10 Supernatural Horrors That Are Highly Rewatchable

1. The Conjuring (2013)

Based on a true story – yes, you read that right, a true story – the film introduces us to paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. They're our beacon of light in the terrifying ordeal that the Perron family endures in their haunted Rhode Island farmhouse. Creepy dolls, sinister spirits, and spine-tingling occurrences are the order of the day. There's that notorious clapping game scene; remember? It was where the mom, Carolyn, finds herself playing hide and seek with an entity she can neither see nor explain.

2. Insidious (2010)

Insidious thrusts us into the unsettling world of the Lambert family, who discover that dark spirits have attached themselves to their son Dalton. When he falls into an inexplicable coma, it becomes a race against time to uncover the sinister forces at play and save him. James Wan's adept direction takes us through the eerie realm called The Further – a purgatorial space inhabited by the dead and demonic.

3. A Quiet Place (2018)

Imagine a world where silence isn't just golden; it's the difference between life and death. A Quiet Place turns this harrowing concept into a cinematic masterpiece. We follow the Abbott family navigating a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by creatures that hunt humans using sound. Directed and starred in by John Krasinski, alongside real-life wife Emily Blunt, this film is proof that silence can indeed speak louder than words and horrors can be faced more than once.

4. Sinister (2012)

Ethan Hawke stars as Ellison Oswalt, a crime writer who stumbles upon a box of home movies that should've probably remained undiscovered. Moving his family into a home where the previous occupants were murdered, he finds himself entangled in a horrifying supernatural mystery. As he digs deeper, a sinister entity – Bughuul, a pagan deity who consumes the souls of children – begins to reveal itself. This isn't a story you'll soon forget, nor will you want to; each viewing reveals another layer, another secret, another chill.

5. Hereditary (2018)

A family's descent into terror – that's Hereditary in a nutshell. When the Graham family matriarch passes away, her daughter's family begins unraveling cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. Toni Collette delivers a tour de force performance as Annie, a woman teetering on the edge of sanity. The disconcerting visuals, the palpable familial tensions, and the encroaching dread make this film a disturbing masterpiece.

6. Get Out (2017)

Jordan Peele's directorial debut is one for the books. Meet Chris, a young Black man who goes to visit his white girlfriend's family estate and uncovers a series of disturbing secrets. The Armitage family isn't what they seem. With hypnosis, body-snatching, and the eerie 'Sunken Place', Get Out seamlessly melds horror with biting social commentary. Each scene, each line of dialogue is meticulously crafted to unravel the insidious world Chris finds himself trapped in.

7. The Others (2001)

The ethereal Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman living with her two light-sensitive children in a dark, old, creaky house, believing it to be haunted. But as the story unfolds, we're spun around in a dizzying revelation that changes everything we thought we knew about the characters. That climactic moment where Grace's world shatters, her reality turned on its head – it's the kind of movie that demands to be rewatched and re-examined.

8. It Follows (2014)

A curse transmitted through intimacy that causes nightmarish entities to incessantly follow the cursed – an unconventional and spine-tingling premise that It Follows executes with eerie perfection. After Jay has a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she's haunted by visions and the unshakable feeling that someone, or something, is following her. The film's potent mix of existential dread, beautifully creepy visuals, and a haunting score by Disasterpiece create an atmospheric horror that lingers.

9. The VVitch (2015)

In the desolate backdrop of 1630s New England, a Puritan family is banished from their village and forced to forge a life on the edge of a sinister forest. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, paranoia and distrust fester, and the family starts to turn on one another. Robert Eggers' directorial debut, rife with haunting imagery and dialect from the era, crafts a suffocating atmosphere of unspeakable terror. The family's descent into madness, and young Thomasin's harrowing journey, make The Witch a visual and psychological delicacy for horror aficionados.

10. Paranormal Activity (2007)

On a budget that would make indie filmmakers blush, Paranormal Activity spun the genre on its head. Katie and Micah, a couple who move into a suburban home, find themselves haunted by a demonic presence. The use of found footage, a sense of claustrophobic terror, and moments of spine-tingling fear (that scene with the dragged blanket, remember?) made it a cultural phenomenon. The film's minimalist style proved that horror doesn't need expensive CGI effects to be effective, and it's that raw, unfiltered terror that keeps fans coming back.