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Horror Movies That Help After Burnout When You’re Bored

Horror movies that help after burnout when youre bored. Includes The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Skin I Live In, Dawn of the Dead and more, curated by Movi...

You don't need to be fixed. You need to be held. These films do that.

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.

It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.

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.

It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.

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.

It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.

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.

Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.

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.

Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.

These films don't demand anything from you. That's the whole point.

Maybe not immediately after burnout. Worth saving.

Solves boredom immediately. No warm-up required.

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.

Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.

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.

Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.

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.

It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.

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.

It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.

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.

Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.

Some films earn their effect. These do.

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