Editorial · 6 films

Nearly bloodless and devastating

For the argument that horror needs gore. Almost nothing on this list is red.

Lake Mungo
2008 · Australia · 88m
The most upsetting film on this site and there is no violence in it at all.
The Haunting
1963 · Robert Wise · UK · 107m
A door bulges. That is the effect.
The Innocents
1961 · Jack Clayton · UK · 100m
Ambiguity held for a full two hours.
Kairo
2001 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Japan · 114m
Slow ghosts, an empty city, and a despair the rest of the J-horror cycle never reached for.
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg · UK/Italy · 110m
The edit is the horror. You are shown the ending repeatedly and cannot read it.
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
1976 · Matt Cimber · USA · 83m
Banned in Britain as a gore film. It is a sad film about memory.
Banned