Hidden Gems
Underrated Horror Movies
Horror films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Horror Films
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Bride of Frankenstein
James Whale·1935·DramaTML 89★ 7.8$4.4M box officeBoris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester +2
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Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero·1968·HorrorTML 87★ 7.9$89K box officeDuane Jones, Judith O'Dea +2
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Les yeux sans visage
Georges Franju·1960·DramaTML 86★ 7.7$53K box officePierre Brasseur, Alida Valli +2
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Eyes Without a Face
Georges Franju·1960·DramaTML 86★ 7.6$59K box officePierre Brasseur, Alida Valli +2
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Robert Wiene·1920·HorrorTML 84★ 8.0$9K box officeWerner Krauss, Conrad Veidt +2
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One Cut of the Dead
Shin'ichirô Ueda·2017·ComedyTML 84★ 7.6$52K box officeTakayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama +2
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Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson·2008·DramaTML 84★ 7.8$2.1M box officeKåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson +2
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Robert Aldrich·1962·DramaTML 83★ 8.1$4.0M box officeBette Davis, Joan Crawford +2
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What We Do in the Shadows
Jemaine Clement·2014·ComedyTML 81★ 7.7$3.3M box officeTaika Waititi, Jemaine Clement +2
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The Devil's Backbone
Guillermo del Toro·2001·DramaTML 80★ 7.4$755K box officeMarisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega +2
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The Skin I Live In
Pedro Almodóvar·2011·DramaTML 78★ 7.6$3.2M box officeAntonio Banderas, Elena Anaya +2
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La piel que habito
Pedro Almodóvar·2011·DramaTML 78★ 7.6$3.2M box officeAntonio Banderas, Elena Anaya +2
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The Endless
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead·2017·DramaTML 75★ 6.5$272K box officeAaron Moorhead, Aaron Moorhead +2