'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.

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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.