10 Horror Movies Which Broke The Fourth Wall To Scare You

10. The Woman in Black

Released in 2012, The Woman in Black was a terrifying piece of period horror from the thought-to-be-defunct British genre stalwart, Hammer Studios. Starring Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe as a grieving father tasked with taking an inventory of a supposedly haunted remote manor, the film's creepy story saw a string of gruesome accidents befall local children after the unassuming protagonist's arrival.

This bleak flick was a tonal departure from director James Watkins' bloodier previous film, 2008's hoodie horror Eden Lake. However, despite earning a 12 rating in its home country, The Woman in Black managed to be more memorably dark than a lot of gorier entries into the genre.

The film's scary simplicity is best epitomised in the closing moments of this chilling horror.

Radcliffe's hero may be dead, but he's reunited with his son and wife in the afterlife, so at least it's not totally terrifying...

That is, until the eponymous evil turns to face you, the unsuspecting viewer, in the film's unexpected and blood-freezing final shot.