Top rated genuinely unsettling movies with wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked genuinely unsettling movies with wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best genuinely unsettling movies with wasted potential, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 We Need to Do Something (2021)

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw

Rating

rating icon 5.341
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    copping out
  2. Ranked #1 for
    final insult
  3. Ranked #2 for
    wrapped-up nicely

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2 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling a little rushed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying climax
  3. Ranked #1 for
    building tension

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3 The Stairs (2021)

In 1997, 11-year-old Jesse finds a mysterious staircase in the woods and disappears - - 20 years later, a group of hikers sets off into the very same woods. Unfortunately for them, they come face-to-face with the very same set of stairs...

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2021-02-26 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kathleen Quinlan, John Schneider

Rating

rating icon 3.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    intentionally funny
  3. Ranked #5 for
    not remotely scary

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The Stairs trailer
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4 Hideout (2021)

Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

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2021-11-09 | Horror / Crime

Cast

Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright

Rating

rating icon 4.972
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    weird camera angle
  2. Ranked #1 for
    downright painful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poorly put together

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5 The Retreat (2021)

Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.

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2021-05-21 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen

Rating

rating icon 5.06
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    generic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    reasonably entertaining
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pacey

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6 Sacrilege (2020)

Four lifelong friends head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offer them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice.

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2020-03-06 | Horror

Cast

Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt

Rating

rating icon 5.645
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    babe
  2. Ranked #1 for
    actor at prime
  3. Ranked #1 for
    recurring motif

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7 Umma (2022)

Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

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2022-03-18 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart

Rating

rating icon 5.394
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    psychologically horrifying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    not scary at all
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sighing

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8 The Outwaters (2023)

Deep in the Mojave desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers have set up camp to make art. One fateful night, the group is thrust into a feverish tornado of flayed flesh and mind-boggling monstrosities, the likes of which mere humans simply cannot fathom.

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2023-02-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pitch black
  2. Ranked #1 for
    loud sound
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brace yourself

Trailer

The Outwaters trailer
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9 The Devil's Machine (2019)

Antique expert Brendon Cole is summoned to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notoriously dark history known as The Inferno Princess. In the remote Highlands mansion where it has recently been uncovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse as the malevolent forces surrounding it are terrifyingly awakened.

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2019-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Jamie Scott Gordon, Erich Redman

Rating

rating icon 4.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moody lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    effectively creepy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Baroque imagery

Trailer

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10 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intentionally funny

Trailer

Triggered trailer
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