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Top 10 Creepiest Things Found in the Backgrounds of Movie Scenes

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Check out our featured song: "Crash & Burn" by Derek Orsi! /watch/wnfDY7d8yD-8D Did anybody else see that? For this list, we’ll be looking at various creepy things that can be found in the background of various movies, particularly thrillers or horror films. Our countdown includes “Insidious”, “Jeepers Creepers”, “It”, and more! What do YOU think is the creepiest thing found in the backgrounds of movie scenes? Let us know in the comments! Watch more great creepy videos here: Top 20 Creepiest Mysteries of the Century So Far: /watch/Er0f-BMvLbavf Top 10 Mysteries in Modern History: /watch/wUODUMWNjbgND Top 20 Creepiest Coincidences in History: /watch/M5Dv6YiGQvPGv Have Your Idea Become A Video! https://wmojo.com/suggest Subscribe for more great content! https://wmojo.com/watchmojo-subscribe Visit WatchMojo Club for Great Deals! https://wmojo.com/WatchMojoClub Your trusted authority for Top 10 lists, reviews, tips and tricks, biographies, origins, and entertainment news on Film, TV, Video Games, Comics, Celeb, Music and Superheroes. #Creepy #Movies #Background

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@WatchMojo4 years ago What's the creepiest thing you ever saw in a movie scene's background? - Check out our featured song: "Crash & Burn" by Derek Orsi! .. ...Expand 322
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@MrDarthvaderlikespie4 years ago The one video where a big red circle wouldve been helpful. 5184
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@Yaris5102 years ago I' ve seenseveral times, but never noticed the boy standing facing the wall. A genuinely chilling detail; thank you for bringing it to our attention! 102
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@timburton41504 years ago Know what would have made this video awesome? Zoom in or circle what we' re suppose to see. Half these i have no idea where it is. 957
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@JosephKarthic3 years ago when we really needed that red circle. 1630
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@ebls20004 years ago The horror movie " it follows" has a lot of these subtle background scenes. One of the most disturbing is the girl slowly walking wearing the white jacket in the school while jay and her friends are inside the car. ...Expand 313
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@SpeedyFilms2492 years ago For those of you who are like me and couldn't see the satellite one, look SUPER closely at . Its landing spot in the water is almost directly above the 'W' in the WatchMojo logo. Turning the playback speed all the way down also helps a ton, and was the only reason I found it. .. ...Expand 56
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@Wolfrunner3264 years ago It follows had many scenes where they had someone slowly walking towards the protagonists in the background. You can' t tell if its just a random person, or it and its really clever. 192
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@galacticjewels78564 years ago When my friend and I watched Hereditary we accidentally paused it right at the shot in , where Annie is seen on the ceiling. We didnt notice and went to get snacks and when we came back and went to unpause it we saw her and I swear I nearly choked on my drink. Both of us were legitimately scared to unpause. .. ...Expand 345
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@notufon37194 years ago That ghost boy got an detention thats why he facing the wall. 135
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@jo-lethal27924 years ago I' m surprised the strangers didn' t make the list. When that masked man stood behind the woman of the house and then walked away with her being unaware of his trespassing sent chills down my spine. 58
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@a-slab65923 years ago How does the strangers scene not make this list. The scene where the masked man smoothly stands in the back with no narrative compensation has always been an classic. That scene still gives me chills to this day! 79
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@TheXpender4 years ago " in this scene you can spot something that is absolutely horrifying! You can' t see it? Bummer. Number 5. " 273
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@SweetyTweetyBird984 years ago I remember watching hereditary in the theaters, and about 5 seconds into the scene where they panned out on his bedroom, everybody screamed when they noticed annie on the ceiling. 79
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@ilikeyoutube8363 years ago That demon face appears in several other scenes in the exorcist. Once when regan' s mother enters a dark kitchen after arriving home, to the right . ...Expand 47
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@Shyam-ju1yd3 years ago to see the satellite.
