There’s no need to link Halloween with fear all the time, but when there is some, it’s worth it! When leaves start to fall and the cool breeze starts to set in, the Halloween season brings the coziest weather. However, many people may be busy perfecting the most unique costumes, while others are busy scaring people with pranks.
But if you enjoy celebrating the spooky festival at home, you can watch the most nerve-wracking Halloween movies with your friends and family. And for those who do not shy away from the more sinister aspects of the holiday, horror cinema would be the best choice.
Therefore, here we bring to you the 10 most terrifying and creepy films that you can enjoy over the Halloween season!
10 Spine-Chilling Movies to Stream This Halloween
Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar is a skillful combination of horror elements that ranges from fear based on psychological disturbance to frightening blood and gore which one can enjoy this Halloween season. This thriller revolves around a group of American students horrified by a strange Swedish cult focusing on death.
When what starts as a fun-filled summer vacation in an endless sunny country turns dark, when the local, invites its guests to take part in some of the activities that promise to be more and more disturbing and may eventually become downright grotesque.
Directed by Ari Aster, it features Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, and also Will Poulter in the lead roles.
Stream Midsommar on Prime Video, Hulu, and Apple TV.
M3gan (2022)
M3gan is an emotionally scary film that may want to give away your dolls this Halloween. The Model 3 Generative Android aka M3GAN, is a remarkable lifelike doll that has the ability to observe, listen, and learn, all thanks to her creator Gemma.
Gemma, the robotics engineer, creates the so that it assumes the role of a friend, teacher, companion, and protector. However, things turn upside down when Gemma, is not ready to face the responsibility of taking care of her niece whose parents have just died.
She decides to bring the humanoid doll to keep her niece company. In possibly (undoubtedly) one of the most intriguing and fun horror movies in years; a girl mourning her parents is paired to be horrifically ordered by way of said prototype.
Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, and Brian Jordan Alvarez, are the cast ensemble of the film.
Stream M3gan on Prime Video, Peacock, and Netflix.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not for the weak, because it will make you pee your pants. The creepy and spine-chilling film revolves around a psychotic slayer known as Leather Face.
The first one is the dirty and sordid story of five friends who stop the car to pick up a hitchhiker only to find themselves taken captive in a house with a chainsaw murderer in it.
With a story that would probably spark bans in theatres and outrage in the media, the movie features the sadistic masked villain undertaking a rampage, who can be credited to the shock-rock cinema, and is now considered a masterpiece, and is housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
The film has also given birth to a myriad of sequels, reboots, and reboots of the sequels with the latest being the 2022 release, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is on Netflix and features Leatherface battling influencers who want to redevelop his area.
Stream The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) on Prime Video, Apple TV.
Hereditary (2018)
As much as you may love Midsommar, there’s another Ari Aster film to add to the Halloween watchlist that will make your skin crawl Hereditary (2018).
It’s about this family whose sinister secret revolves around their cult sadly, becomes a ritualistic sacrifice and death cult after the family’s matriarch passes on. It is this feeling of the remoteness of the true horror that is not quite fear or repugnance, but a combination of the two.
It can be felt almost from the very beginning of the narrative, and rises to the (real) peak, by the close. This thriller-horror film features Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne.
Stream Hereditary on Max, Prime Video, and Apple TV.
Child’s Play (1988)
Today if many of us fear dolls, then it is only because of the iconic doll-character, Chucky. Catherine Hicks plays Karen Barclay; Chris Sarandon plays Mike Norris and Brad Dourif plays Charles Lee Ray in the cult horror.
Even today, Child’s Play (1988) remains the best. Child’s Play is a story about a serial killer called Chucky who manages to embed his life in a doll right before he dies. The doll, a Good Guy doll, becomes the favorite of Andy Barclay – A naive little boy looking for a companion.
As the tale continues Chucky goes on a rampage in the Chicago area where the Barclays live and Andy gets more dolls than he thought he would get! The main cast of the classic is Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent and Dinah Manoff. What follows in the plot will leave you with nightmares!
Stream Child’s Play on Prime Video and HBO Max.
Talk to Me (2023)
Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, Talk to Me is the perfect scary film to watch with your friends on Halloween. There is a social media-addicted frenzy that features getting possessed by the dead. It happens when you hold a decorated severed hand encased in ceramic, with an inscription of names and images to signify the many who have possessed it.
Actors Zoe Terakes, Miranda Bird, Joe Otto, and a few others in this Australian horror go on to play the game and have started seeing the dead and allowing their bodies to be possessed by the spirits for 90 seconds.
They become addicted to the new obsession and high-stakes party game — until one of them pushes it too far and horrifying ghostly forces come into play. After the success of the film, a sequel is soon set to be in production.
Stream Talk To Me on Prime Video.
The Exorcist (1973)
Directed by William Friedkin, The Exorcist is considered one of the scariest films ever. The film is an adaptation of the novel which talks about a real-life exorcism that happened.
It features how two priests from the Roman Catholic Church who try to perform an exorcism. The movie features actors Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, and also Lee J. Cobb.
The Exorcist transcended Hollywood and became such a potent cultural document that even evangelists started preaching about the very definition of evil, suggesting that some evil spirits plagued the very making of the film.
Stream The Exorcist on Prime Video.
The Shining (1980)
The Shining is a classic film that deserves to be watched many times. The terror, the dread, the music, and the performance in the movie all make it a classic nightmare.
The Shining is so frightful because of its iconic images and performances and the stifling, oppressive, pitch-black ambiance.
Stream The Shining on Prime Video and Hulu.
The Conjuring (2013)
The Conjuring is an impressive horror film in all respects. Thanks to director James Wan and writers Chad and Carey W. Hayes, this film enjoys a slow yet steady buildup of tension as opposed to an overreliance on jump scares.
Based on a true story, in 1970 when paranormal investigators and demonologists Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren were asked to help Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) Perron.
The Perrons, along with their five daughters, had settled into an isolated farmhouse that was recently made known to be haunted. The film had prequels and sequels which also did in theatres and are available to stream.
Stream The Conjuring on Prime Video and Netflix.
Get Out (2017)
Get Out stars Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Lakeith Stanfield, and Catherine Keener. A young black man and his white girlfriend go home to her parents for a weekend.
However, as the weekend goes on, several disturbing revelations drive the man to an unimaginable truth.
The film written and directed by one half of the comic duo Key and Peele, Jordan Peele, does the very clever thing and turns this story that deals with racism not into a comedy but into a horror movie.
Stream Get Out on Netflix.
