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Horror Movies For Mental Exhaustion From The 2020S

Horror movies for mental exhaustion from the 2020s. Includes When Evil Lurks, Talk to Me, The Substance and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Thinking is off the table tonight. These films are fine with that.

When Evil Lurks movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Talk to Me movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

The Substance movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Speak No Evil movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple movie poster
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2026 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Not every film needs to be a challenge. Some nights, being pulled along is exactly right.

Atmospheric rather than complex. Works on tired brains.

Late Night with the Devil movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Dracula movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II's bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

The Invisible Man movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

Fear Street: 1666 movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

The Exorcism of God movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that's eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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