Eleven years later, after their parents' violent death, Tim is released from the mental asylum and reunites with his sister Kaylie. She believes an antique mirror in their house caused the death of their parents. They are claiming that anyone who looks in the supernatural mirror is convinced to do anything.

Kaylie is determined to destroy the mirror. But is she capable enough to destroy such a powerful supernatural entity?

The movie has two plotlines, the present and the other being eleven years later. Oculus is an unpredictable movie that would keep you on edge with its suspense and plot twist in the end.

15. Suspiria (2018)

The plot takes place in 1977 where Susie Bannion, an ambitious woman, enrolls in a renowned dance academy in Berlin. At the same time of her arrival, a student, Patricia Hingle, disappears after she reveals to her psychotherapist that the academy’s matrons are covenants of witches that worship a trio of witches called Three Mothers. 

Suspiria has many unique visuals with a mix of witchcraft and scenes that would make your jaw-drop. It is a movie which would give you a very different and terrifying experience. 

14. It Follows (2014)

After Jaime Height, a 19-year-old girl, has a sexual encounter for the first time with her new boyfriend, Hugh, a curse passes on to her. A curse that can only be passed by having sexual intercourse. The only way she can get rid of it is by giving it to someone else.

Death begins to follow her as a ghost everywhere and in every way possible. Jamie’s friends are unable to believe her until they notice supernatural entities trying to harm her themselves. Jamie’s friends gather together to help her escape and protect herself.

It Follows a modern and different horror movie plot that perfectly suits the 21st century. Not to mention that it also has a crazy amount of jump scares. But be prepared because this movie will make you get a bit scared of having sex with someone for the first time.

13. Mama (2013)

Jeffrey Desange is a stockbroker who lost his money after the financial crisis of 2008. He becomes disturbed and murders his colleague and wife. He takes his two daughters, a toddler, and a baby to a cabin in the woods and tries to shoot them.​

However, when he is about to shoot, a dark shadowy entity pulls him back and kills him. The two girls are abandoned, and the shadowy entity looks after them in the cabin to whom they refer to as "mama." After five years, they are discovered and taken to their uncle's home, where the shadowy entity continues to live with them.

Mama is a paranormal movie while also being an emotional movie. It will make you scared, but at the same time, you'll be empathetic about the tragedies of the characters.

12. Don’t Listen (2020)

Don’t Listen is a Spanish movie also known as Voces. After moving to a new house, Daniel and Sara’s son, Eric, begins to behave differently and tells his parents he has heard voices in the house asking him to make drawings. Eric’s parents arrange his meetings with a doctor who says the voices are only his imagination, but the doctor dies brutally in a car accident while driving back home.

A few days later, Eric strangely dies. Devastated by the death, Sara goes to her mother’s house to rest for a few days. While Daniel is at home, he’s sending a voice message to Sara, but in the voice message, he hears the voice of Eric.

Daniel consults Germán Redondo, a supernatural investigator about the voice of his son. Germán investigates the house along with his daughter Ruth. Soon, they find out the history behind the house and the danger they are in because of a powerful paranormal entity there.

11. Sinister (2012)

Ellison Oswald is a true-crime writer who has been unable to write any bestseller book in a decade. Desperate for a hit, Ellison moves into a house with his wife Tracey, daughter Allison and son Trevor, where previously a family had been murdered. 

Ellison finds several old footages in the attic and clues that prove a dangerous paranormal entity in the house. Each shows a family being brutally murdered by someone.

While unraveling the mystery of the crime, Ellison realizes that living in the house can be fatal for him and his whole family. Ellison is instead now concerned to save his family from ending up in the same fate.

Sinister is one of my favorite horror movies. It has a fascinating yet spooky story that shocks you to your core in the end.

10. The Babadook (2014)

Amelia loses her husband in a car accident while on her way for delivery of their first child, Samuel. She struggles to survive as a single mom and is unable to recover from the loss. Samuel has a fear of monsters which makes him behave violently, due to which his friends become distanced from him.

Amelia and Samuel find a mysterious book in their basement called "Mister Babadook," which has images of a dark shadow-like figure named Babadook who lives in the dark areas of their house. Amelia reads the book to him, and he becomes more scared and violent after reading the book.

Soon, Amelia begins to feel a paranormal entity in their house and tries to destroy the book. However, the next day, the book returns to her.

The Babadook represents how you are more vulnerable to the demons outside you if you're weak from the inside. It shows the struggle of a mother and her son trying to save each other from The Babadook. 

They have no one but each other, and they can't let anyone take that away.

9. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Three severely wounded dead bodies are found at a crime scene. But a mysterious body is also found, which does not match the crime scene and has absolutely no wounds. The Sheriff brings the unidentified corpse, Jane Doe, to two coroners, a son, and a father, to investigate the corpse’s cause of death.

On a stormy night, the father, Tommy, and son, Austin begin the autopsy of Jane Doe. Surprisingly, the corpse is perfect from the outside but has severe internal injuries. As the autopsy continues, Austin and Tommy find some frightening clues behind Jane Doe’s death.

This Jane Doe is unlike anything they have seen before. Tommy and Austin could have never imagined that this autopsy would blow their minds and become a threat to their own lives. The Autopsy of Jane Doe has one of the most interesting paranormal movie plots, which would leave you utterly shocked in the end.

8. Us (2019)

Us follows the story of the Wilson Family, which goes to Santa Cruz, California, for a vacation. While on the beach, their youngest son, Jason, wanders off and sees a mysterious man. His mother, Adelaide, becomes worried as she recalls a traumatic experience of her past where she saw her doppelgänger in a mirror house at that beach.

