“There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.”
Home invasion movies have always affected me a little bit more than any other, it’s a sub-genre that still has the potential to terrify me in so many ways and that’s saying something.
So here it is, my list of my top fifteen home invasion movies (the list is not in a favouritism order):
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| The Strangers |
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
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| Panic Room |
A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house’s safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
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| Intruders |
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don’t realize is that agoraphobia is not her only problem.
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| Emelie |
A couple’s replacement babysitter turns out to be more than they bargained for when she subjects their kids to a series of twisted activities.
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| Hush |
A deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.
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| The Collector |
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
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| Funny Games |
Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
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| Kidnapped |
Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.
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| 13 Cameras |
A newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.
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| Don’t Breathe |
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn’t as helpless as he seems.
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| Inside |
Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
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| You’re Next |
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
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| Hard Candy |
A teenage girl raids a man’s home in order to expose him under suspicion that he is a pedophile.
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| Black Christmas |
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
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| Them |
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise… they’re not alone… and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
Honourable mentions:
Raz's Midnight Macabre 