Its on the right corner- slightly left of the yacht. 71
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@kjrose18994 years ago It: the creep lady in the library wasn' t the librarian as the camera angle changes you can see the librarian at her desk reading and another detail were the outfits. 87
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@SaintMartins3 years ago The "doll head in women's clothes" in Blue Velvet was an inside joke on Dennis Hopper by David Lynch b/c Hopper had just filmed River's Edge before where his love interest was an "inflatable doll" & Lynch knew about it so he had some fun. Both films made their debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1986. People noticed this then. .. ...Expand 7
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@bildadlewis46524 years ago No one
watchmojo: let' s make a video where people won' t see anything we are talking about. 1454
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@elusory37354 years ago My favorite subtle scare sent shivers down my spine like no movie ever did. I remember a scene in hereditary set in the evening, looking at the room from . ...Expand 33
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@davidfrischknecht82614 years ago That scene in cloverfield isn' t just any carnival. It' s deno' s wonder wheel at coney island in brooklyn, ny. 51
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@Baysidemom24 years ago " the tip toe through the tulips" scene is one of the scariest things i' ve seen in my life. 78
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@KiriakosVilchez4 years ago That librarian smiling in the background always gives me that unsettled feeling but then i imagine that the actress actually did that on her own because . ...Expand 250
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@meltedmarshdaddy3 years ago The scariest thing in movies to me is the subtle scary stuff in the background you notice but doesnt have a loud music sting or anything. Silence is the scariest. 17
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@c.a.whodat4 years ago You guys couldnt give us a circle or anything for the satellite? Seriously? Where the hell do we even start looking? Huge l watchmojo. 1915
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@MichellaneousMe4 years ago I watched the poltergeist a bunch of times and never noticed the picture! Thanks for pointing that out! 9
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@thedrewdog4 years ago The creepy grinning librarian was, imo, the scariest scene in it: chapter 1. In your face cgi and loud musical stingers can' t hold a candle to subtle, unsettling moments like that. 36
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@katejordan85013 years ago Hahahaha! #10 - my husband and i saw this in a packed theatre, and we were the only two people who noticed it. We reacted (not obnoxiously, just gasp id="hidden18" sort of reactions) and the people around us were all like, " what? What' d you see? " lol. ...Expand 6
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@theoriginalThud4 years ago Cool video! I' ve never noticed some of these before. I especially liked the scenes in poltergeist and it since i' ve seen those movies so many times. . ...Expand 2
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@e.erin.4 years ago I was born in 74 so i grew up with the fantastic horror flicks of the 70s and 80s. Poltergeist is one of my favorites (the shining is my very fav) and . ...Expand 7
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@camedy9024 years ago " if you look very
where look where uh so frustrating. 645
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@dikshitchaudhary91144 years ago That one scene in midsommar where a face could be seen in the trees during the may queen march should' ve been number 1. 68
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@malacite14 years ago Background stuff is always the most effective.
jump scares are just cheap scare tactics, in my opinion.
there are some notable examples of subtle background ones in the haunting of hill house also. 247
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@davidcampbell25344 years ago No idea what im actually looking at for most of them! 15
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@colincoates86264 years ago One of my favourites was in the start of the decent. When the girls get into the first deep cave, when the camera pans around, you can briefly see one of the monsters watching them. 23
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@Tuva20093 years ago This might actually be the most scary and creepy thing i have ever watched. 12
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@ronaldreyensalada59424 years ago I can' t be the only one who hasn' t seen the falling satellite. 588
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@angryboi5954 years ago That old lady smiling in it chapter 1 scared the frick out of me when watching it for the 2nd time when i was looking for the secrets. It made me think . ...Expand 37
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@twotwoplustwotwo4 years ago When you realize that the background has more horror moments than the movies. 35
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@RobSajous2 years ago The grinning librarian is something i didnt notice and is by far one of the most terrifying in years. 3
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@sandybane4 years ago For wizard of oz, there was actually two versions. The original vhs version has the hanging munchkin. The re-release painted this out and replaced it with . ...Expand 17
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@John_Stana3 years ago Fun fact, in hill house you can find many black figures randomly hiding in the background of the house. 42
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@paladincomics4 years ago Some of these are old so low quality, you should zoom and/or circle what you want us to see. 369
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@yingyangdevious4 years ago Ouiji origin of evil has a fantastically creepy moment like this. 22
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@fatherleo46034 years ago I' ve never had to rewind so much in a video before. 5
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@FatBlackGamerCat3 years ago Thats not the hanging munchkin clip. Thats after mgm editted the hanging man out and the bird in. This clip obviously shows a bird. The original was unmistakably not a frickin bird, but it was only on old tv and vhs. 147
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@beejay2714 years ago I' ve seen poltergeist 10x and never noticed the face in the picture! I actually had to reply that portion of this video twice to notice it! Whoever . ...Expand 18
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@hannacarter13523 years ago I hit the thumbs up button but on some of the stuff maybe highlight it. Like the cloverfield one. Enjoyed. Thanks.
