Over 100 underrated horror movies
While relying primarily on my tastes in horror I have used the metrics score & views as additional secondary weightings for my judgement to define what is underrated here. That is why you will find a mixed bag in relation to these metrics. Other tertiary weightings include other peoples reviews, peoples horror lists and talk in general. No longer contains movies with a rating higher than 5.8 stars.
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- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsLara WendelGreg RhodesMary SellersVisions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house.
- DirectorD.J. WebsterStarsRobert SampsonWill BledsoeJoe TurkelIn 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait.
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsPhilip SayerBernice StegersDanny BraininAn alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsOliver ReedDonald PleasenceRomy WalthallAn engaged couple going to the man's uncle's house get into a car accident. The woman becomes trapped in the house with deranged residents and weird happenings.
- DirectorRaphaël DelpardStarsCatherine AlricPierre ClémentiBernard FressonA young woman has to take some dirty money to an abandoned warehouse and wait for a couple of gangsters to join here. Alone in this isolated place, she's suddenly accompanied by a man who's come to open the doors to other places...
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsTom AtkinsStacey NelkinDan O'HerlihyKids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
- DirectorDominique Othenin-GirardStarsIsa JankLinden AshbyDebra FeuerAn evil spirit assumes the disguise of a beautiful young woman, so it can seduce and kill men.
- DirectorBruce R. CookStarsBrian ThompsonJack StarrettElizabeth KaitanA professor and four graduate students journey to a house in the mountains to investigate paranormal activities, but the experiment goes awry after an alien entity starts attacking them.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisKen WiederhornStarsMichael MoriartyJenny AgutterCarol LynleyA partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsTara WestwoodJunko BaileyDavid Lawrence BrownA house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsIvan E. RothSteve RailsbackGwynyth WalshDetective Jim Bishop and Dr. Rachel Carson must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.
- DirectorMarcello AvalloneStarsJohn R. PepperTrine MichelsenDonald PleasenceA US professor of archaeology and his young research team uncover a sealed ancient pagan tomb under the mausoleum of the real life Roman Emperor Domitian. This unleashes an evil deity that starts haunting people involved with the dig.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
- DirectorAdam MarcusStarsJohn D. LeMayKari KeeganKane HodderSerial killer Jason Voorhees' supernatural origins are revealed.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsLesley-Anne DownPierce BrosnanAnna Maria MonticelliA French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. But they aren't what they seem.
- DirectorDavid HessStarsJennifer RunyonForrest SwonsenLinda GentileA group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.
- DirectorMarcello AvalloneStarsPeter PhelpsMariella ValentiniCyrus EliasAn ancient evil awakens in a small Mexican village and many people fall victim to its curse. It is up to a mystical doctor to try and stop this evil power before it is too late.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsGeorge KennedyRichard CrennaNick MancusoA mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
- DirectorDevin McGinnSteve BergStarsBritani BatemanTaylor BatemanSteve BergA scientific research team investigates and documents the supernatural phenomena surrounding the disappearance of a cattle ranchers 10 year old son. Inspired by true events that shocked the paranormal community around the world.
- DirectorAbiel BruhnJohn RoccoStarsElyse DufourJack ChampionAmber NeukumA 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.
- DirectorGenie JosephThomas DoranBrendan FaulknerStarsFelix WardMaria PechukasDan ScottA wicked sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive.
- DirectorC. Courtney JoynerStarsJon FinchBlake AdamsAshley LaurenceThe town of Leffert's Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left... what everyone is not aware of are the humanoid creatures lurking underneath the holy grounds.
- DirectorKevin YagherStarsBruce RamsayValentina VargasDoug BradleyIn the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
- DirectorRobert Ben GarantThomas LennonStarsRob CorddryLeslie BibbAlex BergAn expectant couple who moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican's elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsSusan KigerMartin TuckerWilliam HicksIn a small town in North Carolina, a group of friends are stalked by a mysterious, machete wielding maniac.