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Horror Movies For An Overstimulated Brain With Family

Horror movies for an overstimulated brain with family. Includes Psycho, Michael Jackson's Thriller, The Shining and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Too much input. These don't add to it.

Psycho movie poster
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1960 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Michael Jackson's Thriller movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

The Shining movie poster
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1980 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Alien movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

The Thing movie poster
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1982 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

Films for overstimulation work by slowing the rhythm down. These don't compete with the noise.

Bad choice for overstimulation. Skip tonight.

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

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari movie poster
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1920 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? movie poster
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1962 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Rosemary's Baby movie poster
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1968 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

I Saw the Devil movie poster
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2010 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

Freaks movie poster
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1932 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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