Horror and Thriller movies to watch at night
Movies begin with an idea. These are made to educate, entertain and persuade people about a single matter and since the world has a lot of issues to tackle, movies are divided into different genres. We have Action, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller and many more. But today, we’ll only be discussing horror and thriller movies.
Horror and thriller genres are sometimes conflated with each other however, it is important for us to know that there are important distinctions between them. Actually, horror is concerned with making the viewer or reader feel afraid, while thrillers aim to create tension and excitement. Yet, despite having these difference, both of it share the same objective: to frighten, shock, and cause dread in the audience. As a matter of fact, listed below are five (5) Horror and Thriller movies that you can watch at night.
Horror and Thriller movies to watch at night
Our first two movie here is all about people vs. mysterious creatures and bad luck.
1. A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place is a terrifyingly tense thriller movie that shows the life of a family who tend to live in silence in order to evade an unknown monster hunting them by sounds.
This movie uses the tagline “If they hear you, they hunt you” which is a great idea in encouraging viewers to watch the film. In fact, this movie already released its part 2 last 2020.
2. Final Destination (2000)
Final Destination is an American Horror franchise that consists a number of five (5) frightening films. In this movie, the enemy of the characters is pure bad luck. So, the question here is “How are they going to survive it?
Now that we’re done with the first two (2) movies, here’s another horror/thriller film that you can enjoy.
3. Ready or Not (2019)
Ready or Not is one of the solid movies of Samara Weaving. In this film, she is Grace, a happy go lucky newly married woman to her husband, Daniel. However, twist comes when she found herself hiding from her in-laws who are armed with different weapons trying to kill her before dawn. What is she going to do?
After that, we still have two (2) remaining movies of possession and zombie in our list.
4. Smile (2022)
Smile is a psychological horror film that showcases how Dr. Rose Cotter, the lead character of the movie witnessed a strange incident that happened to be the reason why her life begun to change.
As per seen in the film, her life was twisted from peaceful to a miserable one and the only thing that can bring it back to normal is her dealing and solving her troubled past. How will she handle it?
5. World War Z (2013)
World War Z is a typical horror-action zombie apocalypse movie yet, the suspense on this film is killer.
It starts with a story of Gerry Lane, a U.N Investigator and his family getting stuck in a traffic. It was all fun and games and it was supposed to be a family day. But, little did they know that starting from that day, their city will turn into chaos especially when people around them starts biting each other. What will he do in order to protect his family?
And that’s it, a total number of five (5) Horror and Thriller movies that you can watch at night with your family, friends, and loved ones. Take time to enjoy it and don’t forget to scream out of your lungs.
Nathalie Shien is a 4th year BUeño taking a degree in Journalism under the Department of Print and Broadcast Media at the College of Arts and Letters. She is a well motivated individual who finds writing as one of her favorite things to do. It is her past time hobby to write literary works such as poems, short stories and many more. Aside from this, she loves to talk with people, socialize with them as she saw that it is a great help to understand someone's story. Besides, her desire to become a great writer improved as she joined their school-based organization namely as Bicol Organization of Neo-Journalists (BONJour).