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Horror Movies For Restless Nights

Horror movies for restless nights across all eras. Includes The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Skin I Live In, Dawn of the Dead and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Something to watch when the night won't settle. Absorbing enough to help, calm enough not to hurt.

The Incredible Shrinking Man movie poster
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1957 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

The Skin I Live In movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Dawn of the Dead movie poster
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1978 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

The Innocents movie poster
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1961 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

Suspiria movie poster
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1977 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Restless nights need films that absorb without over-stimulating. That balance is harder than it sounds.

Risky choice for a restless night. Proceed accordingly.

Frankenstein movie poster
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1931 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

Sinners movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

The Devil's Advocate movie poster
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1997 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Thesis movie poster
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1996 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie poster
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1956 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

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

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