10 Most Obscure And Underrated Slasher Horror Movies

Hide and Go Shriek took audiences to a furniture superstore and 1989's Intruder went down a similar route when it hit cinemas. Terrified employees are hunted and/or butchered by a mysterious killer within the confines of a supermarket, in a ghoulish installment released at a time when slashers ruled the cinematic horror universe.

Intruder holds the proud distinction that horror outings so rarely achieve; it was actually well received by critics! Particular praise was directed at the manner in which Intruder managed to operate on a worn out premise and genre tropes while still managing to be a thrilling ride of a horror movie. While the killer's motivation for massacring a store full of people feels a tad hokey and ludicrously excessive when it is revealed, it doesn't take away from the overall cinematic success that Intruder brings to the table.

While this heart-pounding trip to the supermarket utilizes an (extremely) excessive amount of cartoonish bloodshed, some of the sequences featuring shots of the shadowy killer are almost Psycho-esque; the chilling effect they have on the viewer feels ridiculously juxtaposed to the ludicrous subject material, like Scott Spiegel's direction has no right to be this good. However, it is probably worth noting that the legendary Hitchcock is likely turning in his grave at the notion of one of his iconic masterpieces being compared an offering that features deaths by meat hook, hydraulic press and bulletin spike amongst others.