Kindly name the scariest horror movies set and created in your country
October 15, 2024
With Halloween upon us, I’m keen for horror films with international flavor.
Kindly share your favorites from your country! Thanks very much.
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I’d say *Suspiria* by Dario Argento.
Also *Cannibal Holocaust* scared the shit out of me as a child but there are reasons for that (be sure to check the content in advance before watching).
Special mention for the recent *A Classic Horror Story* even if not the scariest.
The Old Wehrmacht barracks of Kaserne Krampitz near Berlin are pretty spooky and were filming locations for Tributes of Panem, a bunch of Nazi movies obviously and also the First Resident Evil movie, which qualifies it as a horror movie location.
Edit: misread the question, I thought you were asking about movie sets, lol.
However, as for movies from Germany, I would suggest the original 1922 Nosferatu, which is still quite scary and watchable for free on YouTube since it’s in Public Domain by now.
It’s an American movie made by Americans that takes place in France with Nazi Germany as the bad guys, but I really enjoyed Overlord as an action-horror hybrid.
The night before D-Day, a unit of American paratroopers are dispatched to take out a radio tower, only to discover that the Nazis have been turning the townsfolk into zombie supersoldiers.
*Sennentuntschi*. Mystery, thriller
Based on an old folk tale of shepherds who, out of boredom, create a sex doll.There’s Roxane Mesquida in it.
*One Way Trip*. Gore, slasher
A group of youngsters travel to the Jura mountains to gather and consume shrooms. (I found this one really scary!)
*Chimère*. Vampires
During a trip through Romania, a Swiss youth has an accident and receives a blood transfusion. In the aftereath, he develops an insatiable lust for more.
Always liked Daisy Chain. Works with the mythology around changlings. Creepy kids and desolate landscapes. Isolated farmhouses are terrifying settings for weird spooky goings on.
*When Animals Dream* (2014) is probably the best we’ve done in Denmark (but extra credit to *Vampyr* (1932), which was a Danish director).
We’ve had a couple of good ones here in Ireland in recent years. They’re might be some grey area around who the production company is owned by, because the UK and Ireland have a long and storied history, but without getting into too much detail like that, here’s a couple of great Irish horror movies –
**[Oddity](https://letterboxd.com/film/oddity-2024/)** *(2024)* – A woman’s sister dies and she meets up with her widower to try to get to the true bottom of what happened. Set in a creepy old Irish farmhouse, Oddity only came out this year, but will definitely be remembered as a great one. Perfect for a stormy October night. Don’t sleep on this one.
**[You are Not my Mother](https://letterboxd.com/film/you-are-not-my-mother/)** *(2021)* – Based on a creature from old Irish myth called a Changeling, *You are Not my Mother* explores the horrific idea that a creature has repalced one of your loved ones and only you know it.
I from the Netherlands. And I immediately think of 2 classics from the 80s.
De lift (The elevator) and Amsterdamned both by Dick Maas. Amsterdamned will finally have a part 2 next year. The Elevator (1983) is about a murderous elevator. I looked at elevators suspiciously for a long time after that. Here is a link to a scene. Unfortunately no English subtitles. But it also appears to have been released in the US in 1985.[De lift (the elevator)](https://youtu.be/npsNfU52hoA?si=3JJCg_j4MsRv1_MW)
Amsterdamned (1988) is about a murderer who makes the Amsterdam canals unsafe. Here is the link to the entire film with English subtitles[Amsterdamned](https://youtu.be/2dGO9TBkYHc?si=Y32gVslsXSULDEWg)
There‘s *Funny Games*, directed by Michael Haneke, who also directed the US-remake with the same name from 2007, with English-speaking actors.
There‘s *Ich seh, Ich seh*, directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The title translates to *I spy with my little eye*, the classic children‘s game. It also has a US-remake made by Netflix in 2022, called *Goodnight Mommy*.
There‘s also *Das finstere Tal*, which strictly isn‘t a horror movie, but is quite suspenseful and a mix of Austrian *Heimatfilm* and Western – elements. I don‘t know if there‘s an English version.