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@jamesparker79324 years ago The insidious and conjuring movies are the masters of creepy things in the background. 785
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@kevinm.64924 years ago The supposed ghost boy in the window of " three men and a baby" scared the heck out of me back in the day. Real or not, it was creepy at the time. . ...Expand 13
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@nerdynord43154 years ago One of my favourites is i dead silence, a horror about a ghost of an elderly lady and ventriloquist who uses her dummies as conduits. There' s one scene . ...Expand 6
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@gomerohara74073 years ago I remember as a kid in the 80s one of the first things my brother and i looked for when we finally had a vcr and a copy of " the wizard of oz" was the hanging man. 8
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@alisterfolson4 years ago I wonder if directors sit around and talk about all the easter eggs in their movies no one has found yet. 13
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@pearlh8414 years ago That hereditary scene freaked me out so much i almost screamed when i saw it. 5
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@BillyBenH14 years ago Bro i was watching the exorcist part and when the demons face was on the screen one of my posters fell down, my heart nearly dropped and im home alone. 520
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@Andromeister274 years ago Yeah thanks for reminding me of these scenes from insidious, and hereditary gonna have nightmares for weeks > _< 6
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@ChewieLewis4 years ago The shadowy figure in the bathroom in running scared when the boy is trying to call his mom on the phone. Man, that part still freaks me out. 7
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@TheKmonta2 years ago " it" was a very disturbing and creepy movie indeed! 5
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@GoldenDragonMonkey4 years ago Another non horror example, in spider-man when harry osborne has the dream of the green goblin jump scare, its so brief its almost impossible to catch . ...Expand 6
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@d-maxx48143 years ago I' m surprised they didn' t show the ghost boy in the back ground in " three men & a baby" some people think it' s a real ghost. 8
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@JasonHalversonjaydog4 years ago I wish you' d have marked where the satelite is in the cloverfield one, i still couldn' t see anything. 288
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@Fallon904 years ago Also in carrie when she goes upstairs to her bedroom and her mother is hiding behind the door. I had never noticed before until my mom pointed it out id="hidden33" to me. Creeped me out so much. I dont get scared easy but creepy things in the background of movies are so unsettling. ...Expand 3
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@gracetanner41324 years ago The strangers should be mentioned that scene in the kitchen haunts me to this day. 94
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@silverslinger21653 years ago If you like what youre hearing
me: for the love of all things good make it stop! 8
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@thebaddestlarry94243 years ago I' ve never had to rewind a youtube video so much. And trying to stop at the perfect time on the demon face that flashed from the exorcist was so hard lol.
