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Hidden Horror, Silent Suspense, Dangerously Dark and the Grand Gothic

by JDNightGhobhadi • Created 7 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
Some gems or even duds (that may have been overlooked by either critics or general audiences) with effectively unsettling, creepy and dark atmospheres that buries itself deep beneath your skin. May not necessarily be in the horror genre.
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  • Aleksey Kravchenko in Come and See (1985)

    1. Come and See

    19852h 22mNot Rated
    8.3 (113K)
    After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
    DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras Laucevicius
  • Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

    2. Alice, Sweet Alice

    19761h 47mR67Metascore
    6.4 (14K)
    In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages' life is upended when their teenage daughter Alice is suspected of her younger sister Karen's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of stabbings follow.
    DirectorAlfred SoleStarsLinda MillerMildred ClintonPaula E. Sheppard
  • Burnt Offerings (1976)

    3. Burnt Offerings

    19761h 56mPG48Metascore
    6.4 (14K)
    A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
    DirectorDan CurtisStarsKaren BlackOliver ReedBurgess Meredith
  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    4. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
  • The House of the Devil (1896)

    5. The House of the Devil

    18963mNot RatedShort
    6.7 (4.3K)
    With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges Méliès
  • Lesley Taplin in Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)

    6. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

    19731h 20mPG49Metascore
    6.1 (2.7K)
    A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.
    DirectorRichard BlackburnStarsLesley TaplinCheryl SmithWilliam Whitton
  • Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2011)

    7. Jane Eyre

    20112hPG-1376Metascore
    7.3 (96K)
    A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
    DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsMia WasikowskaMichael FassbenderJamie Bell
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921)

    8. The Phantom Carriage

    19211h 47mNot Rated
    8.0 (15K)
    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore Svennberg
  • Anne-Louise Lambert in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

    9. Picnic at Hanging Rock

    19751h 55mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (44K)
    During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean Gray
  • Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs (1928)

    10. The Man Who Laughs

    19281h 50mNot Rated
    7.6 (8.7K)
    When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsMary PhilbinConrad VeidtJulius Molnar
  • Edward Everett Horton, Louise Fazenda, and May McAvoy in The Terror (1928)

    11. The Terror

    19281h 25m
    6.7 (78)
    Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMay McAvoyLouise FazendaEdward Everett Horton
  • The Tingler (1959)

    12. The Tingler

    19591h 22mApproved
    6.6 (10K)
    An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceJudith EvelynDarryl Hickman
  • The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)

    13. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    19361h 16m
    5.8 (1.6K)
    A Fleet Street barber recounts the story of Sweeney Todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money.
    DirectorGeorge KingStarsTod SlaughterStella RhoJohn Singer
  • Ann Carter, Julia Dean, and Jane Randolph in The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

    14. The Curse of the Cat People

    19441h 10mApproved
    6.7 (7.6K)
    A young, lonely girl lives in a dreamworld with her father's dead first wife as a playmate.
    DirectorsGunther von FritschRobert WiseStarsSimone SimonKent SmithJane Randolph
  • Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

    15. Let's Scare Jessica to Death

    19711h 29mPG-1358Metascore
    6.4 (9.8K)
    A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
    DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'Connor
  • Macabre (1958)

    16. Macabre

    19581h 12mApproved
    5.7 (1.5K)
    A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsWilliam PrinceJim BackusChristine White
  • Vincent Price and Carolyn Craig in House on Haunted Hill (1959)

    17. House on Haunted Hill

    19591h 15mApproved
    6.7 (33K)
    A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceCarol OhmartRichard Long
  • Homicidal (1961)

    18. Homicidal

    19611h 28mUnrated
    6.8 (4.1K)
    The brutal stabbing murder of a justice-of-the-peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in Southern California.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsGlenn CorbettPatricia BreslinEugenie Leontovich
  • Strait-Jacket (1964)

    19. Strait-Jacket

    19641h 33mApproved
    6.8 (7.4K)
    After a 20-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to her daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields. Soon, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsJoan CrawfordDiane BakerLeif Erickson
  • Francesca Annis and Richard Conte in The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)

    20. The Eyes of Annie Jones

    19641h 13mApproved
    5.9 (184)
    Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
    DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsRichard ConteFrancesca AnnisJoyce Carey
  • Angela Bettis in May (2002)

    21. May

    20021h 33mR58Metascore
    6.6 (43K)
    A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
    DirectorLucky McKeeStarsAngela BettisJeremy SistoAnna Faris
  • Florence Pugh in Lady Macbeth (2016)

    22. Lady Macbeth

    20161h 29mR76Metascore
    6.8 (29K)
    In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
    DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsFlorence PughCosmo JarvisPaul Hilton
  • Bus 174 (2002)

    23. Bus 174

    20022h 2mR83Metascore
    7.8 (8.8K)
    On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
    DirectorsJosé PadilhaFelipe LacerdaStarsSandro do NascimentoRodrigo PimentelLuiz Eduardo Soares
  • Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, and Stefanie Powers in Experiment in Terror (1962)

    24. Experiment in Terror

    19622h 3mApproved69Metascore
    7.3 (7.2K)
    A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
    DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsGlenn FordLee RemickStefanie Powers
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

    25. Bunny Lake Is Missing

    19651h 47mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsKeir DulleaCarol LynleyLaurence Olivier

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