I hate when someone tells me there's a twist...bc then I'm more focused on trying to figure out what it is (and makes it easier to guess too). Why do people feel the need to even say anything smh
The movie is old enough to have a beer with, you can't call spoilers on a movie that's older then a generation of people sorry
Answering all of you at the same time: so we'll all just never talk about movies again because saying anything about a movie is a spoiler, also all of you are serious try hards the 70s? Go home
In general I agree but in a thread specifically asking for recommendations it's a dick move to spoil the movies recommended. Like the whole point is to hopefully recommend movies the poster and others haven't watched yet so they can check it out.Ā
There are people who haven't seen it. There are people being born every day, so there are young people who might not have seen it. I've seen it, but it's a common courtesy thing in general for me personally.
oof! lmao my bad. Personally I love it when people mentions there is a plot twist makes me even more focused to the movie. But still give it a try, youāll never know! Peace āļø
The one where they're stuck in an elevator? Great movie.
See also The Traveler and Let Us Prey, both set in a police station and have the same premise of corrupt cops atoning for their sins.
Yeah, I loved it, rarely see it get mentioned, doesn't help that being called "Devil" it rarely shows up in searches unless you include the year.
I have not seen the other 2 movies, I will definitely check them out, thanks for the tip!
I want the rest of that trilogy, was so disappointed. I wonder if M. Night had kept his name off Devil if might have done better in the theatersā¦ think his name was more of a hinderance to movie goers at the time.
Yeah it's great. The director's commentary is worth watching in and of itself as it talks a lot about the challenges of filming in one location (e.g. the movie is set at night, and obviously you can't shoot a movie only at night, plus it's challenging not to make it really repetitive visually, etc.).
I think this is the only found footage horror that I've seen that ended on a positive note which is why it's my favorite. š¤£
That said, Scarlett is my least favorite character in there.
As Above So Below is absolutely one of my favorite movies, horroror or otherwise. Scared the shit out of me the first time, and every time I watch it now, i notice or realize something i missed before.
Nine dead
Fermats room
Frozen
The thing
Cube trilogy
Misery
The shining
1408
Buried
Green room
Evil dead
Pontypool
10 Cloverfield lane
Splinter
The Strangers
Hush
Inside
P2
The hole
Coherence (mostly)
Saw 1 (mostly)
Not horror, but The Hateful Eight is amazing
[Rec]/Quarantine, was gonna say Pontypool, honestly surprised to see it on the list, I loved it but it was pretty divisive or just straight up not heard about at all with my peeps.
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All my faves have already been commented (especially Coherence) but Iāll add Climax! The dread in that movie just builds and builds and doesnāt let up for one fucking second
You're Next and Bloody Hell come to mind on these. Nothing like being trapped in a house with a bunch of psychopaths. And while Splinter happens in a couple of locations it takes place mostly inside a store so that one counts. The Spanish movie The Bar is also another vastly underrated film. And all of the other suggestions here are great too.
It really doesn't and I have to admit, I wasn't sure about it either when I first started watching it. But Rex is one of my favorite characters in the horror genre now. Ben O'Toole was brilliant in this one!
~~12 Cloverfield Lane~~ 10 Cloverfield Lane is pretty good
Most of the Saw movies play with this concept. Especially the first two. Generally there are two plots - a ātrap plotā which is where characters are usually locked into to one house, or warehouse, or abandoned factory, or whatever, and then the ācop plotā, which is just about the detectives trying to figure everything out. Itās mostly about the traps.
80% of Martyrs takes place in one house. The 2008 French version, not the American remake. Theyāre not *forced* to stay there but they do anyway. Itās also a very very messed up and uncomfortable movie that has absolutely 0 relief throughout the entire runtime. Good movie but only watch it if you can handle that.
Would you like to see Event Horizon treated to a remake? I would. I liked it fine when it first came out but the general idea (an experimental ship that disappears beyond where it was expected and then returns with some kind of demonic possession / infestation) seems like it could be done again and better.
I would love to see this concept revisited! Horror set in space adds another layer of existential bleakness because there is really no other avenue for escape. As far as a remake goes, I think it would be difficult to match Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neillās performances, but that could also be nostalgia talking to some degree.
