29:06] different type of horror. This isn't the

[29:08] type of horror that like

[29:10] makes you jump in your seat or makes you

[29:14] like scream or anything like that. But

[29:15] it really it gets under your skin

[29:18] in an existential way. Existential

[29:20] horror

[29:21] is something that I it really affects

[29:25] me.

[29:26] Um I've had existential crises before

[29:28] thinking about like my place in the

[29:30] world, what what happens when we die,

[29:32] all this kind of stuff. And and like

[29:35] what is what is the purpose of life?

[29:37] Like does more more mortality and stuff

[29:39] like that. Uh I feel like this movie

[29:41] just explores themes like that like

[29:44] really really well. Um and it also is an

[29:49] LGBTQ movie that like really

[29:53] I feel like made me empathize with

[29:56] like the trans experience more than like

[29:58] I ever ever understood. Th- there's not

[30:01] like in your face about it or anything

[30:02] like that. It's not even something that

[30:04] was like totally clear to me until after

[30:06] I finished the movie.

[30:07] But like once I did I was just like I

[30:08] felt like heartbroken. And I I think

[30:10] it's a really important movie to watch

[30:13] to like understand that like what like

[30:16] the fear in like in in people and um

[30:18] about that kind of stuff. And

[30:20] I feel like

[30:22] it's hard for me to understand. I'm not

[30:23] the best person to talk about that kind

[30:24] of stuff. I just feel like when you

[30:26] watch the movie hopefully you understand

[30:27] that and maybe read up about read up on

[30:29] it. But like the idea of like it really

[30:33] made me think about if someone was trans

[30:35] or wanted to like, you know, like change

[30:38] um

[30:39] to like the other gender like what like

[30:43] it would be like to not act on that in a

[30:45] way, you know what I mean? Like living

[30:47] your entire life like feeling like you

[30:49] should be somebody else, but you only

[30:51] don't do it because of society and

[30:54] societal pressures or your family

[30:56] pressures and stuff like that. And then

[30:57] you're like

[30:58] old on your deathbed and then you think

[31:00] about it and you're like

[31:02] and then you're like, "Oh my god, it's

[31:03] too late. Like it's too late." Like that

[31:05] that that thought, it's like it's too

[31:07] late now. I can't do it. I wasted my

[31:09] entire life because I cared about what

[31:11] other people thought. And I can't take

[31:13] that back. Like time is gone. Time is

[31:15] passed. I cannot take that back.

[31:17] Um

[31:18] that is like and I could I could have

[31:19] been happy. I could have been this, but

[31:20] instead of live my life not fulfilling

[31:22] my true self.

[31:24] I think that idea

[31:27] I saw that TV glow

[31:29] just

[31:30] covers in such a bleak way. And it

[31:33] really really made me just feel sad and

[31:36] like I felt it like in here. It's this

[31:39] is like one of my favorite movies in a

[31:40] way that like it covers it has a lot of

[31:43] things. It has it has amazing themes

[31:45] about like identity and time and being

[31:49] yourself.

[31:50] Um

[31:51] and

[31:52] and on like death and stuff like that.

[31:54] It has amazing themes about um it has

[31:56] like it has like liminal space and like

[31:58] nostalgia. Like it it captures like my

[32:01] nostalgia in a way that has like it has

[32:04] like very like early 2000s vibes. I

[32:06] think that's when it takes place.

[32:08] Um and like there's it's like honestly I

[32:10] think it almost has better liminal space

[32:12] than the actual Backrooms movie. I think

[32:13] there's like there's a lot of shots of

[32:15] like elementary school gymnasiums and

[32:17] they're underneath like the big um like

[32:20] like parachute, you know, they used to

[32:21] play games with. And like and the like

[32:25] being in ball pits in an arcade or at a

[32:27] movie theater. Like it just like it just

[32:29] captures or like suburbia and stuff as a

[32:31] child. Like it just captures those vibes

[32:34] so well

[32:35] um and puts them into like a horror

[32:37] liminal space that I think

[32:41] it just feels it feels nostalgic, sad,

[32:44] depressing all at once. And it also is

[32:47] topped with

[32:48] one of my favorite soundtracks I've ever

[32:50] heard in a film. It has all these

[32:51] original score, all these the score is

[32:54] actually by Alex G, the the the artist.

[32:57] And he does an amazing score, but the

[32:58] actual soundtrack with all the songs

[33:02] it is incredible. I've been listening to

[33:04] those songs a lot over since I watched

[33:06] the movie.

[33:07] And they just make me they just make me

[33:09] so sad when I listen to them. So,

[33:11] if you are into horror that might leave

[33:14] you feeling a bit depressed, I think I I

[33:16] saw a TV show is right up your alley.

[33:19] But it's it's it's like it's truly a

[33:22] scary movie in the sense of like what

[33:26] we see our characters go through and

[33:28] what their fate is, you know what I

[33:29] mean? And I think it I think it's a

[33:31] wake-up call to a lot of people about

[33:34] not wasting your life and stuff like

[33:35] that. So, I think it's a really

[33:36] important movie. I think it's a

[33:37] beautiful movie, amazing soundtrack,

[33:39] so so well made, and just scary on a

[33:42] different level that the other ones

[33:44] aren't, you know what I mean?

[33:45] So, that's my list. I I I hope you

[33:49] enjoyed hearing me just like kind of

[33:50] ramble. This isn't like a video that I

[33:52] wrote a huge script or anything like

[33:54] that, as you can probably tell. I kind

[33:55] of just rambling. But I really really

[33:57] love horror.

[33:59] I've been playing a lot of horror games

[34:00] recently, and I've been just really

[34:02] watching horror movies

[34:03] a lot. And because Obsession came out

[34:06] and it's everyone's talking about the

[34:08] really scary movie of Obsession, I

[34:09] thought it'd be a good time to make this

[34:11] video.

[34:12] So, if you're out there and you're

[34:14] trying to get into horror movies, I

[34:15] think these are ones that will scare

[34:17] you. Because I think there's a lot of

[34:18] movies out there that are popular that

[34:20] aren't actually that scary and

[34:22] people hype up to be like super scary

[34:24] movies. To me, these are ones that

[34:26] actually scared me. They actually got me

[34:27] jump scares, left me feeling dread or

[34:30] anxiety or anything like that. If you

[34:32] enjoy definitely being scared, check

[34:34] these movies out. I think they're worth

[34:36] your time. I think they're truly scary.

[34:38] Um and I'd love to hear your thoughts on

[34:40] them in the comments below. So, if you

[34:42] enjoyed this video, let me know. I'd be

[34:43] down to do other videos like this for

[34:45] different topics, just rambling and

[34:47] stuff like that. Um but thank you for

[34:49] watching. Again, comment down below uh

[34:51] if if you also if you have

[34:52] recommendations for me,

[34:54] please comment them cuz I want more

[34:56] movies that I find scary. I want to

[34:58] watch more horror movies. So, if I

[34:59] didn't mention something, um these

[35:01] aren't the only horror movies I've

[35:02] watched. I just picked a few to talk

[35:04] about. So, maybe I'll do a part two one

[35:05] day. But, comment movies uh

[35:07] recommendations cuz I'd love to watch

[35:08] more. So, thank you for watching and I

[35:11] will see you guys in the next one.