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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The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
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75%
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6.1
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life....
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The Harvest (2013)
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65%
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6.1
Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Mar...
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The Limehouse Golem (2016)
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74%
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6.3
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible....
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The Ninth Gate (1999)
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42%
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6.7
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and...
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Wolf Creek (2005)
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52%
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6.3
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive...
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Honeymoon (2014)
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73%
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5.7
A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night....
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Goodnight Mommy (2014)
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86%
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6.7
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is...
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Bone Tomahawk (2015)
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90%
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7.1
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is f...
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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
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72%
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5.8
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil ...
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Session 9 (2001)
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63%
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6.5
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back....
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