10 Horror Movies To Scare The Crap Out Of New Parents

4. Sinister

Often cited as one of the scariest modern horror films, Sinister well and truly lives up to that title in more ways than one.

Sinister was inspired by a nightmare writer C. Robert Cargill had after watching the 2002 film The Ring, and with that in mind it does take a lot of thematic references from J-horror that are immediately evident in some of the film's pivotal scenes.

In this flick, an out-of-work true crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super eight home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose crimes leave a bloody trail back to the 1960s.

Each snuff film is conducted by an unknown assailant that slowly becomes hauntingly clear - the killer is of the paranormal variety, and he inhabits the body of youngsters to do his bidding. The kills are as brutal as the children are sweet, making for some skin-crawling viewing that you won’t be able to look away from. Add in Bughuul’s Slipknot-esque mask and you’ll be joining your little one in sleepless nights