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Similar themes of claustrophobia?


What other movies focus on the horrors of tight spaces and claustrophobia? Even if they aren't "Horror" movies. I am fascinated with segments that showcase claustrophobia, especially in a sense where I can imagine how terrifying and awful the situation would be. Don't ask me why I get sick pleasure from doing that to myself... I truly hate tight, enclosed spaces. I'm looking for more movies that focus on this sort of thing. The deeper, the darker, the tighter and the more agonizing; the better!

Here's some off the top of my head that I've already seen:
The Descent
Crawl or Die (my current winner)
Cube
I watched "As Above, So Below" - but I was high or something and I don't remember any of it, so I can't say now if there was any good stuff there.
I've got "Submerged" - I just haven't watched it yet.

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Here are several..some are intensely claustrophic, as in one single person, buried 6 ft under, while others have different forms of claustrophobia involving several people trapped in small-ish places for undetermined amounts of time. In these movies its the time, and circumstances that play into the claustrophobic build that slowly creeps in to the point that we, the viewers, can actually sense the terror thats playing out on the screen.

Some of these you may have already seen, some may not be to your liking, or not claustrophobic enough..but I'll guarantee that you'll find atleast some of them fit the bill that you're looking for..Enjoy!

Buried-2010

Devil-2010

Elevator-2011

The Hole-2001

The Divide-2011

Tape-2001

The Colony-2013

The Killing Room-2009

Right at your Door-2006

Exam-2009

House of Nine-2005

My Little Eye-2002

127 Hours-2010

ATM-2012

Hunger-2009

Frozen-2010--*while this isn't a popular, well liked flick, it did however very much affect me while I was watching it, and immediately after*

Beneath-2013

9 Dead-2010

Wind Chill-2007

Funny Games-2007--*while its classified mostly as home invasion, it no doubt has the easily felt, overwhelming claustrophobic feeling it seems you crave*

247°-2011

Virus-1999

Hidden-2015

Curve-2015

Howl-2015

^Ending^ with 3 of the newest films.. I've seen them all and IMO, each has their own claustrophic feel to them in one way or another.. Enjoy!

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Great list! I have several of these titles based on my own research, I just haven't watched them yet, and others are news to me. so I'm looking forward to going down this list.
Cool response.

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I was very pleasantly surprised by The Divide (2011), and thought it was a great movie. Definitely induced the claustrophobic feeling for me!

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Check out The Jacket. The movie is not claustrophobic but the scenes where Adrian Brody is in a straight jacket, locked in a morgue drawer freak me out every time I see it.

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Word.

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Hush- it was just put on Netflix

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