There‘s a bunch of Austrian Teenie-Horror films about partying teens getting murdered, like *One way trip* or *Die letzte Party deines Lebens*, from 2011 and 2018 respectively.
I can only think of Låt den rätte komma in (Let the right one in), I preferred the book but the movie is good too!
Kill List, Eden Lake, Ghost Stories, the 28 days/weeks films, original Wicker Man (i mean, it’s a classic even if not very scary by modern standards)
Not really into horror, and neither am I Spanish. But I have to give some attention to Rec. The first one is phenomenal.
[November](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_(2017_film). ) Fantasy horror drama. There’s quite a lot of Estonian mythology in the film which can at first be a bit confusing maybe. Definitely one of my favourite Estonian films ever. It uses a lot of “amateur” actors.
**The whole movie is currently on Youtube** (click on CC for English subtitles – the subtitles aren’t auto-generated). https://youtu.be/ew5mo6proLM
It’s based on a 2000 book “Rehepapp ehk November” (which I believe hasn’t been translated into English). The book is actually really funny. Since when the book was published it has constantly been the most borrowed book from libraries and it’s still a bestseller. My favourite Estonian book. It portrays Estonians largely as stupid and greedy and we’re stealing from the Baltic German manor owner and stuff like that (the book begins with one Estonian being sick because he ate soap in the manor – it smelled nice and he was a dumbass). The book has 30 chapters – starting on the 1st of November and ending on the 30th of November.’
I think The Wicker Man is the best, but not the scariest.
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I’d say *Suspiria* by Dario Argento.
Also *Cannibal Holocaust* scared the shit out of me as a child but there are reasons for that (be sure to check the content in advance before watching).
Special mention for the recent *A Classic Horror Story* even if not the scariest.
The Old Wehrmacht barracks of Kaserne Krampitz near Berlin are pretty spooky and were filming locations for Tributes of Panem, a bunch of Nazi movies obviously and also the First Resident Evil movie, which qualifies it as a horror movie location.
[source ](https://www.filmtourismus.de/drehort-kaserne-krampnitz/)
Edit: misread the question, I thought you were asking about movie sets, lol.
However, as for movies from Germany, I would suggest the original 1922 Nosferatu, which is still quite scary and watchable for free on YouTube since it’s in Public Domain by now.
It’s an American movie made by Americans that takes place in France with Nazi Germany as the bad guys, but I really enjoyed Overlord as an action-horror hybrid.
The night before D-Day, a unit of American paratroopers are dispatched to take out a radio tower, only to discover that the Nazis have been turning the townsfolk into zombie supersoldiers.
*Sennentuntschi*. Mystery, thriller
Based on an old folk tale of shepherds who, out of boredom, create a sex doll.There’s Roxane Mesquida in it.
*One Way Trip*. Gore, slasher
A group of youngsters travel to the Jura mountains to gather and consume shrooms. (I found this one really scary!)
*Chimère*. Vampires
During a trip through Romania, a Swiss youth has an accident and receives a blood transfusion. In the aftereath, he develops an insatiable lust for more.
Always liked Daisy Chain. Works with the mythology around changlings. Creepy kids and desolate landscapes. Isolated farmhouses are terrifying settings for weird spooky goings on.
https://youtu.be/2roQW1pr4AE?si=N6kjS0v9rM9k4PBs
The only horror movie made in my country that comes to mind is Feratu Vampire.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%C3%ADr_z_Feratu
The Cremator is quite dark but i dont think it is considered as horror movie. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0063633/
I don’t really like most of the films and series in Dutch, but we do have some “scary” classics.
[De Lift](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087622/) is a sci-fi/horror.
For me Amsterdamned is a great movie, but it’s definitely more a thriller than horror.
Fritt Vilt and Villmark are both really good horror movies, and actually kind of scary. They also feel very Norwegian.
Dead Snow and Trollhunters are good if you like horror comedies.
