22 Horror Movies So Terrifying, People Had To Turn Them Off Halfway Through

"After watching just the opening scene as a kid, I was too afraid to go to the bathroom. Like, I seriously thought that the shark might jump out and bite me in the rear end."

—k4da4fb455

"This was the most unsettling movie I’ve ever seen. Basically, this poor girl is trapped in a mental institution with her stalker as her caretaker. It was just too much for me. I had to stop the movie because I was literally crying at one point, I was so uncomfortable."

—aprilinthed

"I typically love scary movies and have easily seen hundreds of them, but this Korean movie was the first one I ever stopped midway through. It’s about a serial killer and a cop’s quest to find him...and that's all I'll say without giving too much away."

—BonkersTheCat3000

"The remake messed me up really badly for a few weeks. I didn't even finish it, but I was so disturbed that night that I couldn't close my eyes for more than a blink. I really was nauseous and shaking the rest of the day, even though I could only make it through the first third of the movie."

—Kjaco

"I went to see this at the theater when I was around 12. The first time you see the alien on the roof of the barn, I freaked the heck out...I couldn't breathe. My grandmother thought I was having an asthma attack, so she stopped the movie. The best part is that I didn't even HAVE asthma, I was just dramatic."

—laurennn0420

"The one movie I couldn't finish or try to watch again (and never even recommend to people) is this one. It’s based on a true story, set in Australia, and is completely freaking terrifying. It's VERY real-feeling and VERY upsetting."

—patriciac4c3f3a648

"When I was in the eighth grade, my friend and I were watching this. We were eating Rice Krispies Treats cereal when the part with the maggots came on. We thought we were going to puke and had to stop the movie immediately. I slept alone in my friend's sister's room that night and was STILL scared the whole night."

—r47fb6647a

"The first one scared the crap out of me. It literally got to the point that I was begging my sister to leave the theater. I’ve always been afraid of flying, so that opening scene destroyed me."

—kimberlyw431d55521

"I have seen A LOT of scary movies, but the only one I had to literally walk away from was this movie."

—Kittytoes

"I was in high school, and during the scene when she’s in the barn counting to 6 (the number of disciples who betrayed Jesus), I started crying because I was so scared. I left the theater in the middle of that part and still, to this day, haven’t finished that movie. I’m not even religious and I found it terrifying."

—rebekahl45fd4eb79

"This movie isn't scary so much as it's just sick. It's one of only, like, five movies I couldn't finish watching. It just made me sick to my stomach, and I usually love horror movies!"

—Sobrien91

"I watched the original movie around the same age that I started babysitting as a kid, and even though I didn't watch it until the end, it terrified me for YEARS. I was always worried that someone was hiding upstairs."

—Smee

"My dad made me watch this when I was around 6, and because I was so young, I didn't really understand what the movie was about and fully thought that the main creature was a REAL thing. We had to turn it off halfway through, and I had nightmares about it for around 10 YEARS until my friend made me rewatch it with her, and now I laugh at it."

—mckenzieholahan1132

"I'm surprised no one named this one yet! I couldn't finish it because it was so weird, so I read the full synopsis and it creeped me the heck out. I'm truly glad I turned it off."

—jessicay440de10fa

"When I was a kid, my dad rented this and put it on for me to watch while he went to get pizza. Movie rentals were expensive back then, so I was laying on the couch too terrified to watch it, but also too terrified to turn it off. I made it to the creepy 'Narek' scene before I gave up and told my dad when he got home that I couldn't do it. I’m 42 now and STILL have not seen it to the end."

—jessicarosep

"I straight-up lost my shit midway through the movie and had to basically beg my boyfriend to turn it off (meanwhile, he was laughing at me the entire time)."

—veronica_cachairs

"This movie remains the most vile thing I ever tried to watch. I’m all for a great revenge movie, but this crossed too many lines."

—diyanahj

"I had a full-blown panic attack in the middle of the movie that got so bad that I had to turn it off. It's so disgusting."

—Mkr687

"My boyfriend and I were home alone on Halloween and it was my (stupid) idea to watch this. BIG MISTAKE. I'm very paranoid to begin with, so when my boyfriend pointed out the masked man in the house with the girl, I had to turn it off. No shame."

—kathrynm4c2962827

"This movie is so unbelievably hard to watch because of all the contraptions set up. You never see anything coming. The part with the cat broke my heart, and I haven't been able to sit through it past that part."

—abigailg4cdddf51a

"I dipped out of the original as soon as Zelda came on-screen. It's been well over 10 years since I tried watching it, and she still haunts my dreams."

—keln96

"I could not (and will not EVER) finish this one. I’ve seen hundreds of scary movies, but none of them have ever made me feel like I was going to be physically ill until this one."

—jenniferl40be2a32b