In our modern day world of what seem to be endless streaming services for movies online, we horror fans have infinite choices for late night viewing at the push of a button or a click of our mouse.  Netflix has, for some time, been the standard for such services.  If you’re like me, though, it seems like their algorithm for suggestions gives me the same titles over and over again, rearranged in a different order.  It can get frustrating if you want something that maybe you’ve never seen before, but you don’t know what keyword is going to strike gold.  With that in mind, I did some searching for you and put together a list of ten great titles that you might never have seen before because they have never shown up in your suggestion list.

In no particular order, here they are!

1. The Fly (1958)

The original and, to me, superior version of this amazing movie, the story surrounds a scientist who is experimenting with teleportation.  Everything seems to be going well until he decides to transport himself not knowing that a fly is also in the unit.  After what appears to be a successful teleportation, the fly’s DNA is incorporated into the scientist’s body and he begins to undergo a horrific transformation.  Starring Vincent Price, Patricia Owens, and David Hedison, this is a horror classic and is available for streaming.  Check out the trailer below!

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2.  Black Sunday (1960)

This classic film from Mario Bava starring Barbara Steele concerns a vengeful witch who seeks to possess the body of a her beautiful, look alike descendant.  Told in his signature style, Bava’s film is beautifully rendered and available in all its glory on Netflix right now!

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3.  Kill, Baby…Kill (1966)

Another entry from Mario Bava, the film concerns a small village haunted by the spirit of a young girl who had been manipulated in life by her mother.  Can the spirit be defeated?  It’s up to a local inspector, a doctor, and a valiant nurse to try!  This is one of my favorite Bava films, and one that I think you’ll definitely enjoy!

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4.  Funny Games (1997)

Two psychotic young men invade the home of a family on vacation and force them to play sadistic games for their own enjoyment.  While a lot of people have seen the remake from 2007, this original from 1997 somehow seems more intense and that tension does not let go until the final frame.

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5.  At the Devil’s Door (2014)

When this film first released, it seemed to be in every category in my Netflix suggestions for a month, and then it quietly disappeared.  When I was researching this article, I was surprised to find it was still available!  This is one clever film about possession that never mentions the devil and demons.  You know what it is…you know what’s going on, and the director decided not to beat you over the head with it.  Instead, we’re given an impressive story about an entity seeking out a certain kind of woman to possess.

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6.  After (2012)

Steven Strait and Karolina Wydra star as Freddy and Ana who meet late one night on their bus ride home.  After the bus is involved in an accident, they each wake up to find they everyone else in the city has disappeared and a dark mist is slowly closing in on them.  Blurring genre lines, this is a great film for horror fans and their significant others for a late night on the couch.

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7. Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue (2009)

The only documentary on the list, this a great film for the horror fanatic who wants to know more about the history of the genre on film in the USA.  Narrated by Lance Henricksen and including appearances by Mick Garris, Joe Dante, and George Romero among others, this is a must see for genre fans!

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8. Ravenous (1999)

This is one of those movies that took me by surprise when I first saw it.  The idea is an old one, based upon the wendigo legends of certain Native American tribes.  The wendigo, a man who has eaten the flesh of another man, grows stronger, faster, more powerful, but has to continue to serve that hunger deep inside him that will always want more human flesh.  Seeing it played out in by American soldiers during the Mexican-American war was brilliant.  Put this one in your queue and watch it twice.  There are things you will not pick up on the first time through!

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9.  Red Lights (2012)

Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Elizabeth Olsen, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones…this is a movie with an all star cast!  Weaver and Murphy star as a college professor and her assistant who spend their time debunking hauntings and other psychic phenomena who meet their match in blind psychic Robert De Niro.  Or have they?  A tight horror/thriller with enough twists and turns to make Hitchcock proud, this is one move not to be missed.

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10.  The Gift (2000)

Another film that blurs the genre lines, The Gift stars Cate Blanchett, Greg Kinnear, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hillary Swank, and Katie Holmes, in film that is is one part murder mystery/one part horror film that is solidly entertaining with genuinely chilling scenes from start to finish.

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