Horror movies directed by Ruairi Robinson

How The Last Days on Mars scares: There's a constant sense of being trapped with no way out, since everyone is stuck in bulky suits on a dead, empty planet with nowhere safe to run. The dread builds slowly through isolation and mistrust before shifting into more physical chases and attacks once the danger becomes clear. It leans more into tense, breathless survival than deep mind-bending horror, with the fear coming from infection and pursuit rather than gore for its own sake. Good for fans of claustrophobic space thrillers who want some zombie-like scares mixed with sci-fi dread.

How Blinky™ scares: It starts as a quiet, sad little family story before slowly twisting into something cold and menacing, with the horror creeping in almost unnoticed until it's too late to look away. The pace is deliberate and short, building dread through a child's point of view rather than through jump scares. The fear here comes from a sense of wrongness and helplessness rather than blood, though the ending lands hard and stays with you. It's a good pick if you want something short, quiet, and genuinely unsettling rather than a loud thrill ride.