The creepiest, scariest, most disturbing films I have seen so far
Films I found scary, creepy or disturbing in any way. Also films that have a lot of WTF moments (you think "what just happened!?"). Even if I liked them or not. In random order.
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- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Scares the s*it out of me!
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsLeonard RossiterMalcolm McDowellBrian PettiferThe chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.So creepy, especially near the end, and you really ask yourself "What just happened? WTF did I just watch?!?".
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsMalcolm McDowellMadolyn Smith OsborneA woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.Very tense atmosphere. The ending is really surprising (and a bit creepy) and you just can't figure out and prossess what you just saw.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid WoodRichard WarwickIn this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.Not creepy or anything, but has at least 4 WTF moments.
- DirectorTinto BrassStarsMalcolm McDowellPeter O'TooleHelen MirrenA dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.A bit disturbing with several WTF moments.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsRobin TunneyFairuza BalkNeve CampbellA newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.The end is a bit creepy and so I think it deserves to be here.
- DirectorSteve BeckStarsTony ShalhoubShannon ElizabethEmbeth DavidtzWhen Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things, dies, he leaves his house, fortune, and his prized collection of ghosts.A bit creepy with a few jump scares. At least two disturbing scenes.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.The head choppings are a bit disturbing and the horseman is actually pretty creepy looking. A few jump scares as well.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsMalcolm McDowellAllen GarfieldDaniel SternMega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.Just for the WTF moment near the end, this deserves to be on this list. it is not scary or disturbing, just pretty funny.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellRalph RichardsonRachel RobertsAn ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.Not scary, but a bit disturbing, especially a scene near the middle of the film. That is a huge WTF moment.
- DirectorDavid GriecoStarsMalcolm McDowellMarton CsokasRonald PickupA disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.The whole idea about this story is pretty disturbing and upsetting. Not that creepy or scary, because it is more on the phsycological side. We go into the mind and life of a phedophile, rapist, serial killer and cannibal. That is disturbing.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.Gory, creepy, funny, interesting, sad and disturbing all at once.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- DirectorFrank MerleStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid DastmalchianPaige HowardFive highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsMatt DamonHeath LedgerMonica BellucciWill and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsHeath LedgerMark AddyShannyn SossamonA young priest is sent to Rome to investigate the troubling death of the head of his order.
- DirectorRob ZombieStarsScout Taylor-ComptonTyler ManeMalcolm McDowellLaurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo 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.
- DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsAndy SerkisReece ShearsmithJennifer EllisonA tough, cute woman is kidnapped for ransom and brought to a rural English cottage. David and two morons have way more to worry about than her crime boss stepdad, his two Asian killers and her.