# Five great overlooked horror movies to watch this Halloween

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/five-great-overlooked-horror-movies-to-watch-this-halloween/
- Published: 2026-10-31T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T05:30:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-underrated-horror-movies-to-watch-on-halloween/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Horror, Offbeat, TV, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Five lesser-known horror films offer alternatives to Halloween staples.
- *Le Manoir du diable* dates from 1896 and runs for three minutes.
- *The Appointment* was recovered from an old television broadcast tape.

## Summary

The article recommends five overlooked horror films for Halloween, arguing that they offer a change from familiar classics and show how the genre has developed. It says horror’s limited mainstream and awards-season appeal has helped some influential or unusual films slip from view.

Among the examples covered are Georges Méliès’s three-minute 1896 film *Le Manoir du diable*, an early showcase for cinematic effects; *Censor*, set in 1980s Britain during the “video nasty” debate; Lindsey C Vickers’s atmospheric *The Appointment*, rediscovered from a television broadcast tape after its original negative was lost; and Mario Bava’s 1971 proto-slasher *A Bay of Blood*. The supplied article text cuts off before the fifth film is identified.

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