10 Most Fear Inducing Horror Movies To Watch Alone

10. The Shining (1980)

Kubrick's horror masterpiece, The Shining has the power to scare even if viewed with twenty friends, all dancing the conga in the background. Now try it alone, at one in the morning, with no one to hold your hand.

Cut off from the world, imprisoned by the menacing Overlook Hotel and driven to murderous insanity by inescapable demons both on the inside and out, Jack Nicholson gives the performance of a lifetime.

We have to endure the unfolding terror through the wide-eyed mania of Shelley Duvall’s Wendy, who’s performance was, according to on set reports, only partly acted due to Kubrick’s insistence on madness-inducing multiple takes. A claustrophobic, intense experience, perfectly elevated by the haunting musical score of Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind.

Give it a try – turn off the lights, put your phone away, and follow young Danny around the silent, labyrinthine corridors. If you are brave enough to go to bed, those twin girls will be waiting for you on the way to the bathroom, guaranteed.

“Come and play with us Danny…”