Is there anything better than a truly terrifying movie? One that gets your heart pounding, makes you jump out of your seat or sleep with the lights on?

We don’t think so, but with streaming services giving us an endless supply of horror films at our fingertips, it can be hard to know which can give you a true fright night, and which are child’s play.

That’s why in 2020 we founded the Science of Scare Project, an experiment to categorically find the scariest movies in existence, based on what gets hearts pumping and pulses racing.

Now in its fourth year, the Science of Scare is back and bigger than ever tracking the scariest movies ever made…