Top 10 Hardest Horror Movies to Survive

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There's always at least one survivor, right? Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at horror flicks where survival becomes near impossible due to dire circumstances, relentless threats, and life-threatening scenarios.

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at horror flicks where survival becomes near

00:15impossible due to dire circumstances, relentless threats, and life-threatening scenarios.

00:32Number 10.

00:33The Saw Franchise Imagine waking up completely restrained in

00:44a grimy location with nothing but cryptic clues and deadly traps standing between you

00:50and freedom.

00:51Well, that's Saw for you.

00:53Originally masterminded by the infamous jigsaw killer John Kramer, each trap is a twisted

00:59game designed to test its contestants' willpower and moral compass.

01:08Escaping requires extreme measures, to say the least.

01:12Forget about being physically strong or super smart, these twisted tests are about making

01:17impossible choices, all while under unimaginable psychological stress.

01:23And while there have been a handful of survivors over the 10-plus films in the series, Jigsaw

01:27& Co.'s victim list is among the highest in horror circles.

01:47Number 9.

01:48The Cabin in the Woods At first glance, the cabin itself looks completely

01:53survivable.

01:59That is, until you realize it's controlled by an underground organization manipulating

02:04your every move.

02:07Yep, Cabin in the Woods isn't just any old slasher flick, it's one where any number

02:20of horrors can be unleashed at any given moment.

02:23To survive, you will not only have to navigate the various monsters and supernatural threats,

02:30but also outsmart those pulling the strings from the shadows.

02:33Oh, there's also a chance you can bring about the end of the world by not playing

02:38by the rules of the ancient ones.

02:41We'd call that a lose-lose.

02:50Number 8.

02:51The Bird Box Franchise There's a reason 2018's Bird Box became

02:57a cultural obsession.

02:59It provided moviegoers an intriguing scenario, one where sight becomes our enemy.

03:05You see, mysterious entities drive people insane upon eye contact, leading them to swiftly

03:19take their own lives.

03:25Survival against the unseen creatures means blindfolding yourself while navigating treacherous

03:29landscapes.

03:30You can't stay holed up inside forever.

03:34Plus, you'll also need to evade human threats, as there are those who have fully embraced

03:39the madness.

03:46And while some are more adept at relying on senses other than vision, the majority of

03:51the population would be extremely challenged by this scenario.

03:56Number 7.

03:57The Hellraiser Franchise In Hellraiser, horror icon Clive Barker introduced

04:03us to a dimension of pain with the Cenobites and one of their leaders, Pinhead.

04:08So should you accidentally summon these beings through the Lament Configuration Puzzle Box,

04:13it would mean subjecting yourself to unspeakable torment.

04:22Born from demons, these extra-dimensional beings don't kill their victims quickly either.

04:27Nope, they savor every scream through eternal torture.

04:35Let's just say escaping their grasp requires much more than physical strength.

04:40It demands mental fortitude against horrors beyond comprehension.

04:53In short, chances are slim to none you'd make it out of this nightmare scenario alive.

05:09Number 6.

05:10The Cube Franchise Trapped inside an ever-shifting maze filled

05:15with death traps like, oh, acid sprays and razor wire slicers, doesn't exactly scream

05:23easy escape.

05:29In this extra-deadly scenario, each room within the labyrinthine cube poses its own lethal

05:35challenge where you never know what's next.

05:38While ingenuity becomes key, one wrong move can lead to a gruesome demise.

05:50If you do one little job, you build a widget in Saskatoon, and the next thing you know,

05:56it's two miles under the desert, the essential component of a death machine.

06:00Making matters worse, you'd be forced to work alongside strangers.

06:05This room moves to 0, 1, and negative 1 on the x-axis, 2, 5, and negative 7 on y, and

06:121, negative 1, and 0 on z.

06:14What does that mean?

06:16You suck at math?

06:17So, to survive Cube, you would need to fully cooperate with the other paranoid occupants,

06:23if they can be trusted at all.

