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Underrated or very underrated sci-fi and horror movies

by comic_bookguy • Created 9 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
Underrated or very underrated sci-fi and horror movies.
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  • Ray Liotta, Kevin Dillon, Ernie Hudson, and Stuart Wilson in No Escape (1994)

    1. No Escape

    19941h 58mR
    6.1 (24K)
    A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.
    DirectorMartin CampbellStarsRay LiottaLance HenriksenStuart Wilson
  • Angie Dickinson and Roy Thinnes in The Norliss Tapes (1973)

    2. The Norliss Tapes

    19731h 12mTV Movie
    6.2 (1.7K)
    An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.
    DirectorDan CurtisStarsRoy ThinnesDon PorterAngie Dickinson
  • Retroactive (1997)

    3. Retroactive

    19971h 31mR
    6.2 (7K)
    A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
    DirectorLouis MorneauStarsJim BelushiKylie TravisShannon Whirry
  • Carrie Wells in The Bad Seed (1985)

    4. The Bad Seed

    19851h 40mUnratedTV Movie
    5.5 (576)
    A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
    DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBlair BrownLynn RedgraveDavid Carradine
  • The Beasts' Carnival (1980)

    5. The Beasts' Carnival

    19801h 31mNot Rated
    5.7 (530)
    In the Spanish mountains, a hitman seeks refuge at a doctor's home after double-crossing his gang and stealing diamonds. The family protects him from pursuers, driven by their own agenda.
    DirectorPaul NaschyStarsPaul NaschyEiko NagashimaLautaro Murúa
  • The Dracula Saga (1973)

    6. The Dracula Saga

    19731h 32m
    5.6 (309)
    Count Dracula's pregnant granddaughter arrives at his castle, along with her husband, who is not a vampire. While she prepares to give birth to a new member of the Dracula line, her husband secretly launches into a series of affairs with the Count's resident "brides."
    DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsTina SáinzTony IsbertHelga Liné
  • Next of Kin (1982)

    7. Next of Kin

    19821h 29mNot Rated
    6.2 (4.8K)
    In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
    DirectorTony WilliamsStarsJacki KerinJohn JarrattAlex Scott
  • From the Dead of Night (1989)

    8. From the Dead of Night

    19893h 12mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.9 (314)
    After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day.
    DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLindsay WagnerBruce BoxleitnerRobin Thomas
  • The Clairvoyant (1982)

    9. The Clairvoyant

    19821h 37mR
    5.5 (783)
    Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
    DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsPerry KingNorman ParkerElizabeth Kemp
  • Laserhawk (1997)

    10. Laserhawk

    19971h 39mPG-13
    4.0 (650)
    Teenagers in a mid-west town discover that they are destined to fight off an alien invasion as the crew of a spacecraft of unknown origin. They are aided by a mysterious patient in a psychiatric hospital and a frenetic comic book artist.
    DirectorJean PellerinStarsJason James RichterMelissa GalianosGordon Currie
  • Firehead (1991)

    11. Firehead

    19911h 28mR
    2.6 (549)
    When a Russian cyborg with telekinetic powers terrorizes a city, an elite government agency intervenes. A chemist teams up with a special agent to capture the menace but they find out that the true villain isn't who they expected.
    DirectorPeter YuvalStarsChristopher PlummerChris LemmonBrett Porter
  • Timesweep (1987)

    12. Timesweep

    19871h 25mVideo
    4.0 (162)
    A group of people enter an old movie studio and are suddenly transported through time.
    DirectorDan DiefenderferStarsKevin BriefMartin EnglishSandra Beer
  • Howl of the Devil (1988)

    13. Howl of the Devil

    19881h 37mNot Rated
    5.4 (425)
    Paul Naschy plays several roles in this film about a nowhere actor who likes to pick up prostitutes and play sex games. His nephew resides with him, and is lost in a fantasy world of his own.
    DirectorPaul NaschyStarsPaul NaschyCaroline MunroHoward Vernon
  • The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)

