Top rated eerily effective movies with deft directing

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

1 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 5.616
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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2 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.168
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unrewarding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    somber mood
  3. Ranked #1 for
    renegade

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3 The Feast (2021)

A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

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2021-11-19 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts

Rating

rating icon 5.392
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    increasing tension
  3. Ranked #1 for
    underlying theme

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4 Lamb (2021)

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

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2021-08-12 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Rating

rating icon 6.476
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous landscape
  2. Ranked #2 for
    bizarre
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unorthodox

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5 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 6.562
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    psychological character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bated breath
  3. Ranked #1 for
    godly

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6 The Night House (2021)

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

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2021-07-15 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically horrifying
  2. Ranked #2 for
    gotcha
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like Marrowbone

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7 La Llorona (2019)

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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2019-07-25 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    amalgamate
  3. Ranked #1 for
    big boost to director

Trailer

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8 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 6.141
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    foreboding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for horror movie day
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unnerving

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9 Watcher (2022)

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

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2022-06-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    building tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    feeling of isolation

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10 Caveat (2021)

A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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2021-10-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Jonathan French, Leila Sykes

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    creepier
  2. Ranked #2 for
    total darkness
  3. Ranked #2 for
    anticlimactic

Trailer

Caveat trailer
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