3 under-appreciated horror films

Once again it is Halloween time, and what is Halloween without a horror film or two? So here are three suggestions that are worth watching even with the easily frightened of film watcher. These are films that are genuinely frightening without the devices that most horror films today use.

The Haunting 1963
A group of people are envited to a house to test if the house is haunted. There is no such thing as ghosts in an age of science and reason, right? No Blood, No Gore, and yet one of the Scariest Movies Ever made. Julie Haris stars and Robert Wise directs the essential haunted house film.

Eyes without a Face 1960
"A French chiller that set a benchmark in horror film making, with its unflinching depiction of horrific acts of surgery." A smart story, with just enough gore to send a chill down your spine. While by todays standards this film might be considered tame, the imagery will haunt you for days. (OK, I know, I should be shot for that line. Still a good film.)

Bucket of Blood 1959
This is a darkly funny tale of a beatnik waiter turned sculpter. Who takes art a little too seriously. If your a fan of the bar Mina in San Francisco, than this is not the film for you. Twisted and funny.

Idlewild

Sitting in the theater I realized that this film is the first true hip-hop/ black culture musical. It is fun, unique, nothing like I would have expected, and well worth the price of a ticket. See it before it dissapears.