scariest movies that wont let you sleep at night
by the_movie_aweditor | created - 07 Jan 2020 | updated - 07 Jan 2020 | Publicthis is a list of horror, psycho thrillers and creepy movies
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1. Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As their curse spreads on, the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Niiyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 10,883
2. Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
R | 104 min | Horror
Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Nicki Aycox, Garikayi Mutambirwa
Votes: 70,595 | Gross: $35.67M
3. The Descent (2005)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder
Votes: 247,003 | Gross: $26.02M
4. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
Not Rated | 159 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Ameesha Patel
Votes: 32,284 | Gross: $1.10M
5. Raat (1992)
127 min | Horror
Mini shifts to her new house along with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Shrma, as well as, nephew Bunty. Bunty finds a cat in the backyard of the house and gets attracted to it but the cat soon ... See full summary »
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Revathi, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri, Akash Khurana
Votes: 1,306
6. Aahat (I) (1995–2000)
Horror
Aahat (English: An approaching sound) is an Indian thriller/horror television anthology series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television.The series premiered on 12 October 1995.
Stars: Akshita Agnihotri, Vijay Raj, Ashutosh Rana, Rajesh Khattar
Votes: 67
7. Ssshhhh... Koi Hai (2001–2004)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A non hosted horror anthology series.
Stars: Krishnakant Goswami, Vishnu Sharma, Shahbaaz Khan, Mamik Singh
Votes: 859
8. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 158,137 | Gross: $72.59M
9. Darna Mana Hai (2003)
Not Rated | 121 min | Horror
After their car breaks down in the middle of the night, seven friends find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.
Director: Prawaal Raman | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi
Votes: 3,848
10. The Mist (2007)
R | 126 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
Votes: 340,535 | Gross: $25.59M
11. The Visit (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie
Votes: 151,524 | Gross: $65.21M
12. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,663 | Gross: $140.54M
13. The Wicker Man (1973)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
Votes: 92,328 | Gross: $0.06M
14. 13B: Fear Has a New Address (2009)
Not Rated | 146 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
Director: Vikram K. Kumar | Stars: Madhavan, Nitu Chandra, Poonam Dhillon, Saranya Ponvannan
Votes: 8,489 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Tumbbad (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
Directors: Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi, Adesh Prasad | Stars: Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date-Kelkar, Ronjini Chakraborty
Votes: 58,956
16. 3AM (2015– )
TV-MA | Reality-TV
Life in NYC after 3:00 AM. We also, have stayed after 3 AM in a club or a party , but what if your life starts at 3 AM and what more perfect for that than New York city. The camera follow ... See full summary »
Stars: Markus Kelle, Jay DiFeo, Daniel Stagliano, Josh Ostrovsky
Votes: 99
17. Pizza (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller
A pizza delivery boy lands in a mysterious circumstance and it works a dramatic change in his life.
Director: Karthik Subbaraj | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Ramya Nambeeshan, Aadukalam Naren, Karunakaran
Votes: 8,696
18. Bees Saal Baad (1962)
Not Rated | 158 min | Thriller, Musical, Mystery
When a young man's family gets haunted by a spirit, he is warned not to return to his hometown, but he decides to investigate the issue.
Director: Biren Nag | Stars: Biswajeet Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Manmohan Krishna, Madan Puri
Votes: 421
19. Stree (2018)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Horror
In the small town of Chanderi, the menfolk live in fear of an evil spirit named "Stree" who abducts men in the night. Based on the urban legend of "Nale Ba" that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s.
Director: Amar Kaushik | Stars: Ashish Chhipa, Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 38,462
20. Kaal (2005)
Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
A tiger expert, his wife, two tourists and a village chief engage in a battle for survival against supernatural beasts within Jim Corbett National Wildlife Park.
Director: Soham Shah | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, John Abraham, Lara Dutta
Votes: 5,962 | Gross: $0.34M
21. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Votes: 466,836 | Gross: $56.00M
22. Session 9 (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas
Votes: 62,910 | Gross: $0.38M
23. Bhaagamathie (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
IAS officer Chanchala Reddy is imprisoned in a haunted house, while she is interrogated by law enforcers investigating a politician they suspect of corruption.
Director: Ashok G. | Stars: Anushka Shetty, Jayaram, Murli Sharma, Prabhu
Votes: 3,337
24. Fallen (1998)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 92,631 | Gross: $25.19M
25. Horror Story (I) (2013)
91 min | Horror
Seven youngsters decide to spend a night in an abandoned haunted hotel. What they mistook as merely rumors, dawns on them to be the truth as they realize they are not alone inside.
Director: Ayush Raina | Stars: Karan Kundrra, Nishant Malkani, Hasan Zaidi, Ravish Desai
Votes: 2,049
26. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 14,336 | Gross: $21.41M
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