The Scariest Films Ever Made and How They Frighten Us – Den of Geek

#4 THE GROTESQUE

Whether splatter movie or creature feature, The Grotesque is all about grossing viewers out with leaking wounds and stomach-churning SFX. And its no wonder: were programmed to find broken bodies upsetting, and watching people in pain makes us feel vulnerable too, hence why Martyrs is so hard to watch. Triggered by everything from arachnids and aliens to blood and brains, disgust can be a powerful tool, as Neil Marshall shows in The Descent. Here the slimy, sightless crawlers get battered to death in inventive, unforgettably squishy ways.

Film to see: The Descent

This is the awful feeling of anticipation when you know something bad is going to happen. Its a common feature of the ghost story, where the house is clearly haunted but the spectres take time to reveal themselves. Dread can come from within the story itself, such as the many warnings about Hill House at the start of The Haunting, or technical elements such as extended Steadicam shots, which eke out the tension before a big reveal. In The Shining, the longer Danny (Danny Lloyd) wheels around the corridors in those insinuating, unbroken takes, the more were scared of what lurks around the next corner.

Film to see: The Shining

The Uncanny is that strange, slightly dreamlike sense that what youre seeing is not quite right. It could be something inanimate, like a doll, seeming to move, as in the climax of Dead of Night; something normal subtly altered, like Banshee Chapters blank-faced human monsters; or something jarring in a mundane setting, like the old lady dancing behind Bev (Jessica Chastain) in It Chapter Two. Perhaps the best example if the way Sadako (Rie Inoo) moves towards her victims in Ring. In fact, the actor was filmed walking backwards then the footage reversed, so its no wonder it looks so plainly, petrifyingly wrong.

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