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At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW - prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting. Halloween is coming up fast, which means loads of people are on the hunt for a good scary movie to watch right now. But with so many great horror films on the market, which is the right one? More importantly, which one will actually keep you up at night? Well, science may be able to help with that. The Science of Scare project, now in its third year, has developed a method to determine exactly which horror movie is the scariest based on heart rate data. The project sat 250 people down in a room, fitted with heart rate monitors, and subjected them to 40 of the best horror movies, as recommended by critics lists. Examining heart rate monitors on each of the participants helped to understand exactly which moments in each film were the scariest and which parts kept heart rates consistently high. The number one horror film to rule them all, according to the study in 2022, is Host. The 2020 film directed by Rob Savage is a Shudder original and was filmed using Zoom during the pandemic. The film scored an average heart rate of 88bpm with the highest spike reaching 130bpm. For the record, a human’s average resting heart rate sits around 64bpm. Are you brave enough to give it a go? To help you pull your horror film watch list, we’ve listed the 20 scariest films that kept heart rates above average in the Science of Scare list for you below. The best scary movies, according to heart rates Here’s how the Science of Scare Project ranked its top 20 best scary films:
You can see the full list of results here. Insidious, at number three, also holds the title of the best jump scare, bringing heart rates to 133bpm, so keep an eye out for that if you’re watching. Can’t argue with science, right? If you’re looking for something truly scary this Halloween weekend, maybe check out one of these recommended films and see if they were right. This article has been updated since its original publication date with the 2022 survey results. More From Lifehacker AustraliaAbout the AuthorWhether it's zombies, ghosts or anything else that goes 'bump in the night', is there anything better than a good horror movie? But of the hundreds of horror flicks, which is the ultimate 'king of fright night'? Our scientific study tracked heart rates throughout some of the world's most iconic horror films, to study the science of scary, and find the undisputed scariest horror film of all time! The Science of Scare ProjectIs there anything better than a truly terrifying movie? One that gets your heart pounding, makes you jump out of your seat or sleep with the lights on? We don’t think so, and that’s why since 2020, The Science of Scare Project from Broadband Choices has set out to scientifically measure the scariest forms of entertainment available. With such a wide variety of streaming services, giving us an endless supply of horror films at our fingertips, it can be hard to know which can give you a true fight night, and which are child’s play. That's why in 2020 BroadbandChoices.co.uk founded the Science of Scare Project, an experiment to categorically find the scariest movies in existence, based on what get hearts pumping and pulses racing. Now in its third year, the Science of Scare is back and bigger than ever tracking both the scariest movies and video games ever made. Note: This page focuses on the movie side of our study, the results for the scientifically scariest video games can be found over on our sister study page here. How to measure the scariest moviesEach year, the Science of Scare project curates a list of the most terrifying feature length movies and puts them to our panel 250 ‘victims’ (test subjects). Post-Covid, our test subjects are invited to special screenings of our movies in our ‘screaming rooms’, where they are fitted with special heart rate monitors and their heart rate is tracked throughout the movies, under researcher supervision. From here we measure the average impact our shortlisted movies had on the heart rate (measured in BPM) of our subjects, compared to the average resting BPM of the total sample size, which each year has been 64 BPM. To prevent audience fatigue, our screenings take place over the course of several weeks throughout the year, before we publish our results in October, just in time for Halloween. To decide what films to screen, we take recommendations for the most frightening films from horror experts, critic ‘best of lists’, online communities (in particular r/horror), and our own personal picks. More on our ‘Scare List’ and selection process can be found at the bottom of this page. Who Scares WinsIn 2021, our study ranked Rob Savage’s low budget, Zoom based horror, Host (2020) as the scariest movie of all time, narrowly edging our previous winner Scott Derrickson’s Sinister (2012) as the most scientifically scary movie ever made, but would a newcomer be able to take its crown in 2022? The answer: no. Despite being shot in just 12 weeks and entirely through Zoom video conferencing, Host terrified our audiences in its short 56 minute runtime, increasing heart rates by an average of 24 BPM and retaining its title, leading us to declare