List of the scariest horror films according to a very serious study

Halloween is right around the corner – look out, your back! Hey, we got you! Very funny. Anyway, enough jokes, Halloween means costume party, glucose overdose, but above all horror movie night. And as we know that choice is impossible every year, and that disappointments are often present (no one knows how to make good horror movies or what?), we found the perfect classification for thriller fans!

For four years, she has been contacted by a mysterious British organization Horror Science Project It maintains its list of the scariest horror movies of all time! And it's very serious: The classification is based on a scientific study involving hundreds of volunteers who watch hours of English-language horror films every year while equipped with a heart monitor. Depending on the heart rate and also on the heart rate variation, the study assigns a score out of 100, which ranks the films according to their horror ranking.

The scariest movie ever will be… evil ! Released in 2012, this film, directed by Scott Derrickson and directed by Ethan Hawke, tells the story of a novelist who moves with his young family into a (obviously) haunted house, and (obviously) everyone dies in the end. According to the study, “The scariest moment in the movie makes hearts beat at up to 131 beats per minute.”. evil He sits in the standings with a good score of 96/100.

Among the top ten in the ranking we also find the ranking Hosts, the house, Insidious, Sorcery, genetics, He smiles, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Talk to me and Hill House LLC.

Of the films released in 2024, only the film is Irish Strangenesswhich blends the eerie, middling and nightmarish wooden puppets, climbs into the top 20 on the list. Fortunately, The Science of Scare Project also dedicates a ranking of the scariest films by year, giving us an overview of the scariest feature films released recently, including our editorial staff's favorite horror films like Article or Long legs.