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The 25 best horror movies you’ve never seen. There are a lot of terrible horror movies out there. Possibly more than any other genre, horror seems to appeal to wannabe filmmakers who figure it’s easy and cheap to pull off a scary movie – and thanks to the success of many low budget horror movies, distributors seem to be putting out an awful lot of them. So I’d understand if you didn’t want to trawl through an endless sea of crap to find the few real gems amongst the cinematic slurry.

But I’m an addict, and keep coming back for more punishment. The payoff is that sometimes, very occasionally, you discover something brilliant. Here are 25 great horror movies that you probably haven’t seen, possibly haven’t even heard of (some of them don’t even have UK distribution), but which are well worth your time. 25. Santa’s Slay (2005) Let’s start with a festive one, seeing as Christmas as just gone. 24. The less you know about The Hamiltons, the better, really; anything you do know will just spoil the surprise. 23. 22. 21. 20. 19. 18. 17. 16.

You Missed It: Most Unfairly Overlooked Movies Of The Decade. 50 Great Horror Movies list. The 50 Most Controversial Films. Top 10 Truly Disturbing Horror Films. I have watched thousands of movies throughout my life and I am one of those folks who enjoys films from every single genre but in particular films that leave their mark on me long after I turn them off.Worth noting I am not a journalist, I am just an average joe who loves film and happens to write about it. So my views ( bad grammer included ) are very much those of an average film fan just like most of you reading this.That said as much as I am not a writer or critic I do own well over 1,000 horror films and think I know the genre well. Dead Girl:Last on my list is Dead Girl but that by no means puts it at the bottom. 25 Spectacular Movies You (Probably) Haven’t Seen Pt. 2. Human Traffic Very unique comedy about the drug/club culture in the UK. Five friends ponder society, drug use and their own lives as they go about their usual weekend of snorting, smoking, popping, dancing and sex.

The Matador Pierce Brosnan plays an assassin going through a mid-life crisis as he approached retirement. He’s like 007 on a spree of existential questioning. Very funny. The Good, The Bad, And the Weird Two comical outlaws and a bounty hunter fight for a treasure map in 1940s Manchuria while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. Tucker and Dale vs. A group of college students go camping for the weekend and, through a series of unlucky events, begin thinking that the harmless Tucker & Dale (pictured above) are trying to kill them. New Kids Turbo An absolutely nutty movie from the Netherlands. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang KKBB is a murder-comedy (?) Big Trouble Once Upon A Time In The West This is the most EPIC western film of all time.

Persepolis 13 Assassins The Terminal. 25 Spectacular Movies You (Probably) Haven’t Seen. Midnight in Paris Woody Allen’s latest places starving writer Owen Wilson in Paris with his fiancée, Rachel McAdams. Searching for inspiration for his incomplete novel, Owen begins taking strolls around the city at night where he discovers an unexpected group of people. I wish I could be more specific, but it would ruin the surprise. Know that it is brilliant, witty and full of mystique. 92% on Rotten Tomatoes (RT). Let the Right One In The best vampire movie ever made in my opinion. Watch Let the Right One In for FREE on Amazon Instant Video The Man From Earth Holy &#%@ this film’s plot is fascinating!

Garden State This is my absolute favorite film. Waking Life It’s impossible for you to grasp Waking Life without actually watching it, but I’ll do my best to explain it. Watch Waking Life for FREE on Amazon Instant Video Closer This film is a rather dark, yet comedic story about the twisted relationships between Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. Sin Nombre Snatch The Descent. Sixteen Movies to Watch at Tribeca. The 40 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen 2 - a list by blackskies-160-128512. 10 SXSW '11 Films We've Seen and Highly Recommend. With over 120 films to choose from in just nine days at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival, even the most experienced planner will be unable to take in all of them.

