Top rated movies with below average acting that have ratcheting up tension

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with below average acting and ratcheting up tension! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with below average acting and ratcheting up tension, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Hosts (2020)

On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.

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2020-10-02 | Horror

Cast

Neal Ward, Samantha Loxley

Rating

rating icon 4.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    decently budgeted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fever dream
  3. Ranked #2 for
    personification of evil

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Hosts trailer
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2 In the Earth (2021)

As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.

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2021-04-16 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia

Rating

rating icon 5.732
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hallucinatory
  2. Ranked #1 for
    acid trip
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pretty colors

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In the Earth trailer
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3 The Lodge (2020)

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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2020-01-16 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell

Rating

rating icon 6.125
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #6 for
    dark and disturbing
  3. Ranked #6 for
    skin crawling

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The Lodge trailer
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4 The Isle (2019)

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

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2019-02-08 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sluggish pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow

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The Isle trailer
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5 The Deep House (2021)

While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

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2021-06-30 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

James Jagger, Camille Rowe

Rating

rating icon 6.097
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    claustrophobic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    novel concept
  3. Ranked #2 for
    genuinely spooky

Trailer

The Deep House trailer
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6 Midnight (2021)

A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.

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2021-06-30 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Jin Ki-joo, Wi Ha-jun

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    insensible
  2. Ranked #1 for
    idiotic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stunningly gorgeous

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Midnight trailer
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7 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

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2019-08-08 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with creep factors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scared to death
  3. Ranked #2 for
    truly horrifying

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer
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8 The Dinner Party (2020)

A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.

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2020-05-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Sawandi Wilson, Mike Mayhall

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    build up of tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented filmmaker
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sinuously beautiful

Trailer

The Dinner Party trailer
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9 The Invitation (2022)

After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.

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2022-08-24 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty

Rating

rating icon 6.169
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rushed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fine and dandy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creaky and old

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The Invitation trailer
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10 The Alpines (2021)

The Alpines is a psychological thriller that follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of little to no contact. They've grown apart. They've moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them. This time with a very real threat ready to expose every last one.

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2021-01-19 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Aaron Latta-Morissette, Mally Corrigan

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    full of suspense
  2. Ranked #2 for
    frenemy
  3. Ranked #3 for
    mediocre acting

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The Alpines trailer
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