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Seven flicks for fresh Halloween frights

Tired of seeing the same horror films every Halloween? Here are some scary movies you might never have seen. All titles are available on DVD or Blu-ray.

Tired of seeing the same horror films every Halloween? Here are some scary movies you might never have seen. All titles are available on DVD or Blu-ray.

Audition (1999, dir. Takashi Miike) A widower looks for his new wife by setting up film auditions for hot young women. Boy, does he fall for the wrong dame - a sadistic killer who finds creative ways to torture him.

In a Glass Cage (1987, dir. Agustí Villaronga) A stunning indictment of Franco's Spain, this unforgettable shocker is about an iron-lung-bound ex-Nazi pedophile who develops a chilling teacher-student relationship with his male nurse. It makes Ian McKellen's Apt Pupil look like a Saturday morning cartoon.

The Innocents (1961, dir. Jack Clayton) An unforgettable adaptation of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw, this psychological nightmare stars Deborah Kerr as the governess of two prepubescent children who seem to be haunted by the death of their former governess.

I Walked With a Zombie (1943, dir. Jacques Tourneur) A low-budget Val Lewton production, this yarn about a voodoo curse on a lush Caribbean island is soaked with atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere.

Nosferatu (1922, dir. F.W. Murnau) This silent expressionist classic stars Max Schreck as one of the most disturbing visualizations of a vampire in film. And don't forget Werner Herzog's 1979 remake Nosferatu the Vampyre, featuring a freaky Klaus Kinski.

Jigoku (1960, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa) This intense, gorgeously filmed color morality play from Japan is like an oil painting in motion. A young theology student kills a man in a drunken car crash and, refusing to own up to the crime, he's taken through a stunning tour of hell.

The Wicker Man (1973, dir. Robin Hardy) Beloved cult classic from Britain stars Edward Woodward as a rigid, self-righteous policeman whose Christian beliefs are put to the test when he visits a strange island ruled by a pagan warlock played by Christopher Lee.