A shcoking amount of the best horror movies take place in the Midwest.

The Warrens later acquired the doll, and it has become their most popular display.

Suffering from starvation, dehydration and the fear of sharks, the outlook appears grim.

Carved The Slit-Mouthed Woman, Ju-On The Grudge and Ringu.

The film’s story is based on the actual exorcism of a girl namedAnneliese Michel.

Two priests were called to perform an exorcism, though it resulted in her death in 1976.

These J-horror movies are well worth seeking out, if you dare.

Collage image of Ellen Ripley from Aliens, The Bride of Frankenstein and Billy the Puppet from Saw.

Veronica is inspired by the 1991 Vallecas case of the girlEstefania Gutierrez Lazaro.

Janet Hodgson, one of the Hodgson children, even claimed to be possessed by the poltergeist.

The haunting lasted nearly 18 months, with the Warrens becoming involved.

A split image of Chris Washington from Get Out, Michael Myers from Halloween, and Sadako Yamamura from Ring.

However, it isn’t clear if the disabled boy ever existed.

The movie kickstarted a series of revivals and sequels, all of which pale in comparison to the original.

We can’t get enough of these scares.

A collage of Annabelle, Incantation and Veronica.

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Split image featuring Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, DJ Jenny and Chowder from Monster House, and The Candyman from The Candyman.

The Annabelle doll sits in its chair in Annabelle.

Susan and Daniel appear scared as they’re stranded in the ocean in Open Water.

Emily Rose goes through the extremes of demonic possession in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Veronica and her siblings look on in horror in Veronica.

Ed Warren surveys the room in shock in The Conjuring 2.

John Russell clasps his hands over his ears in terror in The Changeling.

Li Ronan looks into the camera, her face covered in script in Incantation.

Leatherface shows up with his chainsaw in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The decayed feet of a hanging ghost floats behind an unaware Ed Warren in The Conjuring.