5 Horror Movies So Incredibly Tense They’ll Keep You Glued to the Screen, Picked by Reddit
Are you ready to get your adrenaline pumping?
A special offer for people with a strong nervous system – Reddit users chose the most intense horror films that will definitely make your heart beat (a lot) faster, and we picked just five of the best.
1. Green Room, 2015
A little-known punk band, The Ain't Rights, travels through the province trying to make a living. The road leads them to a club for Nazis, where the guys witness a murder. On the one hand, they understand that no one is going to let them off so easily now, but on the other hand, what can they do against a crowd of aggressive, armed skinheads? So far the musicians, locked in a small room, are still alive, but it is not clear how to get out of this situation without casualties.
From the description, Green Room may seem like a high-speed action movie, but in reality this is not entirely true – this is a project that does not pursue speed and dynamics, but puts the main emphasis on suppressing the viewer, infecting him with the fear that drives the characters to the situation they find themselves in.
2. Blue Ruin, 2013
Blue Ruin is a Kickstarter-funded movie by Jeremy Saulnier, the director of the aforementioned Green Room. It's also perhaps the most unusual revenge film of the last decade.
The revenge is not the end of the story, but its beginning: a homeless main character learns that the man who killed his parents is being released from prison. He travels back to his hometown and takes revenge on the murderer, only to have a bloody feud begin between his family and the family of the murdered man.
Despite budgetary constraints, Jeremy Saulnier confidently uses his directorial talent to create a powerful story about the cycle of violence – there is minimal dialogue and a lot of blood.
3. Backcountry, 2014
The bear is one of the most dangerous animals in the wild, but it doesn't make it to the big screen very often. Almost the only example of good bear horror is the Canadian Backcountry, based on a true story of a couple who faced a deadly threat in the forest.
The movie skillfully builds suspense and works well with the environment – endless forests where a person is vulnerable and helpless. Backcountry focuses much more on the characters than a typical slasher movie, and therefore builds suspense much more confidently.
4. The Descent, 2005
Six girls decide to explore a cave that has clearly been visited before, but nobody knows anything about the previous tourists or the place. Neil Marshall's film can truly be called one of the leaders of low-budget horror: the movie paid for itself 16 times over and even won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 2006.
The movie has become a real nightmare for claustrophobes: as soon as the audience gets used to the striking mountain views, they are locked inside stone walls.
5. Eden Lake, 2008
Jenny and Steve are on their way to a romantic weekend at a cottage on the shore of a picturesque lake in the middle of the woods. But on the very first day, local teenagers disrupt the couple's relaxation – playing loud music, bringing along an angry dog, and not hesitating to stare at Jenny in a bathing suit.
Attempts to talk to them calmly lead nowhere, and the next day there is a broken beer bottle in the wheel of Jenny and Steve's Jeep and bugs in the food container. From that moment on, an adrenaline-fueled race for survival begins, with only the last frame to decide who was the victim and who was the pursuer.