You’re in for a frightfully fun time with this spine-chilling selection of movies on KrisWorld.

Looking to get spooked? Come face to face with otherworldly terrors, sinister killers, forest-dwelling entities, and more with a specially curated playlist on KrisWorld. These selections range from wild, supernatural horror movies to psychological thrillers.

Locked

Self-driving cars may be the future, but in this twisted sci-fi horror, they’re straight out of a nightmare.

Eddie (Bill Skarsgård), a small-time crook with a soft spot for his daughter, thinks he’s scored big when he stumbles upon an unlocked luxury SUV in an empty parking lot. But the moment he gets inside, the doors seal shut — and the nightmare begins. With no phone signal, no way out, and windows that block all view from the outside, Eddie is trapped in a high-tech prison on wheels.

Then comes the voice. Enter William (Anthony Hopkins), the car’s unseen owner, who begins a sadistic game of psychological and physical torment — remotely controlling the car’s systems to freeze, fry, and electrocute Eddie at will. What follows is a tense, claustrophobic battle of wits and willpower, as Eddie fights to survive the ultimate vehicular hell.

A remake of the Argentinian thriller 4x4, Locked cranks up the tension with a chilling concept and a powerhouse solo performance by Skarsgård, who’s now a certified horror heavyweight thanks to roles in It, Nosferatu, and Barbarian. If you’re into tech nightmares and slow-burn dread, buckle up: Locked is one wild, white-knuckle ride.

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A thief breaking into a luxury SUV realises that he has slipped into a deadly trap set by a self-proclaimed vigilante who delivers his own brand of twisted justice.

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Smile

“You’ll find that life is still worthwhile … if you’ll just smile.” That classic lyric takes on a bone-chilling twist in Smile, Parker Finn’s breakout 2022 horror hit that turns grins into pure nightmare fuel.

Dr Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is a psychiatrist trying to outrun her own traumatic past. But when a distressed PhD student (Caitlin Stasey) claims she’s being stalked by a sinister force that appears as people wearing grotesque, unnatural smiles, Rose brushes it off — until she witnesses something truly horrific. Soon, Rose begins seeing the same creepy smiles everywhere, and the line between hallucination and haunting begins to blur. Is she losing her mind — or is something truly evil grinning back at her?

Led by a riveting performance from Sosie Bacon (yes, of that Bacon family), Smile is a slow-burn psychological horror that gets under your skin — and stays there. With its creepy imagery and deeply unsettling atmosphere, it became an instant genre favourite, spawning a sequel where the cursed Smile entity targets a pop star played by Naomi Scott.

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After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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Companion

In this sci-fi thriller, the perfect weekend getaway turns into a chaotic nightmare.

Josh (Jack Quaid) and his girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) are guests at an exclusive, secluded lake house belonging to Russian billionaire Sergey (Rupert Friend). Sergey’s mistress, Kat (Megan Suri), has invited the couple and Eli (Harvey Guillén), who brings his partner, Patrick (Lukas Gage), to the luxurious estate. Iris is meeting Josh’s friends for the first time, and they seem to treat her with a degree of suspicion.

When Iris emerges covered in blood, the group is plunged into chaos. It turns out that Iris is a companion robot that Josh is renting from the company Empathix, and while he thinks he has complete control over her, Iris has other plans.

A classic horror premise with a high-tech twist, Companion has earned critical acclaim for its deft combination of horror, sci-fi, and black comedy. It has shades of the Terminator franchise and Ex Machina but is also original enough to feel fresh.

The movie riffs on the real phenomenon of people who have romantic relationships with AI chatbots, making a corporeal version of such a chatbot its protagonist. It offers a pointed commentary on the ethics of our relationship with AI without coming across as too serious or sombre, resulting in a fun, zeitgeisty, escapist flick.

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A suspenseful tale set in a dystopian future where a toxic relationship pushes the boundaries of what is acceptable. Could a robot have more humanity than a human?

