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[Xyrmellon]

This scared the shit out of me as a teenager and I feel it still holds up; only loosely tied in to the original, which makes it even better.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

I take it you frequent Scarecrow Video? The best film class I ever took was spending hours browsing their selections...

I've never been, actually! It's one of those Seattle "attractions" that's been on my to-do list for a while, but I'm almost never over in that neighborhood.

Most of my horror viewing choices come from a friend's recommendations; he could easily be Count Dookkake's taste-doppelganger, heh.

 

[Mdk7]

i'm terribly pleased to see that lots of Gaffers like Martyrs...
NeoGaf delivers, once again!


BTW another (short) movie i thought it's INCREDIBLE is Aftermath by Nacho Cerdà.
It's pretty hard to find and even harder to tolerate (it's something that definitely leaves a scar inside you and that surely will make you think), but if you've got stomach watch it!

 

[Yager]

Martyrs is such an awesome movie.
Also, every single one that Dario Argento has made are pretty underrated. Almost all of his films are amazing.

 

[subversus]

The idea of that happening terrifies me. No supernatural, no monsters. Just people getting fucked with.

I thought that was appreciated and pretty popular.

 

[Clear]

Speaking of Fulci, I agree that New York Ripper is underrated, but so is House By The Cemetary, the problem being that within their respective sub-genres he topped both Duckling and The Beyond respectively.

B-tier Fulci is still better than most Italian exploitation though.

PS. Nice to see the love for Prince Of Darkness, easily one of my favourite Carpenter movies. Although its sad to report that its leading lady Lisa Blount passed away last year

 

[Discotheque]

I just watched Prince of Darkness again last night. Really enjoyable film.

It's lower on the scale of Carpenter flicks but it's still good. The crazy bums reminded me of Assault on Precinct 13 haha.

 

[Psykotik]

This scared the shit out of me as a teenager and I feel it still holds up; only loosely tied in to the original, which makes it even better.

holy fucking shit, this movie... and that

Spoiler

long silent looking down the corridor at the nurse in the hospital

scene.

scared the SHIT out of me.

 

[subversus]

Anyone else seen this?

It's been a while but I remember enjoying it.

If only I knew japanese/korean/chinese/whatever this language is then I could tell what the title is.

also yes, Los Sin Nombres is really good. and The Darkness by the same director was pretty enjoyable.

 

[Island]

i forgot this gem:

yes that's a snowman...

Jack Frost

Watching this at work with no sound is definitely NSFW... also looks like she is enjoying it.

 

[jufonuk]

Subscribing to this thread

 

[Clear]

If only I knew japanese/korean/chinese/whatever this language is then I could tell what the title is.

It's called R-Point, and its Korean.

Personally, I didn't think much of it, but then again I've always been slightly ambivalent about most South Korean horror efforts.

A fairly obscure Korean title I can recommend is Gawi/Nightmare from 2000. Not seen it for years but I remember it being a bunch of fun -kind of a gory variant on the Ring movies. Director Byeong-Ki Ahn later efforts like Phone are worth a look too.

Lots of good stuff kinda slipped through the cracks following the J-Horror boom of the late 90's, but its hard to enjoy them the same way these days as the long-haired-ghost has lost a lot of potency through over-exposure.

That's almost a thread in itself though...

 

[Volimar]

Watching this at work with no sound is definitely NSFW... also looks like she is enjoying it.

What the hell happened to her career that she'd agree to that?

 

[Dascu]

Just about everything I'd recommend has been posted already. Except maybe this recent horror/psychological thriller that I watched a few months ago: The Hand



It's about a comic book artist who's dealing with marital problems, and to make things worse, he loses his right hand in an accident. He slowly goes insane as he starts to believe that his right hand is still "alive" (they never found it at the place of the accident). Not a great flick, but worth watching. Surprisingly unknown, even with a star like Michael Caine and with Oliver Stone in the director's seat.

 

[Mdk7]

Martyrs is such an awesome movie.
Also, every single one that Dario Argento has made are pretty underrated. Almost all of his films are amazing.

The old ones, maybe.
The recent ones are ABYSMAL (check The Mother of Tears to understand what i mean.... that movie is just beyond the shittiest shit you can ever imagine).

