Just coming in here to say I can second some of theseBabadook is a metaphor . The second watch through I caught more nuances . It ' s beautifully shot . Great horror . Highly recommend . The Orphanage is a Del Torro classic . The atmosphere is haunting and it has the pace you mentioned . Funny Games is a good one . It ' s a selfaware horror . If you want a horror film , that ' s one whose mood of dread slowly covers you until you find yourself thinking about the nature of humanity and how we commit such atrocities , how we consume those things as entertainment , you ' re going to want to sit in a bubble bath and watch spirited away afterwards . edit syntax <| sep |> How long did it take Jewish people to recover from the Holocaust ?