Just in time for Halloween: Scott Mendelson's 10 Best Modern 'Direct to DVD' Horror Films.

Here are the best of the worst, straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go to theaters and are actually superior to most of what Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age.

Without further ado (in alphabetical order) the movies are:

2001 Maniacs (2005)

From Within (2008)

Frontiere(s) (2007)

À l'intérieur (American title- Inside) (2007)

Mega Snake (2007) 

Midnight Meat Train (2008)

Midnight Movie (2008)  

Murder Party (2007)

Simon Says (2006)

And now, the very best direct-to-DVD horror film of them all...

The Children (2008)
First of all, this is the best 'evil child' movie ever made. Released just weeks ago as part of a four-film Ghosthouse Underground series, this British chiller rules the roast with thoughtful, well-written characters, a slow sense of building menace, and a terrifyingly plausible premise that compliments a polished and stylishly directed motion picture. The Children is not th e most violent film on this list, nor is it the goriest or the showiest. It plays like a drama for much of its running time, and it haunts because.....

 

Read the full article by Scott Mendelson, with reviews of the other 9 movies, at [ link to original | source: The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.co

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