In the case of 2007’sThe Orphanage, it’s safe to say that it all gets very eerie.

Night Shyamalan, a household name.

This is an uncompromising look at tragedy and grief that also happens to be very scary.

Supernatural Psychological Thrillers

It is, to put it mildly, a traumatic movie.

That it does both at once is a key reason why it’s such a horror classic.

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Still from “The Babadook”: Amelia (Essie Davis) clutches her son and screams.

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Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) stands in the dark, illuminated by the glow of a fire.

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Oscar Casas as Tomás wearing a mask and a blue uniform in The Orphanage

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A close-up of a young boy with white face and horror makeup in The Devil’s Backbone

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Kwak Do-won and Jo Han-chul standing with shocked looks on their faces in The Wailing.

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Deborah Kerr in The Innocents.

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Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) lying in bed scared in the “I see dead people” scene of ‘The Sixth Sense’

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Annie with a deadpan expression in ‘Hereditary’.

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Jason Miller in The Exorcist

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Two characters from The Shining

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The Shining