What’s in a word, right guys?
The term forgotten has pretty much lost all of it’s meaning thanks to this series--which,
I’m pretty confident that we can announce this now--it’s my favourite series on this
channel.
I love Top 5 Scariest Forgotten Horror Movies.
It’s so much fun--and I think it’s safe to say that, most importantly--we’ve all
learned a thing or two along the way.
Also, it’s pretty important to know, that if you start this series from the beginning--we’ve
compiled 45 of the best forgotten horror movies--ever.
So, yeah.
Part 10--that’ll be the Top 5.
And that’s awesome.
Good job everyone.
Hello horror fans, what’s going on--and once again welcome back to the scariest channel
on YouTube--Top 5 Scary Videos.
As per usual, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch--as today, we curiously take a look
at the Top 5 Scariest Forgotten Horror Movies--Part 9.
Roll the clip.
For the curious amongst you, that clip was from 2015’s We Are Still Here--which just
so happened to clock in at our Number 2 spot for our last entry in this forgotten horror
movie series--and you know what?
That movies frickin’ awesome--so it deserves a second shout out.
Also, if you haven’t already taken a look at this series in its entirety so far--then,
now would probably be a good time.
Just saying.
It’s pretty good.
Anyway--on with the show.
Kicking off at Number 5--Deathwatch, 2002
And I, for one--am incredibly glad that this list has made it this far--so we can start
unearthing these kind of gems--you know, the kind of movies that fell down the cracks at
the start of the millenium, when straight-to-DVD horror still stood a chance for earning your
favour--and when renting DVDs at supermarkets or corner shops was still a thing that people
did.
For the most part, we don’t do that anymore--but hey, as the old saying goes--time flies when
you’re having fun.
The thing is, I feel that Deathwatch is the type of movie that just wouldn’t get any
credit unless this movie was recommended--and you know what?
This film has a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes--but I just do *not* agree.
Deathwatch is awesome--it’s a rare entry to period-drama horror in a setting that rarely
gets a look in when it comes to the genre.
During a historical period that--truly--defines the term horror.
The Great War.
And really, this movie is incredibly unique in its approach.
Written and directed by M.J Bassett, the director responsible for the likes of Silent Hill:
Revelation and 2006’s Wilderness--Deathwatch tells the tale of a squad of British Soldiers,
the Y Company--who after being trapped behind enemy lines, come across a complex, maze-like
network of German Trenches--where they discover a handful of seemingly terrified German soldiers
who have been besieged by some sort of evil.
It stars Jamie Bell as Private Charles Shakespeare--who struggles to keep his head through the twisting
tunnels of trench warfare, amongst piles of corpses--hordes of hungry rats--and lots,
and lots of… barbed wire.
Yeah, don’t sleep on the barbed wire.
You see, what sets this movie apart is that it plays out like a sort of...paranormal slasher--in
a setting that certainly shouldn’t ever warrant it--but it *works*.
And, also, most importantly--Private Quinn--played by Andy Serkis--absolutely steals the show
here, and his performance in this movie is second to none.
Honestly, I have no idea why this movie got so slated.
The performances throughout are excellent.
The attention to historical detail is an unexpected bonus--and whilst this movie *could* have
been better if it had a little more production pampering--for what it’s worth, Deathwatch
is a great horror film.
It’s far more than the sum of its parts.
Swinging in at Number 4--Alone In The Dark, 1982
Don’t worry guys--it’s just a dream.
Heh… yeah.
And please guys--do not get this movie confused with the 2005 Uwe Boll flick which is.. all
levels of terrible.
And also an insult to the awesome video game series--but, whatever guys.
That’s a story for a different time.
Because here’s a question for you--if you’re a brand new psychiatrist at a maximum security
psychiatric hospital--what’s the worst thing that could possibly happen during a three
day blackout?
Yeah.
If you’re curious, watch this movie.
Listen, Alone In The Dark has been ridiculed somewhat for it’s kitschy approach to an
otherwise pretty damn terrifying notion--but, I’d argue against that--and say that’s
exactly what sets this movie apart.
The reason that Alone In The Dark is so damn effective, is because it’s--well, it’s
pulpy.
It’s a little too quirky for its own good--and that proves to be really, really unnerving.
And also, that's the reason as to why you can excuse a few things that just--don’t
make any sense in this movie.
