When I say I want to watch a horror movie, I mean I want true psychological horror with endless plot twists — not cheap gore or jump scares. When I was little, “The Visit” (2015) was the psychological horror I was craving. The film literally made me scared to visit my grandma’s house. Now, I think of it as a horror comfort movie.

The movie has become something I can throw on in the background and play Subway Surfers to make myself feel less guilty about not being so excited for spooky season.

Told through a found-footage style plot, the film follows two siblings, Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould), who visit their estranged grandparents in rural Pennsylvania, only to discover a disturbing secret about them.

At first, their grandparents’ odd behavior can be brushed off as simple quirks of old age, but the psychological torture begins as nighttime falls and the house turns into a nightmare. Every creak of the floorboards, every eerie laugh from the hallway, builds tension that is sure to send shivers down the viewer’s spine.

The film’s creator, M. Night Shyamalan, is an artist in this subgenre of horror. He masterfully uses silence, confined spaces and the children’s cameras to create a sense of realism that makes the horror feel intimate and relatable — hence why I couldn’t bear to visit my grandma in 2015.

So, if you are seeking a psychological horror film with a mix of comedy and emotion, “The Visit” might be your pick. In every movie he creates, Shyamalan is fixated on creating scares that come from what hides in the mask of normalcy, like “Trap” (2024).

My overall rating of the movie is an 8/10. The jump scares and goosebumps get me every time and I wish I could rewatch “The Visit” for the first time.