These 20 horror movies depend too much on jump scare

Modified Jan 15, 2025 09:01 ET

Mirabai Pease in Evil Dead Rise| Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

10) The Exorcist: Believer(2023)

Still from The Exorcist: Believer| Image via Universal Pictures

The Exorcist: Believer tries to follow the age-old exorcism narrative but fails vehemently. The 2023 film is predictable and lacks freshness that adds to the already available horror storytelling. While the movie achieves certain moments of tension during the jump scares, these shallow frights tend to cancel out the game in its entirety, leaving the movie uninspired and incapable of beating the predecessor they have tried hard to refer back to.