10 Horror Movies That Max Out Your Senses

In the same way many films of the genre use visuals as their predominant sense to frighten an audience with, The Eye follows convention by offering up its scary moments in things we can see. In this case: ghosts.

Jessica Alba plays a blind violinist who manages to get a cornea transplant, resulting in her vision returning in full force. In fact, it comes back so well that she can even see things that aren't there - now that's getting your money's worth. Realising she can predict upcoming disasters thanks to her newly installed eyeballs, there's plenty of unsettling moments throughout, as well as lots of cringe-inducing eye-related touching. No thank you.

Based on the 2002 movie by the Pang Brothers, both movies depict a reality where vision can't be trusted. We don't know what we're seeing and when it's real, with everything relating back to the very sensory organ we rely on most in day to day life. The Eye forces us to consider each and every thing on screen with elevated scrutiny, and toss up whether total blindness is preferable to seeing more than we bargained for.