There's nothing better than a scary movie to get the adrenaline rushing through your system. Whether you're looking to get pumped up ahead of Halloween, or you need a more low-key horror movie that you can actually handle, scary movies are an unmatched experience. Once you've run through all the Netflix horror classics, you might be looking to take things up a notch with a first-rate foreign scary movie. Not only will these movies scare you to the core, they will also give you a foreign language lesson.
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Verónica is so scary, many viewers are having to turn it off halfway. The Spanish film tells the story of a teenage girl who fears an evil spirit has entered her home following a seance.
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2. The Ritual
Netflix original movie The Ritual tells the story of four friends who take a trip together to the Swedish wilderness to find they may never return. It's a British horror film directed by David Bruckner, and it is sure to leave you shaken to the core.
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3. Baskin
Turkish horror film Baskin is as terrifying as it gets. It's about a group of law enforcement officials who accidentally enter a portal to Hell in an abandoned building.
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4. A Dark Song
If you haven't seen the Irish horror film A Dark Song, we can promise it's one of the best recent horror movies. A grieving woman who lost her son attempts to channel his spirit through a ritual, but things don't exactly go as planned.
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5. Raw
2016 French-Belgian movie Raw is not for the faint of heart. It focuses on a young veterinary school student who eats raw meat during a hazing ritual, and gradually becomes a cannibal as a result.
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6. The Host
The Host is a South Korean monster film that has gained a huge cult following. A monster kidnaps a man's daughter, and it is up to him to save her.
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7. The Babadook
The Babadook will make you burn every children's book you ever come across. It's about a mother who becomes very concerned when her son comes across a creepy children's book that begins to turn their lives upside down.
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8. Under the Shadow
Under the Shadow takes place during the Iran-Iraq conflict, and it focuses on a Tehran woman whose husband is at war. While caring for their infant daughter, the woman becomes convinced that evil spirits have possessed their house.
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9. Evolution
French horror film Evolution will leave lasting effects on your psyche. It's a horror film with a science fiction twist that tells the story of a boy who spots a dead body in the ocean, and comes to discover that his small town might be practicing bizarre medical experiments.
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10. The Wailing
The Wailing is a South Korean horror film directed by Na Hong-jin. It centers on a policeman whose daughter becomes infected by a mysterious disease that has swept the entire village. To save her, he consults a shaman, but the shaman might be responsible in the first place.
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11. The Canal
Irish film The Canal stars Rupert Evans as a film archivist who stumbles upon footage that suggests his home was once the scene of a murder in 1902. Evans's character becomes distressed and unhinged very quickly as he begins to believe his house is possessed.
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12. The Descent
British horror film The Descent will have you rethinking your spelunking trip. Six friends embark on a cave expedition, and become trapped beneath the surface. While that situation is terrifying enough, they also are confronted with a terrifying group of supernatural predators.
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13. The Void
The Void is a Canadian indie film that deserves your attention. When a police officer rushes an injured man to the hospital, dangerous figures surround the hospital and terrify everyone.
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14. Train to Busan
Train to Busan is a zombie film you have to see to believe. It's a South Korean film that has long been considered an underrated horror flick, and it will keep you entertained for the entire two hours.
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15. Pandora
2016 South Korean film Pandora is a thriller movie that will make your heart beat out of your chest. When a nuclear power plant suffers a series of explosions, Jae-hyeok and his coworkers must return to the disaster zone to save the world from nuclear disaster.
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16. The Presence
In The Presence, three friends break into an old castle looking for ghosts. But they find a lot more than they bargain for, and the evil presence might not let them go.
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17. Dead Snow
For those of you that can't get enough zombie scary movies, Dead Snow is definitely for you. Plus, it's got a historical education spin! A group of friends goes on a weekend getaway, only to find they are surrounded by Nazi zombies.
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18. Ravenous
French language film Ravenous is basically The Walking Dead, but in upstate Quebec. When a zombie outbreak threatens a rural town, the survivors join together to fight off the hordes.
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19. The Rezort
2015 British horror film The Rezort is another option for our zombie die-hards. It tells the story of an island resort that has become the holding ground for zombies. Everything is going great, until the security system fails. Just think of it as Westworld, but with zombies.
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20. Mexico Barbaro
Mexico Barbaro is actually an anthology horror film made up of eight shorts, each directed by a different Mexican horror film director. Consider it your crash course in Mexican scary movies, and trust us, these films will have you sleeping with the light on.
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21. Trollhunter
If you're into the monster genre, then Trollhunter is for you. It's about three students that head to the Norwegian woods to film a documentary on a bear poacher that supposedly tracks trolls for the government. But, they get a lot more than they bargain for when the trolls start to show up.
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22. Resurrection
A young Argentine priest heads home amidst the yellow fever epidemic, and discovers he's adopted supernatural powers. Resurrection is scary and suspenseful, but it might just become one of your favorite new horror films.
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23. Diary of an Exorcist
Portuguese film Diary of an Exorcist focuses on a family looking to recover after a major trauma. Lucas Vidal responds to the trauma by becoming a priest that fights against the evil spirits. But when an exorcism goes wrong, Vidal finds himself in a very dangerous situation.
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