Don't look for Saw, The Exorcist, Halloween, or Night of the Living Dead on this list. What you will find are seven (for good luck) of the scariest, most-disturbing films ever made.
Top 7 Halloween Films you haven't seen (in alphabetical order)
Cookers (2001)
Couple steals load of crystal meth from gang, hide out in a dilapidated farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. When the chef starts cooking-up the drugs, their world starts getting spooky. A case of amphetamine-induced psychosis, or something less explainable? An underrated, rarely-screened gem.
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Sam Raimi-influenced Japanese film about a reality show host who presents viewer-produced videos. After receiving a snuff-video, the host talks her colleagues into joining her in search for the killer in abandoned military base. Written by Takashi Ishii.
Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
The "making-of" backstory of LHODES is almost as twisted as the film itself. "Dead End Street" was shot around 1970 before hitting the grind-house circuit years later. Don't let its 1999 screening at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts fool you: "Last House on Dead End Street" is an excruciatingly nasty reel of celluloid.
Tetsuo (1989)
Man plagued by increasingly virulent growth of metallic artifacts within his body. Incredible percussive score by Chu Ishikawa equaled by direction and cinematography of Shinya Tsukamoto, who influenced Darren Aronofsky, Jan Kounen and Takashi Miike.
13 Tzameti (2005)
Struggling twenty-something immigrant overhears fragment of conversation tied to a discarded letter, which is just enough imperfect information to convince the kid he’s on a rocket to a big score. "13 Tzameti" feels like a movie Hitchcock would have made had he been born the same year as Quentin Tarantino. Nothing supernatural here, which makes the film all the more horrifying.
Videodrome (1983) Early David Cronenberg film stars James Woods and Deborah Harry. Violent satellite broadcasts intrigue underground cable TV operator.
Wizad of Gore (1970)
Herschell Gordon Lewis' high-camp magnum opus about TV talk-show host who investigates string of murders and a magician who appears to be hypnotizing his audience. Lewis may have lost out to Ed Wood, Jr. for the Golden Turkey lifetime achievement award for worst director of all time, but WOG finishes with a surprising Twilight Zone-style flourish.
All films are at least R-rated.
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Comments
Seen them all, your title is not true...
Interesting list but do you honestly think people will look at the blog ?
The internet these days is flooded with blogs with similar titles.
They all have one thing in common they all say I have never seen their content, never used the software they promote, didn't know about the things in their list or they claim this is the most awesome thing I will ever see.
With the Internet flooded with blogs these days and nummerous websites like digg, stumbleupon, etc promoting them, changes are that I actually have seen a lot of it. And even if is interesting I personnaly don't like to be told what I do or don't know. And as far as most awesome things you will ever see: I'm 24 at the moment, living in a country with good health care, so unless I die tragiclly I still will have at least 50 years to see more awesome things ;)
So please to all bloggers, not only your content is important, the title is as well, because people will skip on boring
I suspect a lot of people saw "Videodrome," but few have seen "Cookers." I could have titled the piece:
"7 of the scariest, lesser known Halloween movies you may (or may not) have seen -- Creesch and Rick saw ALL 7 -- Dude, what's YOUR problem?"
However, my editor has a thing about long headlines.
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