The Descent is my go-to recommendation for scary without gore. Extremely tense, creepy and claustrophobic.
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In no particular order, just as they occur to me
+1 for “Talk to me” it is one of my favourites now, a very well executed story.
Yeah, I went into it thinking 'standard teen supernatural slasher' and it was...not that at all.
Dropping another a couple others on this list: Last Shift and Creep, ones to watch without seeing a trailer.
Just watched Last Shift and really liked it, thanks for the recommendation!
Late reply, but excellent, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was pretty much my top film choice before Talk to Me pipped it!
Coincidentally, I just watched Creep the same night as your comment. Some of it was predictable, but my heart was racing during some parts. Thanks for that one as well!
Yeah got to agree with the predictability of some bits. The weird, awkwardly and tense parts make up for it at least.
Apparently there are more in the Creep series, but I’ve not watched them - I feel like the format probably doesn’t work so well after seeing it play out once
There are different genres of horror. Personally I like mid to late 1970s. Think Halloween with Jamie Curtis, or When A Stranger Calls.
Don’t be afraid to dig into the past, like John Carpenter’s version of The Fog. Or Tobe Hooper’s mini series of Salems Lot. There’s also the 70s classic, Carrie.
If you want to go further back, there are some fun anthology movies from the 60s like Twice Told Tales with Vincent Price.
Carrie ❤ And don't forget about Carpenter's remake of The Thing!
Which of the old movies still hold up great? They may have pioneered many things, but since then those things have been so widely used in later horror movies that they feel cliché, even though they did it first, if that makes sense.
A newer one I thought was good for not alot of gore was The Night House.
Definitely second The Ritual and Hush.
I'm not sure if it counts as horror per se but Horse Girl was unsettling.
And maybe I'm dorky but The Babadook was actually really good with a kinda happy ending.
And I'm unsure if The Wailing technically fits everyone's definition of no gore. I mean, it's not a slasher movie by any means, but there is blood (although its mostly on the living) and ghosts that are definitely dead.