Thank you :) Yes, I recognised a few there and can probably count on both hands the ones I have actually heard of and can count on one hand those I actually saw.

"Family Games" gave me nightmares for months after and may not necessarily be underrated - just hard to watch!!! :eek: Not for the graphic gore in it (none there?), as its left to the imagination of the viewer, but the cold way in which the perps operate. And that dismissive/indifferent *tipping over the side of the boat* scene near the end - boy oh boy!
I'd rather psychological horror to in ya face gore anyday!!

Two others I would have liked to have seen on the list were:
1) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - classic psychological horror (again!)
2) EL dia de la bestia (Day of the Beast) - a wicked Spanish film - but that one *IS* obscure!!

I suppose it is all relative. I class underrated as movies that *I* thought were brilliant, were on release to the general public (and would be recognised by most people) but classed as a *flop* in said movies. A flop because people had preconceived ideas about what they were going to watch (due to biased and bigoted comments from film critics beforehand) and therefore disappointed. Also a flop because the content was either too graphic, or the plot was too *deep* or too *superficial* for them.

As a group our interest lies in the horror genre - many of you are into more obscure horror films that I havent heard of - like I am sure some of you havent heard of El dia de la bestia (??). Some of you may not even think "....Baby Jane?" is horror - but I class that as a classic psychological horror movie. It is underrated because some viewers only saw two brilliant actresses playing out a thriller. It's the cruel and *insane* way in which one character treats the other, who is completely helpless (like the guy in the wheelchair in TCM!!).

Think of Christian Bale (in The Machinist) who had to lose tons of weight for his character, Joan Crawford had to do the same, to allow Bette Davis to drag her across the floor by her hair! There was no CGI in *those* days!!!

So, our interpretation of *underrated* is subjective and relative, yes?

fuck..i forgot about Baby jane..

brilliant movie
and mummy dearest..

anything that had Bette Davis..
Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwick

I liked Mia Farrow in the Alfred Hitchcock movie..'blind fury'
and Rosemary's baby'
but i never thought much of her over all acting as coming close
to what these 3 gems portrayed.

Well it's FUNNY GAMES, not FAMILY GAMES...and it's on the list

El Dia de la Bestia is great and it almost made the list, but it was too hard for all our judges to get their hands on. We did however include Accion Mutante - by the same director, Alex de la Iglesia.

And Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is awesome. So awesome in fact that it doesn't belong on an unsung list it belongs on the must-see list for any film fan.

I must say I like your taste:)

Oops, yes, a slip of the keyboard keys!! Just testing to see if everyone was awake!!! :o

Thank you.... I do me best to enjoy! :D

Storm of The Century. one of the most underated movies of Stephen King, i beleive horror fan should see that movie.

just ordered blood on satan's claw, is this any good? it is reasonably untalked about. i suppose i'll find out soon enough if that's cause it's poor

I've never heard any stories about Joan Crawford losing weight to make things easier on Davis in Baby Jane. In fact stories abound about the feud between the two divas in this picture doing their best to make life difficult for each other. One of them even has it that Crawford filled her pockets with rocks to make it HARDER for Davis to drag her across the floor.

what about dead alive? i love that movie, and it doesnt seem to get talked about a lot. also 976-evil, night of the demons 1 & 2, waxwork, i really could name a lot here.

976-EVIL was awesome LOL I remember catching that on late night TV a few times.

I always thought there was a possibility that I was the only one that liked, or would admit to liking, that movie, glad I'm not....lol....:D