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Nosferatu

Leave it to Robert Eggers to find new terror in an old boogeyman.

The vampire, Nosferatu, isn’t a new invention. Originally a character in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, he first appeared on the big screen in 1922’s Nosferatu. That silent film was one of the first popular horror movies and would become a milestone in cinema history.

Initially portrayed as an evil monster villain, Nosferatu has evolved over several movies centred around him. In 1979, the character returned in Nosferatu the Vampyre, this time as a creature that was — yes — still evil but also vulnerable and sensual.

So, after countless vampire films, can Eggers shock or awe audiences with another iteration of Nosferatu’s tale? The answer is a resounding yes.

The latest Nosferatu (Bill Skarsgård) is a monster of multitudes — he’s intimidating, cunning, crafty, and seductive. Despite his monstrous looks, Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp), an innocent and lonely woman, tries to understand the man beneath the monster. Big mistake — it turns out that her attempt to connect with a stranger unleashes a curse that will change the course of her life.

Nosferatu is full of atmospheric, creepy scares — an Eggers signature — and it’s consistently tense and suffocating. Its horror comes from both interior and exterior: the threat that Nosferatu poses on the village that he plans to invade and occupy, as well as Ellen’s internal battle against Nosferatu for her body and soul. Plague-ridden rats, cultish strangers, dead bodies, rivers of blood — Nosferatu has it all and so much more.

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A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.

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Trap

Director M. Night Shyamalan is known for the twists in his movies, having made his name with The Sixth Sense. Trap mixes things up by having its big twist happen early, even revealing it in the movie’s trailer.

In Philadelphia, firefighter Cooper (Josh Hartnett) takes his teenage daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) to a Lady Raven (M. Night’s daughter, Saleka Night Shyamalan) concert at the Tanaka Arena. Cooper notices a heightened police presence, and it turns out that the FBI is using the concert as a trap to catch the serial killer known as ‘The Butcher’, whom the police know is in attendance. It so happens that Cooper himself is The Butcher. He tries to evade capture and avoid alerting his daughter as the manhunt for him heats up.

Trap is a showcase for Hartnett’s acting prowess. The actor, once poised to be a typical Hollywood heartthrob, has deliberately sought out weirder, smaller projects and has recently regained prominence with roles in movies like Oppenheimer and the TV show The Bear. Cooper is both a loving, doting dad and an unhinged murderer, and watching Hartnett play those shades of the character is a big part of the joy of Trap.

Describing the movie as “a coming-of-age story for a serial killer”, Hartnett tells Rolling Stone: “This is a character that thinks of himself in a certain way and has been putting on this front. Underneath it, he’s been consistent in believing he’s this abomination, this monster. This is the day that he finds out that maybe there’s a part of himself that’s not.”

While some might find several of the plot turns implausible, Trap is still a deviously entertaining watch and delivers scares aplenty.

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A new experience in the world of M. Night Shyamalan—Trap. A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realise, they're at the centre of a dark and sinister event.

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The Watchers

Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature debut as the writer and director of this supernatural horror movie, with her famous father, M. Night Shyamalan, on board as a producer.

Adapted from the novel by A.M. Shine, The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning as Mina, an American woman living in Galway, Ireland. She is haunted by her mother’s death 15 years earlier. Mina gets lost in a mysterious forest and follows an old woman named Madeline (Olwen Fouéré) to a shelter.

There, she meets Ciara (Georgina Campbell) and Daniel (Oliver Finnegan), who explain to Mina that they are trapped by enigmatic creatures called the Watchers. Mina, Madeline, Ciara, and Daniel must abide by certain rules to avoid being captured and killed. They must try to escape, but the Watchers, true to their name, see the group’s every move.

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The film follows Mina, who gets stranded in an untouched forest. When Mina finds shelter, she takes her place alongside three strangers who are watched by mysterious creatures each night.

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