The 10 Scariest Movies to SCARE you to Death!

[@fricozoid1]

The Thing is completely underrated. Darkly stylish, subversive ending and a great exploration of identity. I'm so glad you included it.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

The Thing is terrific, took me ages to watch it!

[@SocialBobcat]

such an excellent piece of paranoid horror and the 80s synth score is perfectly paired with the mood of the story

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

So, like you Mr. Flemmings, I’m not drawn to horror films, mainly because the seem to try to hard for otherworldly elements when real world fears are so much more terrifying. Michael Haneke knows this, which may be why not just Funny Games, buy Chache, The White Balloon, and Happy End all put the fear and horror largely at the edges, where the threat is constant. And Bone Tomahawk! What a film. It follows my essential rule for horror while utterly turning everything inside out at the second act. Building its tensions gradually, the payoffs in the reveal of the ghostly and garish killers is earned the hard way, the only way a horror film should earn them.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Mr C! Yes, they bore me actually - but these films in the list five me absolute chills! As for Hank...top 10 best director ever...for me!

[@satyb]

Seen all 10 movies, good to see Bone Tomahawk getting the recognition it deserves. I would have included The Haunting, Dead of Night and Witchfinder General.

[@Vitaphone]

Great list I understand why for personal reasons the shining doesn’t work for you, but it seems profoundly disturbing that the exorcist doesn’t make it on this list. I would’ve definitely bumped multiple films on your list over the exorcist.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

I was trying to point out less known films for this video :) those two are well known! Thanks for the appearance on the stream again!

[@archibaldstokes]

Great list! The Vanishing and Funny Games are the most terrifying to me because they seem so realistic and natural.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

So true....nothing beats, real life - our imagination does so much more with that than fantastical horror! Great comment! Stick around!

[@bantustan8286]

Thank you for finally putting into words why bone tomahawk terrified me.

[@mariusmalotaux1959]

6:54 Can someone tell me the name of the piano musical background during the seven part pls ?

[@deathwitheponine]

Could be because I’ve seen and read some scary stuff but the shining is only kinda scary the first time you see it. I usually fall asleep if it’s on. Audition and Funny Games are real horrors to me, but then I never had a dad to be scared of. Maybe THAT’S why the shining bores me? Who knows. I love some scary movies though. Curious to know what you think about Alexandre Aja’s High Tension (I think outside the US it’s called Switchblade Romance).

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Thanks for the comment! :) I've not seen that film....I need to check it out! Stick around!

[@gorillamac]

The Game and Zodiac from David Fincher are good contenders for a list like this as well. If I were to make a couple recommendations (if they have not been seen yet): Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next door and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.

[@iamgrey1989]

I think under the skin with Scarlett Johansson is truly chilling... Also British film the kill list. Great choice with bone tomahawk, definitely so underrated.

[@gamervet4760]

17:34 I did about during Covid. That's basically how I watch my movies now because the more I know, the less likely I am to watch.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

That's why trailers nowadays suck!

[@darkengine5931]

A number of my favorites overlap with yours: The Thing, Alien, The Fly, Se7en, Funny Games, and Bone Tomahawk. Bone Tomahawk actually works just as well as an adventure film for me as a horror. Despite its scary moments, it functions even more as arguably my favorite adventure film of all time. There's that deep sense that these characters -- who are just everyday types of people living in the Western frontier and hardly overpowered heroes (a similar appeal that Alien had for me) -- are going on this perilous and high-stakes journey while rushing against the clock. I love the banter between the characters and the growing sense of camaraderie between them. My favorite scenes are actually the more mundane ones like the conversations over a campfire, and I think those scenes help to highlight that these are very relatable and mortal characters and not action heroes. Some additional favorites of mine include Ravenous (1999), VVitch, Silence of the Lambs, and the first half of Silent Hill (2006). The second half of Silent Hill got bogged down in exposition, but I really thought the first half was a masterclass in suspenseful horror. I also have a soft spot for the pseudo-Lovecraftian Apostle (2018).

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Big love for the comment! Apostle is that the Gareth Evans film?

[@darkengine5931]

​@@MarcusFlemmings Yep! I really enjoyed it a lot. It's rather bizarre but I have a soft spot for when horror is combined with a very exotic and historical setting.

[@g.williamwoodward6676]

That was the proper placement of Bone Tomahawk. No movie ever scared me as much

[@MarcusFlemmings]

It's so SCARY!

[@stuarthouse-w6o]

personally i think the scene from hellraiser 2 when the doctor finally gets taken down and turned into a cenobite , then when he comes back he utters the line ''and to think ...., i hesitated ''

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Not seen this scene :)

[@aarushmullick]

This is the one genre I have no ideas about. I don't watch neither like horror movies. Being a film lover am I gonna regret it?

