Best Home Invasion Horror Films
Part I
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TOO SCARY 2 WATCH now presents a list of Home Invasion horror films (arranged by year) that we believe are sure to make you uncomfortable. The list will continue to be updated over the next several months as we find more movies that fit the criteria.
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It can be argued whether some of the movies on the list are scary enough to belong on the list ... nevertheless, but we went ahead and added them anyways.
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Disclaimer
Some of the movies on the list, in our opinion, aren't necessarily good movies, but were chosen to be included for a variety of different reasons.
Thanks and enjoy!
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Audrey Hepburn was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Susy Hendrix, a blind woman terrorized by a criminal (Alan Arkin) who's after a stash of heroin that was planted in her apartment inside a doll without her knowledge. When the stalker isolates Hendrix in her apartment, she must find a way to defeat him in a thrilling, chilling battle of wits, relying on all of her senses -- save her sight -- to stay alive.
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Astrophysicist David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and wife, Amy (Susan George), move to England to get away from the violence in America. But the Sumners learn that things are no better on the other side of the pond when local construction workers intimidate and exploit the couple. The trouble turns into a bloody battle when David -- who discovers a feral and vicious side of himself -- is forced to defend his home after Amy gets raped.
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A businessman whose family is away on his birthday picks up two young girls. He takes them to his house, where they seduce him. Afterwards, however, they tie him up, torture him, trash his house, and then kill a delivery boy.
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When three escaped prisoners (led by William Sanderson of television's "Newhart" and "Deadwood") break into the home of a middle-class black minister (Robert Judd), he must fight to protect his family from physical and psychological abuse. Originally produced in 1977, this classic example of exploitation cinema was heavily censored in the United States and completely banned in England due to its graphic scenes of rape and torture.
Director: Robert A. Endelson
R-Rated
86 mins
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A petrified baby-sitter, a relentlessly ringing telephone and whispered threats set the stage for this suspense-packed, hair-raising chiller. A string of menacing phone calls unnerves baby-sitter Jill Johnson (Carol Kane). When a compulsive shamus (Charles Durning) enters the scene to nab the caller -- a deranged killer -- Jill thinks all is well. But seven years later, the maniac returns to ruthlessly torment Jill, who's now a wife and mother.
Director: Fred Walton
R-Rated
97 mins
La casa sperduta nel parco (original title)
Time to party hardy. Hardly! It's more like time to bail when two psychotics gate-crash a perfectly delightful get-together and turn it into a gore-fest with a huge body count. Directed by Ruggero Deodato, House on the Edge of the Park makes no pretense -- it's an exploitation flick complete with ritualistic torture.
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Not-Rated
90 mins
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Dr. Bain (Donald Pleasence) precariously presides over an eerie asylum that houses its fair share of eccentrics and very dangerous figures, including the murderous Frank Hawkes (Jack Palance) and the holier-than-thou Byron "Preacher"Sutcliff (Martin Landau). Not even the arrival of kindly Dr. Dan Potter (Dwight Schultz) on the scene can keep everyone in check. And when the lights go out mysteriously all over town, mayhem starts to rule.
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Farrah Fawcett stars as a sexual assault victim who graduates from helplessness to empowerment -- through sheer force of will -- when she takes revenge on her attacker in this riveting film version of the off-Broadway play.
Director: Robert M. Young
R-Rated
89 mins
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An affluent German family is settling into their lakeside vacation home when a young man named Peter (Frank Giering) comes to the door asking to borrow eggs. Anna (Susanne Lothar) is alone in the house while her husband (Ulrich Muhe) and son (Stefan Clapczynski) are off swimming. A friend (Arno Frisch) soon joins Peter, and when Anna's men return, the pair takes the family hostage and begins to play sadistic games in this disturbing thriller.
Director: Michael Haneke
Not-Rated
104 mins
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When Daryl (Muse Watson), T.J. (Michael McCleery) and Billy (Anthony Nicosia) break into a suburban house one night and hold its occupants hostage, they're unaware that the 16-year-old daughter, LoriBeth (Stephanie Jones), is hiding in the house. As the thugs torture the family, LoriBeth begins to practice her own brand of terror on the assailants, turning the tables in this chilling psychological thriller.
Director: Brian Katkin
R-Rated
77 mins
This claustrophobic thriller centers on a divorcée (Jodie Foster) and her daughter (Kristen Stewart) who are caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three burglars (Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto and Dwight Yoakam) in their New York City brownstone, retreating to the vault-like safety of their aptly named panic room. As the intruders try to breach the room's security, the embattled duo must stay one step ahead. David Fincher (Seven) directs.
Director: David Fincher
R-Rated
112 mins
Haute Tension (original title)
Students Marie (Cécile de France) and Alex (Maïwenn Le Besco) have no idea of the horrors that await them when they head off to a remote country home to study for their upcoming exams and a psychopathic stranger attacks, tying up Alex and taking her away. It's up to Marie to save her friend -- but first, she must figure out what's really going on. Philippe Nahon co-stars in this twisty-turny tale of terror.
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Ellen Page (Juno) stars in this suspenseful drama from director David Slade as Hayley, an intelligent teen who's got her own reasons for spending so much time with Geoff (Patrick Wilson), a much older man she met online. Even though Geoff is a charming, good-looking photographer, Hayley should know better than to go home with a guy in his early thirties -- especially since he might have ulterior motives.
Director: David Slade
R-Rated
103 mins
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Ils (original title)
Late one night, Lucas (Michaël Cohen) and Clémentine (Olivia Bonamy) encounter strange events in their remote country home. It starts with prank calls and strange noises, but when the power is cut off and their car disappears, the terrified couple is trapped by the unseen force. Is it simply kids from the school where Clémentine teaches, or could it have something to do with a mother and daughter who mysteriously vanished the day before?
Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
R-Rated
77 mins
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Simon West directs this 21st-century remake of the chilling 1979 original, following the harrowing experiences of a teenage babysitter (Camilla Belle) who begins receiving phone calls from an increasingly menacing prankster. After tucking in her charges, she locks the door and sets the security alarm -- only to discover that the persistent calls that insist she "check the children" seem to be coming from inside the house.
Director: Simon West
PG-13
87 mins
Anna (Naomi Watts) and George (Tim Roth) are enjoying a vacation with their son when two sadistic young men (Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet) break into their cabin and hold the family hostage. The psychotic duo plays twisted games with their prisoners, forcing them to comply to stay alive. Director Michael Haneke remakes his chilling 1997 German-language film as an indictment of the media's fascination with violence.
Director: Michael Haneke
R-Rated
111 mins
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À l'intérieur (original title)
Four months after her husband's tragic death, Sarah (Alysson Paradis) prepares to head to the hospital to deliver her miracle baby. But what should be a blessed Christmas Eve event turns terrifying when a crazed woman (Béatrice Dalle) arrives at her home intent on taking Sarah's baby. Taking up whatever sharp implement at hand, the psychotic woman relentlessly pursues the pregnant Sarah, determined to perform a grisly brand of C-section.
Director 1: Alexandre Bustillo
Director 2: Julien Maury
R-Rated
82 mins
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When she takes a job babysitting a young boy (Kai Caster) for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright (Sarah Thompson) becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun. Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri direct this darkly humorous horror flick.
Director 1: Jonas Barnes
Director 2: Michael Manasseri
R-Rated
90 mins
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In this heart-pounding thriller, young suburban couple James (Scott Speedman) and Kristen (Liv Tyler) welcome the peace and quiet of a secluded family vacation home -- that is, until three masked home invaders make them realize how dangerous isolation can be. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino, the film also stars Australian supermodel Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Glenn Howerton and Laura Margolis.
Director: Bryan Bertino
R-Rated
86 mins
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Desperate to be free of his financial debt to his ex-wife, Arkin (Josh Stewart) breaks into his employer's house to snag a jewel he knows will buy him independence. Too bad for him, someone else has gotten there first in this Marcus Dunston-helmed horror fest. Now, Arkin just wants to survive the night when he finds the house's residents tied up, the house rigged with deadly traps and a masked madman engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Director: Marcus Dunstan
R-Rated
88 mins
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Bank manager Michelle Estey (Julie Benz) has put her troubled past behind her, but when robbers take her and her daughter, Breea (Natasha Calis), hostage in their own home, the single mother is forced to steal from work to secure their survival. In this high-tension Lifetime drama based on a true story, matters only worsen as the culprits label Estey an accomplice, her co-workers express uncertainty and Estey is snarled in a courtroom catch-22.
Director: Grant Harvey
Not-Rated
86 mins
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Your worst nightmare is at the door. From the acclaimed director of London To Brighton comes this chilling edge-of-your-seat tale of urban horror. An ordinary British family face their worst fears when their normal, everyday lives are destroyed, piece by brutal piece, by a group of vicious youths who subject them to a savage barrage of humiliation and violence. While the evening starts like any other, with the family settling down for a quiet night in front of the telly, a simple knock at the front door will leave its bloody mark on them forever... Writer-director Paul Andrew Williams carves his signature vision on the urban horror genre with this relentless slice of terror - your home will never feel safe again.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Not-Rated
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Secuestrados (original title)
On the day they're celebrating their move into a beautiful new house, a Madrid couple (Fernando Cayo and Ana Wagener) and their teenage daughter (Manuela Vellés) become the targets of a brutal home invasion by a masked and violently determined trio of criminals. The family struggles to resist even after the gang separates the father from the two women. Their defiance leads to a brutal, bloody drama in what had been a peaceful middle-class setting.
Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas
Not-Rated
85 mins
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Attempting to sell her home after her marriage ends, Alice (Rachel Blanchard) holds an open house -- but the event spirals into a nightmare when a serial-killing couple (Brian Geraghty and Tricia Helfer) doesn't leave and Alice becomes a prisoner in her own basement crawl space. Now she watches as the disturbing relationship between her captors unravels. Anna Paquin co-stars in this chiller written and directed by her brother, Andrew.
Director: Andrew Paquin
R-Rated
88 mins
Fear gives way to deeper and more complex emotions when well-to-do couple Jonathan and Dana Davenport (John Heard and Erin Cardillo) find themselves held captive in their own home by the thuggish and volatile Gabriel Doyle (Brendan Sexton III). What appears to be a robbery turns into something even more treacherous when it's revealed that both husband and wife may have previously encountered the man who now holds their lives in his hands.
Director: Ryan Barton-Grimley
Not-Rated
96 mins
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In Rod Lurie's remake of the controversial 1971 Sam Peckinpah drama, screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) relocates with his wife, Amy (Kate Bosworth), to her Mississippi hometown. But as detachment strains their marriage, bigger threats loom in their small town. To Amy's chagrin, David attempts to befriend the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend, Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård). But resentments re-emerge and tensions rise to an explosive end.
Director: Rod Lurie
R-Rated
110 mins
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A husband and wife find themselves pushed to their absolute limit when they're held for ransom by brutal thugs who invade their home. As tensions escalate and shocking revelations emerge, the couple is forced to take ever-more desperate measures.
Director: Joel Schumacher
R-Rated
91 mins
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