Top rated suitably menacing movies with a few jump scares

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with suitably menacing character and a few jump scares! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with suitably menacing character and a few jump scares, 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 | 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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2 Doctor Sleep (2019)

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

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2019-10-30 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran

Rating

rating icon 7.147
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for Stephen King's fans
  2. Ranked #3 for
    slightly inferior
  3. Ranked #5 for
    faithful to book

Trailer

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3 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?

Info

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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4 The Dare (2019)

A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.

Info

2019-08-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Richard Brake, Bart Edwards

Rating

rating icon 5.81
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wafer-thin plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unnecessarily gory
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gory

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5 Mid-Century (2022)

A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.

Info

2022-06-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Shane West, Sarah Hay

Rating

rating icon 4.44
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    too convoluted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    evil henchman
  3. Ranked #2 for
    talented director

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6 The Boy Behind The Door (2020)

Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.

Info

2020-09-27 | Horror

Cast

Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    illogical decision
  2. Ranked #1 for
    smart enough character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    simp

Trailer

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7 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 5.823
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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

Trailer

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8 Superhost (2021)

Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.

Info

2021-08-14 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Sara Canning, Osric Chau

Rating

rating icon 5.842
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    going nuts
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wild and crazy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    half-mad

Trailer

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9 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.

Info

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

Trailer

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10 Malignant (2021)

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Info

2021-09-01 | Horror

Cast

Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson

Rating

rating icon 6.803
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    pure camp
  2. Ranked #3 for
    unintentionally funny
  3. Ranked #4 for
    kitschy editing

Trailer

Malignant trailer
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