06:26Unfortunately, trust becomes scarce when death literally lurks around every corner.

06:32Number 5.

06:34The Blair Witch Project Franchise Getting lost in Maryland's Black Hills Forest

06:39and subsequently being stalked by an unseen entity sounds like pure nightmare fuel.

06:45And that's precisely what the Blair Witch Project is.

06:54For one, the Blair Witch disorients its victims by constantly distorting time and space.

07:00It's not long before exhaustion sets in from all the endless wandering.

07:11And without respite from the omnipresent supernatural entity haunting their every step, survival

07:17hinges on keeping sanity intact.

07:23However, we'd venture to guess very few would be able to maintain sanity in an environment

07:33designed to break it.

07:35Plus, you'd also somehow have to survive the Blair Witch's unfathomable violent acts.

07:40Good luck.

07:49Number 4.

07:50The 28 Days Later Franchise 28 Days Later showed us a world where a virus

08:04turned people into rage-fueled zombies.

08:07And let's just say it decimated society fairly rapidly.

08:11Initially, with no cure or safe zones available, surviving meant outrunning the zombies.

08:18Okay, we know what you're thinking.

08:20The zombie apocalypse is totally survivable, right?

08:24Well, not quite.

08:25You see, these zombies are incredibly fast, not to mention unusually vicious.

08:38In fact, they become overly aggressive at mere sight and sound.

08:43Surviving would consist of constant vigilance day in and day out.

08:47With every place you turn overrun with hordes relentlessly seeking flesh, it would only

08:52be a matter of time before you too succumb to the infected.

09:02Number 3.

09:04The A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise Everyone sleeps.

09:09And in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger not only haunts people's dreams, but kills

09:14them while they snooze.

09:21Naturally, sleep becomes a deadly proposition for his victims.

09:27So what to do?

09:35To survive, you'll have to find ways to stay awake.

09:39And even if your eyes close for a second, it could mean literal life's out.

09:44Think you can defeat the villain in a dream world itself?

09:47Considering Krueger can easily manipulate reality within your nightmares, the dream

09:51demon surely has the upper hand.

09:54Or is it the claw?

10:04Face it.

10:05Fighting against an enemy who strikes when you're most vulnerable is one mammoth uphill

10:09battle.

10:10Sorry to say, we don't like your odds.

10:19Number 2.

10:20The A Quiet Place Franchise Earlier, we looked at surviving a horror scenario

10:33where you wouldn't be able to see.

10:36Well, how about one where you can't make any noise?

10:40That's where The Quiet Place comes in.

10:51In this post-apocalyptic world overcome with monstrous extraterrestrial predators who hunt

10:56exclusively on sound, every noise, from a cough to a footstep, could spell instant doom.

11:03Just think about all the noises you make during your daily life.

11:08Surviving would be a monumental challenge, especially considering humans communicate

11:20mostly through speech or audible expressions.

11:24Everyday tasks like eating or simply moving about instantly become life-threatening endeavors.

11:30And it would all require meticulous planning amid absolute silence.

11:34Seriously.

11:35One sneeze and you're done for.

12:03Number 1.

12:04The Final Destination Franchise In the Final Destination film series, death

12:09itself is presented as an unstoppable force that seeks out those who have cheated it.

12:15No matter what precautions are taken, the figurative Grim Reaper will always catch up

12:21to you in order to complete its own elaborate design.

12:28With avoidance essentially futile, survival becomes next to impossible.

12:38Making things worse is death's unpredictability, as it meticulously arranges increasingly bizarre

12:45accidents to guarantee one's end.

12:55You can be the cleverest individual out there, but if you manage to sidestep death once,

13:01you won't be able to do it again.

13:08So how do you survive against fate?

13:11Easy.

13:12You don't.

13:15Do you think you'd be able to survive any of these horror movies?

13:19Share what you believe your chances are in the comments below.

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