Kuutamosonaatti (1988)
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0095473/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
It’s Finnish horror movie
*When Animals Dream* (2014) is probably the best we’ve done in Denmark (but extra credit to *Vampyr* (1932), which was a Danish director).
We’ve had a couple of good ones here in Ireland in recent years. They’re might be some grey area around who the production company is owned by, because the UK and Ireland have a long and storied history, but without getting into too much detail like that, here’s a couple of great Irish horror movies –
**[Oddity](https://letterboxd.com/film/oddity-2024/)** *(2024)* – A woman’s sister dies and she meets up with her widower to try to get to the true bottom of what happened. Set in a creepy old Irish farmhouse, Oddity only came out this year, but will definitely be remembered as a great one. Perfect for a stormy October night. Don’t sleep on this one.
**[You are Not my Mother](https://letterboxd.com/film/you-are-not-my-mother/)** *(2021)* – Based on a creature from old Irish myth called a Changeling, *You are Not my Mother* explores the horrific idea that a creature has repalced one of your loved ones and only you know it.
I from the Netherlands. And I immediately think of 2 classics from the 80s.
De lift (The elevator) and Amsterdamned both by Dick Maas. Amsterdamned will finally have a part 2 next year. The Elevator (1983) is about a murderous elevator. I looked at elevators suspiciously for a long time after that. Here is a link to a scene. Unfortunately no English subtitles. But it also appears to have been released in the US in 1985.[De lift (the elevator)](https://youtu.be/npsNfU52hoA?si=3JJCg_j4MsRv1_MW)
Amsterdamned (1988) is about a murderer who makes the Amsterdam canals unsafe. Here is the link to the entire film with English subtitles[Amsterdamned](https://youtu.be/2dGO9TBkYHc?si=Y32gVslsXSULDEWg)
There‘s *Funny Games*, directed by Michael Haneke, who also directed the US-remake with the same name from 2007, with English-speaking actors.
There‘s *Ich seh, Ich seh*, directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The title translates to *I spy with my little eye*, the classic children‘s game. It also has a US-remake made by Netflix in 2022, called *Goodnight Mommy*.
There‘s also *Das finstere Tal*, which strictly isn‘t a horror movie, but is quite suspenseful and a mix of Austrian *Heimatfilm* and Western – elements. I don‘t know if there‘s an English version.
There‘s a bunch of Austrian Teenie-Horror films about partying teens getting murdered, like *One way trip* or *Die letzte Party deines Lebens*, from 2011 and 2018 respectively.
I can only think of Låt den rätte komma in (Let the right one in), I preferred the book but the movie is good too!
Kill List, Eden Lake, Ghost Stories, the 28 days/weeks films, original Wicker Man (i mean, it’s a classic even if not very scary by modern standards)
Not really into horror, and neither am I Spanish. But I have to give some attention to Rec. The first one is phenomenal.
[November](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_(2017_film). ) Fantasy horror drama. There’s quite a lot of Estonian mythology in the film which can at first be a bit confusing maybe. Definitely one of my favourite Estonian films ever. It uses a lot of “amateur” actors.
Before you watch the movie you should quickly read what a **Kratt** is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratt
Trailer with English subs: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi853522457/?playlistId=tt6164502&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi
**The whole movie is currently on Youtube** (click on CC for English subtitles – the subtitles aren’t auto-generated). https://youtu.be/ew5mo6proLM
It’s based on a 2000 book “Rehepapp ehk November” (which I believe hasn’t been translated into English). The book is actually really funny. Since when the book was published it has constantly been the most borrowed book from libraries and it’s still a bestseller. My favourite Estonian book. It portrays Estonians largely as stupid and greedy and we’re stealing from the Baltic German manor owner and stuff like that (the book begins with one Estonian being sick because he ate soap in the manor – it smelled nice and he was a dumbass). The book has 30 chapters – starting on the 1st of November and ending on the 30th of November.’
I think The Wicker Man is the best, but not the scariest.
Eden Lake is pretty scary because it’s realistic.