[@AmityvilleFan]

Not necessarily. Horror is the most creative branch of filmmaking when it comes to that, but it comes with a lot of death and disturbing imagery, so if you don't like it, don't force it,

[@MarcusFlemmings]

I don't like horror either and know nothing about horror - which is why this list is perfect for you!

[@aarushmullick]

@@MarcusFlemmings didn't realise we were so alike 😄

[@prodac]

Yeah man Zahler is a great contemporary filmmaker, all three of his films mentioned show he is an auteur in a time where Hollywood is laking. Cool little footnote to Tomahawk, Kirt Russell, shot it just before Hateful Eight so was all good to go with with the great moustache! I find it hard really to put films in a top ten order really as if we're honest , Alien can't be that far down the list! I feel we are kindred spirits in our movie and musical tastes, thought your vid about trip hop was great to, with potential to be made it to a long form doc, worth thinking about.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Your comment here is incredible! Thank you! Yeah, the trip hop doc has potential to be long form. I agree. But as I've learn on KZbin, I'll need another channel to do that as it'll flop on this film channel. But there is so much to go into! As for Alien...litterl secret, I prefer Aliens! But it's not horror at all!

[@amyb4196]

I love your videos, but I’m not a big action guy. I love horror more, and I’m so happy I found a video you made about it! You’re so genius, thanks for your channel!

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Big love :)))

[@SocialBobcat]

4:14 i tell people exactly this: the Alien story ended with Aliens and the other movies don't exist 😄 though hey maybe Alien Romulus will strike gold soon, who knows

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Spoiler alert, Alien Romulus won't strike gold!

[@SewerTapes]

I adore everything you mentioned here with the exception of two. I don't like the Saw series (even though I'm a gore nut), and I haven't seen the original The Vanishing (looks way better than the American version, which I have seen). Whenever someone mentions Takashi Miike, I get giddy because I am a Miike superfan. Audition is easily his best horror film. However, my top two favorite Miike films are not horror. One is The Happiness of the Katakuris, a truly unique comedy unlike no other, and one of the best films ever made (in my humble opinion). The second is Deadly Outlaw Rekka, a slice of Yakuza vengeance gold. If you have not seen these two, I highly recommend them on my life.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

I need to get more into Milke! I've only seen Audtion -- but that's 1/1 of incredibleness!!!! The Yakuza film sounds amazing and I need to watch Ichi the Killer!

[@SewerTapes]

@@MarcusFlemmings Just know that with 115 directing credits, a film like Audition is closer to the exception than the rule. Miike has a lot of films that come off as absurdist Japanese Roger Corman productions. Ichi is one of those, gaining a reputation for its absolute batsh!t weirdness. Many people mention its violence, but it's mostly very funny looking CGI. Tonally, even though a great deal of its presentation can seem dead serious, it's also absurd to a WTF degree. It's certainly not for everyone, but if you sit down to watch Ichi ready to laugh at some (I believe intentional) outlandishness, I think you'll have a good time.

[@rorydonnan8186]

Are gory slasher movies really scary? Love, Death, and Robots S1 E7: Beyond the Aquila Rift is genuinely horrifying because it suggests the plausible possibility that your reality could be completely false and in fact you exist in an unimaginable nightmare. The concept of The Matrix is scarier than a lot of these films honestly. As a viewer are you really scared? Most horror films startle with jump scares, unsettle with atmosphere, or disgust with gore. Convergence, The Lighthouse (if you agree that Robert Paterson's character is trapped in a loop of perpetual torture for past crimes), Shutter Island, and, Event Horizon are scary because you as the viewer feel unsafe at the possibility you are not experiencing "true" reality but a delusion or distortion of it.

[@AmityvilleFan]

If you want to see a unique-scary flick, watch the birthday-party segment of XX (2017). It's the 2nd segment, not counting the framing.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

You need a channel reviewing these obscure films you watch - they're so far from what my mind can even comprehend...love it!

[@AmityvilleFan]

@@MarcusFlemmings It was actualy a very big event film, not at all obscure. The gimmick was, that each story was written and directed by a woman (who previously did not try horror). It - not unexpectedly - didn't turn out particularly good, thus popular, but I still love that one segment for its outsider-art approach. As I'm running low on un-reviewed Amityville stuff, I'm thinking how to expand my content, will see what can I do.

[@stuarthouse-w6o]

Pitt, Freeman , and Spacey should have all got oscars

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Agreed about Spacey! Great comment! Stick around!

[@Dazgul]

Alien and the thing are 2 of my favourites. Bone tomahawk had a rather disturbing scene. 🤢

[@Dazgul]

Totally agree about Alien and Aliens being the only films of the franchise to exist.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

BIG love for this! And yes, for me, there are no other Alien films!

