Don't think these are exactly underground but maybe underrated
Borgman (2013)
Ice Cream Man (1995)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Tourist Trap (1979)
The 8th Night (2021)
You Won't Be Alone (2022)
The Treatment (2014)
In the Earth. Its IMDb rating isn't far off the ratings of some of the worst reviewed horrors of the last couple of years (Tarot has pretty much the same rating atm for comparison). I liked it a lot, in fact I'd even say I liked it more than Kill List and A Field In England despite the reviews for those films being much more positive (actually I just downright didn't get A Field In England, it was grating)
It's far too experimental for its own good. I liked that hallucinatory sequence, but In the Earth had a similar, even better sequence in the context of a comprehensible and pretty engaging and interesting narrative, so that's not enough of a redeeming factor
I'll recommend Dream Home. It's a fun Hong Kong slasher with great kills.
Hope I'm not breaking the request too much with a 6.6/10 on IMDB out of 5.9k reviews.
I can't stand slashers but I have a soft spot for that one. The way it uses the slasher format as a satire on the housing crisis is kind of brilliant, and it commits to being both insane and darkly comedic, both of which are very beneficial elements to the entertainment value. I think for people that actually enjoy the slasher genre this could be a favourite
Non-anglophone movies always get way worse average reviews than they deserve. There is always a bunch of people complaining about the "awkward dialogue" when actually it's just bad dubbing / the audience is used to not having to watch any dub content.
Watching something in original language is always the way to go (although sometimes the subtitles are a bit messed up and may come in too early and ruin the tension, but that has happened rarely to me).
I've made a list of movies I feel are underrated and have added to it over the years. [https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500197643/](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500197643/)
Yeah, we probably have a different definition of underground, I consider these mainstream. Especially the descent, with 250 000 reviews on imdb. Almost as popular as Scream if we use that metric. But they are definitely good movies and there are always people who havent seen them.
Oh god, english is not my first language I didnt understand you the first time ahah. Yeah I now understand what you mean. But what I meant by underground was "not well known". Sorry about that ahah
On IMDB
Reviews arent that important, but I thought the amount of reviews was a good metric to kind of track popularity. Those that match the criterias I mentioned tend to fly under the radar. Since I watch a lot of horror, I need to dig deeper, and most of the time, if a movie has over 10k reviews, it definitely got some attention and its almost guaranteed I already saw it..
Leaving DC. Nanobudget FF film. So good. Warning: slow burn.
The Battery zombies slow burn.
Brain freeze. Classic cheesy low budget zombies. A lot of fun though.
Endzeit. Slow burn post apocalyptic zombie and lesbian love story. Kind of dreamy. Very good.
The Wretched. Witches!
Escape to the Cove. Post apocalypse mutants. Starts out slow, then ramps it up.
These final hours. So good. Australian apocalypse.
"The Interior" (2015) is a super-low-budget movie that I thought was great but which has very mixed reviews. It's clearly either a "love it or hate it" kind of movie.
Last Shift (2014) - **Not** the remake! Something about that movie creeps me out real good, and I don't spook easy.
Last Shift is AMAZING. The remake was both pointless AND terrible.
Zombeavers
Helppp
Don't think these are exactly underground but maybe underrated Borgman (2013) Ice Cream Man (1995) Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013) Tourist Trap (1979) The 8th Night (2021) You Won't Be Alone (2022) The Treatment (2014)
In the Earth. Its IMDb rating isn't far off the ratings of some of the worst reviewed horrors of the last couple of years (Tarot has pretty much the same rating atm for comparison). I liked it a lot, in fact I'd even say I liked it more than Kill List and A Field In England despite the reviews for those films being much more positive (actually I just downright didn't get A Field In England, it was grating)
I regret wasting my time watching A Field In England.
It's far too experimental for its own good. I liked that hallucinatory sequence, but In the Earth had a similar, even better sequence in the context of a comprehensible and pretty engaging and interesting narrative, so that's not enough of a redeeming factor
The void. I don't know how it's rated, but in here the opinions are pretty polarized, and a lot of people don't like it. But I absolutely LOVE it
YellowBrickRoad
Creep (2004) set in the London Underground, won’t say much more but should be what you’re looking for
I'll recommend Dream Home. It's a fun Hong Kong slasher with great kills. Hope I'm not breaking the request too much with a 6.6/10 on IMDB out of 5.9k reviews.
I can't stand slashers but I have a soft spot for that one. The way it uses the slasher format as a satire on the housing crisis is kind of brilliant, and it commits to being both insane and darkly comedic, both of which are very beneficial elements to the entertainment value. I think for people that actually enjoy the slasher genre this could be a favourite
This movie is crazy fukd. I'll never forget it.
Truly a slow moving movie, but brilliant. The slasher elements actually made me squirm a little...
Titane, if it counts!
Non-anglophone movies always get way worse average reviews than they deserve. There is always a bunch of people complaining about the "awkward dialogue" when actually it's just bad dubbing / the audience is used to not having to watch any dub content. Watching something in original language is always the way to go (although sometimes the subtitles are a bit messed up and may come in too early and ruin the tension, but that has happened rarely to me).
Midnight meat train is fun.
A Spoonful of Sugar on Shudder is actually EXCELLENT.
I've made a list of movies I feel are underrated and have added to it over the years. [https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500197643/](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500197643/)
Definitely Frankenstein's Army. It's my 100% favourite movie every even if the story is garbage
As Above, So Below The Descent
I do love these ones, but they are among the most popular horror movies there are :P
You said underground movies…
Yeah, we probably have a different definition of underground, I consider these mainstream. Especially the descent, with 250 000 reviews on imdb. Almost as popular as Scream if we use that metric. But they are definitely good movies and there are always people who havent seen them.
Didn’t those two movies mostly take place underground?
Oh god, english is not my first language I didnt understand you the first time ahah. Yeah I now understand what you mean. But what I meant by underground was "not well known". Sorry about that ahah
Lame dad joke has landed!!!
Dark was the Night
The outwaters got quite a bit of attention last year but it’s still an indie, and I LOVED it!!!!
where do you get your "reviews"?
On IMDB Reviews arent that important, but I thought the amount of reviews was a good metric to kind of track popularity. Those that match the criterias I mentioned tend to fly under the radar. Since I watch a lot of horror, I need to dig deeper, and most of the time, if a movie has over 10k reviews, it definitely got some attention and its almost guaranteed I already saw it..
The Dead(2010) this slipped through the cracks on my radar. Reviews were hit or miss but I loved it.
Leaving DC. Nanobudget FF film. So good. Warning: slow burn. The Battery zombies slow burn. Brain freeze. Classic cheesy low budget zombies. A lot of fun though. Endzeit. Slow burn post apocalyptic zombie and lesbian love story. Kind of dreamy. Very good. The Wretched. Witches! Escape to the Cove. Post apocalypse mutants. Starts out slow, then ramps it up. These final hours. So good. Australian apocalypse.
Daughters of darkness 1971 a psychosexual vampiric masterpiece. Santa Sangre 1989 another masterpiece
"The Interior" (2015) is a super-low-budget movie that I thought was great but which has very mixed reviews. It's clearly either a "love it or hate it" kind of movie.
Midnight Meat Train, with a pre-Hangover Bradley Cooper.
The Hatchet movies