Creep it real and get your squad together for a horror movie marathon! (#SquadGhouls) These films are among the best horror movies ever made! … Are you brave enough?
9 – Sinister (2012)
A true-crime writer, desperate for a story, finds a box of home movies showing deaths of a family. As he delves deeper in an attempt to solve the mystery, and moves in to that family’s old house, he begins to realise that his own family is in danger.
Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
IMDB: 6.8/10
8 – Shutter (2004)
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A photographer and his girlfriend Jane accidentally hit a woman with their car. Soon after, they begin to see a shadowy figure in all the photographs they take. Jane digs deep to find out who she was and uncovers a shocking secret.
Rotten Tomatoes: 56%
IMDB: 7.1/10
7 – Lights Out (2016)
Rebecca has terrifying childhood memories, particularly being haunted when the lights went out. Years later, she has to relive the fear when her little brother starts experiencing the same torment.
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
IMDB: 6.4/10
6 – The Conjuring (2013)
Here’s one you can watch on Netflix UAE! A couple move into a secluded farmhouse with their five daughters, after which horrifying events start happening. Two demonologists are called to investigate, as they unravel the truth behind the houses’ history.
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
IMDB: 7.5/10
5 – The Witch (2015)
Based in England during 1630, a family is torn apart by the evil forces of witchcraft and black magic, after their youngest child suddenly goes missing and they blame the eldest daughter.
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
IMDB: 6.8/10
4 – Drag me to hell (2009)
Everything is going well for Christine, who has a loving boyfriend, and a great job at a bank. But when she denies an old woman’s request for a loan, Christine gets cursed with eternal damnation by the woman and her life (quite literally) goes to hell.
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
IMDB: 6.6/10
3 – Train to Busan (2016)
There’s a zombie outbreak in Seoul, and people have hopped on to a train to Busan in order to reach safety. But little do they know, they accidentally let a zombie on board.
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
IMDB: 7.5/10
2 – The Babadook (2014)
After her husband suffers a violent death, a troubled woman has to battle with her son’s fear of a monster, who came out of a children’s book and is now living in their house. Soon after, she realises he’s telling the truth.
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
IMDB: 6.8/10
1 – [REC] (2007)
This Spanish Zombie horror film has got to be one of the best heart-stopping thrillers of all time. The story revolves around a television reporter and her cameraman, as they follow emergency workers into a dark apartment and record the horrifying outbreak of a disease that turns humans into cannibals.
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
IMDB: 7.5/10