10 Best Horror Movies To Watch With Friends, According To Reddit

While some horror fans are so used to the genre that nothing scares them, it’s definitely a little unnerving to watch a scary movie while home alone, especially at night or with the lights off. Sometimes a horror movie is best enjoyed in the company of friends who can laugh at a horror comedy or discuss the meaning and characters in the movie afterward.

Reddit users have shared their best picks for a great horror movie to watch with a group of friends, and horror fans can choose one of these for their next movie night, hopefully with some popcorn and other snacks.

10 Don’t Look Now (1973)

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Since Hereditary is one of the most popular horror movies of the past few years, many Reddit users recommended that friends watch it together. Reddit user EisWarren wrote, “Everyone’s been suggesting Hereditary but watch Don’t Look Now first.”

There are many movies that inspired Hereditary, including Don’t Look Now, and a group of friends could watch both movies for an entertaining and terrifying movie night. The movie follows the story of Laura and John, who are grieving the loss of their daughter Christine and who meet people in Venice who say that they can help them contact her spirit. Both movies are about ghosts, religion, and family.

9 Host (2020)

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Reddit user localfriendly thinks that Host would be a great pick, writing that the film is “fun and not too long of a movie. Has it all for a decent fun horror to watch with friends.”

There’s a lot to discuss with Host, as the main characters talk on Zoom and start realizing that something evil is happening. The movie is relatable as a group of friends are staying in touch virtually the COVID-19 pandemic and the friends start being killed by a spirit.

8 [REC] (2007)

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In the 2007 movie Rec, Ángela, a journalist, learns about something awful happening in an apartment building and goes to cover the story. It turns out that the people living there have been taken over by demons and been turned into what seems to be zombies.

Reddit user MikeHatSable agreed that Rec is a good movie to watch with friends and called it “the best example of found footage out there” and one Redditor praised it for being “One of the most fun, tense, frightening movies I’ve seen in a while.”

7 Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil (2011)

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A movie night with friends calls for a story that is pure joy to watch and also includes some funny moments, which is when a fun horror comedy is in order.

Reddit user crowber wrote that it would be cool to watch Tucker & Dale vs. Evil “with a group of friends that hadn’t seen it and had no idea what to expect. Don’t watch the trailer! It ruins the whole movie.” Horror fans and people who prefer comedies will both love this story of how college students believe that Tucker and Dale are going to hurt them and Tucker and Dale are clueless about what to do next.

6 The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Reddit user dan_jeffers recommends that a friend group watches The Blair Witch Project and wrote, “it can be a fun, creepy watch” and people can “argue” about it once it’s done.

This is definitely a movie that inspires a great discussion as people can talk about how the movie was marketed as a true story of students staying in the woods and filming themselves finding a supernatural presence.

5 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

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When a Reddit user asked for a recommendation for a Halloween party with friends, Reddit user jaundicethemauve wrote that A Nightmare On Elm Street would be good for people who haven’t seen a lot of movies from the genre. The fan wrote that it’s a “pretty good representation of horror in general without grossing them out too much or scaring them away.”

While Freddy Krueger kills a lot of people, A Nightmare On Elm Street is still a fun and enjoyable horror movie that works well whether someone is a huge fan of the genre or not.

4 The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

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While some people in a friend group might love terrifying horror movies, others might want something a bit more entertaining than scary.

One Redditor recommends The Legend Of Boggy Creek, calling it a “creepy movie about bigfoot, its slower paced and isn’t gory or violent, but overall is creepy, campy and fun.” Like The Blair Witch Project, this movie says that it really happened and that the Fouke Monster, who is like Bigfoot, is real.

3 The Cabin In The Woods (2011)

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One Redditor said that The Cabin in the Woods would be “pretty fun to watch with friends” as it has “self-awareness” that ensures that horror fans are “entertained throughout.”

Friends can chat about the wild reveals in this movie, the amazing monsters, and how some characters can spot the evil in the seemingly picturesque cabin and others have no idea what’s about to happen.

2 You’re Next (2011)

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While there are some great slasher movie franchises, there are also some stand-alone films that have made a big impression.

Reddit user WikiapediaKnows called You’re Next a “great movie to watch with other people” and wrote that the movie has “a great main character to cheer for, surprises, scares, some big laughs and it escalates all the way until the end.” Fans will like seeing how Erin handles the scary situation that’s in front of her as she goes to her boyfriend’s family reunion and discovers killers in animal masks.

1 Drag Me To Hell (2009)

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One Redditor recommended Drag Me To Hell as a movie that “would be a ton of fun to watch with friends.”

Loan officer Christine sees her life become a horrifying ride when a woman wants more time to pay her mortgage and Christine says no. The movie is incredibly intense and keeps people guessing, which makes it a good choice to watch with a group of people who can discuss it afterward.

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