14 Creepiest Documentaries That’ll Make You Want to Sleep with the Lights On

8. Capturing the Friedmans

For a glimpse inside the mind of a truly dysfunctional human being and a compelling look at the way that dysfunction impacts everyone in his sphere, look no further than this Academy Award nominee. The film chronicles the truly bizarre and sadistic family life of the Friedmans, whose patriarch Arnold was a serial child molester who bent his entire family to his sick will.