Horror Movies Without Jump Scares
List by allhorrorSome people like jump scares, some people don’t. For those of you who think jump scares are a cheap cop-out, here’s our list of horror movies which prefer to creep up on you gradually, building a cerebral web of intrigue and atmosphere to drag you into their world. Certified to contain no cats jumping out of closets, no startling confrontations with mirrors, and no supposedly dead characters who pop back off the ground.
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Funny Games (1997)
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64%
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7.6
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement....
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Cargo (2018)
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57%
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6.3
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter....
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Here Alone (2016)
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46%
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5.6
After a terrible virus ravages human civilization, Ann finds herself living alone in a forest, foraging for supplies, and accompanied only by a radio that broadcasts a single transmission in French. F...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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73%
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7.5
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van...
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Cube (1997)
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62%
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7.3
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out....
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Kill List (2011)
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77%
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6.4
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart...
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Let Me In (2010)
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88%
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7.1
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book....
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Maggie (2015)
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59%
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5.6
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condit...
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Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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89%
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7.7
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tel...
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Mayhem (2017)
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82%
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6.3
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses....
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