25 Awesome Horror Films You Probably Haven?t Seen: Night of the Creeps (1986)

25 Awesome Horror Films You Probably Haven?t Seen

Messiah of Evil(1973)

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"Chris Alexander: Brought to you by the couple that wrote American Graffiti and Howard the Duck, this shuddery abstract curio is a mess, but an eerie, dreamy and genuinely weird mess that has long been a very secret cult handshake due to its obscurity. It's now widely available on DVD so you have no excuse not to watch it in the dark with someone you trust.

Bekah McKendry: The first time I watched this movie I was so frustrated because I had no clue what was going on and nothing was ever explained. Upon a second viewing, I realized that may be the point. Watch with an open mind and enjoy the head trip.

Justin Beahm: Once referred to as "the American Susperia" (by Tim Lucas), Messiah is a chilling nightmare that moves slow but haunts the viewer. Dig the movie theater sequence!

Fun fact: Director Willard Huyck went on to write Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 11 years after Messiah."

 

Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)

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Chris Alexander: Mariska Hargitay's buff dad Mickey doesn't just chew the scenery in this '60s Italian exploitation gem, he dry-humps it, whips it, spanks it and crushes it in an iron maiden. The best homoerotic camp sleazeball film I've seen ... not that I've seen many.

Bekah McKendry: A horror torture film with a splash of "Lucha Libre" style blended in. Based on the notorious Marquis De Sade, if the hilariously inept hero doesn't pull you into the film's charm, the overly complicated torture devices will.

Justin Beahm: The Crimson Executioner shall have his revenge! Classic Italian schlock shocker about a 17th-century maniac avenging his own death (they explain it) by abusing pinup girls with various implements of devastation.

Fun fact: The makeup effects were done by Carlo Rambaldi, who designed the werewolf costume in 1985's Silver Bullet.

 

Vampyres (1975)

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Chris Alexander: The cornerstones of horror are sex and death, and this U.K./Spanish sleaze classic has both in bucketfuls. Two gorgeous bisexual vampires have threesomes in their castle and always end up eating the addendum. And not in a good way!

Bekah McKendry: Spanish erotic lesbian vampire film. Why aren't you watching this right now?

Justin Beahm: Erotic, sweaty and frantic, Vampyres is the godmother of the vamp-lez subgenre.

Fun fact: The exterior location used for the house is actually Oakley Court, also employed as the mansion in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

I just wanted to post that I'm reading this with interest. I don't have anything to say, mainly because they're right & I haven't seen any of these, but I'm find it interesting.

 

Martyrs (2008)

Chris Alexander: Indefensible and ingenious full-throttle horror from French Canada, this nihilistic, obscenely cruel and merciless shocker is one you may not want to revisit, as one viewing should sufficiently destroy you proper....

Bekah McKendry: This movie not only hits the nail into your head gore-wise, but it also has a deliciously putrid mental side that will leave you questioning your own miserable existence.

Justin Beahm: Unrelentingly intense tale of abuse and revenge that makes I Spit On Your Grave look like Ernest Goes to Camp. Not literally, but you get the idea.

Fun fact: Actress Isabella Chasse ("La Créature" here) was a performer with Cirque du Soleil before Martyrs.

 

I'm kind of surprised they'd put this on a list of obscure movies. I mean, it's true that I haven't seen it, but frankly, it's been so dissected and pored over by the blogging class that I kind of feel like I have. (I have seen some clips) I'm actually kind of sick of people talking about it; it feels really overhyped to me at this point.

 

I haven't seen it either. I am not as quick to delve into contemporary foreign horror as most are.

 

I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot barge pole.

 

We need Mastadge in here.

 

I've discussed this film plenty elsewhere: I don't love it, but I respect it. I'm certainly not going to convince Zaz to see it, which is fine, because he wouldn't enjoy it or probably get anything out of it anyway.

Haven't seen any of the others in the list so far, but I'm halfway curious about the first.

 

The Prowler (1981)

Chris Alexander: Slasher movies were a dime a dozen in the '80s but this one ... this one ... this one is the best of the lot. And not only because a young Tom Savini gooses it with some of the grossest kills ever.

Bekah McKendry: A slasher in a cool World War II getup killing people with a pitchfork. Plus, there is a sweet Scooby Doo-style killer reveal.

Justin Beahm: Joe Zito sets the stage for all slashers to follow in this effective, atmospheric and graphic shocker showcasing some jaw-dropping effects from Tom Savini that belie his youth at the time. The shower scene is worth admission in itself (not for the reasons you'd think).

Fun fact: Savini has said in numerous interviews that his work on The Prowler is his best.

 

I've heard nothing but great things about The Prowler but then again I hang out with a crowd who is more susceptible to it

 

Martin (1976)

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Chris Alexander: Hey, I have the tattoo from Martin's U.S. one-sheet on my bicep, so yeah, I totally endorse this, George Romero's best non-Dead film.

Bekah McKendry: This vampire indie flick is not as much about vampirism as it is a troubled young man's battle to find himself in light of his uber-religious kooky surroundings. Think Catcher in the Rye with a vampire.

Justin Beahm: Romero's finest hour is sad, stunning and still shocking. John Amplas' approach to the titular character is dark, frantic, mysterious and wonderful. Bloody masterpiece.

Fun fact: Martin marked the first time Romero and legendary special effects master Tom Savini teamed up.


Have *heard* of it, if not seen it.

 

Well, what a coincidence...

