Of course, the show-stopping final shot leaves behind a stunning payoff to the slow build-up.

One particular shot of Carver creeping up on a victim with a duct-taped mouth is especially infamous.

Few horror films had such a powerful effect that they actually induced real-life trauma in viewers, asGhostwatchdid.

Johnny Depp from Tusk and Christopher Walken from Sleepy Hollow

A criminally underrated creature feature,Digging Up the Marrowdeserves more dues for its stark sense of terror.

The film-within-a-film concept ofAntrumis quite clever, pulling a similar trick to the haunted videotapes ofRingfame.

Using a combination of testimonials and dramatic recreations, the film chronicles the harrowing events of the extraterrestrial kidnapping.

Imagery from Pearl and Annabelle: Creation

Fewhorror moviesare able to do the mockumentary premise better.

Imagery from The Substance and Companion

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Gary Hinge (Eric Mencis) smiling at the camera in Horror in the High Desert.

Alice looking back scared in a car with someone next to her in Lake Mungo

The bay’s poster featuring an X-Ray of a huamn skull.

Behind The Mask The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Edward torturing Cheryl from The Poughkeepsie Tapes.

Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene and Mike Smith in BBC special Ghostwatch

Digging Up the Marrow 2014 Ray Wise and Adam Green in Cemetery

Paranormal visions Noroi The Curse, a person with their face distorted stands in a room looking down at the viewer

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The Fourth Kind’s Levitation Scene

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