Don't Even Blink!
by chibinekodobe | created - 20 Apr 2013 | updated - 18 Sep 2015 | PublicHorror films and TV episodes that kept my sister and I, hardened horror fans, up at night.
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1. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Votes: 466,613 | Gross: $56.00M
2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,547,871 | Gross: $130.74M
3. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 718,156 | Gross: $32.00M
4. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,451 | Gross: $140.54M
5. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
Votes: 374,958 | Gross: $129.13M
6. The Strangers (2008)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher
Votes: 143,555 | Gross: $52.60M
7. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,511 | Gross: $61.28M
8. Session 9 (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas
Votes: 62,893 | Gross: $0.38M
9. Silent Hill (2006)
R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 243,985 | Gross: $46.98M
10. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Campbell Scott
Votes: 140,045 | Gross: $75.07M
11.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Legacy
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective presents himself at the BAU, asking for help because the homeless in his area have begun to disappear.
Director: Glenn Kershaw | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,203
12.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Lucky
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A killer is abducting women and forcing them to eat fingers before killing them, Rossi plays with Morgan's head, and Garcia meets a man at the local coffee shop.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 3,012
13.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
No Way Out
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gideon matches wits against the most prolific serial killer ever found, and the results are surprising.
Director: John Gallagher | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,432
14.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Uncanny Valley
(2010)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 2,970
15.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Sense Memory
(2011)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU travels to Los Angeles to investigate unusual murders throughout the city. Also, more of Prentiss' mysterious past comes to light.
Director: Rob Spera | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 1,836
16.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Heathridge Manor
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an Oregon woman is found dead in an abandoned asylum, the BAU realizes that the victim is part of a series of gothic, ritualistic murders and the suspect might be a Satanist.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 2,759
17.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Company
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU searches for Morgan's cousin in Chicago when his sister Desiree is injured in a car accident after chasing a car presumed to be carrying his cousin.
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 1,840
18.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
God Complex
(2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team pursues an unsub who surgically performs needless amputations.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 2,495
19.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Good Earth
(2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU is asked to investigate when 4 unconnected men go missing without trace. When the body of one victim is found the evidence just adds to the mystery.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 2,229
20.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Wheels on the Bus...
(2012)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team searches for a missing school bus filled with students in Washington, DC.
Director: Rob Hardy | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 2,533
21.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Lesson
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Deaths of joint-dislocated men with dyed black hair draw the attention of the BAU.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 2,747
22.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
All That Remains
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect.
Director: Thomas Gibson | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 1,705
23.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Broken
(2013)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found wearing watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect the crimes.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 1,791
24. Rear Window (1954)
PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 521,974 | Gross: $36.76M
25. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,404
26. Oculus (2013)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane
Votes: 139,717 | Gross: $27.70M
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