15 Horror Movies Around 90 Minutes for a Quick Scare

A lockdown video call becomes an exceptionally efficient supernatural nightmare with almost no wasted setup.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 57 min · Found footage.

A group of filmmakers become lost in the woods as absence and suggestion do most of the frightening work.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 81 min · Found footage.

A strange filming job slowly becomes a study in how long politeness can override every warning sign.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 77 min · Psychological.

A father and son examine an unidentified body while the evidence around them becomes increasingly impossible.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 86 min · Supernatural.

A television reporter is trapped inside an apartment building during a rapidly escalating emergency.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 78 min · Spanish.

Rough, relentless and far less dependent on explicit gore than its reputation suggests.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 83 min · Classic.

Longer than 90 minutes, but unusually lean for a studio horror thriller and excellent when you want sustained tension.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 124 min · Thriller.

A documentary crew reconstructs a deadly haunted-attraction opening with increasingly disturbing footage.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 93 min · Found footage.

A documentary about an elderly woman's illness begins recording events that do not fit the original explanation.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 90 min · Found footage.

A simple fear-of-the-dark premise becomes an efficient studio horror film with an instantly understandable threat.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 81 min · Supernatural.

A couple in an isolated house are targeted by masked intruders for reasons that make the situation even colder.

This belongs on your list when the brief is: 86 min · Home invasion.