I’ve seen so many horror motion pictures, it is ridiculous.
In reality, after we got here up with our checklist of the 50 finest horror motion pictures of all time, I truly needed to mentally test off the horror motion pictures that I hadn’t seen, and it was solely two (that might be Hush, and Gerald’s Sport, which I nonetheless have not watched for some cause).
Nevertheless, regardless that horror is my favourite style of movie, there are literally a couple of horror motion pictures that even I am too scared to observe. And, that is solely as a result of what actually scares us is solely private. So, whereas I can watch slasher motion pictures all of the live-long day and never lose a little bit of sleep, these subsequent 5 movies have ideas which are so creepy to me that I haven’t got the braveness to observe them. Do not snort!
Smile (2022)
I will inform you a joke. I’ve seen a variety of full-length motion pictures that made me sleep with the lights on. That stated, I’ve solely seen one COMMERCIAL in my complete life that saved me up all night time, and that was for the horror film, Smile, which I in all probability would not have watched anyway, since I don’t like unsettling faces (and, in case you are questioning, it was the pendulum head scene that haunted me).
I believe all of it goes again to my childhood once I watched Twilight Zone: The Film, which sarcastically featured a personality who could not smile as a result of she didn’t have a mouth.
The section in Twilight Zone: The Film that spooked me got here from an adaptation of considered one of the present’s finest episodes, “It is a Good Life.” The episode itself is an unnerving half hour, to make certain, however that no mouth scene from the film traumatized me as a child.
So, ever since then, l cannot take a look at a face that’s even barely off, not to mention an entire MOVIE with that idea.
Which actually sucks, since I’ve heard so many good issues about Smile (and even higher issues about its sequel). Many individuals name it probably the greatest horror franchises that we presently have. And, as any individual who loves an excellent horror franchise, consider me once I say this, but it surely bodily pains me that I am unable to drum up the braveness to observe Smile. However, right here’s the factor. I made a New Yr’s decision to get extra sleep in 2025, and I am unable to go an entire week with out shutting my eyes at night time. I simply cannot. So, I am fairly positive I’ll by no means watch what I wish to name Unsettling Faces: The Film. It’s simply…*shivers*.
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
I’ll inform you what. The one time I’ve ever audibly cursed in a movie show was once I first noticed the trailer to Goodnight Mommy, to which I undoubtedly stated one thing to the likes of, “Oh, F– this!” and coated my eyes with my arms.
And, I’m not kidding you. Me, the man who has watched each film within the Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Avenue, and Friday the thirteenth sequence, was actually overlaying his eyes like a bit child within the movie show. So, after all my pals made enjoyable of me.
However, I don’t care! Goodnight Mommy, which apparently (I say “apparently” since, once more, I by no means watched it) is about two boys who suspect their mom might not be who she appears, is one more, “I can’t” film, identical to Smile.
First off, it has the entire “perpetual grin” factor going for it that’s conserving me away from it. However, one other off-putting factor for me is the entire mistaken identification plot, which creeps me out. Particularly when it pertains to youngsters questioning whether or not the girl of their home is definitely their mom.
Nevertheless, being that I’m within the movie because it creeped me out so totally with the trailer, I learn a few of the YouTube feedback, and lots of people stated that it’s extra “tense” than scary. I’ll simply need to take their phrase for it, although since I’m not watching this film. Perhaps I’ll try the 2022 remake with Naomi Watts because it won’t be as terrifying. Oh, and talking of remakes with Naomi Watts…
Humorous Video games (2007)
Have you ever ever watched The Purge motion pictures? I like them, for probably the most half, however I typically assume the primary film, which was just about a house invasion flick, might be the simplest.
And, that’s as a result of the idea of individuals coming to my home to kill me is a really actual one which I don’t take flippantly.
So, the thought behind Humorous Video games, which is about some guys who take a household hostage and make them take part in “humorous video games” in the event that they wish to stay, doesn’t look like one thing I wish to watch on a Saturday afternoon… or any afternoon for that matter.
The 2007 film is definitely a shot-for-shot remake of the 1997 movie, and each of them had been directed by Michael Haneke. And although I do know each motion pictures are labeled as “satirical psychological thrillers,” I do NOT discover the idea humorous.
In reality, extra reasonable horror normally unnerves me. Like, I’ve truly seen The Strangers, which has a type of related premise. However, for some cause (Perhaps it’s the plain horror film masks), it didn’t actually scare me. Nevertheless, some random psychopaths who look completely regular however truly wish to make me beg for my life?…THAT offers me the goosebumps.
So, I’ve by no means seen the remake or the unique, and I possible by no means will.
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Bizarre faces, mistaken identities, and residential invasions all hassle me, in film type. However, do you wish to know what scares me in actual life? Centipedes. I hate, hate, HATE these disgusting issues!
I do know I discussed it as soon as in considered one of my articles on this website, however my worry stems from an incident that occured once I was youthful (as most fears originate, after all). My sister and I used to share a mattress, and I wakened one morning to discover a centipede in her mouth whereas she slept! So, I’m positive you possibly can sympathize with why spiders don’t scare me, however centipedes actually horrify me.
I imply, I don’t even just like the phrase centipede. I do know it simply roughly means 100 legs, however even simply writing it out and searching on the phrase makes me squirm. So, the thought of individuals being stitched butt to mouth (and crawling on their arms and knees) is simply manner an excessive amount of for me to deal with.
And, it’s not like I’m bothered by physique horror, as David Cronenburg–the king of the sub style–is considered one of my favourite administrators.
That stated, I do know there are two extra motion pictures within the sequence, and in every movie, the precise “human centipede” will get larger, and greater, and greater, and I simply can’t take that concept.
A Story Of Two Sisters (2003)
Lastly, I’m type of dishonest with this one as a result of I’ve truly watched A Story of Two Sisters… nicely, type of.
You see, I began the film, however there’s a scene that was so scary that I truly requested my pal if we might flip it off, and he agreed that we might, as a result of he was terrified, too. In reality, my precise phrases had been, “I’m scared,” and he replied, “I’m scared, too.”
Thoughts you, we watched this film in broad daylight in his lounge. And, to this present day, A Story of Two Sisters continues to be the one film I’ve ever began that I’ve by no means completed. Even after watching that scene over once more, I simply don’t have the center to see the remainder of the movie via.
From what I did watch, the story is about two sisters (Certainly one of whom has lately left a psychological establishment), who go to their new dwelling, solely to take care of their new stepmother, who won’t be all there herself.
Asian horror already chills me to the bone (Particularly South Korean horror like The Wailing), however for me to surrender fully on a film as a result of I’m actually too scared to observe one other second of it? Nicely, that’s one thing that solely A Story of Two Sisters has ever achieved for me.
However, how about you? Has there ever been a scary film that you’ve by no means completed?