What are the scariest movies that have been released in the past 5 years? (no gore, please)

[Deleted member 11985]

I've gotten in the Halloween spirit early this year, and I've already started watching horror movies over the past week, but I've found myself in a bit of a conundrum. I've watched all the best horror movies on Netflix already, and the three new ones I tried this week were all garbage. It's a similar outlook for both Hulu and Amazon Prime, too.

I want a proper scaring though, so I've decided to rent horror movies this year.

With the pool of movies to choose from basically expanding to every movie possible, I beseech you Era, please give me your recommendations for the scariest movies you've seen recently. My only restrictions are that the movies were released within the past 5 years, and that they aren't gorey movies.

Also, try to limit your recommendations to a top 3, if you can. For 4th scariest and below, I'd rather just wait for them to show up on Netflix or something.

Edit: When I say no gore, I mean no Saw-esque movies. A little bit of gore is fine.

 

[WolfeTone]

I found both The Witch and It Follows (this might be just over 5 years old) pretty scary personally.

People find different things scary though. Can you give examples of movies you thought were scary so we have a better sense of what your tastes are?

 

[TheYanger]

wrong thread

 

[Deleted member 11985]

I found both The Witch and It Follows (this might be just over 5 years old) pretty scary personally.

People find different things scary though. Can you give examples of movies you thought were scary so we have a better sense of what your tastes are?

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I only want to limit the suggestions to no gore. Other people might find the list useful too, so I didn't want to limit it for them (well, I guess people who like gorey movies wouldn't find this list useful).

Plus, I can be scared by a lot of things. It's more the quality of the movie that matters, in terms of whether I actually get spooked or not. For example, I found Insidious a little spooky, particularly that Victorian age lady, but then one of the movies I watched this week was Demonic, and it did absolutely nothing for me, despite being a very similar movie. Demonic was like a Wal-Mart version of Insidious.

So I'm looking for any type of scary movie, really. Just the best ones.

 

[Dalek]

The Witch, The Babadook are very creepy and unsettling. I've never been "scared" by a horror movie but I do appreciate a creepy vibe.
The Witch has some gore though. Babadook does not.

 

[Nida]

When you say no gore, do you mean no blood, or are you just wanting to avoid Saw-esque films?

Us and Get Out are great, but do contain blood. Hereditary is incredible, but it... goes places.
You mentioned you watched 3 recent films but they were garbage. What were they?

 

[Poimandres]

It's pretty rare to find a horror movie with absolutelty no gore. What about films that only have 1 or 2 gory scenes/shots but that's only a minor focus?

 

[Deleted member 11985]

When you say no gore, do you mean no blood, or are you just wanting to avoid Saw-esque films?

Us and Get Out are great, but do contain blood. Hereditary is incredible, but it... goes places.
You mentioned you watched 3 recent films but they were garbage. What were they?

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Oh sorry, when I say no gore, I mean no Saw-esque movies.

The 3 movies I watched on Netflix were Demonic, Don't Knock Twice, and Truth or Dare. They all did absolutely nothing for me, and Demonic was the only one I felt was worthy enough to finish watching.

But don't recommend based on me. Recommend based on the movies that scared you the most, personally.

 

[Deleted member 11985]

It's pretty rare to find a horror movie with absolutelty no gore. What about films that only have 1 or 2 gory scenes/shots but that's only a minor focus?

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Yeah, some gore is fine. I meant no movies where the main focus is gore, like Saw or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

 

[Nida]

Oh sorry, when I say no gore, I mean no Saw-esque movies.

The 3 movies I watched on Netflix were Demonic, Don't Knock Twice, and Truth or Dare. They all did absolutely nothing for me, and Demonic was the only one I felt was worthy enough yo finish watching.

But don't recommend based on me. Just like the 3 movies that scared you the most, personally.

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Okay, that's going to make recommendations much easier.

I've only seen the first season, but Season 1 of Channel Zero was pretty creepy. Believe the entire series is based on creepy pasta.

As for films I'd say Hereditary, The Ritual, and I might get shit for this but The Conjuring 2.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

It Follows.

 

[Guppeth]

Annihilation. It's more creepy than outright scary, though it does have one standout horror scene. It divides opinion but I thought it was excellent.

 

[XShagrath]

Hereditary.

I got goosebumps for weeks even thinking about it. I want to revisit it, because it's an great film with some amazing acting, but every time I really think about it, I get terrified. Easily the most moved I've been by a horror film in my life.

 

[Cheerilee]

It's okay to cover your eyes at the part where the people start melting.

 

[iAnAS0]

Under the shadow
Some scenes really did frighten me

 

[FusedAtoms]

The witch and Hereditary immediately spring to mind . The witch is on Netflix and hereditary is free with prime

 

[Scottt]

Coherence

 

[Rhomega]

I'll agree with Hereditary.

 

[PawPrints]

Yup Hereditary

 

[Deleted member 17990]

The Conjuring 1 & 2

 

[djplaeskool]

Hereditary...
man that movie is something else.

 

[Deleted member 17990]

I wouldn't recommend hereditary if you don't want gore lol

 

[Deleted member 11985]

Shit, I guess I'll watch Hereditary. I browsed Amazon Prime, but nothing looked good to me. I guess I was going too fast.

