These are the 10 scariest movies according to science

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

There’s a lot to choose from, but one movie from 2012 seems to trigger something deep inside us.

What is scary to you?

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Spiders, snakes, ghosts, heights – you could ask a 1000 people what is tthe most scary, and you’d probably end up wih a 1000 different answers.

Why do we seek it out?

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

According to behavioural scientists, we seek out the thrill of being frigthened. due to it happening in a control environment, where there is no actual danger.

Additionally, the adrenaline rush of having fear triggered in the brain, can become borderline addictive.

Best movies to get your rush

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

The Science Scare Project has developed a scoring system, making them able to rank the scariest movies of all time, scoring from 1 being not scary at all to 100 being the scariest anything can be – so let’s dive in!

#10 – Hell House LLC

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Hell House LLC is a 2015 American found-footage supernatural horror film. The film, shot as a documentary, follows a group of Halloween haunted house creators as they prepare for the 2009 opening of their popular haunted attraction, Hell House.

It gets as Scare Score of 75

#9 – Talk To Me

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Talk to Me is a 2022 Australian supernatural horror film. The film follows a group of teenagers discovering they can contact spirits using a mysterious severed and embalmed hand.

It ties with Hell House LLC with a Scare Score of 75.

#8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American supernatural-horror legal-drama film. The film follows a self-proclaimed agnostic who acts as defense counsel representing a parish priest accused of negligent homicide after performing an exorcism.

It has a Scare Score of 76.

#7 – Smile

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Smile is a 2022 American supernatural psychological horror film. It centers around a therapist who witnesses the bizarre suicide of a patient, then becomes overwhelmed with increasingly disturbing and daunting visions that lead her to believe she is experiencing something supernatural.

It has a Scare Score of 78.

#6 – Hereditary

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Hereditary is a 2018 American supernatural psychological horror drama. The film follows a grieving family tormented by sinister occurrences after the death of their secretive grandmother.

It has a Scare Score of 81.

#5 – The Conjuring

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film. It centers around Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting.

It has a Scare Score of 88.

#4 – Insidious

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Insidious is a 2010 supernatural horror film from Canada, U.S. and UK. The story centers on a married couple whose boy inexplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for a variety of demonic entities in an astral plane.

It has a Scare Score of 90.

#3 – Skinamirink

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Skinamarink is a 2022 Canadian experimental horror film. The film follows a young brother and sister who wake up during the night to discover that they cannot find their father and that the windows, doors, and other objects in their house are disappearing.

It has a Scare Score of 91.

#2 – Host

What is scary to you?, Why do we seek it out?, Best movies to get your rush, #10 – Hell House LLC, #9 – Talk To Me, #8 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose, #7 – Smile, #6 – Hereditary, #5 – The Conjuring, #4 – Insidious, #3 – Skinamirink, #2 – Host

Host is a 2020 British independent supernatural horror film. It centers a computer screen film that takes place entirely on a Zoom video call, following a group of friends who attempt to escape from a demon they inadvertently summoned during an online séance.

It has a Scare Score of 95.

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