Top rated sadistic movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 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 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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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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2 The Innocents (2021)

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad

Rating

rating icon 6.954
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cruel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    class act
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mean spirited

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3 Ma (2019)

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

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2019-05-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers

Rating

rating icon 5.819
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    half-baked
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of lame
  3. Ranked #3 for
    slow beginning

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4 Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.

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2021-08-12 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    creating tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interesting dynamic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unjustifiable character

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5 Speak No Evil (2022)

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

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2022-03-17 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch

Rating

rating icon 6.593
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slightly uncomfortable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    discomforting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    maddening

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6 The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)

Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

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2021-12-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    burnish
  2. Ranked #1 for
    non-existent character development
  3. Ranked #2 for
    chintzy

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7 Let Him Go (2020)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

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2020-11-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Diane Lane, Kevin Costner

Rating

rating icon 6.825
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch
  2. Ranked #1 for
    control freak
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wacko

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8 Death Count (2022)

Strangers awaken in individual holding cells with no memory of how they arrived. They realize if they don't acquire enough online "likes" in a timely manner, they'll die horribly at the hands of a sinister executioner.

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2022-07-19 | Horror

Cast

Costas Mandylor, Michael Madsen

Rating

rating icon 3.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cheaply shot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gruesome imagery
  3. Ranked #2 for
    technical perspective

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9 Meander (2021)

After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…

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2021-07-01 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Gaia Weiss, Peter Franzén

Rating

rating icon 6.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    purgatory
  2. Ranked #2 for
    crawling along
  3. Ranked #2 for
    claustrophobic atmosphere

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Meander trailer
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10 There Is No Evil (2020)

Every country that enforces the death penalty needs people to kill other people. Four men are put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly corrode them selves, their relationships, and their entire lives.

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2020-10-22 | Drama

Cast

Mahtab Servati, Shaghayegh Shourian

Rating

rating icon 7.563
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true work of art
  2. Ranked #2 for
    loosely connected plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    huge compliment

Trailer

There Is No Evil trailer
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