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I love coming across obsure movies which seem to be quite unknown to most people, so what are your favourite obscure/unknown horror movies which are your fav either because they are unique, or because you found them scary.
P.S, upvote the answers which you HAVEN'T heard of, so that the generally lesser known movies are towards the top. This doesn't mean downvote the answers you HAVE heard of though lmao.
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Eyes of Fire is one of my all time favorites...a highly unusual folk horror film with an early American setting, it's eerie and atmospheric despite some shoddy FX. I saw it in the video store 1987 or so and rented it...then it pretty much vanished. I had a bootleg DVD copied from VHS and it was my go-to for this kind of discussion. For years it was only on YouTube Now I think it's on Shudder. When I saw The VVitch I felt it was really influenced by this hidden gem.
Eyes of Fire was my very first thought. I just saw it when it came to Shudder. How was this movie not on repeat on TBS in the 80s?
Ha ha YES. Kids today don't know about how TBS exposed us to all kinds of genre films.
Because of TBS, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Gargoyles and The Devil's Rain.
Hell yeah I remember watching both of those. So weird to think I saw Blood on Satan's Claw when I was like 6-7 and it was on Saturday afternoon. That was also where I learned about Hammer, kaiju, tokusatsu, Shaw brothers...TBS back then was just buying up as much as they could and the result is that they had this incredible library of non-really-mainstream films.
Eyes is excellent!
This was included in the 'All Haunts Be Ours' box set by Severin - main selling point for me, fully restored and gorgeous.
I can't imagine watching this fully restored, imma have it check it out!
There is absolute madness in the details. The trees, man, the treeeeees. I think the box sets are long sold out from Severin but they may have a restored standalone version.
excellent pick, might still be on shudder
One of the best folk horror films ever.
It's also on prime here in the UK
Severin included it in their "All The Haunts Be Ours" folk horror collection. Interesting movie. Awesome box set, btw.
Very good film.
Love Object
Series 7
Love for Series 7, I haven't even thought about that movie in years. It stars the same woman who was kidnapped by Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. She was awesome! Going to look it up now so I can watch it again.
Love Object!! Wya better than it has any right to be
Just saw a trailer for a new movie (Boy Kills World) and I was like... Okay this is very much feeling like a studio offshoot of Series 7 bc it has a reality show deathmatch element- (even moreso than hunger games which feels more like a rip of Battle Royale).
Dead and breakfast.
First movie that came to my mind. Fun flick. Grabbed it blind when I used to raid Best Buy on new release day. One of the few DVDs I kept when I started over with Blu Ray
Yea it sooo good, I had a friend introduce me to it, he came over one night and was like: watch this shit! Still give it a go once a year or so!
I die every time: "We're comin to kill ya! Comin to kill ya, comin to kill ya!" Zachariah and the Lobos Riders were a hoot in this flick flick.
"Why you look more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs".
Im gonna have to pull this out and watch it tonight.
Ssssss! from 1973. Mad scientist makes snake people
Just watched this last week. One of my favorites.
I've only met ONE other person who saw this movie! I watched this with my dad when I was a kid. First movie to affect my dreams. Still remember it to this day!
Saw it when it came out at the drive in. I was like 12. I thought my brother and I were the only people who knew about it. Double feature with, Squirm.
Imagine going to the theater in 1973.
"Yes, I would like one ticket for 'Ssssss!" please."
Sole Survivor (1984) - lone survivor of a plane crash has survivor's guilt. She then sees dead people who may be out to get her. Might of influenced It Follows based on some scenes
The Clairvoyant (1982) - not a great movie but this is like an American giallo where a serial killer is running amok in NYC. A police officer and talk show host team up to catch the killer with the help of an artist that can draw the murders before they are committed. The opening 10 minutes are awesome.
I love shouting out Sole Survivor. It’s so well done, and a total precursor to Final Destination.
So happy to see Sole Survivor getting some love. It's one of my favorite 80's horror movie. A nice, eerie slow burn of a film.
This thread is a gold mine lol
Yes, kudos to the OP for suggesting people upvote films they haven't heard of.
Normally these threads are full of people suggesting blockbusters.
Yeah I’m surprised there’s actually obscure movies I’ve not heard of! More to add to my list
The Incest Death Squad trilogy from director Cory Udler.
I can appreciate that a story with this title might need three installments to truly deliver its message.
I've somehow not heard of it til now. Thanks!
Wait what? Ok now I must find this movie.
Is this a biopic on Warren Jeffs? /s
Late August at the Hotel Ozone seems to be pretty unknown I'd say. Great post apocalyptic movie made with mostly amateur non actors. Also from the Eastern Block.
Hangover Square is kinda unknown. Great noir feel with some interesting twists.
I love Hangover Square! Main dude is creepy AF, but in the book, he's even better. One of the most unhinged protagonist I've ever read.
Meanwhile, the film's fire-related scenes are appropriately burned into my memory. 🔥
I know the main actress eventually diedfrom a fire in real life , so that adds to the eerieness. Plus, by the time that movie was released, the leading man was already dead, so yeah...
It feels almost cursed or something.
Two vampire movies that are usually under the radar:
Dracula (1979) by John Badham starring Frank Langella, aka Sexy Dracula. Different emphasis on the story than most people have seen.