So please, keep that in mind.
Written and directed by Jack Sholder--the man responsible for A Nightmare on Elm Street
2 and 1987’s The Hidden--Alone In The Dark tells the tale of Dr. Dan Potter, a psychiatrist
who moves to a small town just outside of Philadelphia with his family--and takes up
a position at a hospital that houses four particularly heinous criminals.
Frank Hawkes, a paranoid former POW.
Byron Sutcliff--a pyromaniac preacher.
Ronald Elster, an obese child abuser--and John--The Bleeder--Skagg.
A homicidal maniac who enjoys slicing and dicing a little too much.
And, pretty much--the entire premise to this film is that one quiet evening--the town is
hit by a blackout--and these four criminals escape, with the desire to enact some twisted,
tortuous revenge on their new psychiatrist.
And whilst that *is* pretty much it, in terms of narrative--the twisted simplicity of this
movie is what sets it apart from the rest.
Honestly, this film is terrifying--and whilst it’s plot isn’t plausible in the slightest--watching
this film certainly won’t give you that reassurance.
Also, it’s on YouTube--so yeah, give it a watch.
Next up at Number 3--Mister Frost, 1990
Jeff Goldblum--a name that will certainly turn a few heads, whatever the title of the
movie--and although Goldblum traditionally has had quite the habit for stealing the show
in relatively unknown cult classics--this one is perhaps one of his more obscure movies--and
really, that’s saying something.
The thing is with Jeff Goldblum, whilst being a brilliantly entertaining actor--for the
most part, he can't help but play... well, himself.
Don’t get me wrong--Goldblum is amazing, but--he’s not exactly the most transformative
of actors.
This movie though--perhaps more so than any--suits that style to perfection.
And what better role to play--than, well--than the Devil himself.
Written and directed by Phillipe Setbon, Mister Frost tells the tale of a police detective--named
Felix Detweiler, played by Alan Bates--who after chasing a series of mysterious murders--eventually
investigates the report of a dead body at a remote, French estate--which is owned by
the even more mysterious Mister Frost.
You see, this film doesn’t lure us on with any air of mysterious--because pretty much
the first scene is Mister Frost himself, admitting--with very little prompting--that he’d cheerfully
just buried a body in his garden.
And also, many, many others.
And that’s what makes Goldblum’s performance so damn good in this movie--he’s a perfect,
slightly awkward--genuinely convincing pathological mass murderer--who does the whole thing which
such a jovial set of mannerisms--I don’t know.
It’s an incredibly unique brand of cinematic serial killer that only Jeff Goldblum could
deliver.
But--it doesn’t end there, because after Mister Frost is arrested and ultimately placed
in an asylum--he does not speak a word for two years--going completely mute--with the
case coming to an end, as the police are completely unable to establish his identity.
And--well, after two years--when Mister Frost finally speaks and reveals his identity--he
lets the world know that he is, in fact, Satan.
And whilst, on the surface, this film may seem slightly ridiculous--please, don’t
let it fool you, because Jeff Goldblum is *not* kidding--and he just may well be the
most believable Satan ever captured on screen.
This film is super, super underrated--and is perhaps the definition of a forgotten horror
movie.
Give it a watch, because it’s certainly worth your time.
Coming in at Number 2--The Hide, 2008
You know what guys?
I normally wouldn’t do this--but… considering the fact that we’ve made it to Part 9 of
this series, I think it’s time to pull out something a little bit special.
Now, it’s important to note that this film isn’t necessarily a horror film--in fact,
it’s a matter of personal opinion as to deciding what genre this movie is at all.
But that’s exactly what makes it special.
I suppose you could say that The Hide was a thriller of sorts--a chamber piece, maybe--a
gritty-bafta worthy FilmFour kitchen sink in a Suffolk Marsh kind of set up--if you
know then you know, and your guess is as good as mine.
But the one thing that this film certainly is--is entertaining.
I remember first catching this film on the midnight slot of Film Four’s debut showing--and
I was absolutely blown away.
And for the non-British amongst you, Film Four is a filmmaking production company that
champions independent British and International cinema.
It’s awesome, really--and it produces stuff exactly like this.
Also, please don’t get this movie confused with another film of a similar name, Hide--which
also came out in 2008, because you may be very, very confused.
