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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
underappreciated horror
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not dead movies this list we'll be
looking at scary films that haven't
gotten the love they deserve while some
of these titles may be familiar to die
hard horror fans most have largely been
forgotten or drowned out by more popular
flicks what are your favorite
underappreciated horror gems let us know
in the comments below
number 10 trick or treat this anthology
film features four intertwined tales
that all take place on halloween night
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it has everything you could possibly
want werewolves ghost children poison
candy and human jack-o-lanterns what
makes this one different though is just
how far it's willing to go to scare us
no one is safe in these stories not even
the kids it's a bloody fun and
surprisingly deep movie about all
hallows eve traditions
wait
that's right there's another tradition
very important
always check your candy trick or treat
didn't receive a wide theatrical run but
since its release on home video it's
become a beloved cult classic among
horror fans
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trick or treat
number nine jennifer's body
no way like the canadian cult film
gingersnaps jennifer's body has been
labeled a forgotten feminist classic of
the genre
i've got your number
i need to make you mine
janitor
the megan fox led horror comedy was a
box office disappointment when it was
released but its themes of revenge and
trauma may strike a chord with viewers
in the wake of the metoo movement i am
going
to eat your soul
and [ __ ]
i go both ways many have since blamed
the marketing campaign for its failure
to earn money some critics blame the
movie's uneven tone but the simple fact
may be that some movies just need time
to find their audience that's certainly
true of jennifer's body
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number eight
house
this japanese haunted house movie is
better experienced than explained
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house concerns a schoolgirl who leads
friends into the country to visit her
aunt once they get to the secluded house
though things take a turn and they
realize they're in the clutches of a
grieving ghost who preys on young
unmarried women
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filled with bizarre imagery and
cartoonish violence the director
reportedly used his young daughters
nightmares as inspiration for the
movie's kills the non-linear
storytelling and fever dream logic
didn't do well with contemporary critics
but for horror fans who have a taste for
something off the beaten path house is
one of a kind
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number seven
session nine
hello
the empty hallways and tormented
histories of an actual abandoned
psychiatric hospital is the perfect set
piece for a psychological horror
thriller and session 9 takes full
advantage and where do you live billy
i live in the oz
you know that remind me though why the
eyes
because
i see everything so this movie
chronicles the strange and increasingly
malevolent experiences of a cleaning
crew at a state mental institution its
twisting and turning narrative follows
the men as they wrestle with their
demons but are these demons
psychological or supernatural you did
this
gordon
i need you to wake up
and take
a really
really
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good look at him one of the movie's
strengths is that it denies the viewer a
clear explanation for its horrors opting
instead to tease and thrill audiences
with its fluid camera work oppressive
atmosphere and classic suspense
and where do you live simon
i live in the weak
and the wounded
dark
number 6. kronos
long before he was snatching trophies
for the shape of water mexican writer
director guillermo del toro made his
mark on the horror landscape with kronos
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it concerns an antique dealer who
discovers a mechanical device that
allows its user eternal life predictably
immortality isn't all it's cracked up to
be along with his restored youth the
antique dealer also finds himself
lusting for blood
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while the movie isn't as graphic as it
could be the images are still haunting
and unforgettable the dark twisted
fantasy world that del toro would later
become famous for is on full display
here
number five black christmas who are you
for god's sake what are you doing
i know what you did released as silent
night evil nights in the united states
this canadian thriller features a group
of sorority girls being preyed upon by a
psychotic killer during the christmas
holiday who is it
combining urban legend with what would
later become tropes of the teen slasher
subgenre black christmas was not beloved
by critics when it premiered its place
in the horror canon was usurped by john
carpenter's halloween just four years
later while that holiday horror show may
have jump started the slasher craze of
the late 70s and early 80s black
christmas is considered by many horror
fans to be an originator of the genre
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number four a girl walks home alone at
night
touted for its subversion of the vampire
sub genre its strong visuals and its
feminist overtones this iranian horror
western took sundance by storm when it
premiered there in 2014. in it a
skateboarding vampire known only as the
girl meets a down on his luck
working-class man named arash as the two
become closer the girl starts to defy
her bloodlust and fall in love with him
though many vampire movies have been
made few have taken a serious and
compelling look at what that experience
would be like as this movie does but
make no mistake a girl walks home alone
at night is scary beautiful and
affecting
guys had a whole bush
number three the exorcist three
life
is fun
it's a wonderful life in fact
for some it's got to be hard standing in
the shadow of one of the most successful
movies ever made the exorcist 3 carries
that burden well it concerns a long dead
serial killer possessing the bodies of
people to carry out his murders even
after death lieutenant
how you doing lieutenant i'm so sorry
you were murdered thomas i miss you i
miss you too with its freakish dream
sequences oddball dialogue and
performances and tangential relationship
to the original film the exorcist 3 is
not a run-of-the-mill sequel essentially
a whodunit in supernatural horror drag
it has its own ideas its own style and
its own unique ways of scaring its
audience
and it does so with aplomb
number two the serpent and the rainbow
taking inspiration from a non-fiction
book by ethnobotanist wade davis wes
craven's the serpent in the rainbow
concerns an anthropologist investigating
reports of a drug used in rituals to
turn people into zombies where other
movies might use these traditions
without actually engaging with their
history this one manages to be a
thoughtful exploration of tradition and
religious themes it's also a very
political horror film taking place in
haiti during a time of revolution and
profound change
i don't see the ambassador here do you
although craven's more famous movies
like scream and a nightmare on elm
street have eclipsed it the serpent in
the rainbow is just another example of
the horror master's ability to make us
think between jump scares
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few other spooky honorable mentions
prince of darkness
this movie has everything an abandoned
church quantum physics and a jar full of
liquid satan
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the entity science and superstition
collide in the story of a woman being
attacked by an unseen force don't start
without me
drag me to hell a gory pseudo-horror
comedy that only sam raimi could think
up you
shamed me
the wailing this slow burn supernatural
horror from korea is full of disturbing
imagery
the burning one of the original summer
camp slashers of the 80s we're going to
go on
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number one the innocence
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screen legend deborah carr stars as a
governess at a creepy old english
country house called bly she soon
becomes convinced the two young children
in her care are possessed by a pair of
dead lovers if this story seems familiar
it's because netflix's the haunting of
blind manor uses the same henry james
novella as inspiration but what that
show does in nine episodes this
undervalued gem of 60s british horror
does in a gripping and taught hour and a
half flora
who is it
over there
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with its dark brooding atmosphere crisp
black and white photography and chilling
performances the innocence is a master
class in claustrophobic tension
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