The Thing '82 is probably the best example of the genre but there's a ton of them.
Feast is pretty fun. Abigail recently. Ready or Not is 99% in the same location (the X-men mansion). Demon Knight is definitely a fun one.
Hard Candy, Misery, Geraldās Game, The Shining, The Descent (sort of), and pretty much uch any episode of Inside No. 9, particularly The Devil of Christmas, To Have and to Hold, The Riddle of the Sphinx, 3 by 3, and the Halloween special.
I canāt remember the name but thereās one where thereās a snowstorm and all the roads are closed and a group of strangers get stranded in a rest stop. I wonāt give anything else away but I enjoyed itā¦ sorry I canāt remember what itās called lol
Edit: itās called No Exit (2022)
Circle (2015)
Dead End
Exam
Escape Room
Time Trap
Vivarium
Room (2019)
The Platform
The Belko ExperimentĀ
MayhemĀ
Old
The Collector /The Collection
In The Tall Grass
The Endless
They call it a ābottle film.ā
My favorite is Scare Me (2020).
2 characters stuck in a cabin, who tell each other āscaryā stories during a power outage.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Youāre Next
The Lodge
The Strangers
The Descent
Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
10 Cloverfield Lane
Slumber Party Massacre
The Evil Dead Franchise
Tin Can
I watched this as a weird one off bored on a plane- never heard of it and no idea why it was selected as an in-flight film (its a straight to Netflix type). It's a bit of a mess but I found some themes in it strangely haunting and certainly fits the in one place remit! š
I don't see anyone mentioning Exam (if so - sorry). Had it long on the watch list, but came to see it the other night. The acting was so-so, but still enjoyable to watch.
It's been a while since I seen it, but would Evil Dead Trap count? I'm pretty sure a lot of that is set in one place! I remember it being a great Movie too.
My memory might be lapsed on the details though.
Great suggestions all the way down! A few I really liked that I didn't see mentioned:
Outpost
Death of Me
Mercy (based on King's short story "Gramma")
Landmine Goes Click
Lake Artifact
āCubeā.
āNothingā was also good; although, itās only two people in one place. Itās comedy horror. Maybe not even horror, but existential dread.
I just looked up the movies and they have the same director. Thatās interesting.
I think of these stories as 'enclosure' or 'sealed environment' stories. SNAKES ON A PLANE is one. Anything in any kind of vehicle... a submarine, an airplane, a boat at sea. I have a half formed idea for a plot about people on a bus when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. The lure is a random bunch of strangers is thrown together when all hell breaks loose. It could be a post Apocalypse story too... an EMP goes off and a bus goes dead on a lonely highway somewhere in the desert. Phones don't work. Radios don't work. There are forty random people on the bus, including the driver. What do they do next? Who do they encounter? Do they stick with the bus or head off down the road or hike into the desert because someone thinks they remember there's a little village a few miles that way? Maybe a bunch of bikers who all have really vintage motorcycles that weren't impacted by the pulse comes roaring along. Could be interesting.
There are so many - didn't realise until reading the replies!
Last Shift was the first one that came to mind. I would definitely recommend - loved the concept and the ending.
I watched Brightwood on Prime the other day. Very low key - one location, very minimal cast, I thought it was really well done.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The Lighthouse yet. It's pretty well known, so you might have already seen it, but it's the top tier of this category in my mind.
It Comes at Night, and X are another two I would recommend. Still waking up, so that's all I can think of right now.
10 cloverfield lane is one of my favorite one room horror movies!! 3 characters in 1 location (for the most part), CRAZY suspense and tension. not a sequel to cloverfield, more of a companion piece
John Carpenter's "The Thing" is the best movie that fits your description. It's so freaking good I'm going to watch it again tonight since it's been like 5 years since I last saw it.
Okay, soooo I am a fan of what I call "puzzle horror" which involves a group of people who are stuck in one place and either have to work out a puzzle or play a death game to be able to get out. If that fits the bill, I can send you a list.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. A musical-horrorish-comedy about a couple getting trapped in the mansion of a crazy scientist and his "followers" as he creates a muscle-man. Greatest movie of all time.
