Over the last ten years, elevated horror has seen a surge in popularity. These movies deal more with the metaphorical, tackling themes like grief, generational trauma, and identity. This sort of below-the-surface subject matter lends itself to a specific kind of horror, one that doesn’t typically rely on jump scares or bloodbaths. It’s about something deeper…creepier.

These movies use slow-building tension, psychological dread, unsettling atmosphere, and unease that sticks to you and makes your skin crawl long after the film has finished. And the most crucial unifying factor between all of them? Silence. A sparing use of sound makes each deliberately chosen detail more impactful, and its absence charges these films with eerie tension. Here are the creepiest horror movies of the last dec

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