The same night, a mysterious family in red clothes appears in front of their house. The family breaks into their home, and shockingly, they look the same as each Wilson family member. Except they have a grotesque appearance.

The Wilson family must fight their doppelgänger to survive. But they have each other, which makes them strong. Us is a movie with a unique storyline and a plot twist that you could never see coming.

7. Insidious (2010)

A couple moves to a new house with their sons Dalton and Foster and an infant daughter. One night, Dalton goes inside the attic of their home, where he sees the shadow of an unknown man. Dalton becomes frightened and falls from the attic stairs, and gets into a coma the next day.

After three months, his family brought him back home. But then his mother, Renai, starts experiencing paranormal activity inside the house and is attacked by a demon in the house, after which they decide to move to a new home.

However, Renai continues to see a paranormal entity even in the new house. One day, Renai's mother, Loraine, sees a dream that indicates a paranormal entity with Dalton. After Renai hears the dream, she contacts Elise Rainier, a psychic who comes with her paranormal investigators Tucker and Specs.

Elise investigates their house, after which she says that Dalton isn't in coma, but instead, he is stuck in the purgatory realm called "The Further," and the spirits aim to use Dalton's body to enter the physical world.

6. The Ring (2002)

The Ring follows the story of Rachel Keller, a journalist who investigates a videotape that may be linked to the death of four teenagers, including her niece. A legend says that anyone who watches the videotape, receives a call right afterward and then dies seven days later.

Rachel goes to the same place where the girls had watched the videotape, and she watches the videotape herself. When the videotape ends, she also receives a phone call. She shows the videotape to her husband, and her son sees the videotape as well, putting them both at risk.

As Rachel continues the investigation, the truth behind the videotape begins to unfold. After knowing the truth, Rachel gets in fear of losing her son, husband, and her own life in seven days.

The Ring is considered an all-time top scary paranormal movie. It has creepy scenes and jump-scares which will keep you up all night out of fear.

5. It (2017)

In 1988, in the small town of Derry, Maine, Bill Denbrough made a paper boat for his six-year-old brother, Georgie. Georgie sails the boat down the road, which floats into the sewer where he sees a clown, and afterward, he goes missing. Around the same time, many children are also going missing.

The following summer, Bill and his six friends team up after sharing their strange and terrifying encounters with a scary clown. With the determination to kill the clown, that is a fatal threat to them and the town's other children. If you’re scared of clowns, then It is a horror movie that will make you wet your pants.

4. Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary follows the story of the Graham family, which comprises Annie, her husband Gabriel, son Alex, and daughter Milly. After the death of Annie’s mother, who kept her life very personal, Annie and her children begin to see mysterious visions and experience paranormal activity. A strange supernatural entity is starting to haunt them.

Their experiences are linked to the ominous secrets of their family and emotional trauma, which is being passed down from generations. Will the family be able to escape the sinister fate which they have inherited?

Hereditary is a movie that would not give a second to relax and breathe. You will be unable to guess what happens the next minute. It is a movie with a level of horror for which people were not ready.

3. The Witch (2015)

In 1630, in New England, William and his wife Katherine were cast out of Puritan plantation due to religious conflicts. They settle in a barn at the edge of the forest with their daughter Thomasin, son Caleb, Twins Mercy and Jones, and Samuel, whom she gives birth at the barn.

One day, Thomasin is playing with Samuel in the forest, and suddenly the Samuel vanishes. Katherine blames and mistreats her daughter for losing Samuel.

William goes to the forest for hunting, but while aiming at a rabbit, he gets hurt instead. So Thomasin, Caleb, their dog, and horse head out to the forest for hunting, but Caleb gets lost in the woods, and Thomasin falls from the horse and faints. Thomasin's mom again blames her for losing Caleb and punishes her.

Is this family bound to having a tragic end? You will not be able to guess the end of the movie, but here's a hint, it's mind-boggling.

2. Conjuring (2013)

Conjuring is the first movie of a popular franchise which is listed as the groundbreaking scariest movie. It is the 26th highest-grossing horror film at the worldwide box office. Conjuring is based on the case of famous paranormal investigators Loraine and Ed Warren.

Conjuring follows the story of Roger, Carolyn, and their five daughters, who moved into a new house in 1971. After experiencing some horrific moments of paranormal activity and trauma, the Warrens contact Ed and Loraine. The investigators tell them multiple supernatural entities infest their house, and one entity, in particular, is filled with hate and wants to destroy the Warren family.

Conjuring sets a new standard of horror films and prepares the audience for a level of horror that would scare their pants off and give them a nightmare for days.

1. Get out (2017)

After dating for a couple of months, Chris Washington and Rose Armitage drive to her house upstate to meet her parents and spend the weekend. Chris, at first, is worried about meeting a white family while being a black man. Surprisingly, Rose’s family is highly accommodating, which makes him feel better.

The next day, Chris meets Rose’s extended family in an annual family gathering. Chris notices extremely disturbing behavior by her family, which makes him very uncomfortable. But Chris sees strange behavioral traits of the African-American servants in their house.

However, as the evening progresses, the dark secret of their family begins to unfold. Chris had no clue he had signed up for a weekend that would change his whole life.

In the first few minutes of this movie, things are slowly progressing, and you’re thinking, “it doesn’t seem too bad; what worst can happen?” But oh boy, you’re in for a crazy ride. The movie gets so insane after a point you literally won’t get a second to breathe.

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