Top rated movies with a poor character development and a few jump scares

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a poor character development and a few jump scares! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a poor character development and a few jump scares, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

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

Trailer

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2 The Isle (2019)

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

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2019-02-08 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow
  2. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sluggish pace

Trailer

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3 Last Radio Call (2022)

On June 30th, 2018, Officer David Serling went missing inside an undisclosed abandoned hospital. Using his recovered body cam footage, his wife attempts to piece together what happened to him on that horrible night.

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2022-01-14 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sarah Froelich, Jason Scarbrough

Rating

rating icon 6.068
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    quite chilling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like The Da Vinci Code
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dead end

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4 Lair (2021)

A fractured family are forced to face their demons, metaphorically and literally, as they unwittingly become embroiled in a man's attempt to prove the existence of the supernatural in order to overturn a friend's murder conviction.

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2021-11-09 | Horror

Cast

Corey Johnson, Anya Newall

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    supernatural theme
  2. Ranked #1 for
    special kudos
  3. Ranked #2 for
    little bland

Trailer

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5 The Craft: Legacy (2020)

An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

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2020-10-28 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Cailee Spaeny, Lovie Simone

Rating

rating icon 6.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    zero character development
  2. Ranked #3 for
    letdown ending
  3. Ranked #4 for
    looking forward to

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6 The Secret of Sinchanee (2021)

An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.

Info

2021-10-08 | Horror

Cast

Steven Grayhm, Tamara Austin

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    giving chills
  2. Ranked #1 for
    disjointed narrative
  3. Ranked #2 for
    actor at prime

Trailer

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7 Monstrous (2022)

Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

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2022-05-13 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncanny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fairly easy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    snake-like character

Trailer

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8 Two Witches (2023)

A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.

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2023-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Belle Adams, Jacob DeMonte-Finn

Rating

rating icon 6.036
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    downright evil
  2. Ranked #2 for
    discernible plot
  3. Ranked #3 for
    dumbed down plot

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9 Unearth (2020)

The relationship between two neighboring farm families are strained when one of them chooses to lease their land to an oil and gas company. In the midst of growing tension, the land is drilled, and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth's surface is released. "Unearth" is about the horrifying repercussions sown by short-sighted decisions, and what our children reap from our actions.

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2020-08-25 | Horror

Cast

Adrienne Barbeau, Marc Blucas

Rating

rating icon 3.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    real downer
  2. Ranked #2 for
    pretty picture
  3. Ranked #3 for
    scream queen

Trailer

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10 Hosts (2020)

On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.

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2020-10-02 | Horror

Cast

Neal Ward, Samantha Loxley

Rating

rating icon 4.903
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    decently budgeted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fever dream
  3. Ranked #2 for
    personification of evil

Trailer

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