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Top 10 Must-See Summer Movies You Don’t Know About Yet

Avengers: Age of Ultron has Hulk-smashed its way through its first two weekends and is on track to be one of the year's most profitable pics, but there's much more at the multiplex than Marvel heroes this summer. In fact, looking at the lineup of reboots, sequels and slick blockbuster titles, 2015 is looking like one of the most sprawling summers for popcorn pleasures in ages. But what's really strange is how many of the most interesting titles have flown so far under the radar, dominated on social media by juggernaut films like Mad Max: Fury Road, Tomorrowland, Jurassic World and Ant-Man. Here are my picks for the 10 movies you might not yet know about - but that you absolutely have to carve out the time to see if you want to get the most out of your cinema trips this summer.

5) The Gallows (opens July 10, wide)

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Never underestimate the infinite wisdom of Jason Blum. The horror-happy producer has delivered hit after hit in recent years, with Paranormal ActivityInsidiousSinister and Unfriended under his belt, and this summer, he’ll be sneaking another under-the-radar frightener into theaters with The Gallows. We only got the first teaser for the found-footage flick recently, but it successfully scared the bejeesus out of at least this writer.

Set in high school, the film centers on a group of kids who try to restage a play that ended in tragedy for one cast member years earlier. Things don’t go so well, though.

The filmmakers, Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, are unknowns, and there’s been little publicity for this one, but I’m prepping for a genuinely scary pic and can’t wait to see how it turns out.