10 Hidden Horror Movie Gems Nobody Talks About

10. Chained

It's truly bizarre that David Lynch's daughter, Jennifer Chambers Lynch, made a nasty, grimy little horror flick back in 2012 and yet barely anybody took any notice at all.

Chained stars Vincent D'Onofrio as Bob, a ruthless serial killer who has kept one of his victim's sons, Rabbit (Eamon Farren), chained up as a prisoner in his home, with designs to train him to become a murderer just like him.

It's a tantalising premise and one which Lynch engages with while pulling no punches, even if there's enough nuanced character development here to ensure that Chained never devolves into purely tacky exploitation schlock.

Though it's not terribly surprising to anyone who's ever seen D'Onofrio act, the man knocks this deeply twisted role right out of the park. He's likewise impressively matched by the efforts of then-newcomer Eamon Farren, whose portrayal of a broken young man on the brink feels as authentic as it does unsettling.

Lean and mean in all the right ways, Chained proves that in terms of the Lynch family's filmmaking nous, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.