It is now the time of month where seasons get colder, leaves fall on the ground and... horror movies become a daily thing. With some horror movies, you have SCREAM; Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and so on and so forth. But here are some movies that feel like a horror film, but aren't mentioned much.
Carrie is considered a horror film to many viewers. But there are so many versions of it, some directors want to make Carrie scarier than the original. To me...the original is the best, but the underrated version is the recent remake. It's trying to be what it can't be. All it is...is campy and not needed. You know when the scares are coming, you know who's going to get killed...so is it worth seeing the remake when the original is much better.
The Lost Boys is an amazing movie that feels underrated to some. A story that feels as if it were written by Dean Koontz or Stephen King themselves. It's takes place in California where a newly divorced family moves. The cast is amazing, the story is pretty good, and it involves... Vampires. Corey Haim and Jason Patric end up in this strange new world when Jason becomes one of the new Vampires.
Corey Haim gets help from two teens that hunt Vampires and well...you need to see the whole movie to find the twist which comes pretty early in my opinion.
House of Wax has been remade so many times, that the original seems to be the only one that frightens you. About a few people trapped in a museum and they become wax mannequins near the end. I don't remember much of this movie, but they did remake that not many people would remember it. I don't, and yet... I feel the original is the one that can't be beat when it comes to fright and horror.
I've talked about this film before, and it seems very underrated. Tom Hanks lives in the suburbs with the late Carrie Fisher as his wife. He soon starts suspecting the new neighbors moving into a dilapidated frightening home. Soon, another neighbor of his disappears and he suspects it to the new neighbors.
He eventually gets some of his friends to spy on them and the twist.... well, I'm not telling you; you have to see the movie. But...Tom Hanks was right.
Sometimes when some of Stephen King movies and miniseries of his books happen, some are more remembered than others. Carrie, IT, Shawshank Redemption, even The Green Mile has more of an impact. The Mist...it has some sort of an impact. It has a downer ending which people would know more than the movie itself. It's about a town in Maine, of course, where there are bugs and horrifying things happening in a cloud of mist.
If I talk more about the movies and miniseries that feel underrated during Halloween from Stephen King, there's gonna be a long list. So, here's one more. More of a miniseries, this is another underrated horror film. Involving Jimmy Smits saving the town from aliens. People start to get smarter, others disappear, and in the end, Jimmy Smits dies.
It's a hit and miss kind of film, but not many people talk about it since it came out in the 90's, and Stephen King has written more stories that have been made into miniseries and movies to count.
A lot of people don't realize we take for granted Horror Movies like we do Halloween candy. We sit and enjoy a good scare or two and find out that some horror movies, like Jaws or anything made in October, can be considered a masterpiece to some, and to others...not. For me, I have a few favorites. The Burbs being one of them, and it's a perfect film to enjoy now until Halloween Arrives. Don't get too scared.
