‘It still preys on my mind’: readers on their scariest non-horror movies

After Guardian writers picked their choices for Halloween, readers have responded with films that send chills down their spines – from Never Let Me Go to The Truman Show

A Short Film About Killing

The murder of the taxi driver is utterly excruciating and the hanging at the end equally so. Both are shown in full, in close up and in real time. The condemned man’s last cigarette is smoked in full. The unease (to put it mildly) of the audience was palpable. Wiscot

Aftersun

Not horror but horribly tense. I was convinced when he went into the sea at night that he wasn’t going to come out. A personal response from me, but I found it almost unbearable to watch. annarachel