    14. The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan

    19791h 36mTV Movie
    6.7 (1K)
    Jennie Logan discovers an antique dress in her attic that allows her to travel back in time. Soon she's torn between life with her philandering husband and a romance with a handsome artist who was murdered at the turn of the century.
    DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsLindsay WagnerMarc SingerAlan Feinstein
  • Meet the Feebles (1989)

    15. Meet the Feebles

    19891h 37mNot Rated
    6.6 (23K)
    Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsDanny MulheronDonna AkerstenStuart Devenie
  • Edward G. Robinson, John Lund, and Gail Russell in Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

    16. Night Has a Thousand Eyes

    19481h 21mApproved
    7.0 (2.1K)
    After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.
    DirectorJohn FarrowStarsEdward G. RobinsonGail RussellJohn Lund
  • Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

    17. Blood: The Last Vampire

    200048mNot Rated44Metascore
    6.6 (14K)
    Saya is a Japanese vampire slayer whose next mission is in a high school on a US military base in 1960s Japan, where she poses as a student. She uses a katana/samurai sword to kill vampires.
    DirectorHiroyuki KitakuboStarsYûki KudôSaemi NakamuraJoe Romersa
  • The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)

    18. The Possession of Joel Delaney

    19721h 45mR
    5.7 (1.4K)
    An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
    DirectorWaris HusseinStarsShirley MacLainePerry KingDavid Elliott
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012)

    19. Lesson of the Evil

    20122h 9mNot Rated
    6.6 (7.1K)
    A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakehiro HiraFumi NikaidôShôta Sometani
  • Jane Kaczmarek and Sander Vanocur in Without Warning (1994)

    20. Without Warning

    19941h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.8 (1.7K)
    3 fragments of an asteroid hit USA, China and France. The events are covered by TV news reports. More meteors come. Is it natural events or alien aggression?
    DirectorRobert IscoveStarsSander VanocurJane KaczmarekBree Walker
  • Computercide (1981)

    21. Computercide

    19811h 40mTV Movie
    5.0 (83)
    The year is 1996 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is hired by a woman to investigate Eden Isle, a complex for people who want a perfect life started by her industrialist father named Korter. Interestingly, Korter was found on a beach and is 20 years younger than he was before. When Stringer gets into the complex, he is caught in a web of mystery that he might not get out of.
    DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJoe CorteseTom ClancySusan George
  • Official Denial (1993)

    22. Official Denial

    19931h 24mPGTV Movie
    5.2 (359)
    A man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is also abducted by a top secret government agency, the Majestic Group, who want him to attempt to communicate with the only surviving alien from a UFO shot down by the Air Force. Telepathically, the alien tells him it must be returned to its ship, where it will reveal a secret vital to the future of the planet.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsParker StevensonDirk BenedictErin Gray
  • American Rickshaw (1989)

    23. American Rickshaw

    19891h 33mR
    5.0 (739)
    A Miami manual rickshaw driver finds himself entangled in the murder of a man he just met. He becomes part of a good vs evil battle between an ancient Chinese witch and an evangelist, who's actually the devil incarnate.
    DirectorSergio MartinoStarsMitchell GaylordDaniel GreeneVictoria Prouty
  • Kathryn Harrold and Bruce Greenwood in The Companion (1994)

    24. The Companion

    19941h 34mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.6 (327)
    Writer catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Infuriated, she buys an android companion and takes him with her to a remote cabin in the woods to keep her company as she writes. She starts a romance with him, which turns into a nightmare.
    DirectorGary FlederStarsKathryn HarroldBruce GreenwoodTalia Balsam
  • Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Colin Farrell in Total Recall (2012)

    25. Total Recall

    20121h 58mPG-1343Metascore
    6.2 (273K)
    A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
    DirectorLen WisemanStarsColin FarrellBokeem WoodbineBryan Cranston

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