Horror movies for when you feel sharp late at night. Includes Psycho, Michael Jackson's Thriller, The Shining and more, curated by Moviepiq.
Sharp night. These reward it.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
A good night for a demanding film. These reward the extra engagement.
The best horror films have more going on than the surface. Sharp nights reveal it.
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.
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