Thirst (2009) by Park Chan-Wook, wild and weird and unforgettable take on the vampire genre.
I watched a bunch of Park Chan Wook movies because a girl I was into was a fan of hit. I liked Thirst. Stoker was an interesting watch too.
And I just bought that Dracula on blu ray. Still have to watch it.
Fear no evil 1981, Warlock, Subspecies
I use to watch and rewatch the fuck out of Warlock from the age of 11-13. RIP Julian Sands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwGDAbimOUE&ab_channel=JoBloMovieClips
Warlock never gets enough mention despite a great cast.
Warlock is a stone cold classic
I like the second one too. Solid series even though Bruce Payne replaced Sands for part three.
I love warlock. Julian Sands just chews the scenery here.
The dodgeball scene is impossibly great. I’ve never successfully recommended this film.
Fear no evil is so good!!
The most obscure one I can think of is Murder Me, Monster. The movie is from Argentina, but I think it had some crappy distribution or lack there of. It was at some film festivals, but I've yet to see a DVD or Blu-ray on any mainstream websites like Amazon. I remember lucking out and finding it on some Russian social media site that I had to sign up for so I could download it as an mp4 and download subtitles elsewhere, but the external hard drive I had it on died. I saw it twice and it's pretty damn good. I would love to own an official blu-ray, but it's hard to say if I'd be getting scammed off some of these unknown sites. No idea why it isn't more accessible. It's something where if you do a lot of digging and jumping through hoops, it's well worth finding.
The Mad Room (1969) - A brother and sister are sent to a mental hospital for killing their parents. When they are released as teenagers, weird things start happening that make you think they're about to snap again.
You'll Like My Mother (1972) - Pregnant young widow goes to meet her husband's family during a blizzard.
Some (fairly) obscure goodies ...
'Ebola Syndrome' (1996)
'Adam Chaplin' (2011)
'The Evil Within' (2017)
'Island of Terror' (1976)
'964 Pinocchio' (1991)
'In a Glass Cage' (1986)
'The Baby' (1973)
'The Untold Story' (1993)
'Sorgoi Prakov' (2013)
'The Boxer's Omen' (1983)
'Someone's Knocking at the Door' (2009)
'Dark Night of the Scarecrow' (1981)
'The Untamed' (2016)
'Splatter : Naked Blood' (1996)
'Patrick' (1978)
'Cutting Moments' (1997)
'Rubber's Lover' (1996)
964 Pinocchio was weeeeird
Sorgoi Prakov was unsettling, and I normally love Found Footage. Just a weirdly unsettling movie, but not necessarily scary.
The Untamed rules!
I was just coming here to post The Untamed!!! That movie is legitimately the wildest thing I've seen. Went into it not knowing anything about it. Holy shit.
For sure! Definitely one to go into knowing nothing.
Demon House is a pretty good mockumentary
Ratman (1988)
Im in
The company of wolves (1984) is a dreamy, tripped out reimagining of little red riding hood with werewolves. It is so strange and interesting. It looks like a Kate bush video. It is unironically one of my favorite movies.
Looking like a Kate Bush video is the perfect way to describe it, loving it.
Resurrection, a movie about a woman who dies momentarily I'm a car crash and comes back with the ability to heal people through laying on of hands. Ellen Burstyn is amazing in it and I don't think I've ever seen it mentioned anywhere ever.
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
All the Amicus anthologies are excellent imo.
Ninja III: The Domination (1984) An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an aerobics instructor.
Lucinda Dickey, the main girl, is from my home town.
I remember this movie from when I was a kid. Left an impression
Number One Golf Course Massacre In The USA!!!
Incredibly entertaining movie.
Yep, I'm in lol.
They’re playing this in theaters next month in my city ! Can’t wait
Don't forget the sexy V8 juice scene...
No, I'm not joking folks...
Hotel Inferno - gets no love. It's a Hardcore Henry type UK film with more gore than you could ever hope for
Reincarnation (2007). A J horror film about a man who kills his children and all the guests at a hotel in a bizarre ritual to bind his children’s souls to him so they would be together forever. Years later a director wants to make a movie based off these killings. The move follows the young actress who was hired to play the killers daughter as she begins to see the daughter’s doll in her everyday life and other supernatural events begin happening to her. She begins to believe the ritual may have actually worked and she is the reincarnation of the killers daughter.
Matango 1963. A group of friends from Tokyo are taking a yacht trip when they are caught in a storm and wrecked on a seemingly uninhabited island. After examining another derelict ship on the island, they learn that its crewmembers were investigating the effects of nuclear testing on the island and gradually vanished after consuming the bizarre native mushrooms growing on the island. It's genuinely creepy and it's stuck with me since I was little.
My god I love that movie!
Farm House (2008)
Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead
A Plague So Pleasant is one of my favorite zombie movies ever. No budget. Super surreal. Undeniably affecting.
The Haunted (1991), TV-Movie about the haunting of the Smurl family. Not saying that it is amazing, but I do like it, there are also some genuinely scary or at least unnerving scenes if you like ghosty stuff.
The whole movie is even in YouTube: https://youtu.be/qpidJuzr5Q4?si=j8KQoIBd7E-a5GHQ