# Great Realistic Minimalist Horror

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-realistic-minimalist-horror/833661>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-realistic-minimalist-horror/833661 "2019-05-08T11:22:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-realistic-minimalist-horror/833661/21 "2019-05-13T22:19:21Z")

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As Above, So Below - “Blair Witch”-style found footage, with a similar slow buildup. Some very brief, but intense gore. It’s about people casually wandering into Hell, so some gore is _going_ to happen.

Savageland - low budget mockumentary about a zombie attack near the US-Mexico border. No jump scares or gore at all, it’s primarily the subject matter, dealt with completely seriously, that’s scary.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-realistic-minimalist-horror/833661/22 "2019-05-14T12:31:33Z")

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Jacob’s Ladder - a strange and disturbing journey. A legitimately good movie. (and from a technical standpoint, interesting because they used no post-production special effects, everything was done using practical effects and camera manipulation)

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