Is A Quiet Place really the most frightening flick? These are scarier
Kevin Maher
It has a simple but ingenious premise, genuinely horrible monsters, emotional oomph (little kids in danger — argh!) and a multilayered, heart-hammering climax. Critics are saying that John Krasinski’s horror film, A Quiet Place, out now and starring Krasinski and his wife, Emily Blunt, as parents trying to protect their young family from killer aliens that hunt their human prey by sound alone (the birth scene — oh good God, the birth scene) may just be the scariest movie yet made. Hang on, though — really? Here are the films that still bring me out in a cold sweat.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
(John McNaughton, 1986)
Loosely biographical true-life details (from the crimes of the serial killer Henry Lee Lucas) and a terrifyingly…
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