Top rated genuinely scary movies with a lack of character development

Check out today’s highest ranked genuinely scary movies featuring a lack of character development! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best genuinely scary movies featuring a lack of character development, 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 5.626
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    genuinely eerie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    payoff at ending

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2 Brightburn (2019)

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

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2019-05-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Jackson A. Dunn, Elizabeth Banks

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil incarnated
  2. Ranked #2 for
    evil character
  3. Ranked #3 for
    lack of character development

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3 Underwater (2020)

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

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2020-01-08 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel

Rating

rating icon 6.285
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #2 for
    respite
  3. Ranked #4 for
    claustrophobic

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4 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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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
    bloodcurdling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jump scare

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6 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
    scared to death
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for Stephen King's fans

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7 The Invisible Man (2020)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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2020-02-26 | Thriller / Science Fiction

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge

Rating

rating icon 7.118
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    futuristic society
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically thrilling
  3. Ranked #3 for
    with WTF moments

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8 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
    bated breath
  2. Ranked #1 for
    godly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    paranoid

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9 Pearl (2022)

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

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2022-09-16 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Mia Goth, Tandi Wright

Rating

rating icon 7.312
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    emo character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous technicolor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    glorious technicolor

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10 Vicious Fun (2021)

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim.

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2021-11-04 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    viscous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    enjoyable romp
  3. Ranked #1 for
    reinventing the wheel

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