Best supernatural horror movies ever

After telling you about some of the best horror films ever set in a single location, we continue our journey through the genre to tell you about some of the films that are widely considered by film scholars and enthusiasts to be the best supernatural horror films ever.

The progenitor and the first title to come to mind can only be The Exorcist by William Friedkinwhich still today is often cited as the scariest film ever made: it revolutionized the horror genre thanks to its idea of ​​placing a paranormal story of demonic possession within a realistic, medical and everyday context, and even today it remains, net of inflation, the highest-grossing supernatural horror film at the global box office.

Speaking of a realistic approach to the supernatural genre, let’s think about Rosemary’s Baby by Roman Polanskiamong the best films ever about the paranoia of urban life and appreciated for its ability to deeply explore the theme of psychology through a subtle yet disturbing use of the subject of Satanism. A title that veers more towards fantasy territory instead Poltergeist by Tobe Hooperwhich starts from the context of suburban family life in the United States in the 1980s to tell a story of evil spirits. And, speaking of evil spirits, it’s impossible not to mention Shining di Stanley Kubrickan adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name which has become on the one hand an example of formal rigidity from an aesthetic/directorial point of view and on the other a competition of acting mastery thanks to the performances of Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.

Among the most recent titles we also want to mention The Blair Witch Project e Paranormal Activityfor having been able to reinvent the horror lexicon by introducing the point of view of the camera as an element of the story itself, but also more ‘classic’ titles such as Hereditary in Ari Aster (a devastating depiction of trauma through the supernatural), The Conjuring di James Wan (a terrifying story of possession inspired by a true case of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, and from whose success a franchise of enormous relevance in the modern horror panorama was born), Sinister at Scott Derrickson (which some scientific studies have defined as one of the scariest films ever made) and two ‘small’ masterpieces such as Talk to Me e Host (who have been able to bring possession and demonic presence into the social media era).

Far from the United States, however, we want to at least remember Cure in Kiyoshi Kurosawaan incredible mix of detective story and supernatural, the duo Ringu/The Ring (both the Japanese original and the excellent American remake), i sud-coreani A Tale of Two Sisters e The Wailing (which link psychological plots to ghost stories) e The Orphanage del 2007 (a great example of Spanish Gothic).

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