A Glean movie guide
Hidden Horrors: The Best Kept Secrets
Beyond the mainstream.
Skip the blockbusters for these atmospheric, terrifying, and overlooked gems.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
Session 9
A chilling descent into madness filmed within the decaying walls of a real abandoned asylum.
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
- 02
Lake Mungo
A haunting mockumentary that builds a slow, suffocating sense of dread through recovered footage.
After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.
- 03
The Empty Man
An ambitious epic of cosmic horror that rewards viewers looking for deep, unsettling mythology.
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
- 04
When Evil Lurks
A relentless and unpredictable Argentinian possession film that shatters every genre rule.
When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.
- 05
Triangle
A brilliant, high-concept puzzle box that turns a yacht trip into a terrifying psychological loop.
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
- 06
Oddity
A masterclass in tension featuring one of the most unsettling wooden props in modern horror history.
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
- 07
Pulse
A lonely, atmospheric J-horror masterpiece that finds terror in the early days of the internet.
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
- 08
The Exorcist III
A sharp, atmospheric detective story that features one of cinema’s most legendary jump scares.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
- 09
Strange Darling
A visually stunning, non-linear thriller that reinvented the slasher for a new generation.
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
- 10
Tigers Are Not Afraid
A heartbreaking and beautiful dark fairy tale set against the gritty reality of the drug war.
When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.
- 11
Frailty
A taut, southern-gothic thriller that explores the terrifying line between zealotry and madness.
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
- 12
Infested
A high-octane French creature feature that delivers the most effective spider scares in years.
Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.