10 Old School Horror Movies Perfect For Halloween

Owing more to Dario Argento and David Cronenberg than Toho Studios, this outrageous Japanese effort is basically a good old 80s slasher movie given a body horror twist. As with Argento’s films, you don’t admire the proceedings for their logic and originality, but for the succession of startling set pieces set to a memorable score.

When what purports to be a snuff film arrives on the desk of a ratings-hungry TV presenter, she and her crew journey out to the deserted army base shown on the tape, unaware that it’s home to a sicko with a penchant for torture porn. When these idiots decide to split up and wander off alone down dark corridors, that’s when the movie shifts into high gear.

The first to be toe-tagged (somewhat predictably) is the lascivious production assistant who’s skewered by spikes that inexplicably burst through the walls and floor, a sequence sure to captivate fans of Argento’s Suspiria. All that’s missing are the black gloves.