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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They Look Like People (2016)
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90%
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6.0
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself....
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Unsane (2018)
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80%
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6.5
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional....
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Wait Until Dark (1967)
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95%
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7.8
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless ...
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
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96%
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7.0
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire....
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Dementia (2015)
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75%
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5.1
After being diagnosed with Dementia, an elderly war veteran is forced by his estranged family to hire a live-in nurse, only to find she harbors a sinister secret....
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Frailty (2001)
- Featured Psychological, Psychological, Thriller | Drama, Dysfunctional Family, Madness, Police, Religion, Serial Killer
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73%
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7.3
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."...
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Hannibal Rising (2007)
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15%
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6.2
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldi...
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May (2002)
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69%
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6.7
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her....
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
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85%
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7.3
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable you...
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The ABCs of Death (2013)
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36%
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4.7
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion pi...
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