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Manichitrathazhu 1993
Jumps6 Gore2 Dread6 9.1/10
Best Possession Horror Movies
6 score 1 out of 5 for gore, so squeamishness is a weaker reason to skip these than people assume. 3 never push past 2 for jump scares.
8 of them are films most horror lists never mention. Out of the Dark rates 1.3 higher on Douban than IMDb — Chinese audiences consistently read this kind of horror differently, and the gap is often the most interesting signal on the page. 5 are currently streaming on Shudder.
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Evil Dead II 1987
Jumps6 Gore8 Dread4 8.1/10
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The Blue Elephant 2014
Jumps6 Gore4 Dread6 8.0/10
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08
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The Evil Dead 1981
Jumps8 Gore10 Dread6 7.8/10
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Poltergeist 1982
Jumps6 Gore4 Dread4 7.7/10
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Bring Her Back 2025
Jumps6 Gore8 Dread10 7.6/10
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992
Jumps8 Gore4 Dread10 7.5/10
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Army of Darkness 1992
Jumps2 Gore4 Dread2 7.4/10
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Sleep 2023
Jumps6 Gore2 Dread8 7.3/10
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Out of the Dark 1995
Jumps4 Gore4 Dread4 7.2/10
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The Hidden 1987
Jumps6 Gore6 Dread4 7.2/10
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Insidious 2010
Jumps8 Gore2 Dread6 6.9/10
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Insidious: Out of the Further 2026
Jumps8 Gore2 Dread6 6.4/10
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How these are scored
Every film carries three separate 1–5 ratings — jump scares, gore and dread — because they measure different things. A film can be a 5 for dread and a 1 for gore. Scores are editorial, not aggregated from other platforms, which is the point: review aggregates tell you whether a film is good, not what it will do to you.
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