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Insidious named scariest Halloween movie of all time

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

03:53 28 Oct 2021


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Horror and Halloween fans-we need your thoughts on this.

A new study has stated Insidious is apparently the scariest Halloween movie of all time.

The study carried out by MattressOnline went through over thirty-four thousand reviews on IMDB.

The main criteria?

How many times the words "nightmare" and "sleep" were mentioned.

The 2010 horror film racked up a score of 206, beating classics like Scream and The Blair Witch Project.

One reviewer commented: "When it scares you both in the theatre, and hours later when you try to sleep at night. Tonight, I will have lots of trouble sleeping.”

The film itself focuses on a couple played by Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, as their young son falls into a coma following a paranormal incident in the attic.

Here's the full list - did any of your favourites make the cut?

Movie Scare Score
1. Insidious (2010) 206
2. Scream (1996) 196
3. The Blair Witch Project (1999) 166
4. The Ring (2002) 155
5. Mother! (2017) 154
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 141
7. The Grudge (2004) 136
8. The Exorcist (1973) 127
9. Halloween (1978) 117
10. Sinister (2012) 112
11. Alien (1979) 109
12. The Omen (2006) 101
13. Sleepy Hollow (1999) 101
14. The Conjuring (2013) 92
15. It (2017) 88
16. The Shining (1980) 86
17. Hellraiser (1987) 86
18. The Descent (2005) 84
19. Final Destination (2000) 83
20. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 80
21. Poltergeist (1982) 80
22. The Hills Have Eyes (2006) 74
23. Midsommar (2019) 72
24. The Evil Dead (1981) 72
25. Hereditary (2018) 70


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