The platform “BroadbandChoices” did a study where the heart rate of viewers was measured while they were watching the highest-rated (on “IMDb”, “Rotten Tomatoes”, and “Reddit”) horror films. So, here are the results.
10th place: The Visit, 2015
Heart rate: 79–100 bpm
15-year-old Becca and 13-year-old Tyler are going to their grandparents. They had never seen them before their mother had a conflict with them. The grandparents are happy to see their grandchildren, but they tell them not to leave their room after 9:30 PM. And soon, the kids will find out why.
9th: The Descent, 2005
Heart rate: 79–122 bpm
A group of brave girls, who love an active lifestyle, go to the mountains and find a mysterious cave. They don’t know what’s inside, so they enter and the exit gets blocked by rocks. The girls try to find a way out, but they soon realize that they are not alone in the cave.
8th place: The Babadook, 2014
Heart rate: 80–116 bpm
Amelia is a single mother of a 6-year-old boy named Sam. The boy was born on the day that her husband died and now he sees monsters everywhere. Once, he asks his mother to read him a book about the mysterious Babadook — a monster that will soon be more than a book character.
7th place: The Conjuring 2, 2016
Heart rate: 80–120 bpm
This is a sequel to a very popular horror film. In the sequel, the Warrens are trying to help a single mother of 4 children that are haunted.
6th place: It Follows, 2014
Heart rate: 81–93 bpm
After a series of weird dates with a guy from college, the main character, Jay, finds out that he put a curse on her that makes a strange creature follow her all the time. And this creature has only one goal — to murder her.
5th place: Paranormal Activity, 2007
Heart rate: 82–127 bpm
A young couple (Katie and Micah) move into the suburbs. Their peaceful life is disturbed by strange noises around their house. Katie tells her husband that since the age of 8, she’s been followed by a strange entity. Micah decides to buy a video camera to figure out what’s happening in their house while they are asleep. And after that, the entity gets way more active.
4th place: Hereditary, 2018
MDb score — 7.3
Heart rate: 83–109 bpm
After Annie Graham’s mother dies, terrible things start to happen to her family. But the family itself is not ideal and every day, we learn about the awful secrets they are hiding.
3rd place: The Conjuring, 2013
Heart rate: 84–129 bpm
This is the first film about the Warren family who studies the paranormal. The film is based on a real event from their lives and it tells a story about a family of farmers terrorized by a demon.
2nd place: Insidious, 2010
Heart rate: 85–133 bpm
After a series of strange events that happened to Josh and Renai in a new house, the worst thing happens — their 10-year-old son Dalton goes into a coma and doctors don’t know how to help him. When he comes back home, the terrible events keep happening. And soon, everyone realizes that the boy is connected to another world.
1st place: Sinister, 2012
Heart rate: 86–131 bpm
A writer and his family are moving into a house where, a year before that, an entire family was murdered. He finds videos that are key to solving the mystery of the crime. But in the house, some strange things start to happen that put the writer’s life in danger.
Golden classic, also japanese versions of Ringu, Eye etc...
Loved the film, you might also enjoy Contagion which is along the same lines. One of my favorite scary movies and I don't usually care for horror is As Above so Below. Great for anyone who hates confined places.
and the Lawn Mower Man