Horror movies directed by Mark Hartley

How Girl at the Window scares: The story starts as a grief-soaked family drama before slowly tilting into a stalker-thriller, with suspicion and unease building in the background long before anything overtly scary happens. Once the threat comes into focus, the back half leans into tense, voyeuristic dread — someone watching, someone not who they seem — more than outright shocks. It's a grounded, human kind of scary rather than supernatural, built around distrust of the people closest to you. Good for viewers who like slow-building small-town thrillers with a teen-driven perspective rather than gore or jump scares.

How Patrick scares: Patrick builds its fear slowly, leaning on glossy visuals and a creeping sense that someone helpless is actually in control. The scares come more from unease and violation of privacy than jolts, with occasional bursts of nasty violence breaking up the quiet dread. It's part psychic thriller, part slasher-adjacent shocker, and it feels more like a stylish, uneasy ride than something that will really haunt you afterward. Good for fans of glossy horror remakes who want mood and a little blood rather than nonstop scares.