15 Terrifying Movies That Prey on Your Phobias

nigh 19 million Americans suffer from phobias , feeling of dread that turn everyday object and occurrent into rootage of panic attack . Most people handle these deep - seated concern with rational thought . Others take more … severe measures . Whatever the typeface , Hollywood is n’t out to help the phobic , on a regular basis exploiting their fears in disturbing ( and memorable ) way . Here are the movies to 100 % avoid if you ’re prostrate to specific scares , and 100 % check out if you desire to test your bravery :

Acrophobia (fear of heights)

The WalkSay what you will about this 2015 pic ’s canonical biopic approach to Philippe Petit ’s biography , but once Joseph Gordon - Levitt and his wandering French emphasis climb atop the World Trade Center arm with nothing but a perch and a wire , The Walkbecomes an acrophobic ’s worst nightmare . The visual - effects crew will take your future vertigo as a compliment . Where to stream it : Free on DIRECTV ; purchase on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mentions : The Towering Inferno(1974),Creepshow 2(1987),Cliffhanger(1993 )

Aerophobia (fear of flying)

AliveFew things are as terrific as the mind of being trap in a dying airplane , and very few films have captured this fear as well as 1993’sAlive . base on actual event of the 1972 Andes flight tragedy , Alivedeals with revulsion like exposure , famishment , and cannibalism , but the opening plane crash is something you recall every time you head to the aerodrome . Where to stream it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mentions : Twilight Zone : The Movie(1983),Fearless(1993),The Grey(2011 )

Arachnophobia (fear of spiders)

ArachnophobiaEven though picture show chronicle ’s littered with group B - movies about voracious arachnid , this on - the - nose horror comedy from 1990 outdoes the rival when it amount to wanderer - based chills . We feel Jeff Daniels and John Goodman ’s pain as the specimens creep in from the shadow . Where to pour it : let on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Kingdom of the Spiders(1977),Eight Legged Freaks(2002),Big Ass Spider!(2013 )

Aquaphobia (fear of water)

The Poseidon AdventureOn top of the common disaster - movie mayhem , 1972 ’s action thriller had a dark psychological hook . It ’s scary enough to be immobilize inside of a capsize luxury liner … then the water starts rising . While this submersible subgenre may seem a morsel dated today , The Poseidon Adventurestill manages to commingle aquaphobia , claustrophobia , and naviphobia ( veneration of boats ! ) into one suspenseful taradiddle . Where to stream it : Free on DIRECTV ; economic rent on Amazon , YouTubeHonorable honorable mention : Jaws(1975),The Abyss(1989),Waterworld(1995 )

Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces)

BuriedThere have been quite a few " buried alive " flick ( including a few with that exact deed ! ) but few have been as attached to the premise 2010’sBuried , which asterisk Ryan Reynolds as a man who spends the entire picture show immobilize in a casket . Yes , it ’s the definition of a gimmick pic – but when the gimmick is pulled off this well , there ’s not a whole stack to complain about . Where to well out it : Stream on Break.com ; rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Body Double(1984),The Vanishing(1988 or 1993),The Descent(2005 )

Coulrophobia (fear of clowns)

Killer Klowns from Outer SpaceOne of the coolest things about this 1988 religious cult classic is that , while it ’s obviously quite silly , the clown effects are so damn sound that it ’s an crying nightmare for anyone who dislike those express mirth , red - nosed goof . Which is most of us . Where to stream it : charter on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable quotation : Poltergeist(1982),It(1990),Stitches(2012 )

Cynophobia (fear of dogs)

CujoWatching a loyal , lovable dog go uncollectible is formidable , and 1983’sCujois among the sick depictions . This Stephen King version is one of the writer ’s favorites , a benighted , sweaty , acute thriller that owe just as much to claustrophobia as it does to cynophobia . Where to stream it : Free on Netflix ; economic rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Devil Dog : The Hound of Hell(1978),Man ’s Best Friend(1993),The Pack(2015 )

Hemophobia (fear of blood)

The ThingThe 1982 sci - fi is notoriously stinky ; a sequence in which Kurt Russell ’s MacReady implement a hot needle to a collection of rip samples is one of the most gloriously suspenseful moments in horror history . piles of movies have aggressively bloody aspect ; not many have scene affect fast-growing line . Where to stream it : hire on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Carrie(1976),The Shining(1980),Hostel : Part II(2007 )

Monophobia (fear of being alone)

Cast AwayThis modern retelling of Robinson Crusoe sounds teetotal on paper : one guy , stranded alone on an island , fights for survival . Fortunately that one guy is played by Tom Hanks . The man ’s struggle to maintain sanity in the brass of overwhelming isolation may be good therapy for the great unwashed who are suffer from the more established shape of desolation – or the verso . Where to stream it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : When a Stranger Calls(1979),Moon(2009),All Is Lost(2013 )

Mysophobia (fear of germs)

Cabin FeverTainted weewee ferment a clustering of randy idiots into a bunch of shrieking , gore - sop , flesh - flake madman inEli Roth’s2002 debut . While it ’s all very spacious , silly , and splattery , there ’s no way anyone with a serious germ phobia should watch this pic . Even the fearless will need antibacterial rub handy . Where to stream it : Free on DIRECTV ; rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention:12 Monkeys(1995),Safe(1995),Contagion(2011 )

Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)

AnacondaThis 1997 movie , about a film crew being stalked by a mega - snake on the Amazon , is full of fearsome dialogue and goofy drama . It also gas a dainty handful of unbalanced serpent mayhem . This is as close to an actual Eunectes murinus as I ever want to get . We ca n’t imagine how Ice Cube feels . Where to pour it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981),Venom(1982),Snakes on a Plane(2006 )

Ornithophobia (fear of birds)

The BirdsNot only is this Hitchcock motion picture as effective today as it was 40 years ago , but no amount of modern technology has been capable to rive it off successfully . Boasting some revolutionary particular effects , and an amusingly morbid sense of humor , this movie will keep you indoors for days . Where to stream it : Free on DIRECTV ; rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : bill : The Movie(1987),Jurassic Park III(2001),Birdemic(2010 )

Thanatophobia (fear of death)

FlatlinersLet ’s face it : the desire to chicane death is the purest expression of a fear of mortality . So even when the coxa aesculapian students in 1990’sFlatliners"crack " the key to get the better of Death , they ’ve only delayed the inevitable ( and made Death angry ) . And if movies have taught us anything , it ’s that you do n’t want to make Death angry . Where to stream it : Free on DIRECTV ; economic rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable citation : Dawn of the Dead(1978),Jacob ’s Ladder(1990),Final Destination(2000 )

Trypanophobia (fear of needles)

Saw IINobody enjoys a shot , and many ca n’t even watch a hypodermic needle from afar . Savvy moviemakers have used it as a springboard for short , sharp burst of horror . Saw II ’s " phonograph needle pit " sequence delivers the most painful injection of them all . Where to stream it : costless on Showtime Anytime , DIRECTV ; economic rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : Pulp Fiction(1994),Trainspotting(1996),Requiem for a Dream(2000 )

Xenophobia (fear of things foreign or strange)

AlienThe 1979 Greco-Roman whole kit and caboodle on two xenophobic levels : not only can the inscrutable , condemnable goliath ( seemingly ) not be kill , but it also looks different every sentence we see it . charge evolution . Truly , each indescribable intention , plus dark starship hallways , will touch anyone clinging to the familiar . Where to pelt it : hire on iTunes , Amazon , YouTubeHonorable mention : The ' Burbs(1989),Gangs of New York(2002),The nontextual matter of the Deal(2016 )

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