Think you’ve watched every scary movie? Here are 10 horror films you’ve probably never seen – NorthJersey.com

With Halloween right around the corner, its the perfect time to dive into some of the best horror movies. 10Best

Saw that.

Saw that one, too.

Wait was that the one where the giant tentacles emerge from under the bed? Or was that the one where the giant leeches come out of the closet? Was it "Friday the 13thPart III" wemissed, or "Friday the 13thPart VI"?

Another Halloween, anothermovie binge. Only, after a certain number of Halloweens, and a certain number of horror flicks, you may feel like you've seen and screamed at them all.

Run out of horror movies to watch this Halloween? Let us give you a hand(Photo: Daria Kiseleva)

We're guessing not. We're guessing that even the most seasoned horror buff might have missed out on some choice shudders, as the Octoberspileup.

And that goes for all of you whether youprefer the latest, most depraved gore-fest, orthe classics like "Halloween" and"The Exorcist." Or the classic classics like "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."

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We're not saying that the following 10 movies will all be new to everyone. There are a lot of horror connoisseurs out there who pride themselves on having seeneverything.

But we're guessing that a lotof these will be unfamiliar to a lot of you. And we can pretty much guarantee at least one hearty scream in each one. Look for them on Netflix (the newer ones) and Hulu (the older ones).

Lockhart (Dane DeHaan) gets a taste of undesirable dental work in 'A Cure for Wellness.'(Photo: 20th Century Fox)

Feeling run-down? Need a spa treatment? We suggest that you don't go to a certain sanitarium in the Swiss alps, where there is most definitely something in the water. Jason Isaacs is the diabolical doctor in charge; Gore Verbinski ("The Ring") is the director. Don't go in that immersion tank!

Tzadok (Matisyahu) and Em (Natasha Calis) in THE POSSESSION. Photo credit: Diyah Pera(Photo: Diyah Pera)

"Dybbuk" isa Yiddish word, from the Hebrew for "cling." As in, a clinging spirit. This particular dybbuk is clinging to anold box, bought at a yard sale, whicha young girl (Natasha Calis)makes the mistake of opening. Eventually aHasidicexorcist(Jewish reggae starMatisyahu) has to be called in.Fun fact: "The Possession" is based, not on a book or an older movie, buton an urban legend a haunted wine box bought at an estate sale in 2001, and advertised on eBay with a story about a dybbuk's curse.

Forced to cancel your vacation because of COVID? Thisfilm may make you feel better about it. Two American tourist couples in Mexico visit some remote Mayan ruins, despite the warnings of the locals. The local plant life is not edible. But it is hungry.

"Session 9" (photo by Claire Foler)(Photo: Claire Foler)

A hazmat crew(David Caruso, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III)have one week to remove the asbestos from the most decrepit, creepy-looking abandoned mental institution in the history of abandoned mental institutions. Things do not go well. Point of scenic interest: The abandoned asylum is real.Danvers State Mental Hospital is in the same Massachusetts town where the Salem Witch trials took place.

Are some mysteries better left unsolved?Gene Bervoets loses his girlfriend at a highway rest area. In his obsessive quest to to learn what happened to her, he pays a ghastly price to uncover the truth. The final scene of thisFrench/Dutch thriller is unforgettably creepy. Avoid the 1993 American remake, which has a cop-out ending.

Other-dimensional monsters are all around us. It turns out you just need a machine called a "resonator," and an enlarged pineal gland, to bring them swarming into the room with you. Long before "Lovecraft Country" gave America's horror master a cultural twist, director Stuart Alan Gordon was exploring H.P. Lovecraft's forbidden worlds in films like "Re-Animator" (1985) and this lesser-known but even weirder follow-up.

A gay writer (Jeroen Krabb) pursues an attractive salon owner (Rene Soutendijk) in order to get at her equally attractive boyfriend (Thom Hoffman). But what if the boyfriend is just bait? And what if the salon owneris a "black widow"with her own sinister agenda?Paul Verhoeven directedthis witty, spooky thriller four years before he emigrated to Hollywood and made"RoboCop" (1987).

You've probably seen "Rosemary's Baby" (1968). You may have seen "Repulsion." (1965). But this lesser-known Roman Polanski film is every bit as creepy. Polanski himself plays the mild-mannered renter of a Parisapartment whose previous owner attempted suicide. Soon he begins having disturbing encounters with neighbors, and seeing weird things out his window.

"Seconds" (1966) Directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Rock Hudson (Photo: Paramount Pictures)(Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

A middle-aged burnout gets a chance to be rejuvenated and reborn as Rock Hudson, thanks to a sinister company called The Company. The dream of eternal youth turns out to be a nightmare in this too-little-known sci-fi chiller, directed by John Frankenheimer.

"Dead of Night" (1945). Michael Redgrave and friend(Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures)

This film aboutdj vu may give viewers their own sense of recall: several of the stories in this five-part ghost-tale anthology were recycled by "Twilight Zone," including the ones about ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave), the haunted mirror, and the hearse driver who says "Just Room for One Inside." In fact, "Twilight Zone" owes a lot to this movie generally, though the final, brilliant twist is an extra turn of the screw that even Rod Serling couldn't have pulled off. Old as this is, it can still make an audience scream.

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