{"id":5007,"date":"2015-10-30T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2016-02-26T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:55:04","slug":"8-underrated-horror-films-to-watch-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/8-underrated-horror-films-to-watch-this-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"8 underrated horror films to watch this Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is nearly here, and many of you are probably planning to celebrate it by watching a marathon of horror films.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re anything like us, though, you\u2019ve probably seen the classics a million times. So, here are a few cult classics instead. Enjoy, if you dare&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[WARNING: This post contains trailers for scary films. If you&#8217;re easily scared, stick to reading!]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mW6TlPMHXgk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Frailty<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Remember how Matthew McConaughey used to be rubbish before he started doing serious films?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out that isn\u2019t true&#8230; unless the McConnaisance actually started before he started doing rubbish films.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Frailty<\/em>, McConaughey plays a young man whose family were visited by an angel. So far, so lovely. Unfortunately, this angel told them to start killing demons wandering the earth as normal people. Are they crazy, or are they genuinely on a mission from God?<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Bill Paxton (yep, that one), <em>Frailty <\/em>was criminally overlooked when it was first released but has developed a cult following since.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGJ_jPKOj1c\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>[REC]<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Forget <em>Dawn of the Dead<\/em>; <strong>this <\/strong>is the scariest zombie film of all time.<\/p>\n<p><em>[REC] <\/em>is a Spanish found footage flick that follows a reporter on a routine ride-along with some firemen. The crew are called out to a small apartment to investigate an incident, which turns out to a horde of ravenous zombies. Soon enough, the crew are trapped inside the tiny apartment block with only brainmunchers for company.<\/p>\n<p><em>[REC] <\/em>is so intense and terrifying that at least one member of the Magpie office had to sleep with the light on after watching it in the cinema (*cough*itwasme*cough*).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUZQgqxIZ6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Orphanage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s another horrifying film from sunny Spain. Maybe taking siestas mean you have more nightmares to take inspiration from.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, <em>The Orphanage <\/em>sees a mother, Laura, moving to the orphanage where she was raised with her son, Simon. Simon immediately makes new friends, which sounds great. Unfortunately, they\u2019re all imaginary, which is never, ever a good sign in a horror film.<\/p>\n<p>Laura eventually reopens the orphanage and soon after, Simon disappears. Laura asks a team of parapsychologists to help her figure out what\u2019s going on, and the results are every bit as spooky as you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJndd5Eyz18\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Splinter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You have to feel for the characters in horror films sometimes. Take the poor couple from <em>Splinter<\/em>, for example. Having your car jacked by an unscrupulous sort and his junkie girlfriend would be bad enough, but encountering an unstoppable parasite that turns everyone into murderers straight afterwards? That\u2019s one hell of a bad day.<\/p>\n<p>The two couples eventually take shelter in a gas station, where said spiky parasite starts wreaking all kind of havoc in pursuit of their blood. With a low budget, <em>Splinter <\/em>is a good old fashioned creature flick that doesn\u2019t rely on big set pieces to make you scream.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LsxkRNvEbhM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Session 9<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An asbestos cleaning crew (who, let\u2019s face it, already have a pretty thankless job), are sent to an abandoned mental hospital, which sounds like a completely normal and non-terrifying place to work and definitely not the set up for an hour and a half of relentless horror.<\/p>\n<p>After a bit of non-eventual cleaning, the gang eventually discover a box of old tapes and decide it\u2019s a good idea to listen to them, because that\u2019s definitely not going to lead to anything horrific happening.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the crew start going a bit bananas and&#8230;well, we won\u2019t spoil it for you. Just take our word that it\u2019s a brilliant psychological horror for those who prefer their scares with a side-helping of brains.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNagUvDPsrI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>High Tension<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>High Tension <\/em>is a European horror in the spirit of <em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>, although the family gets butchered rather than being the butchers. If that sentence made you feel a bit uneasy, you\u2019ll want to skip this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Still here? Good, because <em>High Tension <\/em>is one of the best horror movies of the past 20 years. It follows Alexia and her friend Marie as they visit Alexia\u2019s vacation home, only for Alexia\u2019s entire family to get brutally murdered. Alexia gets kidnapped in the melee, which means Marie is left to find her friend while trying to avoid getting her head cut off.<\/p>\n<p><em>High Tension <\/em>is fairly straightforward as horror movies go, but that\u2019s the point: it\u2019s actually fairly straightforward as horror movies go, but that\u2019s kind of the point: there\u2019s no knowing winks or tongue-in-cheek nods to clich\u00c3\u00a9s, just full-on brutal horror.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Martyrs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Martyrs <\/em>is insanely disturbing, incredibly gory and the kind of film you\u2019ll probably only want to watch once. So why not watch it on Halloween?<\/p>\n<p><em>Martyrs <\/em>follows a young woman, Lucie, who was kidnapped and abused as a child as she goes on a revenge mission with a childhood friend who was also abused, Anna. It\u2019s basically a ridiculously bleak <em>Thelma and Louise<\/em> mixed with <em>Old Boy. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not quite as triumphant as either, though, as the girls descend into madness, depravity and some horrendous gore. You\u2019ll want to turn away, but you won\u2019t be able to. Like we said, it\u2019s not light hearted, but it\u2019s one of the few horror films of recent years with the ability to shock.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Excision<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Excision <\/em>is a horror comedy, although the comedy is pitch black.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows a high school student who dreams of a career in medicine. Unfortunately, she also happens to have dreams about killing people in horrendous ways and wakes up rather&#8230;erm, excited by it all.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, her dreams eventually become reality and more spilled than a clumsy porter at a blood bank. It\u2019s a coming of age tale, but not as we know it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Recommend your favourite cult horror movies to us in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter!<\/p>\n<p>And if your movie collection is getting scarily big, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell DVDs<\/a> with us! Just click below to get started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/start-selling\/basket-media\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3533\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DVD-button.png\" alt=\"DVD Button\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is nearly here, and many of you are probably planning to celebrate it by watching a marathon of horror films. If you\u2019re anything like us, though, you\u2019ve probably seen the classics a million times. So, here are a few cult classics instead. 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