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@andrewblack4234 years ago Another good one i found was the woman in black where she at numerous times was subtly used in the background and super creepy. 4
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@margarethmichelina51464 years ago I remember i watched it (2017) twice. The first time i watched it, i didn' t notice theface but in the second time, i just noticed it. If only the movie didn' t always depend on the jumpscares and only with tension like that, that would be good. ...Expand 5
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@thelegendinhisownmind70383 years ago Where' s the person in the window from three men and a baby? That right there is a huge urban legend, and also an extremely gross oversight on your part not to have included it. 73
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@SexyButCurious4 years ago The scene from hereditary and it creeped me out! I noticed the former right away. Never noticed the others besides jeepers creepers scene. 3
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@sassytheclassy_rose97782 years ago Dude i loved jeepers creepers. They did a good job on the scare factor imo. 1
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@iBeatBoxz84 years ago Wheres 2 men and a baby? That scene where theyre in a room and theres a silhouette of a boy behind the curtains. 293
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@robwestgate36654 years ago The woman in the background of it is not the librarian, but another patron. The librarian is at her desk. The actor and costuming are different. I wouldn' t . ...Expand 4
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@viejoboros4 years ago I love the exorcist. There are few moments in the film where the face of pazuzu pop up. They did a good job with the make-up on eileen. 4
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@meltedmarshdaddy3 years ago That was the scariest thing ever to me when i was a kid the creepers truck driving up to them way in the background before they realize it. 6
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@yeetingful61854 years ago Id like to add that pennywise is seen (and heard) in the background a few times in the film. Hes seen in the background of a picture in that book ben is . ...Expand 1
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@GriseBlacolar3 years ago The hanging munchkin clip here is the remastered version. If you saw the original version, you can clearly see that there is no bird spreading its wings. . ...Expand 2
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@sharyageorge4 years ago In dark room about to go to sleep. Watchmojo: heres some creepy things to help your mind play tricks on you. 271
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@Redhoodtcf4 years ago Ok number 1 shouldve been micheal myers throughout the entire series, hell you could make a entire top ten video about it. 8
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@alexmichnowicz58734 years ago Ive watched all of these with my bsf and i freak out every time i see them, i love it so much lol. 1
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@Davy12883 years ago Correction on wizard of oz: the bird was put in the remaster. The munchkin hanging was in the original print. 4
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@MrAfroNinja4204 years ago In regards to the munchkin legend. The clip you see is the second cut. The first doesn' t have the birds in it and you can see what looks like a ladder and everything. 7
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@howardpope39324 years ago The demon face in " the exorcist" isnt something shown in the background of a scene but in the focus of a seperate shot. 87
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@melissamarie79304 years ago Okay ive watched wizard of oz 100s of times. Ive never seen a bird open its wings and move around. All i saw was a large lump swinging back and forth. They must have cgid that into the movie after all the rumors. 6
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@davidcliff35533 years ago Love your videos the wizard of oz only release so many original tapes i know the original tapes was the actual video of a munchkin hanging shortly after . ...Expand 1
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@xtrydelta75963 years ago The cloverfield paradox made me apreciate the whole cloverfield franchise. 2
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@PoeticProse74 years ago My mom once pointed out that when lightning strikes during the first meal with the ' other family' in coraline that it makes the very same skeletal hand seen in the tea leaves! 3
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@cockybalboa22 years ago Hands down, one of the creepiest is la femme appearing in the dark background of sarah' s living room in the french horror film, l' intrieur ( . ...Expand 9
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@Stablemable24 years ago " hanging muchkin" sounds like a bar or drink. 137
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@daydreamingdavey2 years ago How did you not pick the blue haired women from mulholland drive in the theatre scene? That' s certainly the most creepy thing i ever discovered in . ...Expand 3
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@nathanielhawkins69594 years ago To everyone that was as on edge during this. Don't worry! THERE ARE NO JUMPSCARES! The only "jumpscare" is pre warned and at class="buttons"> with no loud noise .. ...Expand 40
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@neriahelysium3 years ago Bro. I never noticed the librarian - so spooky i got chills. 13
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@triforcerb4 years ago " theshould have been on this list for that moment that the man in the mask looked through the glass door while kristin was trying to use the phone. 12
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@JessH14 years ago I looked 4 times and i didn' t see the satellite falling. But i feel like when i watched the movie i did. Next time maybe help us along. 567
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@bigjohnkapert28274 years ago I haven' t seen j. Creepers in years, need to re-watch it. 1
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@Chantara272 years ago Wow i' ve seen poltergeist countless times and i' ve never noticed the demon in the picture frame before now. 3
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@ktheretrogamer4 years ago Wow, a watchmojo horror video that doesnt have get out or midsommar in it. Amazing!