{"id":6218,"date":"2016-07-22T09:57:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T09:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:22:27","slug":"friday-five-the-scariest-films-of-the-past-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/22\/friday-five-the-scariest-films-of-the-past-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Five: The Scariest Films of the Past 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horror movies have been making people sleep with the light on for over 100 years now, with all manner of ghouls, monsters and killers terrorising our screens.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, the horror genre is still finding new ways to scare the living daylights out of us. Here are five of the scariest films of the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoPiepIzdBY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Babadook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tinky Winky. Iggle Piggle. The Boohbahs. History is littered with terrifying children\u2019s characters, but none are quite as terrifying as The Babadook.<\/p>\n<p>The Babadook (who looks a bit like Papa Lazarou from <em>The League of Gentlemen<\/em>) is the \u201d\u02dcstar\u2019 of a children\u2019s book discovered by a troubled child when he and his mother move into a new home.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that the Babadook is more than a creepy drawing. He begins terrorising the family, driving the mother into the depths of insanity and despair.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Babadook <\/em>is terrifying on so many levels, from the disturbing croak of the main monster to the analogies for our own fears and anxieties. It\u2019s a highly original take on the monster movie that you\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when you put the light off at night.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-babadook\">Buy The Babadook on DVD<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/davisessiebabadook\">Buy The Babadook on Blu-Ray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OaRx7iR9kXg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>It Follows<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a truth universally acknowledged that sleeping with lots of people will occasionally lead to a nasty infection.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>It Follows<\/em>, however, sleeping with lots of people leads to a relentless murderous force pursuing you at all times. If it catches you, you die.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit like a scarier version of the educational films you\u2019d watch in a sex ed class. There\u2019s a twist in the tale, though; sleeping with someone else passes the curse on.<\/p>\n<p><em>It Follows <\/em>is one of the most original horror movies in years, a twisted morality tale that is a metaphor for our society and times.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you\u2019ll excuse me, I\u2019m off to put on a chastity belt.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/it-follows\">Buy It Follows on DVD<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iQXmlf3Sefg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Witch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rule one of horror movies: going into the woods is <em>always <\/em>a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>If only the family at the centre of <em>The Witch <\/em>knew. After being cast out of their 17<sup>th<\/sup> Puritan community, they decide to set up home slap bang in the middle of a creepy forest.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, bad things start happening. When their youngest child goes missing, the family begin to suspect some occult goings-on and are engulfed by paranoia and fear.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike a lot of a modern horror, <em>The Witch <\/em>is a slow burner that cranks up the dread and menace to near unbearable levels. It\u2019s like a nightmare playing out before your awakened eyes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufUQWpEkbf0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>You\u2019re Next<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Made for the princely sum of $1 million dollars, which is more or less a quid in Hollywood terms, <em>You\u2019re Next <\/em>is an arthouse home invasion horror in which a gang of masked men break into the home of a wealthy family&#8230; only to find that one of the family is just as twisted as they are.<\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re Next <\/em>is inspired by the likes of <em>Scream <\/em>and <em>The Evil Dead<\/em>, which means there are some pitch black laughs to be had as heads begin to roll and the blood begins to flow. And there is <em>a lot <\/em>of blood.<\/p>\n<p>If you like your horror slightly tongue in cheek but with more gore than an explosion at a fake blood factory, <em>You\u2019re Next <\/em>will be right up your street.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/youre-next\">Buy You&#8217;re Next on DVD<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/youre-next-blu-ray\">Buy You&#8217;re Next on Blu-Ray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k10ETZ41q5o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Conjuring<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>The Conjuring <\/em>is a movie that seems out of place in the modern era, sharing more in common with the haunted house movies of the 70s than contemporary horror.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s because it\u2019s based on a real life case by actual paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who you may remember from such spooky occurances like Amityville and the Enfield Poltergeist.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Ed and Lorraine visit a family being terrorised by a poltergeist with a thing for slamming doors and grabbing people (which is pretty much all poltergeists, the mischievous devils).<\/p>\n<p>Although the plot of <em>The Conjuring <\/em>is familiar, director James Wan does such a good job of staging and pacing the scares that you can\u2019t help but feel a little spooked out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-conjuring\">Buy The Conjuring on DVD<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-conjuring-blu-ray\">Buy The Conjuring on Blu-Ray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What is your favourite horror movie of the past five years? 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