Top rated eerily effective movies with a lack of character development

Check out today’s highest ranked eerily effective movies featuring a lack of character development! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best eerily effective movies featuring a lack of character development, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heightened tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    eerily effective
  3. Ranked #1 for
    never boring

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2 The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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2019-03-01 | Horror

Cast

Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey

Rating

rating icon 5.626
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    genuinely eerie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    eerie

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3 Pet Sematary (2019)

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

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2019-04-04 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz

Rating

rating icon 5.736
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    deviating from book
  2. Ranked #2 for
    for Stephen King's fans
  3. Ranked #2 for
    scared to death

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4 Saint Maud (2020)

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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2020-10-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle

Rating

rating icon 6.568
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fanatic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    psychological character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism

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5 The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

In 1970s Los Angeles, ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own young kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.

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2019-04-17 | Horror

Cast

Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz

Rating

rating icon 5.695
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stale
  2. Ranked #1 for
    jump scare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not scary

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6 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely eerie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely unsettling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fearing the dark

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7 The Black Phone (2022)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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2022-06-22 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke

Rating

rating icon 7.635
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bone chilling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #3 for
    absolutely terrifying

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8 I See You (2019)

When a 10-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

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2019-09-11 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney

Rating

rating icon 7.026
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    genuine surprise
  2. Ranked #1 for
    surprising
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plot twist

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9 Gretel & Hansel (2020)

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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2020-01-30 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    grim atmosphere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    visually rich
  3. Ranked #3 for
    like Alice in Wonderland

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10 Smile (2022)

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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2022-09-23 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    false scare
  2. Ranked #1 for
    relying on gore
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fakeout

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Smile trailer
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