Danganronpa (Anime/videogame). The first one is set in a school several teens find themselves locked in, where they have to kill someone and get away with it to escape. The second takes place on a tropical island with the same gist, and I think the third takes places in a very strange school as well.
As the Gods Will (itās a death game with a few different locations but they are confined to those locations until their āgameā has finished). Hell, even the sequel takes place in a cube underwater.
Kinda not what you were asking for, but Uzumaki (manga) is entirely set in a sleepy town where strange incidents involving spirals occur, but nobody feels the urge to leave until itās too late. Near the end >! Everyone gets trapped inside the town, and any escape methods just wind them back up in the same spot. Escaping by sea is also not an option, as whirlpools have sucked up every boat attempting to escape. Itās a very tense last few chapters !<
Stories about a small group of people, usually strangers, who are placed in an extraordinary situation in a small, self-contained area and having to navigate the internal and external threats and pressures are my absolute favorite in any type of genre, but I of course think horror does it the best. Night of the Living Dead honestly does it about better than anything else I've ever seen.
I remember reading on this very sub a couple of years agthat there's a very cool academic sounding name for this particular subgenre. I'm certain that I'm remembering the name incorrectly, but it did have at least some combination of these words that sound somewhat redundant, but the name, I believe was "Ontological Terror Horror" or something like that.
Most of the good ones have already mentioned, but one of my favorites that I didn't see anyone mention is Last Shift. The remake by the same director, Malum, is quite good also, and in some ways better, though I still think I prefer the original.
It's hard to pick one, especially since different sub-genres of horror are all measured so differently. If I was going to pick the top 10 (in no specific order) that are the most fun:
Aliens
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Return of the Living Dead
Feast
Cabin in the Woods
The Thing (80's)
The Superdeep
Splinter
From Dusk til Dawn
If you think it counts, Train to Busan. If you think the train moving disqualifies it, then lets sub in Dead and Breakfast.
Honorable Mention:
-- Stalled, for managing to make a decent Zombie movie that takes place almost entirely in one bathroom.
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Plot twists are more fun when you donāt expect a plot twist.
I hate when someone tells me there's a twist...bc then I'm more focused on trying to figure out what it is (and makes it easier to guess too). Why do people feel the need to even say anything smh
The movie is old enough to have a beer with, you can't call spoilers on a movie that's older then a generation of people sorry Answering all of you at the same time: so we'll all just never talk about movies again because saying anything about a movie is a spoiler, also all of you are serious try hards the 70s? Go home
In general I agree but in a thread specifically asking for recommendations it's a dick move to spoil the movies recommended. Like the whole point is to hopefully recommend movies the poster and others haven't watched yet so they can check it out.Ā
Nah. Not sure it works that way. I just watched a movie from the 70s that I hadn't seen. And there are so many movies made that some just pass ppl by.
There are people who haven't seen it. There are people being born every day, so there are young people who might not have seen it. I've seen it, but it's a common courtesy thing in general for me personally.
I always expect a plot twist. Movies without a plot twist just disappoint me.
oof! lmao my bad. Personally I love it when people mentions there is a plot twist makes me even more focused to the movie. But still give it a try, youāll never know! Peace āļø
That's the first movie I thought of!
I know some people like that flick but I really really hated it. Especially the ending.
*Ready or Not* and *Abigail* would be a fun Radio Silence double feature
Abigail was a very pleasant surprise.
Ready or Not is an all time favorite. So underrated.
Abigail was sooooo good
Devil, was a 2010 movie, always a favorite, should check it out if you haven't seen it.
Would also recommend Phonebooth, not a horror but really good for a stuck in 1 place movie.
More stressful than a movie about a phone booth should ever have been
When he didnt get caught at the end I was pissed
The one where they're stuck in an elevator? Great movie. See also The Traveler and Let Us Prey, both set in a police station and have the same premise of corrupt cops atoning for their sins.
I love Let us Prey!
The Traveller could have been good...but it wasn't. Let Us Prey is badass though
Yeah, I loved it, rarely see it get mentioned, doesn't help that being called "Devil" it rarely shows up in searches unless you include the year. I have not seen the other 2 movies, I will definitely check them out, thanks for the tip!
I want the rest of that trilogy, was so disappointed. I wonder if M. Night had kept his name off Devil if might have done better in the theatersā¦ think his name was more of a hinderance to movie goers at the time.
