Graveyard Shift Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In  

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List of the horror movie set-ups you’d least like to be trapped in, as ranked by horror movie fans. The scariest part of most horror movies is not the jump scares or the demonic mask of the creepy serial killer.The real most terrifying aspect of any given horror movie is imagining yourself stuck in that setting and situation. A haunted house run by a maniacal butler is never scarier than when you’re visualizing yourself within those ghostly walls. Would you be able to survive a crazy serial killer with a chain saw that never seems to run out of juice? Will you be able to be smarter than the dozens of characters who get an ax to the head?

This list of horror movie premises you want no part of covers the top horror movies you would not want to be stuck in, even in your wildest nightmare. These movies have inescapable villains- from a disturbing dead girl stuck in a video tape to death himself- making it far less likely that you’d survive within that horror movie universe.

What horror movie set-ups would you least like to be stuck in? This list features scenarios like serial killer toys to walking, flesh-eating dead folks, none of which you would ever want to meet face-to-face. If your favorite horror movie premise isn't on the list, make sure to add it.

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The Human Centipede (First Seq... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
PeteBoyle added Ashley C. Williams, Dieter Laser, Akihiro Kitamura
"Outside the more outré work of Takashi Miike and David Cronenberg, you won’t have seen anything quite like Dutch avant-garde artist Tom Six’s totally bizarre off-the-wall oddity. ...more

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Saw is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Shawnee Smith
Saw is a 2004 horror film written by Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan, in Wan's directorial debut. In the film, Adam (Whannell) and Lawrence (Cary Elwes) awaken chained in a large ...more

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Saw II is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer
Saw II is a 2005 Canadian-American horror film, a sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the seven-part Saw franchise, directed and co-written by Darren Lynn Bousman. Co-written with ...more

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal
This movie is a 1974 American slasher film, directed and produced by Tobe Hooper, who cowrote it with Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar ...more

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A Nightmare on Elm Street is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher horror film written and directed by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film stars ...more

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Final Destination is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Ali Larter, Seann William Scott, Devon Sawa
Final Destination is a 2000 American horror film directed by James Wong. It is the first installment of the Final Destination series. The screenplay was written by James Wong, Glen Morgan, and ...more

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The Hills Have Eyes is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, John Steadman
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American exploitation-horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace. It is about a suburan family on a ...more

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The Strangers is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Scott Speedman
The Strangers is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a young couple who are terrorized by three masked assailants, who ...more

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The Ring is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Naomi Watts, Pauley Perrette, Brian Cox
The Ring is a 2002 American psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ring, which was based on the novel Ring ...more

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Jeepers Creepers is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
dee123 added Justin Long, Eileen Brennan, Victor Salva
Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 American horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. The film takes its name from the 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers", which is featured in the film.

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House of 1000 Corpses is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Rob Zombie, Chris Hardwick, Karen Black
House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 American exploitation horror film written, co-scored and directed by Rob Zombie, and starring Chris Hardwick, Rainn Wilson, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon ...more

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Final Destination 2 is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Sarah Carter
Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural American horror film directed by David R. Ellis. The screenplay by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress was from a story by Gruber, Bress, and series ...more

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Hellraiser is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence
Hellraiser is a 1987 British horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based upon his own novella The Hellbound Heart. The film spawned a series of sequels.

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Insidious is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson
Insidious is a 2011 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan, written by Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey. It is the first installment ...more

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The Cabin in the Woods is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Chris Hemsworth, Sigourney Weaver, Amy Acker
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. The film stars Kristen ...more

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It is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
go_sullivan added Tim Curry, Seth Green, John Ritter
It is a 1990 psychological horror/drama miniseries based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. The story revolves around an inter-dimensional predatory life-form, which has the ability to ...more

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Misery is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Lauren Bacall, Kathy Bates, James Caan
Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller film based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name and starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances ...more

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Final Destination 5 is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
David Koechner, Tony Todd, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Final Destination 5 is a 2011 American horror film written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Steven Quale. It is the fifth installment of the Final Destination franchise. It stars Nicholas ...more

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The Exorcist is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. The book, inspired by the 1949 ...more

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Dawn of the Dead is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Ving Rhames, Ty Burrell, Kevin Zegers
This film is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his feature film directorial debut. A remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film of the same name, it is written by James Gunn and ...more

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Wrong Turn is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kevin Zegers
Wrong Turn is a 2003 American horror film directed by Rob Schmidt and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and starred Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, ...more

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The Shining is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers
The Shining is a 1980 British-American psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, ...more

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Paranormal Activity is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Randy McDowell
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli. The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who ...more

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The Amityville Horror is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, based on Jay Anson's bestselling 1977 novel of the same name. It is the first film in the ...more

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The Evil Dead is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Horror Movie Set-Ups You'd Least Like to Be Trapped In
Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi
This film is a 1981 American horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi and executive produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who also stars alongside Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker. This film ...more