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IMDB - Top 10 Most Popular Rated Horror Films
1) Carrie (2013) - A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Star Rating - 6.8/10.0
2) The Conjuring (2013) - Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorised by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Star Rating - 7.6/10.0
3) World War Z (2013) - United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie Pandemic that is stopping armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. Star Rating - 7.1/10.0
4) Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) - The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. Star Rating - 7.0/10.0
5) The Purge (2013) - In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for harbouring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalised. Star Rating - 5.5/10.0
6) Curse of Chucky - (2013) After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos. Star Rating - 5.6/10.0
7) Escape from Tomorrow (2013) - In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday. Star Rating - 5.7/10.0
8) Carrie (1976) - A young, abused and timid 17-year-old girl discovers she has telekinesis, and gets pushed to the limit on the night of her school's prom by a humiliating prank. Star Rating - 7.4/10.0
9) Warm Bodies (2013) - After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world. Star Rating - 6.9/10.0
10) Insidious (2011) - A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. Star Rating - 6.7/10.0
The Most popular horror films on IMDB have a range of sub-genres, from horror-comedies to psychological horrors. In my opinion, The remake of Carrie should not be voted most popular horror film on IMDB, especially as it overtakes the original which is 10x better. Most of these horror films are not simplistic horror films, 'Warm Bodies' for example is a horror comedy - but overtakes Insidious which is a more paranormal horror that is a lot scarier and horrific to watch. Being a horror, it should have the ability to scare the audience and half of these films do not do that.
In conclusion, we will only be using films like 'Insidious' and 'Insidious: Chapter 2' that involves children as being the main focus - our opening title sequence involves paranormal changes but also chloe's little sister as being the main and only character. Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2 ticks both of these boxes as they both include children and paranormal things happening to the family.
In conclusion, we will only be using films like 'Insidious' and 'Insidious: Chapter 2' that involves children as being the main focus - our opening title sequence involves paranormal changes but also chloe's little sister as being the main and only character. Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2 ticks both of these boxes as they both include children and paranormal things happening to the family.