Written and directed Marek Losey in his debut feature film--The Hide tells the tale of a
middle aged man named Roy Tunt--played by the phenomenal Alex MacQueen, a familiar face
for fans of British TV--who owns a bird-hide out in the Suffolk Marshes.
As you may imagine, Roy is an obsessive bird watcher--and he’s determined to spy out
the last bird on his list--the elusive sociable plover--to one thing needed to complete the
entire British list of birds.
But, after awhile spent in his Hide--he’s unexpectedly joined by a dishevelled and tattooed
stranger--a man named Dave John, played by Phil Campbell--and that’s when Roy’s walkie-talkie
buzzes, and picks up a police message about a local murder--with the suspect fitting Dave
John’s description.
Listen, that’s all I’ll say--because this movie is 100% reliant on it’s remarkable
narrative--but holy moly does this film earn it.
There is something entirely timeless about this movie--and in many ways it could’ve
been written by Poe or Twain or Hemingway.
This film is really, really good--and whilst it may not seem it, it’s one of the more
disturbing indie movies of recent times.
And finally, coming in at our Number 1 spot--The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, 1992
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is the Hand That Rules The World.
And while you may be thinking--wait a minute, Jack--who’s been packing your pipe--put
down the Longbottom Leaf--you smoke too much, Pip.
How the hell is this a forgotten horror movie?!
But I’d say--listen, we need to talk about this film--and yes, it is certainly worthy
of this list--because an entire generation of horror fans are perhaps yet to discover
it.
And that’s batshit crazy--because this particular breed of psychological horror-thriller was
a period of cinema that is entirely unique to it’s time.
We have to let them know!
This film is so nineties it hurts--and yes, whilst some of its themes are perhaps a little
too played out--and yes, whilst perhaps this movie steals a little bit too much from 1987’s
Fatal Attraction--out of all of the psychological horror movies of the late eighties and early
nineties--The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, for me, stands above the rest--and of late,
it’s kind of fallen between the cracks in the pantheon of horror cinema.
And that’s not cool.
Directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Amanda Silver, a brilliant screenwriter responsible
for the Planet of the Apes series--The Hand That Rocks The Cradle tells the tale of Claire
Bartel, a happily married woman who is pregnant with her second child.
At a routine check up, she is sexually molested by her obstetrician, Dr. Victor Mott--and
after she reports him to the state medical board, instead of answering to the charges--he
commits suicide.
Well, it turns out that the wife of the doctor, who was also pregnant--lost her baby after
an early labor came about due to stress caused by the ordeal--and quickly swears vengeance
on Claire.
That woman--is Mrs. Mott--played by the phenomenal Rebecca De Mornay--and is perhaps one of the
most terrifying and underrated villains in psychological horror.
You see, whilst this movie is certainly not perfect in any sense--it touches on a very
particular fear, and that’s exactly what sets it apart as a psychological thriller.
This film requires us to question ourselves and our own moral position as it plays out
in it’s painstaking car-crash manner.
Yeah, it’s a little heavy handed in parts--but my word, is this film entertaining.
Also, Julianne Moore plays the best side-character ever in this film--and if they ever remake
this movie, they should add more of her.
But yeah--like I said, this movie is 90s horror 101--and it deserves more credit than what
it gets.
Well, there we have it horror fans--our list for the Top 5 Scariest Forgotten Horror Movies--Part
9.
Wow.
Look how far we’ve come guys--and guess what, Part 10 is just around the corner--because
come on, we can’t leave it here, can we?
Well, what did you guys think?
Let us know your thoughts down in the comment section below, as well as any choice picks
of your own.
Before we depart from today’s video--let’s first take a quick look at some of your more
creative comments from Part 8 of this forgotten horror movies series.
First up, Shane Rene says--
Best series by far!
Keep going!
--And thank you Shane!
We’re trying--and like I said, we’re certainly gonna go for a Part 10--purely for the fact
that--well, even numbers and all that.
Thank you, either way.
And finally, Curtis Newton says--
Watch “martyrs”--a french movie.
--Ahh.
Beleive me Curtis, Martyrs is no where near forgotten--unfortunately, because that movie
is messed up--and it can’t be unseen.
Ever.
Nope.
Well, on that note, unfortunately, that’s all we’ve got time for in todays video--cheers
for sticking around all the way until the end.