Been a while since I did one of these types of posts, but I've got a lot of lesser known movies I'd like to recommend, there's so many hidden gems out there!
As always, please check content warnings before watching! Some of these can get pretty fucked up.
Cabin By The Lake(2000)- A made for TV movie starring Judd Nelson, but don’t let that fool you, this is surprisingly dark, but still fun! A scriptwriter begins murdering women for research on his latest work, by drowning them in a twisted underwater garden.
Can be found on: Youtube
Slaughter Studios (2002)- Cheesy on purpose, this is a slasher movie involving a group of college film students secretly shooting in an abandoned film studio that’s due to be torn down the next day, while getting picked off one by one. Nothing special, but still a good time.
Can be found on: Tubi
The Last Horror Movie(2003)- Though the death of rental stores leaves this a bit toothless, it’s still a dark and meta look into the workings of a serial killer/wedding photographer, who is very aware you’re watching the tape.
Can be found on: Youtube
Skinned Deep (2004)- Honestly I hated this movie but it’s just SO batshit bonkers that I NEED to recommend it. Imagine Texas Chainsaw Massacre but warped all to hell, there’s plate throwing, elderly bikers, a giant brain, and that’s just scratching the surface of what’s in this.
Can be found on: Tubi
Alone With Her (2006)- A dark movie about a (kinda cute, but I’m a sucker for pathetic men in glasses) loser who secretly sets up cameras in the home of the woman he’s stalking. It’s a tense, brutal, kinda depressing found footage horror but I love it.
Can be found on: Nowhere Free Currently :(
Joshua (2006)- This movie is ridiculously hard to find, you might need to buy a copy, but it’s SO good. It’s a very low budget movie about a man returning to his hometown after the death of his father, and confronting something dark he and his friends did when they were children.
Can be found on: Nowhere Free Currently :(
Midnight Movie (2008)- A group of people at a theater showing a slasher movie directed by a serial killer find the slasher has left the movie and is picking them off in the theater. Not very unique but it’s fun and the killer has such a cool mask!
Can be found on: Nowhere Free Currently :(
Spaceship Terror(2011)- Low budget torture/slasher flick set IN SPAAACE! A group fights for their lives to escape a spaceship run by a dangerous and sadistic captain. Very inventive, even if it falls short in some places.
Can be found on: tubi
And as always, you can find more of my recommendations here!