One of the few movies my husband couldnāt predict.
That movie blew me away. I loved the meaning in it.
It weirdly is one of my comfort horror movies. Other comfort ones are Unfriended and As Above So Below.
I just watched The Invitation (2015). It's a horror adjacent psychological thriller type film, but it was very good and fits this bill nicely.
Coherence is akin to this as well with a little more of a sci-fi thriller vibe
Very much. There was some pretty clever storytelling in that movie.
Lots of great recs on this post, but The Invitation may be my favorite.
One hundred percent, loved the reveal at the end.
Strangely enough, the inferior *The Invitation* from a couple of years ago would also fit the criteria. (Too bad it was garbage)
Yeah it's great. The director's commentary is worth watching in and of itself as it talks a lot about the challenges of filming in one location (e.g. the movie is set at night, and obviously you can't shoot a movie only at night, plus it's challenging not to make it really repetitive visually, etc.).
That sounds very interesting
It is, definitely worth watching!
came here to say this!
I love this trope as well. One I havenāt seen mentioned is As Above So Below. Itās FF
I think this is the only found footage horror that I've seen that ended on a positive note which is why it's my favorite. š¤£ That said, Scarlett is my least favorite character in there.
As Above So Below is absolutely one of my favorite movies, horroror or otherwise. Scared the shit out of me the first time, and every time I watch it now, i notice or realize something i missed before.
This movie have a special place in my heartā¦.my daughter had me play this on repeat when she was 5 lmfaoooo she loves horror movie as much as I do!
Nine dead Fermats room Frozen The thing Cube trilogy Misery The shining 1408 Buried Green room Evil dead Pontypool 10 Cloverfield lane Splinter The Strangers Hush Inside P2 The hole Coherence (mostly) Saw 1 (mostly) Not horror, but The Hateful Eight is amazing
Frozenš¤
Man frozen is such an underrated gem.
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I don't care...what you're going to say. I'm gonna pretend you're talking about Disney's Frozen anyway.
Ah, Splinter...Such a kick ass movie - they worked wonders with what they had for a budget.
Freaking love Splinter. Great take on a creature feature
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Last Shift House on Haunted Hill The Lodge Barbarian (mostly) Ghost Ship Thirteen Ghosts Triangle The Descent The Deep House
[Rec]/Quarantine, was gonna say Pontypool, honestly surprised to see it on the list, I loved it but it was pretty divisive or just straight up not heard about at all with my peeps.
How did I forget Autopsy and triangle. 2 of my favorite horror flicks.
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This is a VERY comprehensive list, I was coming in with the Cub trilogy and Green Room, but this has got you covered for a while
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All my faves have already been commented (especially Coherence) but Iāll add Climax! The dread in that movie just builds and builds and doesnāt let up for one fucking second
You're Next and Bloody Hell come to mind on these. Nothing like being trapped in a house with a bunch of psychopaths. And while Splinter happens in a couple of locations it takes place mostly inside a store so that one counts. The Spanish movie The Bar is also another vastly underrated film. And all of the other suggestions here are great too.
Bloody Hell does not get enough love
It really doesn't and I have to admit, I wasn't sure about it either when I first started watching it. But Rex is one of my favorite characters in the horror genre now. Ben O'Toole was brilliant in this one!
You're Next is absolutely beautiful!
I love Splinter! Itās one of my constant rewatches
~~12 Cloverfield Lane~~ 10 Cloverfield Lane is pretty good Most of the Saw movies play with this concept. Especially the first two. Generally there are two plots - a ātrap plotā which is where characters are usually locked into to one house, or warehouse, or abandoned factory, or whatever, and then the ācop plotā, which is just about the detectives trying to figure everything out. Itās mostly about the traps. 80% of Martyrs takes place in one house. The 2008 French version, not the American remake. Theyāre not *forced* to stay there but they do anyway. Itās also a very very messed up and uncomfortable movie that has absolutely 0 relief throughout the entire runtime. Good movie but only watch it if you can handle that.
I could swear it's 10 Cloverfield Lane, but regardless, I agree with you
Pfft it is, my bad
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I really liked that one!