That is just simple math. Sometimes you just have to take a page from Neil ... Page: "You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing. " If extreme violence laced with comedy is your bag, then you can take the word of Eric Snider who enjoyed 'Hobo With A Shotgun,' or Scott Weinberg who fancied 'Super,' James Gunn's take on the modern superhero. Or, you can take a cue from yours truly (as you hopefully did last year) and add ten more recommendations to your schedule to already go along with 'Source Code' and 'Paul.' '13 Assassins' If glorious non-stop action is what you crave in-between the atypical mumblecore festival fare, then Takashi Miike's '13 Assassins' will be that deep drink of water after days in the desert.

SCREENING TIME Sunday, March 13 – 6:30 PM – Paramount Theatre. My 100 Must-See Movies - a list by taniasalinas8. Mindfuck Movies list. Weird Films list. Watch Free Horror Movies Online. Good Horror Movies Every Fan Has To See. If you ask people on the street for some suggestions of a great horror movie, odds are you'd get a wide range of answers. You’d get everything from the scariest slasher film to horror comedies and even b-rated horror movies that barely classify for the genre. Because we all have a different capacity for being scared and our own unique reasons for watching horror films, we of course have varying tolerances for gore and suspenseful movies[2]. Storytelling is an art form and the best stories share a hero, his struggles, and the ultimate victory of the hero over the villain.

Great horror movies drag out the suspense until the end[1], sometimes never concluding with victory. Let's get started, shall we? Great Scary Movies Halloween [Blu-ray]Amazon Price:$19.99 $5.99 Buy Now(price as of Oct 10, 2013) The Vanishing (The Criterion Collection)Amazon Price:$29.95 $15.95 Buy Now(price as of Oct 10, 2013) Charles Band's Puppet Master CollectionAmazon Price:$59.95 $26.50 Buy Now(price as of Oct 10, 2013) Nerd Blerp - 10 Great Horror Films You've Never Seen. Being a fan of all things horror, I thought it high-time I showed some love for the genre on this site. Horror films are great because they appeal to our most base natures, but also because they are allowed to be as loopy and imaginative as they want...well, at lest they used to be. These days, imagination has been replaced by lots of gore and cheap 'jump-out-of-your-seat' shocks.

Horror films no longer follow you home and haunt your dreams in the stillness of the night. So, here are ten great horror films that you've never seen before (I hope). 10. This twisted gem from the eighties owes a lot to Freddy Krueger, but is also original and creepy in its own way. 9. This Finnish horror film moves at a delibarately slow pace, but is unsettling as all hell. 8. Q really feels more like two films. 7. This movie actually shares the same writer-director as Q, b-movie mogul Larry Cohen. 6. 13 Tzameti This Georgian thriller can best be described as 'Saw without the bullshit'. 5. Ha. 4. 3. 2. 1. The Ten Best Horror Movies You Haven’t Seen | October means Halloween, and Halloween means horror, and horror? Well that means some damn good movies.

I presume many of you are searching for a good horror flick to curl up with this month, and while I will advise you to first consult my 10 Best Horror Films of Decade list, I thought I’d compile a new one made up of films that aren’t quite as widely known. Yes, I love The Ring, The Orphanage and The Descent, but there are smaller, more niche movies that are deserving of your attention, and really, once you’ve been scared or grossed out once, it’s not quite the same if you watch the same film again. Here are some new titles that some of you may have seen, but I predict most of you will have not. You may think a few of them suck, and I’ll admit they’re not without their flaws, but if you’re looking for a few decent horror films, you could do a lot worse than these. Feel free to chime in with your own suggestions in the comments. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

Bonus: Tucker and Dale vs. Top 10 Little Known Horror Films For Halloween. : Middle East Movies. 30 post-apocalyptic visions of the 21st Century. @DuranGrey: Sorry, but Fuck That. The Stand, although I did love it when I first read it, has seen the light of day already. I looked forward that TV miniseries back in 1994, but it was plodding and much too long. Stephen King should not be allowed to write screenplays for his own work. I want The Dark Tower. I know I will be disappointed, but I want it. I also want Clint Eastwood to play Roland, but I'd have to go back in time for that to be any good. @cinnarose: Is he still allowed to write original screenplays? That shit was powerful. 15 of the Most Disturbing Films Ever Made.