There’s little in the way of action, but a whole lot in the way of tension. Starting with audio from actress Heather Donahue's iconic 'apology' scene, the 'Blair Witch' trailer posits the film as authentic recordings, recovered in the woods. If you knew nothing about “The Blair Witch Project” before seeing the trailer, you might have been fooled into believing it was real! The trailer for this found footage horror classic is a masterclass in stoking fear through realism. Remember: if you have a bad feeling about a house, it’s best to listen to your gut. With the symbol of a child soul-eating Pagan deity occurring throughout the footage, Ellison is rightfully terrified, and so are we. During a trip up to the attic, he finds a box of film reels, showing just what happened to the home's previous occupants.

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“Sinister” is definitely the perfect word to describe this movie and its trailer. You’ll want to triple-check your locks after watching this one. With no easy way out or understanding of what's going on, 'The Strangers' trailer immediately puts you in the characters' shoes, wondering what you would - or could - do to get out of this situation. In director Bryan Bertino’s home invasion thriller, couple Kristen McKay and James Hoyt, played by Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, find their isolated vacation home invaded by a trio of masked intruders. Vacations never go exactly as we want them to, but they usually don’t turn out as horrifying as this. However, there are plenty of skin-crawling moments to be found, including one with a cockroach and a mouth. The fear in this trailer comes not from blood and monsters but from disturbing quiet, with the two brothers speaking in hushed tones to each other as they try to uncover this mystery. When a woman returns home after cosmetic surgery, her young sons, played by identical twins Elias and Lukas Schwarz, realize this isn’t their mother.

This Austrian horror film's trailer gives just enough information to draw you in, while withholding enough to keep you intrigued. Good luck getting the nursery rhyme out of your head and getting to sleep after watching this trailer. As the camera pans around the room, taking in all the seemingly innocuous aspects of this bedroom, the viewer’s unease grows more and more until a jump scare that will leave you breathless and perhaps a little disoriented. In this unsettling teaser, a little girl sits on her bed, singing in key with a music box about diabolical dream invader Freddy Krueger. The original “Nightmare on Elm Street” is definitely the best one, but when it comes to marketing, nothing beats the third installment. #19: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” (1987) With terrifying highlights like Myers dressed up as a ghost, or emerging from the darkness behind Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the “Halloween” trailer will have you eager to see more, but petrified about what might come next. Samuel Loomis, played by Donald Pleasence, describes escaped killer Michael Myers as 'purely and simply evil,' it's clear he's a force of absolute terror and destruction. What makes a great horror film trailer for you? Let us know in the commentsįrom the opening seconds featuring director John Carpenter's eerie score, the trailer for this classic slasher will immediately have you rattled. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 20 horror movie trailers.įor this list, we’ll be looking at the best teasers or full-length trailers for horror and horror-adjacent films

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