Usually in a week with such a defined theme, we would present the Direct Hit Top Ten list of the best movies in that subject. We are lucky that we get to pick ten movies (or books) from our personal preferences and say, in big bold letters, "These Are the Best Ten Ever Made." As a horror movie fanatic, the temptation to write this list was significant - but the real joy in writing a list like this is the fact that sometimes you have a chance to expose someone to something they haven't yet experienced. That's why we decided to bring you the Top 10 Horror Movies You've Never Seen. We can't speak for everyone, and if you have seen these movies it won't be necessary to write us letters telling us so. If you haven't, check them out and see what you've been missing:
10. The Invisible Man
Forget Hollow Man - that movie sucked. The original Invisible Man is one of the few classical Universal movies that still has the power to scare the crap out of today's desensitized audiences. One of the things that makes this movie stand out from others of its ilk is the fact that the Invisible Man spends the whole film knocking off fools left and right. The Invisible Man is violent even by today's standards, and that's no mean feat.
9. The Hills Have Eyes
The most disturbing thing about The Hills Have Eyes is the way it's filmed. Reminiscent of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the whole film has the feeling of a home movie - making it that much more scary.
8. The Guardian
This big budget Wes Craven flick pretty much disappeared after a couple of weeks in the theater. The movie concerns a couple of young parents who choose a babysitter with questionable characteristics. We all know that good help is hard to find, but these parents can't even find human help.
7. The Changeling
A composer who has recently lost his wife and daughter in a tragic accident takes up residence in a mysterious mansion only to find that he is not alone. The Changeling is a classic ghost story that moves along at a smooth pace and manages to poke us in all the right places.
6. The Sentinel
A jaded model moves into a strange apartment in Brooklyn Heights that just might be a gateway to Hell. You really can't ask for more plot than that, and The Sentinel lives up to it's plot with creepy characters, lots of gore and some genuinely disturbing moments.
5. In the Mouth of Madness
This movie got a lot of flack when it came out, but all in all it's a pretty solid horror flick. When insurance investigator, John Trent, attempts to uncover the whereabouts of the most popular writer on the face of the earth, he realizes that the writer's fiction is quickly becoming reality. The writer, played by Jurgen Prochnow and inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, is twisting reality to his own insane vision. In the Mouth of Madness has more than a few genuinely terrifying moments.
4. The Hunger
The Hunger treads a thin line between art-house flick and horror movie, and is so steeped in 1980s culture that it could almost serve as a sociological study in '80s angst. It is overly pretentious and it takes itself way too seriously, but it's also incredibly frightening and will stay with you for days after you see it.
3. The Entity
Another horror flick that's supposedly "based" on a true story, The Entity is about an unfortunate woman who is violently raped by a ghost nearly every night. The utter hopelessness of the woman's situation, along with the jarring score, make this one movie you won't want to watch alone.
2. Don't Look Now
An incredibly disturbing film revolving around the idea of premonition and containing and extremely unsettling climax, Don't Look Now is psychological horror at it's finest. It also contains one of the most drawn-out sex scenes in horror history.
1. The Wicker Man
We don't want to ruin this movie for those who still haven't seen it, but suffice it to say that The Wicker Man has one of the most disturbing endings in movie history. A devout Christian detective is called to a strange island to investigate the disappearance of a little girl and quickly finds that the inhabitants of the island know more than they are letting on. This has to be one of the strangest horror movies ever made. Get it now!
By the way, if we would have made a Top 10 Horror Movies of all time list it would have went something like this:
10. The Amityville Horror
9. Poltergeist
8. The Thing
7. Rosemary's Baby
6. Alien
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Halloween
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2. The Exorcist
1. The Shining
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