You ’ve insure the horror threatening - hitters , like Halloween , The polishing , and The Exorcist . You ’ve also seen the most - beloved cult horror flicks , like Evil Dead 2 and Re - Animator . Now , undress away one more layer and unearth some obscure revulsion gems that are primed to infect your incubus with clean terrors .
1) Q: The Winged Serpent
The off-the-wall mind of B - movie professional Larry Cohen ( It ’s live , God Told Me To , The Stuff ) brood this taradiddle about the bloodthirsty rampage of Quetzalcoatl , the Aztec feathered serpent , after it ’s come up by murderous cultist to roost atop the Chrysler Building in 1982 New York City . of course , this perplexes the police ( David Carradine and Richard “ Shaft ” Roundtree , as well as at least one supporting actor who goes undercover as a pantomime ) , but the best part of Q is Michael Moriarty as a ne’er - do - well precious stone thief / wannabe jazz piano player , who stumbles upon the jumbo creature ’s nest and set about to utilise that information to his vantage . His bizarrely loosey - goosey performance has no business being in a demon movie , but it fits in absolutely nonetheless , and it ’s so much playfulness to watch that it elevates Q from mere oddity to must - see oddball classic .
2) The Burning
summertime - camp slasher The Burning owe a lot to Friday the 13th , for obvious reason , though it ’s now most - remembered for a cast that includes Holly Hunter , Fisher Stevens , and Jason Alexander , all showbiz noobs back in 1981 . ( It ’s also one of Harvey Weinstein ’s first productions , but that ’s a whole other kind of revulsion totally . ) The story borrows from an actual urban legend , name its killer Cropsey after the legendary bogeyman , but its social organisation is passably standard slasher clobber : Aterrible prank gone awry place the stage for an even more awful campaign of blinking revenge . ( Interestingly , there ’s a “ final boy ” at the remainder , rather than the traditional “ last miss . ” ) But the sea wolf ’s weapon of pick — a pair of oversized garden shear — is really right smart creepy-crawly than Voorhees ’ matchet , and impart itself to all fashion of gruesome special personal effects create by Tom Savini , who ’d worked on Friday the 13th a year prior and very nearly outdoes himself here .
3) Two Thousand Maniacs!
You have to reckon the title , with its exclaiming point of urgency , being shrieked from the mouths of its poorly - doom main characters — road - excursionist who happen upon a Southern townspeople that magically appears every 100 years to unleash bloody-minded retaliation on any Yankees that defy cross its borders . It ’s pack with over - the - top redneck stereotype , it ’s preposterously gruesome , and it ’s got a banjo - twanging radical Sung dynasty that ’s right smart too pollyannaish to be part of a movie with this grade of cartoonish barbarity . author - director - cinematographer Herschell Gordon Lewis cranked out lashings of pic in the 1960s and early 1970s aimed at grindhouse audiences , include several that poked fun at backwoods - yokel types — but the Godfather of Gore always considered this ultra - dark drollery to be his personal favorite of the bunch .
4) Trick or Treat
Not play a trick on ‘ r Treat . This is the totally ripping 1986 tale of a eminent - school hesher named Eddie ( bet by Marc Price , a.k.a . Skippy from Family Ties ) who snags a copy of his favorite cradle ’s posthumous last album from his friendly local radio DJ ( Gene Simmons)—only to realise the record contain a backwards message from beyond the grave accent . ( It is titled Songs in the Key of Death , which is both a Stevie Wonder nod and brash adumbration in one . ) The cock-a-hoop conclusion , which sees Eddie frantically attempt to preclude the demonic medicine from causing mass death , takes place at the Halloween dancing for added seasonal flavor . And if it all this is take off to fathom like a pic insidiously designed to caution Kyd against headbanging , keep in judgement it includes a knowingly camp cameo from Ozzy Osbourne as a slick - haired , tie - wearing TV gospeler deport a talking - show rant about the wickedness of fleshy metallic element .
5) Inferno
Suspiria gets all the clapping , but the second entry in Dario Argento ’s “ Three Mothers ” trilogy is just as chilling — and perhaps even more of a gorgeously surreal ( and not - infrequently nonsensical ) nightmare . Mark , a music student in Rome , receive a strange missive from his babe , Rose , who ’s claim up abode in the flighty New York City apartment edifice since the bewitched Bramford in Rosemary ’s Baby . After she vanishes , he heads to America and turns detective , uncovering dark enigma that wo n’t surprise anyone who ’s seen Suspiria , but will still probably scare them anyway — the final scene is highly unsettling . In fact , Inferno is filled with scenes that will frequent you : Mark getting a staredown from a mysterious beautiful fair sex in one of his classes ; Rose diving into an underground syndicate and encountering a swim zombie ; and one of the freakiest cat - and - rat filled end scene ever practice to celluloid .
