17 Underestimated Horror Movies That Are Blood-Curdling

8. À l’intérieur/ Inside (2007)

A woman has to protect her unborn baby from the attacks of a supernatural being in her house.



A pregnant woman has to fend off the vicious attacks of a mysterious, scissor-wielding woman/thing that wants her baby. This French home-invasion-style flick is tense, bloody and truly well-crafted.

9. The Woman (2011)

A lawyer abducts and tries to forcibly civilise a cannibal woman with the help of his family.

A lawyer captures and tries to forcibly ‘civilise’ the last remaining member of a cannibalistic clan with the unwilling help of his family. As messed up as she is however, the family hides a multitude of disturbing secrets of their own, all hidden under a facade of normalcy.

10. The Canal (2014)

A depressed film archivist starts losing his sanity after moving into a supposedly haunted house with his family.

David and his family move into a new house, dismissing rumours of it being haunted (worst idea ever). There, he gets an old film reel that just royally fucks his head up. This Irish horror fest was directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and stars Rupert Evans.

11. Session 9 (2001)

An asbestos removal crew starts experiencing strange occurrences while working at an abandoned mental asylum.

Things start to get a little crazy among an asbestos abatement crew working in, wait for it, an abandoned asylum building! Now that the setting’s all…set, go ahead and enjoy this psychological horror flick, it’s a cult hit.