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Devil (2010)
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
80 minutes. A grim opening sets the mood before an elevator stops with strangers inside it. If you like a mystery that can make darkness and silence in one cramped place do most of the work, this gets down to it quickly.
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The Shallows (2016)
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
86 minutes. The movie begins with somebody finding evidence of trouble on the beach. It then follows a surfer caught near shore, where a short distance from safety starts to feel enormous.
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Feast (2005)
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
87 minutes. The people in an isolated bar get word of the danger almost as soon as you've met them. Watch it for a monster siege whose jokes and deliberately exaggerated characters arrive with the scares.
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Creep (2014)
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
78 minutes. A videographer arrives for a strange assignment with a man he has never met. The early requests feel plausible right up to the moment the client pushes them too far. Choose this for a scare that makes ordinary politeness feel like a problem.
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Creep 2 (2017)
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
78 minutes. The opening gives you an early look at the man who will hire another videographer. By the time she arrives with her camera, his unsettling idea of the film and her need to make one give both characters a reason to keep the conversation going.
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From Beyond (1986)
6.6/10on IMDb
Released
85 minutes. A laboratory machine shows early what happens when its operators can sense more than they planned. Pick this if you want practical creature effects and a horror movie that puts the impossible result on screen up front.
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Re-Animator (1985)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
86 minutes. The initial experiment goes badly before Herbert West reaches his new school. It is a quick indication of how far the movie will take its body horror, and how dry a sense of humor it will keep while things go wrong.
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Black Sunday (1960)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
87 minutes. The prologue begins with a disturbing punishment and a curse. This is a good choice if you want the scare to arrive early and the rest of the movie to let black-and-white Gothic atmosphere build around it.
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
75 minutes. An ominous introduction puts the house and its history in front of you right away, then Vincent Price offers his guests money to stay all night. Choose it for a haunted-house party with quick jolts and a host who seems to be having a very good time.
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
7.8/10on IMDb
Released
75 minutes. The mill is still burning when the story returns to the monster. The early danger gets this sequel moving before it makes room for the stranger and sadder question of who might willingly keep him company.
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Vacancy (2007)
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
85 minutes. A couple in an isolated motel realizes the tapes in their room show something that happened in the same place. The room becomes a different kind of space once they understand what they are looking at. The discovery gives the movie an immediate, practical reason to stay tense.
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Child's Play (1988)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
87 minutes. The original 1988 movie opens with a chase into a toy store and a supernatural transfer that gives the doll its secret. The early scenes can then be unsettling even when the boy who owns the doll thinks he has an ordinary toy.
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Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
87 minutes. A prologue brings the first movie’s danger home before the next group arrives near Crystal Lake. It gives the familiar camp setup a forewarning that keeps the quieter arrival scenes tense. This is the 1981 sequel.
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
86 minutes. Tommy Jarvis visits Jason’s grave in the opening and gets a much quicker answer than he wanted. The movie commits to its supernatural turn immediately. It is an easy fit if you want campy timing alongside the scares.
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House (1977)
7.2/10on IMDb
Released
88 minutes. Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 Japanese film brings disorienting cuts and unreal colors into the story before the girls arrive at the house. Early oddness is the attraction. Watch it for a haunted-house film that can turn a visual joke into a threat in the same shot.
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