Under Appreciated Horror Films
by bernardinicorp | created - 25 Mar 2023 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicHorror films not given the proper credit they deserve...
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1. Godforsaken (2020)
76 min | Horror
Indie doc crew travels to a small town to document a bizarre and seemingly unnatural case, ending in extreme tragedy.
Director: Ali Akbar Akbar Kamal | Stars: Chad Tailor, Mélie B. Rondeau, Katie Fleming, Domenic Derose
Votes: 291
2. Unseen (I) (2023)
76 min | Horror, Thriller
Sam receives a call from Emily a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. She must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes using video call.
Director: Yoko Okumura | Stars: Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Michael Patrick Lane, Missi Pyle
Votes: 2,044
3. Black Christmas (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror
On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 30,644 | Gross: $16.24M
4. The Unholy (2021)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her miracles, terrifying events unfold. Are they the work of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister?
Director: Evan Spiliotopoulos | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, William Sadler, Katie Aselton
Votes: 27,684
5. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 139,391 | Gross: $0.01M
6. The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
Director: Diederik Van Rooijen | Stars: Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson, Nick Thune
Votes: 25,954 | Gross: $14.84M
7. Storage 24 (2012)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lockdown, a group of people become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest.
Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Laura Haddock
Votes: 7,462
8. [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
An ill-fated television reporter is rescued and sent on a voyage across the ocean, but she is followed by the deadly virus that has plagued her and numerous others.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Héctor Colomé, Ismael Fritschi
Votes: 20,134 | Gross: $0.00M
9. The Dead Girl in Apartment 03 (2022)
72 min | Horror
After finding her roommate dead under mysterious circumstances, a young woman is haunted inside her apartment.
Director: Kurtis Spieler | Stars: Laura Dooling, Adrienne King, Frank Wihbey, Bryan Manley Davis
Votes: 380
10. Werewolves Within (2021)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Feature adaptation of the video game where werewolves attack a small town.
Director: Josh Ruben | Stars: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns
Votes: 25,154
11. Black Friday (III) (2021)
84 min | Comedy, Horror
A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
Director: Casey Tebo | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ivana Baquero, Ryan Lee, Stephen Peck
Votes: 8,069
12. Claw (2021)
81 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two friends forced to spend the night in a ghost town find themselves hunted by a prehistoric predator.
Director: Gerald Rascionato | Stars: Chynna Walker, Richard Rennie, Mel Mede, Ken Mertz
Votes: 731
13. Babysitter Must Die (2020)
Not Rated | 76 min | Horror, Thriller
Armed cultists invade a family's home, and their babysitter fights back.
Director: Kohl Glass | Stars: Riley Scott, Melinda Yeaman, Scarlett Hazen, Nathan Stevens
Votes: 945
14. Decoys (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly human.
Director: Matthew Hastings | Stars: Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten, Kim Poirier, Elias Toufexis
Votes: 5,312
15. Shredder (2001)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
At an exclusive, secluded North American ski resort up on Mount Rocky Summit, brutal slashing, severing and beheading on a group of teenagers are taking place and are believed to be the work of a mysterious skier dressed in black.
Director: Greg Huson | Stars: Scott Weinger, Lindsey McKeon, Juleah Weikel, Billy O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,994
16. The Dark (1979)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Someone, or something, is on an indiscriminate killing and mutilation spree during night-time. Frustrated by the clueless police, the father of the first victim is looking for answers, no matter how far fetched they are.
Directors: John 'Bud' Cardos, Tobe Hooper | Stars: William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 1,918
17. The Blackout (2009)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
It's Christmas Eve, the city goes dark, and the few remaining tenants of The Ravenwood find themselves trapped in their building. And they are not alone.
Director: Robert David Sanders | Stars: Barbara Streifel Sanders, Joseph Dunn, Ian Malcolm, Michael Caruso
Votes: 1,775
18. Scarecrows (1988)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.
Director: William Wesley | Stars: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn
Votes: 5,653
19. Followed (II) (2018)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
To gain more subscribers, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to terrifying results.
Director: Antoine Le | Stars: Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Tim Drier, Sam Valentine
Votes: 1,942
20. The Johnsons (1992)
103 min | Horror
According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Esmée de la Bretonière, Kenneth Herdigein, Rik van Uffelen
Votes: 845
21. The Wretched (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
Directors: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce | Stars: John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones, Azie Tesfai
Votes: 19,694
22. Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary (2018)
108 min | Comedy, Horror
Four YouTubers with expertise in supernatural events are seeking recognition from the audience whilst solving the urban legend of the Bathroom Blonde Case: the spirit that haunts the schools' bathroom in Brazil.
Director: Fabrício Bittar | Stars: Danilo Gentili, Murilo Couto, Léo Lins, Dani Calabresa
Votes: 1,759
23. Sniper Corpse (2019)
82 min | Horror
The undead are former militia soldiers that are now indestructible snipers. A widow goes looking for the body of her husband but comes across a corpse that wants to end his new unjust life.
Director: Keith R. Robinson | Stars: Howy Bratherton, Tony Eccles, Gareth Gower, Eleri Jones
Votes: 109
24. My Soul to Keep (2019)
90 min | Action, Family, Horror
Eli believes that there's a monster living in his basement, and it's trying to steal his soul.
Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad | Stars: Parker Smerek, Remington Gielniak, Arielle Olkhovsky, Brandon Matthew Layne
Votes: 818
25. House by the Lake (2017)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
A struggling married couple try to reconnect at an idyllic lake house, but their relationship is tested when their young daughter begins to fixate on an imaginary friend that may or may not be real.
Director: Adam Gierasch | Stars: Natasha Bassett, Mark Berry, Michael Bowen, James Callis
Votes: 508
26. Assimilate (I) (2019)
TV-PG | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Joel Courtney, Calum Worthy, Andi Matichak, Katherine McNamara
Votes: 6,209
27. The Night Sitter (2018)
88 min | Comedy, Horror
A con artist poses as a babysitter to steal from a wealthy occult enthusiast. One of the kids she's sitting unwittingly summons a trio of witches known as The Three Mothers.
Directors: Abiel Bruhn, John Rocco | Stars: Elyse Dufour, Jack Champion, Amber Neukum, Jermaine Rivers
Votes: 1,164
28. Popcorn (1991)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
Directors: Mark Herrier, Alan Ormsby | Stars: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall
Votes: 6,323 | Gross: $4.21M
29. Hypothermia (2010)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror
Two families' idyllic ice-fishing vacation turns deadly when they awaken a creature beneath the frozen lake, forcing them to rely on each other if they want to make it safely back to land. Horror icon Michael Rooker stars.
Director: James Felix McKenney | Stars: Michael Rooker, Blanche Baker, Benjamin Forster, Amy Chang
Votes: 1,824
30. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
The world's best fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. There, four female rival fighters will have to work together to uncover the secret that the organizer of the tournament is trying to hide.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Holly Valance
Votes: 46,327 | Gross: $0.48M
31. Zombie Apocalypse (2011 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Ving Rhames, Taryn Manning, Johnny Pacar, Gary Weeks
Votes: 5,613
32. The Thing (I) (2011)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 145,588 | Gross: $16.93M
33. Feral (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Students fight to survive a weekend in the woods.
Director: Mark Young | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Olivia Luccardi, Lew Temple, Renee Olstead
Votes: 4,521
34. Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies.
Director: Hèctor Hernández Vicens | Stars: Sophie Skelton, Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum, Marcus Vanco
Votes: 12,460
35. Nails (I) (2017)
85 min | Horror, Mystery
Recovering after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.
Director: Dennis Bartok | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Steve Wall, Leah McNamara, Ross Noble
Votes: 2,788
36. Red Christmas (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.
Director: Craig Anderson | Stars: Dee Wallace, Sam Campbell, Geoff Morrell, David Collins
Votes: 2,355 | Gross: $0.00M
37. Jeepers Creepers III (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
Sheriff Dan Tashtego and a team of creeper hunters enlist the help of officer Davis Tubbs to help stop the monster's eating spree.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Stan Shaw, Gabrielle Haugh, Brandon Smith, Meg Foster
Votes: 24,366 | Gross: $2.24M
38. Morgan (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare
Votes: 46,115 | Gross: $3.91M
39. Dead & Breakfast (2004)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A night at a local bed and breakfast turns into a bloody supernatural fight to the death.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Erik Palladino, Bianca Lawson, Oz Perkins
Votes: 6,109
40. Lake Alice (2017)
TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Thomas family goes out to their cabin in the woods to celebrate Christimas together with their daughter and her boyfriend, but their first Christmas together may be their last.
Director: Ben Milliken | Stars: Caroline Tudor, Brad Schmidt, Laura Niemi, Peter O'Brien
Votes: 2,332
41. AfterDeath (2015)
88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five young people wake up dead. Washed up by the tide they scramble to an abandoned beach house, soon realising that the perpetual night and blasts of pain suggest this is some version of ... See full summary »
Directors: Gez Medinger, Robin Schmidt | Stars: Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Elarica Johnson, Lorna Nickson Brown
Votes: 2,099
42. House on Willow Street (2016)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Horror
After a young woman is kidnapped, her captors soon come to realize that in fact they may be the ones in danger and this young woman has a dark secret inside her.
Director: Alastair Orr | Stars: Sharni Vinson, Carlyn Burchell, Steven John Ward, Gustav Gerdener
Votes: 9,563
43. No One Lives (2012)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Luke Evans, Gary Grubbs, Adelaide Clemens, Derek Magyar
Votes: 24,311 | Gross: $0.07M
44. Blood Creek (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, Emma Booth, Michael Fassbender
Votes: 12,941
45. Flight 7500 (2014)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Flight 7500 departs Los Angeles International Airport bound for Tokyo. As the overnight flight makes its way over the Pacific Ocean during its ten-hour course, the passengers encounter what appears to be a supernatural force in the cabin.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Jamie Chung
Votes: 17,163
46. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Venomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.
Director: Ellory Elkayem | Stars: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson
Votes: 60,238 | Gross: $17.32M
47. Damned by Dawn (2009)
R | 81 min | Horror
During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits, ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Anstey | Stars: Renee Willner, Bridget Neval, Dawn Klingberg, Danny Alder
Votes: 883
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