10 Hidden Gem Supernatural Horror Movies

Christmas Eve. The dead of night. A quiet countryside back lane. What could possibly go wrong?

This is the setup for Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa's Dead End, with the Harringtons deciding to take a shortcut as they head off to visit family for the festive season. After patriarch Frank (Ray Wise) has a near-miss after falling asleep at the wheel, the film starts to venture into the supernatural - not least in how our protagonists are stalked by a dead baby-carrying woman dressed in white, while a hearse also keeps turning up.

Putting it bluntly, sh*t then gets proper weird as the Harringtons' drive round in circles and all have extremely odd encounters with something.

Dead End does goes a little cheesy with its twists and turns at times, but that works in its favour and adds to its charm. And in genre faves Ray Wise and Lin Shaye, this 2003 picture has two ideal leads to balance the scares with the more humourous or outright odd moments of the film.

Making Dead End further worth horror fans' time, there's a pretty neat ending that leaves you second guessing - in a good way - what you've actually just spent 80 minutes watching.