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Horror Movies You Can Watch Half Asleep With Family

Horror movies you can watch half asleep with family. Includes The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Skin I Live In, Dawn of the Dead and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Eyes open, brain elsewhere. These still work.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

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.

You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.

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.

You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

The films that hold up half-watched are usually doing something right with tone and pacing.

Risky half-asleep viewing. Sudden sounds don't mix well with drifting.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

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.

You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

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.

Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.

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.

You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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