The Ten Scariest Islands in Movie History

Featuring sharks, dinosaurs, and the most dangerous game of all: muppets.

by Josh Kurp

There's no denying that islands are creepy. You're stranded on a small chunk of land, potentially hundreds of miles from civilization — and unless you're lucky enough to land on Cave Girl Island, you've got to worry about the other inhabitants. In Martin Scorsese's new movie, Shutter Island, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Teddy Daniels, a U.S. marshal looking for an escaped mental patient on a mysterious island. Eerie premise — but will it be enough to crack Nerve's list of the ten creepiest movie islands? (Don't look for Monster Island — it's more of a peninsula.)

10. Lord of the Flies Island

Not knowing the location of this island (it's never mentioned in the book or movie) is creepy enough, but when you factor in its ability to make adorable British children turn on each other, this is one place we'd rather not crash land — even with its abundance of conch shells.

9. Terminal Island

After the death penalty is abolished, first-degree murderers are sent here to do whatever they'd like...except leave! It's like Escape from New York, but not. Scarier than the threat of death, though, is Tom Selleck's head and giant mustache perpetually floating above the island.

8. Amity Island

Only three letters away from Calamity Island. That Jaws was one clever shark.

7. Staten Island

Any island that's been home to both How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and He Knows You're Alone creeps us out. Plus, there's this.

6. Zombi 2

Also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us, and Zombie Flesh-Eaters... well, you get the point. It's a movie about zombies on a remote island and there's a scene involving a zombie fighting a tiger shark underwater. We'd make a joke here, but we're too terrified.