 

[Ridley327]

What the hell happened to her career that she'd agree to that?

That film came out before American Pie.

 

[Sylver]

A couple of goodies that have so far managed to go without US releases: Day of the Beast, which is more comedic horror.

Here, in Spain Day of the Beast is one the most appreciated movies.
Alex de la Iglesia was an awesome director (these days not so much with stupid political things) but he won a Goya as Director for that movie.

 

[Dascu]

Here, in Spain Day of the Beast is one the most appreciated movies.
Alex de la Iglesia was an awesome director (these days not so much with stupid political things) but he won a Goya as Director for that movie.

Ah, good. Day of the Beast rocks.

 

[ThisWreckage]

Society.

I'm not fond of remakes, but I thought The Ring remake was really well done.

 

[cwmartin]

I thought that was appreciated and pretty popular.

Well fuck me right?! lololol

 

[subversus]

Society.

I'm not fond of remakes, but I thought The Ring remake was really well done.

It was a major blockbuster hit...

But as a remake it was good.

 

[rukland]

Came here to post this. Could not agree more.

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

If only I knew japanese/korean/chinese/whatever this language is then I could tell what the title is.

Yeah, sorry. The name's on there but it's a bit faint. As Clear said it's called R-point. It's set during the Vietnam war with a group of soldiers who are sent to investigate a radio signal as it's coming from a unit that was presumed to have been wiped out 6 months previously. Seems to have just managed a fresh rating on RT but then again it only has 10 reviews.

 

[subversus]

Yeah, sorry. The name's on there but it's a bit faint. As Clear said it's called R-point. It's set during the Vietnam war with a group of soldiers who are sent to investigate a radio signal as it's coming from a unit that was presumed to have been wiped out 6 months previously. Seems to have just managed a fresh rating on RT but then again it only has 10 reviews.

I'll hunt this down!

 

[ThisWreckage]

It was a major blockbuster hit...

But as a remake it was good.

A movie can be a huge blockbuster hit and underappreciated at the same time. The Ring is never mentioned in movie lists about great remakes nor is it mentioned in a lot of horror movie threads. In a lot of ways it's better than the source material.

 

[Yager]

The old ones, maybe.
The recent ones are ABYSMAL (check The Mother of Tears to understand what i mean.... that movie is just beyond the shittiest shit you can ever imagine).

I kinda enjoyed that one, pure b-series, but of course that the old ones are the best. Recently I re-watched Suspiria and man, that's a great movie. I also liked the Masters of Horror episodes.

 

[water_wendi]

Has anyone seen Vanishing on 7th Street? I kind of liked it, though I found the rationale for what was happening a little hinky.

Awful, awful movie. What rationale? There is no rationale given.. no explanation. The movie has no payoff and the characters are uninteresting. It was a terrible disappointment.

 

[Casual Gamera]

 

[eXistor]

 

[ChackanKun]

If you haven´t seen it you should, there are no monsters, no gore or anything like that in the film, its a psychological horror movie and one of the best Í´ve seen

YES!!! This!!!

 

[Goreomedy]

Cemetery Man, aka, Dellamorte Dellamore. Imagine if Pedro Almodovar made a zombie flick.

 

[devenger]

The Burbs

When I was a kid I felt really sad for the red head dude.

Where do you think you're goin, Pinnochio?

Another vote for Exorcist III. The ending is flat but there are like 4 or 5 incredibly disturbing scenes in there. I had nightmares in college after the first viewing.

I thought the Stragners bit hard, and I was fully onboard for the terrifying premise.

Also, I have yet to find anyone that agrees with me on House of the Devil. I thought the retro feel was perfectly executed. I thought the ending was as cookie cutter as they come and was sorely dissappointed.

 

[ThisWreckage]

Cemetery Man, aka, Dellamorte Dellamore. Imagine if Pedro Almodovar made a zombie flick.

I'll definitely check this out.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

The Descent

I generally ignore the horror genre, but I loved this one and it made me start giving horror movies a look.

YES! also martyrs.

 

[ultim8p00]

The Mist

It looks like a shitty movie with giant bugs but just watch all of it.

 

[Psykotik]

frankenhooker

 

[subversus]

I see a lot of Martyrs praise here. I haven't watched it. Isn't it this type of movie where victims are abused throughout the movie to get their revenge in last 15 minutes?


