The Scariest Movies Ranked By Average Heart Rate
A study was conducted by BroadBandChoices called the ‘Science of Scare’ project where they followed the heart rates of over 50 people across more than 100 hours of horror films to try and determine the 35 scariest films of all time.
The people has to wear a heart rate monitor, tracking their heart rate throughout the film vs their average resting heart rate. The data was then averaged for each film.
The full list is as follows:
- Sinister
- Insidious
- The Conjuring
- Hereditary
- Paranormal Activity
- It Follows
- The Conjuring 2
- The Babadook
- The Descent
- The Visit
- The Ring
- A Quiet Place
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Halloween
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- 28 Days Later
- The Exorcist
- Hush
- It
- Scream
- The Grudge
- The Witch
- The Blair Witch Project
- Alien
- The Thing
- Poltergeist
- Annabelle
- Friday the 13th
- The Orphanage
- Dark Skies
- Wolf Creek
- The Omen
- The Shining
- Get Out
- Audition
Donnie Black is the Executive Producer of The Andie Summers Show and the Promotions Director for 92.5 XTU. He has been in the radio business for over 15 years and worked with BEN FM before coming to XTU. As a content creator for 92.5 XTU, Donnie creates contest pages, and concert listings and is known for writing random lists about movies, sports, and music.
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