Mike Flanagan: Best Horror Films

Oculus, Hush and Doctor Sleep: humane, character-first horror. Best known for Doctor Sleep, Hush and Gerald's Game.

1. 

   Doctor Sleep (2019)

   Rated 7.2 on TMDB

   Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who…

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2. 

   Hush (2016)

   Rated 6.7 on TMDB

   A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

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3. 

   Gerald's Game (2017)

   Rated 6.4 on TMDB

   When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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4. 

   Oculus (2014)

   Rated 6.5 on TMDB

   A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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5. 

   Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

   Rated 6.2 on TMDB

   In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home.

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6. 

   Before I Wake (2016)

   Rated 6.5 on TMDB

   An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

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7. 

   Absentia (2011)

   Rated 5.8 on TMDB

   Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'.

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