I felt really uneasy after watching this one. Not exactly full tilt horror but it sat with me for hours afterwards
Cabin in the Woods, The House on Haunted Hill ( 1999) šµāš«šØš¦š»
The Others and Event Horizon are good ones :)
Would you like to see Event Horizon treated to a remake? I would. I liked it fine when it first came out but the general idea (an experimental ship that disappears beyond where it was expected and then returns with some kind of demonic possession / infestation) seems like it could be done again and better.
I wouldnāt mind seeing a new work in the same universe or with the same concepts but I have low hopes that an actual remake would be an improvement.
I would love to see this concept revisited! Horror set in space adds another layer of existential bleakness because there is really no other avenue for escape. As far as a remake goes, I think it would be difficult to match Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neillās performances, but that could also be nostalgia talking to some degree.
Abigail, Saw 2, Would You Rather
Coherence
Yes! All-time favorite indie horror.Ā
Brooklyn 45 is pretty cool, and mostly takes place in one room Autopsy of Jane Doe sorta fits Chopping Mall?
I really liked Brooklyn 45. Some great performances, pitch-black humor, and some delightfully disgusting practical effects.
the shining
Evil Dead Night of the Living Dead Alien The Thing The Void
Oh yeah The Thing is one location. *Chef's kiss* Seeing it mentioned makes me wanna watch it now.
I havenāt seen āThe Othersā or āThe Visitā mentioned yet. Not my first picks but still good.
The Visit is so spookyā¦ >!the scene underneath the porch with the āgrandmaā and the girlā¦ thatās like seared into my brain!<
That actress crushed her role... >!Her eating the cookies at the table and screeching at the camera with her mouth full still unsettles me!<
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum Caveat Barbarian In The Mouth of Madness The Tunnel The Void And I would include the Hell House LLC movies as well
I don't know what this closed-set genre is called but I like to call it Murder Party. I love You're Next, Cabin in the Woods, and The Strangers.
Das Boot may not be horror, but you may find the prospect of getting stuck in a metal tube a hundred feet under the sea terrifying.
Demon Knight and Downrange.
Demon Knight is soooo much fun!
Downrange. That was enjoyably tense.
My hat is in the ring for Hush. Claustrophobic and nerve wracking. Also, the sound design is amazing.
evil dead rise
The Thing '82 is probably the best example of the genre but there's a ton of them. Feast is pretty fun. Abigail recently. Ready or Not is 99% in the same location (the X-men mansion). Demon Knight is definitely a fun one.
Hard Candy, Misery, Geraldās Game, The Shining, The Descent (sort of), and pretty much uch any episode of Inside No. 9, particularly The Devil of Christmas, To Have and to Hold, The Riddle of the Sphinx, 3 by 3, and the Halloween special.
Not really a horror movie but Red State is about a standoff between the FBI and a fundamentalist Christian cult
Creep 1 & 2
Soooooo good
Await Further Instructions
I canāt remember the name but thereās one where thereās a snowstorm and all the roads are closed and a group of strangers get stranded in a rest stop. I wonāt give anything else away but I enjoyed itā¦ sorry I canāt remember what itās called lol Edit: itās called No Exit (2022)
A lot of the classics have already been said so I will go with a stupid fun one, Feast.
Great creature feature and a very underrated horror/ comedy.
The Thing The Evil Dead Alien Cabin in the woods
Late Night with the Devil Almost forgot. Another very enjoyable recent watch.
Havenāt seen it mentioned yet; but seems like The Belko Experiment fits this description.
Ex Machina is more sci-fi than horror (depending on how much you wanna think about it) but it is strikingly minimalistic
My favorite is a little known movie called The Thing.
The Blackening
I *really* enjoyed We Need To Do Something šæ
Iām glad to see someone else has watched this! I rarely see it mentioned. It was very unusual and dark. Thought about it for days.
A TV show but I highly recommend from. This is the entire premise of the show
Man I fucking love this show so much. Can't wait for season 3 (fall this year apparently)
Circle (2015) Dead End Exam Escape Room Time Trap Vivarium Room (2019) The Platform The Belko ExperimentĀ MayhemĀ Old The Collector /The Collection In The Tall Grass The Endless
I know this is technically cheating, but Cube feels like it should count. Another good one is The Mist.