By the way since Alexandre Aja was mentioned in this thread I recommend everybody to watch Furia. It starts as a bit naive idealistic film but end on a very grounded minor note. A good melodrama/tragedy.

The Mist

It looks like a shitty movie with giant bugs but just watch all of it.

Based on King's novel?

 

[InaudibleWhispa]

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

The Mist

It looks like a shitty movie with giant bugs but just watch all of it.

I'll give it to you that the ending is pretty rad.

But aside from that, The Mist is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

 

[Dascu]

Cemetery Man, aka, Dellamorte Dellamore. Imagine if Pedro Almodovar made a zombie flick.

Fantastic film.

 

[subversus]

By the way.

It bombed, it's not critics' darling, it's cheesy but I was scared nonetheless.

 

[subversus]

Short answer: it's not what you (and probably many others) think it is.

Ok, I'll watch it.

 

[Ridley327]

Oooh, a Motel Hell recommendation; I saw that a couple of years ago and I definitely wasn't expecting anything that weird and entertaining. Rory Calhoun is pretty fantastic in it.

Are Near Dark and Cemetery Man really all that underappreciated, though? They routinely make a lot of best lists for the genre.

 

[MeBecomingI]

"Hell... is just a word"


your pick?

OP absolutely nailed it. Underrated and severely under-appreciated. One of my absolutely favourite horror films.. and it is a Paul W.S. Anderson film! However, I do have one more than can give Event Horizon a run for its under-appreciated money:

Everyone has seen Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, but this one is my favorite:

So much more bleak, and the black humor is always spot on. Everything about this movie is just so excellent. If Romero had the resources to do with this movie what he wanted, no one would even remember Dawn or Night; however, as it is, this movie is still fantastic and encapsulates everything this series of movies is about.

Day of the Dead! A lot of people like to ignore this film, but this easily the best of the bunch. Terrifying, though-provoking and strangely humorous, but despite all that, it is absolutely gut-wrenching in its portrayal of raw human emotion, social disorder and claustrophobia. It is an absolute perfect culmination of all social commentary each film has worked in, practical effects, and sheer terror. Personally, I don't think any zombie film has even come close to surpassing the greatness of this film.

Just too bad everyone tends to forget about it and act like it is the bastard child of the trilogy (I won't include Land of the Dead, even if I really liked it).

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Are Near Dark and Cemetery Man really all that underappreciated, though? They routinely make a lot of best lists for the genre.

To be fair, this forum is filled with older, more hardcore genre fans as well as more casual viewers. So, working out what's exactly underappreciated isn't ever going to be clean cut. Most people don't know Cemetary Man or Near Dark, though they should if they're a fan of horror.

 

[D2M15]

Man, I love these threads. In no particular order:

Possibly more dark fantasy than psychological horror, but Paperhouse is a lost gem - by Bernard Rose, who would go on to do the incredible original Candyman. It along with the impossible-to-find The Reflecting Skin were the childhood traumas that made me the man I am today.

Watched Burnt Offerings again recently and it's still got it, 'it' being Oliver Reed, Karen Black and that late-70s/early 80s inescapable creeping dread.

There's a Blu-Ray/DVD release this year of Villaronga's In A Glass Cage, which I once soundbited as 'a non-fantasy version of Hellraiser without the resounding air of cheerfulness.'

My unsung favourite of the late '00s wave of French/Belgian exploitation horrors - nowhere near as bloodsoaked as the others - is Fabrice du Welz' Vinyan. It's beautiful, oppressive, pitiless and I thought much more accessible than his previous Calvaire, but no-one saw it anyway.

Is the Hitcher underappreciated? I find a lot of folks have only seen the remake.

 

[subversus]

Is the Hitcher underappreciated? I find a lot of folks have only seen the remake.

that's a motherfucking classic!!

 

[D2M15]

that's a motherfucking classic!!

Real talk.

 

[WretchedTruman]

lord, yes.

 

[mrplaid]

lord, yes.

To be honest, I haven't watched it since it first came out on DVD (more than ten years ago). I remember it being more of a black (super ultra dolemite black) comedy than a horror movie. There were definitely some creepy bits in it, though.