It’s a notion that it is not an easy job for filmmakers to make their audiences laugh. However, they are a tougher nut to crack when it comes to genuinely scaring the hell out of them. For today’s recco write-up, we have shortlisted for you a collection of five must-watch horror films. You can stream these movies on the Jio Cinema OTT platform. And we suggest that you watch these five movies alone in a dark room with your headphones on, for maximum effect.
Dawn of the Dead, 2004
Zack Snyder’s underrated zombie horror flick revolves around a group of people who desperately try to survive hordes of flesh-eating zombies while trapped inside a shopping mall.
Knock at the Cabin, 2023
Helmed by Manoj Night Shyamalan, the psychological horror flick revolves around how a family vacationing in a far-off cabin are held hostage by a group of armed intruders and are forced to make an extremely difficult choice.
The fifth ‘Evil Dead’ horror movie focuses on a family which comprises two estranged sisters and their three kids. After one of the kids accidentally unleashes an evil force inside their LA apartment, it’s up to the protagonist to save the kids from flesh possessing demons.
Jaws, 1975
Steven Spielberg’s cult creature horror movie follows a police chief (played by Roy Schieder), who joins forces with a marine biologist and an experienced ship captain to stop a killer shark from wreaking havoc on the beach town tourists.
M3gan, 2022
The film follows a roboticist Gemma, who creates an artificially intelligent, life-sized robot doll called M3gan. When Gemma is given the responsibility of her orphaned niece, she decides to pair M3gan with her niece. But the decision turns out to be their worst nightmare.