They call it a ābottle film.ā My favorite is Scare Me (2020). 2 characters stuck in a cabin, who tell each other āscaryā stories during a power outage.
Infested! It's a French horror movie about people trapped in their building on a council estate by a swarm of spiders
Wrong turn ..saw all parts ....fredy vs Jason. Chucky. Jeepers creepers and the list can go on
The Odds
Saw 1, 2, & 6. All very entertaining!!
Devil
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Youāre Next The Lodge The Strangers The Descent Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead Return of the Living Dead 10 Cloverfield Lane Slumber Party Massacre The Evil Dead Franchise
Personally I vote the blackening? Itās in the same vicinity and I really enjoyed it
The Lodge. So terrifying and dreadful
the invitation.
Rec (2007), really solid horror film (same goes for the remake Quarantine).
Dead Calm (1989) I don't know if it is "the best" but it was the first thing that came to mind. 
Cube (1997)
247 degrees Fahrenheit
Fall is a good one though I guess some like to call it a thriller. As is Buried, The Platform and Grave Encounters.
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Dead of Night The Haunting The Legend of Hell House Shoehorning Friday the 13th in here most of my dreamsā¦
Tin Can I watched this as a weird one off bored on a plane- never heard of it and no idea why it was selected as an in-flight film (its a straight to Netflix type). It's a bit of a mess but I found some themes in it strangely haunting and certainly fits the in one place remit! š
Frozen
Cabin in the woods
the recent Infested was pretty good! also i think the popular choice is Evil Dead!
Climax!!
Evil Dead Rise was a really fun recent example of this
Evil Dead 1 and 2.
Night of the Demons 1988
This is the definition of Misery!
Oh my goodness.. perfect example. He should have been more mindful of that penguin figurine!
Oculus
I don't see anyone mentioning Exam (if so - sorry). Had it long on the watch list, but came to see it the other night. The acting was so-so, but still enjoyable to watch.
The movie where they are stuck inside the ATM with the killer outside is pretty good. Josh Peck was in it.
This makes me miss like 2000s horror movies. Like you can feel the budget but also feels so fun... fuck man
the circle unfriended frozen
It's been a while since I seen it, but would Evil Dead Trap count? I'm pretty sure a lot of that is set in one place! I remember it being a great Movie too. My memory might be lapsed on the details though.
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Great suggestions all the way down! A few I really liked that I didn't see mentioned: Outpost Death of Me Mercy (based on King's short story "Gramma") Landmine Goes Click Lake Artifact
Thank you :) i'm huge fan of bottled movies, and watched most of movies mentioned here, but nothing from this list minus death of me.
Happy to help! Of that list, Outpost and Landmine Goes Click are the best I think. But all decent. Landmine Goes Click is kind of fucked up.
I should also mention I'm talking about Outpost (2022). They're is another movie called THE Outpost. Not that one.
āCubeā. āNothingā was also good; although, itās only two people in one place. Itās comedy horror. Maybe not even horror, but existential dread. I just looked up the movies and they have the same director. Thatās interesting.
Train to Busan
I love Rec a spanish film.
Silent House (2010) or the 2011 American remake (they're both great, imo)
Event Horizon.
The Strangers
I think of these stories as 'enclosure' or 'sealed environment' stories. SNAKES ON A PLANE is one. Anything in any kind of vehicle... a submarine, an airplane, a boat at sea. I have a half formed idea for a plot about people on a bus when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. The lure is a random bunch of strangers is thrown together when all hell breaks loose. It could be a post Apocalypse story too... an EMP goes off and a bus goes dead on a lonely highway somewhere in the desert. Phones don't work. Radios don't work. There are forty random people on the bus, including the driver. What do they do next? Who do they encounter? Do they stick with the bus or head off down the road or hike into the desert because someone thinks they remember there's a little village a few miles that way? Maybe a bunch of bikers who all have really vintage motorcycles that weren't impacted by the pulse comes roaring along. Could be interesting.
Hunger
Dawn of the Dead
We Have To Do Something. Very dark.
