Lesser known horror movies

[ScarecrowJack]

I was reading the top 10 thread and thought about some of the really good but lesser known horror movies. I thoroughly enjoyed "Serpent and the Rainbow" and "Angel Heart" but don't tend see them on any lists. Anybody catch either of these? Also, what off-beat or not so well-known horror movies to people like?

[Jack Skellington]

I haven't seen any of those you mentioned. I don't really watch a lot of horror anyway, mainly Halloween type ones or others that appeal to me.

Wasn't Robert De Niro in "Angel Heart?"

I like "Wrong Turn" if that counts. I rarely hear anyone talk about that movie.

[NeverMore]

Also, what off-beat or not so well-known horror movies to people like?

Gigli?

[jadewik]

"The Lady in White" (1998) - Was a film I remember watching as a kid. Scared me then...

Synopsis: Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

[Murfreesboro]

The most terrifying experience my husband and I ever shared in the theater was during the first-run of Wolfen in the early '80s. I guess something psychological was happening to the audience during that show, because there was one point in it where I wasn't sure I could stand to stay there, it was so unsettling, and I did see one person get up and walk out at that point. My husband asked me if I wanted to leave, and I said, "I guess not," and I think the tension diminished after that. But we have never forgotten how terrifying that movie was in the theater that night.

I never hear anyone else talk about Wolfen. It seems to be a forgotten horror film. But it was effective in its day.

[Belladonna]

I saw Wolfen on disc, very scary. I loved Serpent and the Rainbow and Angel Heart.
I also got lucky and watched The Sentinel and Burnt Offerings with a friend. Both very good!

[Jack Skellington]

Think i'm gunna have to watch "Wolfen" if I ever see it around!

[Belladonna]

Think i'm gunna have to watch "Wolfen" if I ever see it around!

It's a very cool take on the werewolf genre. I think you'll like it!
I am a huge werewolf fan as you might've guessed.

[NeverMore]

I saw Wolfen on disc, very scary.

Family movies?

I remember an older movie called 'Ghost Story' that was really spooky. All I remember now was that Fred Astaire and the lady who played the Borg queen were in it.

[Jack Skellington]

Think i'm gunna have to watch "Wolfen" if I ever see it around!

It's a very cool take on the werewolf genre. I think you'll like it!
I am a huge werewolf fan as you might've guessed.

Yea, I noticed.

I'll try & look for it then. Thanks!

[Belladonna]

Think i'm gunna have to watch "Wolfen" if I ever see it around!

It's a very cool take on the werewolf genre. I think you'll like it!
I am a huge werewolf fan as you might've guessed.

Yea, I noticed.

I'll try & look for it then. Thanks!

[Pumpkin56]

I really liked The Serpent and the Rainbow as well, although the ending didn't do much for me. I have also seen The Lady in White. It has a good Halloween feel to it, but again, didn't care for the ending. I liked Wolfen--both the book and the movie. I think it's kind of in its own class as far as werewolves go because it really is different take on the mythology.

I kind of liked Suspiria and I always watch it on the rare occasion that it happens to be on tv. It's got really eerie music. There are also two foreign horror movies I like called Shiver (Spain) and Them (France). I don't think either one has very good reviews, but they both made me feel very tense and uneasy.

[Murfreesboro]

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who liked Wolfen. I believe it starred Albert Finney, IIRC. It had a good cast. I have never seen it on VHS/DVD, but perhaps I just haven't looked hard enough. I remember also that they used some NYC neighborhoods to great effect in that film. Back then, some neighborhoods up in NYC looked like they were bomb sites from WWII. I was shocked to see them, not being from that part of the country. I think (hope) those areas have been cleaned up since then, but back in the day, they were extremely effective settings for a horror movie.

I remember Ghost Story being advertised, but I never saw that one. It had a good cast, too, though. I vaguely recall that it was about a group of older men who shared a secret re a crime involving a young girl decades earlier.

[Undertaker]

10,000 Maniacs

[Murfreesboro]

A couple of months ago I bought a DVD called The Black Death; did it because Sean Bean (LOTR, Troy, National Treasure) was in it, and I like him. I hadn't heard of it before, but I think it's pretty good. Very dark, though. It is about people seeking out a village of witches in England in 1348, during the plague.