Top 6: The Horror of the Unseen

Our special Halloween Top 6 list for Episode 5 is about horror movies where what's scary isn't what you see on the screen but rather the suggestion of what you don't see. Of course, horror movies can be scary in different ways, but we have a particular appreciation for scary movies that appeal to the imagination and our natural fears of the unknown, because this tends to provoke stronger reactions than anything a movie can explicitly show us.

So what are your favorite "unseen horror" movies?

As always, we recommend listening to the episode before reading further.

Stephen

1. The Shining (1980)
2. Don't Look Now (1973)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Jaws (1975)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Sam

1. Cat People (1942)
2. The Shining (1980)
3. The Changeling (1980)
4. Jaws (1975)
5. The Others (2001)
6. The Eye (2002)