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Horror Movies When You Can’t Focus From The 2010S

Horror movies when you cant focus from the 2010s. Includes As Above, So Below, Hush, Overlord and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You don't need to concentrate. The good ones do the work for you.

As Above, So Below movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

Hush movie poster
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2016 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

Strong enough momentum to keep pulling you back in, even when your mind wanders.

Overlord movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

Green Room movie poster
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2016 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

Terrified movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Police commissioner Funes and three researchers of supernatural phenomena investigate inexplicable events that are occurring in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

Strong enough momentum to keep pulling you back in, even when your mind wanders.

Films that hold scattered attention tend to be the ones with strong momentum. Every scene moves something forward.

Atmosphere over complexity. You don't need to follow everything to feel it.

The Loved Ones movie poster
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2010 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

Strong enough momentum to keep pulling you back in, even when your mind wanders.

Troll Hunter movie poster
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2010 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

Insidious: Chapter 2 movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Strong enough momentum to keep pulling you back in, even when your mind wanders.

Haunt movie poster
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2019 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

Goodnight Mommy movie poster
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2015 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother's return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

Short scenes and clear stakes. Your attention doesn't have to stay perfect to keep up.

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

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