that Host is the scientifically scariest movie ever made. A Shudder original movie from British director Rob Savage, Host began life as a 2 minute prank skit that went viral across twitter, before being developed into a 56 minute feature film in just 12 weeks. The movie, which was shot through Zoom video conferencing software during the covid-19 tells the story of a group of friends who take part in a virtual séance during one of their regular pandemic video catch-ups. What follows is an intense hour-long thrill ride with some genuinely scary moments in one of the best examples of the new 'video chat' genre of horror films, that will hit on the nose for anyone afraid of the supernatural, lived alone in the pandemic, or has suffered one too many 'virtual pub quizzes'. Science of Scare 2022 Full ResultsThe Science of Scare 2022 study saw some four new entrants crack the top 30, meaning we said goodbye to four films off the list. The highest new entrant, at number 8 was Rob Savage’s Host follow up, DASHCAM (2022), a truly chaotic found footage style horror movie, which despite polarising audiences with its protagonist, was able to push The Conjuring 2 out of the top 10. Other new entrants included Oculus (2013), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), and the latest Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawke horror, Black Phone (2022) With the new entrees muscling their way in, it meant four movies were pushed out of the top 30, Candyman (2021), The Invisible Man (2020), The Conjuring: The Devil Made me Do it (2021) and slasher classic Friday the 13th(1980). New films narrowly missing out on a top 30 spot included Nope (2022), Malignant (2021), X (2022) and Scream (2022). You can see the full results on our Science of Scare 2022 infographic or compare 2022’s results to previous years in the table below. Devilish Directors: Who are the ‘best’ horror directors?With Black Phone entering in at number 30 on our list, director Scott Derrickson joins an exclusive club of directors with more than one entry in the Science of Scare Scare List. However, it’s horror icon, James Wan who sits atop of our director list, with an impressive three entries on the Science of Scare Scare List, The Conjuring, Insidious and The Conjuring 2. Directors with more than one film on the Scare List:
2= Rob Savage: Host, DASHCAM 2= Scott Derrickson: Sinister, Black Phone 2= Tobe Hooper: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist How to rank the scariest movies: ‘The Scare List’There are easily hundreds of horror movies from all over the world, with new indie horrors being released all the time. That means, unfortunately it’s not possible to screen every horror movie ever made to our panel. Luckily, this is where our Scare List comes into play. Our Scare List is our collated list of the scariest films taken from critic best of lists, forum and subreddit suggestions (a particular thanks the r/horror community), personal and expert recommendations and of course your feedback. For the first two years of the Science of Scare Project, we screened 40 films each year from our list, ranking the top 30 scariest movies ever made, based on the heartrate impact. However, following community feedback, for 2022 we’ve taken a new approach to allow us to screen more new movies and recommendations to our panel, rather than continuously playing the same movies each year, giving more films a chance and keeping our list fresh. So, here’s how the Scare List works. Based on previous results, the top 20 movies are locked in and do not get rescreened (unless of course a new entry is scary enough to bump them out of the top 20). The remainder of the top 30 (our relegation zone) get rescreened alongside our new entries. Any movie which does not make the top 30, is ineligible to be rescreen for the following year. Agree with our list? Hate it? Have suggestions for movies we might have missed? Or, as David S Pumpkins, might say, “Any questions?” let us know on social media with the hashtag #ScienceOfScare. Which is the No 1 horror movie in the world 2022?Best Horror Movies of 2022 Ranked: New Scary Movies Best to Worst. #1. Hellbender. 97% 56% #1. ... . #2. The Innocents. 96% 72% #2. ... . #3. Sissy. 96% 62% #3. ... . #4. Saloum. 96% 68% #4. ... . #5. A Wounded Fawn. 95% 72% #5. ... . #6. X. 94% 75% #6. ... . #7. Prey. 93% 73% #7. ... . #8. You Won't Be Alone. 93% 68% #8.. What is scientifically the scariest movie?These are the scariest movies according to science. Insidious (2011). The Conjuring (2013). Hereditary (2018). Terrified (2017). It Follows (2014). Dashcam (2021). A Quiet Place II (2020). Paranormal Activity (2007). What is rated No 1 scariest movie?The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever. The Conjuring (2013). The Shining (1980). The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). The Ring (2002). Halloween (1978). Sinister (2012). Insidious (2010). IT (2017). Is there any scary movies coming out in 2022?One of the first horror films to be released in 2022 is Scream. The fifth installment of the horror franchise takes place twenty-five years after the original, and finds a new Ghostface killer hunting down victims with ties to the OG.
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