Scary Self Storage Container Units in Movies

In horror movies, self storage container units have long played a role as the perfect atmosphere for supernatural monsters and murderers to stalk their victims. What makes them so creepy? Probably the flickering lights, the echoing footsteps in the distance, the eery quiet ambience as you stumble upon an unexpected item…

In this week’s blog, the Store That team are getting into the spooky spirit! Here, we detail the scary movies that showcase creepy storage units on-screen to help prepare you for Halloween!

Blood Shed

Patrick Hasson, director and writer, knows a lot about how unsettling storage units can be considering he used to live in one! This self storage horror movie was in fact written inside of a unit! The film is about a homeless man in a storage unit, who is being haunted by a strange shadowy figure.

Storage 24

Filmed in a run-down underground storage facility, Storage 24 involves a military plane crashing into London. This leaves highly classified material scattered across the city, including a very dangerous alien. Finding itself inside a 24-hour self storage container facility, the alien disembowels everybody on the premises with no remorse!

The Silence of the Lambs

If there was ever a film responsible for sending shivers up your spine when you visit a storage facility, it would be this one. In this horror movie, Dr. Hannibal Lecter cryptically tells Clarice to “look deep within yourself.” At dusk, the detective follows the clue and crawls under a partially opened door to a storage unit. She finds some stereotypical serial killer belongings, including an embalmed head of one of his former patients. The Silence of the Lambs was the first and only best picture winner in the horror category in 1991, making it a classic for the self-storage horror genre.

The Hoarder

This 2015 terrifying film includes a suspicious girlfriend trying to decide whether her boyfriend is cheating on her, or otherwise. Naturally, this leads her to a storage facility when she becomes trapped with a group of strangers who are being chased by a bloodthirsty creature!

Locked In

This movie captures the biggest fears that people have about storage units, including the sudden twist and turns in this cat-and-mouse chase thriller. It starts with two men stealing from a jewellery shop and shooting the shopkeeper. Maggie, the staring actress, then catches her colleague on camera in a storage facility making a shady deal. She ventures inside and gets captured by the thieves… let the maze-like adventure begin!

Self-Storage

Filmed in Rhode Island, USA, this 2013 film has the typical self-storage horror movie plot that you would expect. The son of a storage facility manager throws a party on the premises with a few friends. Little does he know; his father has been using the units as a front for his illegal human organ harvesting enterprise!

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Who knew that self storage horror was a genre in itself?! Interested in using our self storage container facilities at Store That? We would love to hear from you! If you want to find out more about our services, then get in touch with our team today on 020 7515 1300 or email us at info@storethat.co.uk.