[@therealghostgirl]

I’m just not scared by horror films anymore. I started reading Stephen King at 11 with a splash of the Vampire chronicles. At 12 my dad and siblings watched every living dead film and capped the night with graveyard shift. Looking back I assume that’s why I’m just not “scared” by much. I will say most of the films on this list are either my favorites or I’m just not able to watch the whole movie because of how well done they are in the scares. Great list!

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Big love! Stick around!

[@mariafernandaparedes975]

very good list. Horror movies are a genre that has more failures than successes, but when they are good, they are gems.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

What's your number 1?

[@mariafernandaparedes975]

@@MarcusFlemmings I don't have a list, but at the top would be the movies that I saw when I was very young (6 to 10 years old) and they kept me awake at night: The Fly, The Omen, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead

[@NaliniKluth]

What are your thoughts on the originally French movie Martyrs?

[@chriswerth918]

@NaliniKluth Now, that was a scary horror film!

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Not seen it! But lemme check on it now :) great comment! Stick around!

[@NicolasSequeira]

Princess Irulan is my favorite floating head of all time

[@MarcusFlemmings]

And fave horror film?

[@michelnormandin8068]

Wasn't aware that patreon allows copyright infringements. KZbin's contractual content enshittification has not yet shutdown efforts from the bests.

[@AmityvilleFan]

Not copyright infringement. KZbin is just overobsessive randomly on certain type of content, they don't even recognise the wassisnumber law on fair use!

[@MarcusFlemmings]

They are far more lax on certain things...ALL my videos immediately get copyright warnings as soon as I upload them. Because I am using so much film footage!

[@stuarthouse-w6o]

another scary scene the second abduction in Under The Skin and then the victim sees what happens to the chap before him... to realise his fate.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Yeah, I never quite liked that film but I see it's merits!

[@OzanBurada]

Watching the video two movies came to my mind: The Descent and Harry (Frenc movie Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien). The descent was solid well done horror movie. I know not everybody liked that one. Harry is quite underrated, unknown frenc movie. Te whole story is incribly well done till the end. The final is just perfect end to the whole ordeal. I dont know why I thought of it, thou.

[@chriswerth918]

I like that you included BoneTomahawk. This one would find a place on my list, too 😉

[@stuarthouse-w6o]

yeah, that execution scene down in the cells in the caves catches you out dunnit.. you can't unsee it either

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Incredible film! Love it! Thanks for the comment :)

[@anna_s9921]

I like this list but as in thumbnail i looove hereditary where the whole plot around the things that are already in motion and cannot be changed haven't seen in a while but i remember i was really scared of the others with nicole kidman and the last a south korean jam - the wailing ps I remember I have seen 6 souls and there was ongoing question do you believe in God and then next day someone on the street approached me and asked me if I believe in God and I must tell this is still one of random scariest things that happened to me, so 6 souls is the scariest movie personally to me

[@MarcusFlemmings]

So I left out The Wailing..as I mentioned it in another video...but it is a great film! Hereditary surprised me...it's conventional horror but wonderful! His best film. Not seen the other film you mentioned :)

[@gamervet4760]

Just a couple more to add that aren't gory, but scary are The Prince of Darkness and The Possessor. I dare not spoil either, and The Possessor sounds like it's from the 80s, I promise it's not.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

It does sound very 80's! Shall google them now!

[@gamervet4760]

@MarcusFlemmings Sure, they're pretty good as Prince of Darkness was right after The Thing. Though, I'll leave the Easter Eggs for you to see. 😁

[@JerryListener]

This is one of the few lists that I agree with almost completely. A triumph, sir!

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Big love for the comment! Stick around!

[@ThomasHealy-c6e]

Excellent video!👍🏻

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Big love for the comment! Stick around!

[@Castragroup]

Great analysis

[@MarcusFlemmings]

Huge love for this! Stick around!

[@thankyoujodi]

The thing Alien Rosemary's baby Funny games The Blair witch project Goodnight, mommy The exorcist Ringu Seven Irreversible

[@MarcusFlemmings]

TOP list! Would maybe remove Irreversible...as great as it is! Thanks for the comment!

[@thankyoujodi]

@MarcusFlemmings really? I thought you would've removed Blair witch. Now I'm interested in your thoughts on TBW. Irreversible scares the shit out of me. I know you dig Climax, but Irreversible is one of the most nightmarish experiences I've sat through.

[@MarcusFlemmings]

@@thankyoujodi Blair Witch I didn't particuarly like, but I understand it's value and importance - Irreversible is like watching a really complex drama where characters do all the wrong things and there are some very graphic scenes and the spinning camera but I didn't feel a sense of being scared per se :)

[@gew43]

come and see ?