6) Sugar Hill
“ Supernatural voodooism womanhood , do her wrong and you wo n’t see the liiight , ” warn the song that underline Sugar Hill ’s opening and culmination credit . Unfortunately for them , the gangster who beat the title graphic symbol ’s boyfriend to death ( in the parking fate of his own club , no less ) within the picture ’s first five moment do n’t follow the language ’ advice . Of of course , that allow Diana , nickname Sugar ( Marki Bey ) , to reach the throttle on her vengeance locomotive , aided by an undead voodoo Martin Luther King who summons an army of cobweb - covered , shiny - eyed zombi to helpfully escort Sugar ’s enemies to their doomsday . ( “ I go for they ’re into blank deoxyephedrine , ” Sugar gag after feeding one hapless opposition to a pen full of thirsty pig . ) Sugar Hill ’s southerly setting and supernatural themes make it slightly unique among Blaxploitation films , but it also has two of the genre ’s most popular ingredient , done exceptionally well — namely a compelling revenge story and a charismatic , badass female pencil lead .
7) The Pit
Horny tweenage castaway Jamie has no friends except for his outsized teddy bear , who “ speaks ” to him and agrees with everything he articulate … while cheer him to do very high-risk thing . That would dead be enough fresh fish for a repulsion movie right there , but The Pit goes one further with its giant , gaping , you - know - what in the ground , which is filled with toothy creature called “ Tra - lanthanum - logs ” that depend on Jamie to feed their unremitting hungriness . Of naturally , he ’s all too well-chosen to oblige . The Pit , which proudly calls itself “ Canuxploitation , ” tics many conversant boxes — the freaky kid , the talk doll , the glow - eyed monsters , the totally twisted ending — but its genial yet psychotic tone cause it palpate like a entirely original creation .
8) The Exorcist III
Part one is an absolute classic , part two is crap , but The Exorcist III has its own weird illusion . William Peter Blatty , who write the original novel , penned the script and directed this 1990 film that brings back the first film ’s Father Karras ( Jason Miller ) , but mostly centre on a Georgetown detective ( George C. Scott ) who ’s investigating a series of occult - theme execution . The criminal offence resemble those perpetuated by “ The Gemini , ” a serial cause of death who was purportedly executed year prior but may have passed his individual into other unintentional corporal hosts . The television receiver show version of The Exorcist is supposed to yield homage to this film ’s biggest panic this season — a knickers - wettingly terrific scene set in a hospital that will fuck you up even if viewed out of linguistic context ( which you could dohere ) .
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9) Pulse (Kairo)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa ’s phenomenally eery , visually striking ghost story came out in 2001 at the top of J - revulsion febrility , and while it did get an obligatory American remaking , it never seemed to get as much attention as Ju - On or Ringu . That ’s in all probability because it moves at a slower pace , investing in dread rather than spring scares . There are plenty of tantrum push back by disturbing , unexplainable things — and so many ghosts that even Kairo ’s repeated instances of hoi polloi staring at computer blind ( normally the most boring thing a movie can do ) can be downright petrifying . And its fear do n’t just come from the beyond ; they ’re also draw from the animation , as quality face the sheer horror of being human in a world that ’s more and more filled with loneliness , disconnect , and the unshakable sense that Day of Judgement is just around the corner .
10) Cannibal Apocalypse
warfare is hell , but state of war also dips into hell ’s pigboat - basement when soldier become infected with a crazy virus that gives them an insatiable craving for human figure . Most of the film — directed by the prolific Italian filmmaker Antonio Margheriti , who never met a literary genre he did n’t wish — takes place back in Atlanta , where a Vietnam vet ( the reliably great John Saxon ) begins to reconnect with his unit and reach a stomach - turn uncovering about the strange affliction that ’s followed them all home . The blood flows and bites mount up as doctors , cops , and finally even a biker ring get pull into the gore - splattered insanity . What more do you want , really ? How about one of the big championship in cinema history … because it does not get any more evocative than Cannibal - freaking - Revelation .
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