One of the scariest feelings imaginable is the feeling of being alone, claustrophobic, isolated. It is a story telling device used masterfully in the horror genre. Being haunted, hunted, or scared is one thing on its own; being trapped while those occur is on a whole other plain of dread. An evil creeping its way towards you with nowhere to run, nowhere to seek shelter. Let's take a look at some of the best isolated horror films ever made. Read along, if you dare...

8 Midsommar (2019)

Ari Aster is quickly becoming a powerhouse director in the horror genre with films like, Hereditary and the upcoming Disappointment Blvd., but perhaps his most isolating and over-the-top work to date is Midsommar starring Florence Pugh. The movie follows Pugh's character Dani, as she and her boyfriend Christian attend a midsummer festival in the Swedish countryside. Things quickly become a nightmare as they fall prey to a pagan cult. The atmospheric horror in Midsommar adds to the dread as our characters truly have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide in from this isolated community. That, combined with horrific imagery and one of Florence Pugh's best performances, makes Midsommar a modern day masterpiece of horror.

7 Misery (1990)

Being snowed in by a blizzard may conjure up memories of a snow day as a kid or a quiet weekend indoors with family huddled around a fireplace. In 1990's Misery, though, it is writer Paul Sheldon who is snowed in with Annie Wilkes, his biggest fan. After a car crash leaves Sheldon injured, Wilkes saves him and begins nursing him back to health in her home. She slowly begins to show her dark obsession with Sheldon and his fictional character of Misery Chastain, especially when she finds out he has killed her off in his latest novel. Held captive in Annie's isolated cabin, she forced Sheldon to rewrite the book and keeps him homebound by any means necessary, and we mean any means. Kathy Bates's performance as Annie Wilkes helped her to win the Oscar in 1990 and helped make Misery one of the best horror movies of the '90s.

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6 Get Out (2017)

Get Out took the world by storm following its 2017 release and introduced the world to the immensely talented direction of Jordan Peele. Get Out tells the story of Chris and his girlfriend Rose as they travel to meet Rose's parents at their house in secluded upstate New York. It is discovered that Rose's family has been performing surgeries for years to transplant white brains into the bodies of desired black individuals and trapping the black subconscious through hypnotism. Chris finds himself physically isolated at Rose's house and mentally isolated when he becomes trapped in the "Sunken Place" and nearly falls victim to the family's heinous plot.

5 The Descent (2005)

The Descent is a surefire way to trigger anyone with even the slightest fear of claustrophobia. The movie follows six women who begin exploring a cave system only to find themselves hunted by the creatures that dwell inside. This blood soaked horror thrill ride is the epitome of isolated horror and enough to keep any fan, claustrophobic or not, out of caves for the foreseeable future. It is a film that seeks to dive deep into the caves of humankind and explore the isolation of not just the body but the mind.

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4 28 Days Later (2002)

There has certainly been no shortage of zombie movies pumped out of Hollywood, but when a new take on the genre comes along it is a breath of fresh air. 28 Days Later brought an eerie, slow-burning, and atmospheric take on the zombie film. Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy in one of his best performances to date, the film provides a deeper take on the zombie apocalypse and how humanity would handle such an event. Something The Walking Dead attempted to and eventually failed at doing.

3 The Thing (1982)

There are numerous amounts of isolating places on earth but none more so than Antarctica, the frozen continent.John Carpenters The Thing is a classic science fiction horror film starring Kurt Russell. The story focuses on a group of researchers as they are hunted and picked off by a shape-shifting creature. The film does a great job of reminding the audience just how isolated our characters are with great shots of the frozen surroundings that are closed in around our characters. The Thing is great isolation horror, and certainly one of the most frightening horror movies of the '80s.

2 Alien (1979)

What could be more isolating than the vast, open, emptiness of space. The 1979 Ridley Scott classic, Alien, brings horror to the extraterrestrial genre. Much like The Thing, we are constantly reminded of just how alone our characters are out in space while they are being methodically hunted by the Xenomorph, by the utilization of sprawling shots of the dark black surroundings. The Alien video game is even subtitled as "Isolation". Ridley Scott's masterpiece has managed to stay relevant for over forty years. This terrifying film proves truly does prove that in space... no one can hear you scream.

1 The Shining (1980)

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Those words spoken by Jack Nicholson in The Shining are the perfect boiling point moment of the isolation felt by his character Jack Torrance in the Stanley Kubrick classic. Being the caretaker of The Overlook hotel during a long, harsh winter is one way to develop a killer case of cabin fever. Through stunning cinematography, heart-racing tension, and a setting providing no refuge, The Shining is truly isolated horror at its best.