Horror flicks like to play with fears of the supernatural unknown - ghosts, goblins, mythical monsters - but the creepiest stories out there just might be the ones that actually happen all the time in the real life. Serial killers and stalkers just invoke a different type of anxiety than vampires and werewolves.
Home invasion movies are a sub-genre of many horror and thrillers films that prey upon the incredibly realistic fear of the safety of a home being violated. Let's take a look at 10 of the creepiest home invasion movies, as ranked by their IMDb scores.
10 The Resident (5.3)
It seems too good to be true when Juliet (Hilary Swank) gets a great price on a gorgeous new place, not to mention that it comes with a charming landlord (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
It is indeed too good to be true. The idea of a landlord with keys to the apartment being romantically obsessed with his tenant is terrifying as it is, but the maze of tunnels in the walls to spy on her and hide under her bed at night takes it to a whole new level of creepy.
9 The Strangers (6.2)
Less is more, and that's certainly true of The Strangers. A couple in need of a getaway go to their private vacation home but are terrorized by three unknown people in disturbing masks.
These killers have little dialogue, don't show their faces, and perhaps the worst part, they have no motive. At one point, a traumatized Kristen (Liv Tyler) begs them to tell her why they're doing this. The chilling answer she gets is simply, "because you were home."
8 Them (6.4)
Much like The Strangers, this French horror film is about a couple being viciously tormented by a mysterious group of people. Lucas and Clementine wake up in the middle of the night to find their car has been stolen, their phone lines are down, and someone (or more than one someone) has been in their house.
Them is far from a slow burn and gets right into the action. It also claims to be based on true events, just to add on that extra creep-factor.
7 The Collector (6.4)
A handyman with financial troubles decides to rob his well-off employers but soon realizes that he picked the wrong day to do it, as a serial killer that booby-traps the homes of his victims chose the same time to strike.
The Collector is a great mix of thrilling, original, and gory. It leaves the audience initially confused about who to side with - the man that was going to steal from a kind family or a deranged murderer.
6 You’re Next (6.5)
A family reunion is interrupted by a band of weapon-wielding killers in animal masks in Adam Wingard's horror-mystery You're Next. It's almost like a horror version of Knives Out between the intrigue, the murder, the rich family, and the fight for inheritance money.
You're Next is scary but fun, and there's something so satisfying about a protagonist who turns the tables on the villains that keeps a horror movie from getting too depressing.
5 Hush (6.6)
Hush is smart, anxiety-inducing, and creepy in the best ways. It is a horror-thriller told from the point of view of a deaf woman named Maddie. Part of what makes this movie so terrifying is that it really transports the watcher into the point of view of the protagonist and mimics deafness.
The audience can see everything that's happening, but Maddie is oblivious to the clear danger until the killer wants her to know that he is there for his sick game of cat and mouse.
4 Inside (6.8)
Co-directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, Inside is a French film that brings one of every woman's worst nightmares to life.
After the death of her husband, a pregnant woman is violently terrorized by a mysterious woman trying to steal her unborn child. The unsettling subject matter and the unique use of claustrophobia and gore make Inside an instant horror classic.
3 Don’t Breathe (7.1)
Don't Breathe starts out a bit typically with three, immature 20-somethings planning to get-rich-quick by robbing a helpless blind man. The tables turn when they realize that not only is he more than capable of defending himself, but that he has a horrifying secret of his own worse than they could have imagined.
Much of the action sequences of the movie take place in dim lighting, mimicking the old man's experience, as well as adding a constant sense of tension.
2 Straw Dogs (7.5)
Straw Dogs plays on the fear of moving to a new place to the extreme. Made in 1971 and starring Dustin Hoffman, it follows a couple's move into a new town where they are faced with escalating harassment by some of their new neighbors.
The film's ending sequences of violence, as well as the graphic and controversial assault scenes, are alarming and memorable. The remake made in 2011 stars Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, and Alexander Skarsgard.
1 Funny Games (7.6)
A family is taken hostage by a sadistic duo who use them to play twisted games with each other in this foreign classic that was first made in 1997, then remade in 2007. The creep-factor definitely lays with the well-written antagonists.
They are so scary because they seem well educated and reasonable one moment, and unhinged the next. The audience is left holding their breath on the edge of their seats for most of the film, concerned for this family while simultaneously fascinated by its villains.
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