The Terrifying 10
by Bryan Reesman'Tis the season to get freaked out. Halloween always
heralds the return of Freddy Krueger wannabes, ghostly pranksters,
and spooky movies. Every year, we rewatch the classics we've all
come to love - like Halloween, Night of the Living Dead,
and Scream. That's fine. But here's a list of lesser-known
films that are equally (and frightfully) good. Hunt 'em down
through Best Buy, Amazon, or Netflix.
Burnt Offerings (MGM, 1976)
Summer rentals are a dicey proposition, especially when you take
the wife, son, and grandma to live on a sprawling estate that has a
mysterious old lady living in the attic, the ghost of a chauffeur
haunting the grounds, and a house that feeds on death. This
American flick from the '70s, which costars Oliver Reed, Bette
Davis, and the always-loony Karen Black, is an underrated
haunted-house gem.
Castle of Blood (Synapse, 1964)
This black-and-white chiller conjures up a fun premise: Edgar Allan
Poe meets an American journalist in a British pub and dares him to
spend the night in a haunted castle. When our hero finds it
occupied by a couple of hot babes, it seems like a snap, but things
turn surreal and scary pretty fast. This lost classic, now uncut
and uncensored, costars Italian horror beauty Barbara Steele and
has been compared to the original
The Haunting.
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