Sinister, The Scariest Horror Movie According To Research

Ethan Hawke (Blumhouse Productions)

JAKARTA - Horror films always manage to offer stories that can make goosebumps. But what horror films are the scariest?

The question may seem subjective, but a platform called broadbandchoices made a study entitled the Science of Scare Project. Launching Forbes on October 22, they conducted tests on 50 people of varying ages.

When watching these horror films, the audience is given a heart monitor to see their heart rate during the film. As a result, the Sinister film starring Ethan Hawke took the lead in first place.

Most viewers have a heart rate of 65 BPM (beats per minute), but while watching Sinister, their rate increases to 86 BPM. Sinister tells of a writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) having a hard time finding inspiration. He took his family to a house where the family murder took place. He finds a box containing a murder video and just realizes that his family is in danger.

In second place, there is the film Insidious directed by James Wan which succeeded in making the audience's heart rate increase to 133 BPM.

Apart from Insidious, several other horror films made by James Wan also appear on this list such as The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2. Then according to this study, modern horror films are much scarier than historical horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street.

However, this study still has several weaknesses such as the small number of participants and a list of the films they choose. It is known that the team of scientists took samples of 50 horror films from the IMDB site.

Here is a list of horror films according to Scientists:

Sinister Insidious The Conjuring Hereditary Paranormal Activity It Follows The Conjuring 2 The Babadook The Descent The Visit