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1.4m views12 Horror Movies That Got People Jailed, Punished, or Officially InvestigatedGruesome murder. Illegal trespassing. Moral indecency. Child Endangerment. Animal cruelty. What sound like plot points for a slash...

10.5k voters28 Easy-To-Miss Horror Movie Easter EggsEveryone loves Easter eggs. No, not the pastel-colored creations you hide around the yard for kids at Easter, but the hidden refer...

2.2k votersSimple Explanations To 'Confusing' Horror Movie EndingsOften, horror movies don't offer simple endings. Many of the most intriguing horror films of the last few decades have offered up ...

10.1k votersHorror Movies That Originally Had Much Darker EndingsHorror movies aren’t known for having happy endings. They’re meant to be unsettling, and to leave viewers rattled long after they ...

4.4k voters12+ Horror Movie Fan Theories That Make Your Favorites Even ScarierHorror fans love to theorize about how their favorite films are connected. Whether they’re discussing the minutia of the Stephen K...

133.6k viewsPsychologists Studied Horror Movie Psychopaths And Determined Which Ones Are The Real DealPeople have an unquenchable fascination with psychopaths in our movies. At least from a fictional perspective, they're thought of ...

2.3k votersThe Most Pretentious Horror Movies Ever MadeWhen an intelligent horror film is released, fans of the genre often judge it by its level of pretension. Movies like The Silence ...

7.9k votersPlot Holes That'll Ruin Your Favorite Horror MoviesWe love scary movies and the rush of watching characters go through hell on-screen from the safety of our seats. A lot of horror m...

1.8m viewsTerrifying Horror Movies And The True Stories They're Based OnWhile most, if not all, horror movies include a fair amount of fiction to make the story more gory and gruesome, often times the i...

3.7k votersHorror Movie Endings People Only Pretend To UnderstandThe horror movie genre is filled with simple plots and easily understood endings. But every once in a while, an intelligent horror...

1.7k votersAcclaimed Horror Movies That Got Away With Not Explaining Major ThingsHorror movies are often described as a "guilty pleasure" and rarely make a splash when award season comes around, which is really ...

18.7k viewsThe Origins Of Every Tired Horror Movie TropeWhat is horror? Is it simply a desire to scare and be scared, or is it something more? Is it perhaps a collection of familiar horr...

96k views15 Ways You Didn't Even Realize Horror Movies Are Manipulating You Into FearDespite being essentially ghettoized by film critics and the mainstream film press, horror movies (the good ones, at least) are so...

1.1k votersUnderrated Final Girls In Horror Movies That Deserve More RecognitionThe final girl movie trope is long-standing horror tradition. Most people think of characters such as Laurie Strode (Halloween), N...

6.7k votersAre These Horror Movies Really "Based On A True Story"?Based on a true story. It's a tagline sure to attract curious viewers to any movie making the claim, but horror movies supposedly ...

39.9k views8 Film Ideas Sparked By The Nightmares of ChildrenChildren might just have the richest, strangest, most ingeniously macabre imaginations in the world. Their singularly dark and sum...

715.3k viewsHorror Movie Villains with High Kill CountsWe all (occasionally) enjoy watching people get slain in horror films, but we seldom think of the villain's overall kill counts. I...

397 voters12 Horror Shorts That Became Feature Length Classics You Can Watch Right NowThere are many short horror films you can watch online, but not all of them are chosen to eventually become full length movies. Di...

13.5k voters12 Examples Of The Mandela Effect In Horror Movies That Really Freaked Us OutThe Mandela Effect is a phenomenon that involves groups of people remembering a specific event or circumstance, but in reality, th...

1.6k votersThe Dumbest Moves Made By Every Horror Movie VictimList of the stupid moves that every horror movie victim makes--the worst horror movie cliches. If you've ever found yourself yelli...