 

[grang]

I found Darling (2015) really unnerving and it stuck with me for a long time afterwards.

 

[Deleted member 13496]

It's okay to cover your eyes at the part where the people start melting.

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I consume a ton of horror media (books, shows, movies, games) but Chernobyl is easily the most unsettling, gets-under-your-skin thing I've watched all year.

 

[Phantom]

Train to Busan if you enjoy ASIAN horror

 

[Deleted member 8561]

Train to Busan if you enjoy ASIAN horror

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Train to Busan is hardly a horror movie, it's action and suspense.

 

[Tuorom]

The Big Short
Chernobyl (great TV series)
Annihilation (for some pretty uncomfortable scenes; Cthulu unknowable scariness)
The Gift (maybe)

 

[SeriousCow]

Annihilation
Climax
Hereditary
Ghost Stories

Annihilation and Climax were probably my 2 favourite movies of 2018. The latter is a Gaspar Noe movie though, I know he's not for everyone.

 

[Winston1]

Hereditary for me. It's easily the most unnerving I've ever felt coming out of a theater.

 

[Aske]

Hereditary is the yardstick at this point.

I'll add Midsommar, which stayed with me long afterwards in a similar way.

 

[serdarkny]

The Wailing. Great Korean horror movie, one of the best I've watched in the genre. Other obvious picks would be the witch, hereditary etc. like the others have said.

 

[Nameless]

Under The Skin fucked me up. Incredible film. Since people have already suggested The Witch I'll recommend that. It's more the intense, unwavering sense of dread it creates than being outright scary, but it sticks with you.

I'll also cosign the Hereditary mentions, even though I liked Suspiria(2018) more.

The Ritual on Netflix is worth a watch as well.

 

[Commodore64]

Mungo Lake.

 

[rashbeep]

Hereditary was not only great but genuinely anxiety inducing

The witch was a good film but not that scary

It follows was just disappointing

 

[xaosslug]

don't believe people when they tell you The Witch and The Babadook are scary!



lol

 

[Haloid1177]

Hereditary is two hours of dread and is by far the tippy top of horror for me over the past decade. Midsommar as a follow up was good, but never reached the same level.

The Devil's Candy has some creepy shit and one of the scariest scenes as of late though. Would recommend.

 

[DIE BART DIE]

Hereditary, The Witch, It Follows and Midsommar are all quality entries in the indie horror revolution.

 

[Praxis]

Hereditary has some pretty gory scenes, but it's great so watch it anyway

Try Inland Empire for something unconventional

 

[cosmicspooks]

The Inerasable is a Japanese movie from...2015, I think? and it's the last one I saw that proper messed me up. It's almost like a police procedural (like Law & Order) but each interview hits with ya with a creepy vignette. And then that builds to a thematically rich story that makes the horror much, much bigger. First time in a long time I lost sleep from the spooks.
Anyway, really incredible stuff that for my money is one of, if not the, best Japanese horror of the decade

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

The VVitch by far

 

[Dali]

V/h/s and v/h/s 2 are 7 and 6 years old but they are still really good.

It Follows is also good stuff. If you like the creepy Victorian lady from Insidious then the thing from it follows is slightly similar in how you get the feeling it's always just over your shoulder.

 

[Z-Beat]

I can't take Truth or Dare seriously with that snapchat filter thing

My picks are

Oculus
The Babadook
Lights Out
The Conjuring 2
IT


Runners Up:

Hereditary
Annabelle Creation
Don't Breathe
Train to Busan

These were all released between 2014 and now. Ranked from 'no gore at all' to 'OH FUCK NO'

Lights out
The Babadook
The Conjuring 2
Oculus
Don't Breathe
Annabelle Creation
Train to Busan
IT
Hereditary

Hereditary, The Witch, It Follows and Midsommar are all quality entries in the indie horror revolution.

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None of those are really all that scary though. Midsommar arguably isn't even a horror film. They're good movies, but I didn't leave them feeling unsettled or feel unsettled during them with the exception of Hereditary which does have some freaky shit in it.

 

[Kinggroin]

Why past five years.

There's so much good shit if you don't care about release date

 

[Mona]

The Witch, The Babadook are very creepy and unsettling. I've never been "scared" by a horror movie but I do appreciate a creepy vibe.
The Witch has some gore though. Babadook does not.

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these 2 are the two that came to mind, didn't care to much for the babadook though because it was so frightening to me

The Witch is a modern classic tho

 

[Mona]

Why past five years.

There's so much good shit if you don't care about release date

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presumably its because they've seen all the older stuff (i hope this is the reason)

 

[sn00zer]

 

[Dalek]

these 2 are the two that came to mind, didn't care to much for the babadook though because it was so frightening to me

The Witch is a modern classic tho

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The Babadook is a really good movie-and there's one shot that's insanely chilling to me. There's no "Violin strings cue" to jolt you-just pure imagery to shake you.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Scene in question:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJlRwAcaOTI

 

[Deleted member 7148]

Both Hereditary and Midsommar are awful recommendations if gore is off limits. Both of them have disturbingly gory sequences.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Virtually all the action in the film takes place over the phone. So you hear stuff but you only see the protagonist in his call center.