It's Halloween time and the only type of movie anyone is allowed to watch this month is horror movies. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Every time a new horror movie comes out, we always get to hear how it's the 'scariest movie ever', and well, they rarely live up to the expectation. 

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With every scary movie marketed that way, it was time for science to decide the scariest movie ever, once and for all, and we have the results.

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According to “Science of Scare Project", a study conducted by Broadband Choices, we have a definite list of science-approved scary movies and it's a little unexpected.

Basically, for this study, they took 50 people and hooked them up to a heart monitor. Then, they were made to watch 120 hours of the best horror movies out there. And then, everyone's heart rates were taken into account to declare the scariest of the scariest.

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Disclaimer - yes, 50 people is not a lot, and of course, the list is not accurate for the entire population, we get it. It's still a scientific study.

So, here are the top ten movies that made people's heart rate go up by a lot, starting from the scariest: 

1. Sinister

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The movie follows a has-been true-crime writer who moves his wife and kids into a house where a family had previously been murdered. 

Determined to solve the mystery of the murdered family to use as a basis of his next novel, he soon realizes there's a lot more going on in the haunted house.

2. Insidious

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Another haunted house story but in this, the parents realize that their comatose son is actually possessed by some evil entities.

3. The Conjuring

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*clap clap* Yet another movie where white people move into a sinister-looking house in the middle of nowhere and then realize it's haunted. 

The Perron family starts going through increasingly terrifying events and then get help from paranormal investigators.

4. Hereditary

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After the death of the matriarch of the Graham family, the family starts to uncover the terrifying secrets of their ancestry as they get haunted by a mysterious presence.

5. Paranormal Activity

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A couple senses that they are being haunted by a supernatural presence in their home and set up a camera to uncover the truth and document it. 

The found-footage approach actually makes the movie seem more authentic, thus even more terrifying.

6. It Follows

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Basically, an STD, but make it haunted. A teenage girl is followed by a supernatural entity after a sexual encounter and can only get rid of it after having *** with someone else and passing it on.

7. The Conjuring 2

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The sequel continues with the Warrens, the paranormal investigators from the first movie, coming out of a sabbatical and jumping continent to help out a family in the UK. 

After the Warrens try to help the youngest daughter who's possessed, they end up becoming the new target of the malicious spirit.

8. The Babadook

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A monster movie, The Babadook follows a single mother dealing with her son's paranoid fears of a monster only to realize they are surrounded by a sinister presence all around.

9. The Descent

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A group of women head to a cave to explore it but soon after descending, they find strange paintings and evidence of a previous expedition, soon realizing that they are not alone.

10. The Visit

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Another found-footage movie, it follows two teenaged siblings going to their estranged grandparents' house to spend a week with them as their mother goes off with her boyfriend. 

Can't say anything else without spoiling it, but it gets real creepy real quick.

So, if you have seen all the movies mentioned above, well, congratulations! you're a true horror flick connoisseur. 

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