Antichrist (2009)

Chris Alexander: A towering, open sore ... a primal scream.... This film, yet another example of Lars von Trier's fascination with the anguish of women, is like a Boschian portrait of hell vomited on screen but with genuine emotional wallop and hugely upsetting visuals. Charlotte Gainsbourg is a goddess and this movie is a landmark horror film.

Bekah McKendry: This is not a good date movie. It's been called misogynist, but it seems the only people being tortured here are the viewers. The torture is so beautiful and lyrical that you won't be able to look away. Plus, there is an assortment of cute furry woodland critters and a **** tree.

Justin Beahm: One of the most visceral, disturbing and mind-bending films of the last decade, Antichrist leaves you speechless. Willem Defoe and Gainsbourg boil humanity down to muscles, twisted limbs, intense convulsions and manic abuse in von Trier's parable about man's role in nature and in relationships and how it can all go so wrong for the wrong reasons. You will never forget it.

Fun fact: Because of starkly graphic content, Antichrist went to theaters unrated."


In his own hugely pretentious way, as big a nimrod as Uwe Boll. Or bigger. Love the critical doublespeak here. Nonsense nonsense. You respond because sadism always has an audience, idiots; not because this moron is ye artist. The conviction that he *is* an artist allows talented people to make enormous fools of themselves onscreen.

His name should be Ponzi.

 

All right, all right, enough of the hard sell; what are it's bad points?

Seriously, why would anyone want to go see a movie described as a "towering, open sore?"

 

Man, I am all for debates on pretentiousness. I didn't know you felt that strongly about Triers but he does strike one as kind of a wacko. I thought his Dogville was a really interesting experiment and a great statement on theatre conventions but it had a pretty mundane plot. Other than that I have only just recently seen 'AntiChrist' as it was on my Netflix for a while.

I think for what it sets out to do there definitely is some gravitas behind the extreme stuff that is being done here. I was very much reminded of German expressionist horror when I saw the film as it really is more about dream like images than content. It is a beautifully shot film and Triers really does know how to use his camera. But if we want to discuss whether or not the film has a dramatic objective I would have to say it doesn't other than to really get under the skin of the audience members. I suppose that isn't necessarily a bad goal as all films try to do so on a certain level. You won't be remembering much about the plot with this one though.

Is it gratuitous? Probably now that I think more about it. But I kind of think all films that engage in just imagery are gratuitous.

Is it misogynist? Yeah I would definitely say so and the violence comes from the male fear of being tortured and violently emasculated by a woman.

 

He was born Lars Trier. The 'von' is faux. Among other things.

 

I don't know much about him as an artist or a person but from what I do know he does come across as a weirdo and that Hitler comment was highly offensive. I like Dogville a lot though and AntiChrist for what it is is a stylishly shot and pretty horrifying film.

 

He specializes in tarted-up porn. He's not an artist; he's a provcateur--a Danish Dali.

Begotten (1990)

Chris Alexander: If you really want to seek therapy, try watching this expressionist audiovisual dream on a double bill with David Lynch's Eraserhead. Send Wired the shrink bill.

Bekah McKendry: A weird little experimental film where God disembowels himself (yeah, you read that correctly). The imagery is disturbing, and the filmmaking is breathtakingly beautiful ? creating a potent combination that no horror fiend should miss.

Justin Beahm: [Director] E. Elias Merhige's bleak and bizarre cinema experiment was shot and processed via methods, machinery and lenses all of his own making. No dialog, no score, no narrative as we know it, this is the story of the birth of the Earth through a dark and brilliant vision.

Fun fact: Marilyn Manson was so infatuated with this film that, while recording his seminal masterwork Antichrist Superstar, he mandated that Begotten be on 24-hour loop in all studio rooms from the album's start to its finish.


Oh, well, Golly Gee, I always let my taste be guided by Marilyn Manson.

 

I like Elias Merhige a lot. His Shadow of the Vampire is in my opinion probably the best horror film made since the new millennium began and Suspect Zero has some script problems but generally it is an interesting film. I haven't seen Begotten but I definitely can see myself liking it based on Merhige.

 

The man is a pimp... he'd stuff his mouth with his own feces and urine and then squirt it out between his teeth if
he thought anyone would pay to see it or call it art. The so-called critics that laud and slaver over his noxious
pap are even worse; a bunch of imbeciles infesting the bars and lounges at Canne, shouting across the rooms to
each other about how magnificent this cinematic sub-trash is.

Absolutely pathetic.

imo

 

i don't think he would do that - he's probably afraid of putting poop and pee in his mouth just like he's afraid of everything else. he'd probably try to get someone else to do it, though. maybe charlotte gainsbourg!

 

Merhige got on my radar with Shadow of the Vampire; I've heard of Begotten, but haven't seen it.

 

The Brood (1979)

Chris Alexander: David Cronenberg got divorced and had a custody battle and made a movie about it. Yet the presence of homicidal midgets and mothers that birth children from external wombs make you wonder where the truth lies. Another early bio-horror masterpiece form Canada's pride and joy.

Bekah McKendry: Cronenberg made a movie about killer kids. I don't know why I have this unhealthy fear of killer children, considering I have proven time and time again I could beat the crap out of any middle-schooler.

Justin Beahm: You'll never look at a little kid in a hoodie the same after this masterstroke from Cronenberg that features one of the most unforgettable final shots in horror cinema history.

Fun fact: Cronenberg stepped in front of the camera when he played "Dr. Wimmer" in Jason X (2001).

 

They think people (or at least people interested in horror) won't have seen The Brood? Cronenberg's a big name in the genre.