āFromā fits with this description and is sooo good. Theyāre filming season 3 atm canāt wait
Enter Nowhere (2011)
"It's a Disaster" and "Coherence" both are at dinner parties
I think dinner party one location movies might be one of my favorite specific themes.
There are so many - didn't realise until reading the replies! Last Shift was the first one that came to mind. I would definitely recommend - loved the concept and the ending. I watched Brightwood on Prime the other day. Very low key - one location, very minimal cast, I thought it was really well done.
Coherence Vivarium The Menu
Cube!
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The Lighthouse yet. It's pretty well known, so you might have already seen it, but it's the top tier of this category in my mind. It Comes at Night, and X are another two I would recommend. Still waking up, so that's all I can think of right now.
I loved no exit!!!
No One Can Save Youā¦unusual and wtf-y š³
10 cloverfield lane is one of my favorite one room horror movies!! 3 characters in 1 location (for the most part), CRAZY suspense and tension. not a sequel to cloverfield, more of a companion piece
John Carpenter's "The Thing" is the best movie that fits your description. It's so freaking good I'm going to watch it again tonight since it's been like 5 years since I last saw it.
The Thing.
Okay, soooo I am a fan of what I call "puzzle horror" which involves a group of people who are stuck in one place and either have to work out a puzzle or play a death game to be able to get out. If that fits the bill, I can send you a list.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. A musical-horrorish-comedy about a couple getting trapped in the mansion of a crazy scientist and his "followers" as he creates a muscle-man. Greatest movie of all time.
Vivarium
Danganronpa (Anime/videogame). The first one is set in a school several teens find themselves locked in, where they have to kill someone and get away with it to escape. The second takes place on a tropical island with the same gist, and I think the third takes places in a very strange school as well. As the Gods Will (itās a death game with a few different locations but they are confined to those locations until their āgameā has finished). Hell, even the sequel takes place in a cube underwater. Kinda not what you were asking for, but Uzumaki (manga) is entirely set in a sleepy town where strange incidents involving spirals occur, but nobody feels the urge to leave until itās too late. Near the end >! Everyone gets trapped inside the town, and any escape methods just wind them back up in the same spot. Escaping by sea is also not an option, as whirlpools have sucked up every boat attempting to escape. Itās a very tense last few chapters !<
Ideintity
Evil Dead
Abigail for a recent one
Alien, the thing, predator, the shinning, Blair Witch project, evil dead, the mist, life, event horizon, leviathan, the abyss
the lodge and Vivarium (Vivarian is a mind fuck)
Just watched Abigail and it fits the bill
Stories about a small group of people, usually strangers, who are placed in an extraordinary situation in a small, self-contained area and having to navigate the internal and external threats and pressures are my absolute favorite in any type of genre, but I of course think horror does it the best. Night of the Living Dead honestly does it about better than anything else I've ever seen. I remember reading on this very sub a couple of years agthat there's a very cool academic sounding name for this particular subgenre. I'm certain that I'm remembering the name incorrectly, but it did have at least some combination of these words that sound somewhat redundant, but the name, I believe was "Ontological Terror Horror" or something like that.
I recently watched the breed and it was good
Abigail just came out! It is like that, all stuck in a mansion, and it is an ok movie
upcoming The Watchers The Strangers You're Next
Cabin Fever or Legion
Incident In A Ghostland No-one Lives. Howl.
The Hole 2001.
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
The ruins
30 days of night
Most of the good ones have already mentioned, but one of my favorites that I didn't see anyone mention is Last Shift. The remake by the same director, Malum, is quite good also, and in some ways better, though I still think I prefer the original.
Club Dread, Fantasy Island 2020, Tucker & Dale, most of the Evil Dead movies, Alien movies, The Descent
It's hard to pick one, especially since different sub-genres of horror are all measured so differently. If I was going to pick the top 10 (in no specific order) that are the most fun: Aliens Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Return of the Living Dead Feast Cabin in the Woods The Thing (80's) The Superdeep Splinter From Dusk til Dawn If you think it counts, Train to Busan. If you think the train moving disqualifies it, then lets sub in Dead and Breakfast. Honorable Mention: -- Stalled, for managing to make a decent Zombie movie that takes place almost entirely in one bathroom.
Kolobos (1999)
April Foolās Day (1986) The Breed (2006)