10 Scariest Internet Horror Films

10. Chatroom (2010)

An English-language film directed by Ringu’s Hideo Nakata, Chatroom sees a group of five strangers (portrayed by the fabulous cast of Aaron Johnson, Imogen Poots, Daniel Kaluuya, Matthew Beard, and Hannah Murray) meet and forge connections on – you guessed it – a chatroom.

This entry blends the real and virtual world in an interesting fashion as each character goes about their solitary lives burdened with their own issues. It’s only in the titular chatroom, which is presented as a physical hotel room, where they happily interact with other people.

However, the chatroom’s creator, William (Johnson), suffers from severe depression and gets pleasure from negatively influencing others. He encourages each of his new online friends' deviant behaviour and begins to convince one to take their own life. The situation escalates, leaving it to the rest of the group to stop things before William can succeed.

Chatroom may not be as impactful or influential as Nakata’s more notable works, but the filmmaker nevertheless projects a sense of unease within his vision of the internet. Wet ghosts aren’t killing anyone who enters this chatroom; it's another kind of malicious presence infiltrating this online space.