It's spooky season, and there's no better time for horror movie marathons. There's plenty of classics, such as director James Whale’s Frankenstein or 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. Even children’s hits like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hocus Pocus. But honestly, there’s only so many times to watch SAW before it gets old. How about watching something new this year?
In fact, try watching one new movie for all 31 nights in October. From 1942 to present, there are so many great films that flew under the radar including family-friendly titles and downright gore-fests. And guess what? They’re dying for attention.
31 The Houses October Built (2014)
The Houses October Built is a found footage horror film that follows five friends documenting the scariest haunted house attractions across the country. Along the way, strange things start to happen, until finally, the ultimate nightmare finds them instead.
30 Tourist Trap (1979)
Tourist Trap is a classic slasher film with a supernatural twist. While on a road trip, a group of young people finds a peculiar roadside museum. The fun vacation turns deadly when mannequins inside the museum come to life.
29 The Wailing (2016)
The Wailing (or Gokseong) is an eerie horror film from South Korea.
A police officer investigates a series of mysterious killings as well as a spreading disease in the remote village of Gokseong.
28 Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jacob's Ladder follows the trope of war veterans dealing with the mental fallout of battle upon returning home. This psychological thriller takes PTSD a step further, as the veteran, Jacob Singer, falls deep into madness with hallucinations and flashbacks.
27 Trespassers (2018)
Trespassers teeters more on the edge of thriller than horror, but still keeps viewers on edge. In an effort to combat relationship struggles, two couples rent a secluded home in the desert. Everything seems fine until a strange woman, played by Fairuza Balik, shows up at the front door.
26 The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
The Blackcoat's Daughter (or February) is a Canadian-American horror starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka. Roberts' character wanders into a remote preparatory school in the middle of winter. Inside, she finds two other girls hiding from a strange, evil force.
25 In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
In The Mouth of Madness is an H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror starring Sam Neill. When a horror novelist goes missing, insurance investigator, John Trent (Neill's character), sets off to find a manuscript that may reveal the author's location.
24 A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
A Tale of Two Sisters is a psychological horror drama from South Korea. Fresh out of a mental hospital, a teen girl returns home with her sister to find that her widower father remarried. Things get creepy as paranormal events plague the home.
23 The Eyes Of My Mother (2016)
The Eyes of My Mother is a modern-day horror shown in black and white. Growing up with a surgeon mother, Francisca finds that she is unaffected by the concept of death. However, as tragedy strikes her family, Francisca discovers a morbid fascination with it.
22 Eating Raoul (1982)
Eating Raoul is a dark comedy with a sinister twist.
Within the suburbs, a snobbish couple decides to open a restaurant. Lacking the available funds to do so, they resort to seducing, robbing, and killing affluent swingers.
21 The Invitation (2015)
The Invitation is an intriguing horror-thriller that keeps viewers guessing until the very end. A man and his girlfriend respond to a dinner invitation from his ex-wife. As the night progresses, he becomes suspicious that the ex-wife has sinister plans for her guests.
20 Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Goodnight Mommy is an interesting take on how young children may respond to plastic surgery. The film follows twin brothers who come to horrendous conclusions about their mother once she returns home from having facial reconstructive surgery.
19 Creep (2004)
Creep is a British-German horror film that plays on the stalker trope. After a night of partying, a woman wakes up alone in a closed London subway station. She ventures into the dark train tunnels to find a way out, but it's not long before she realizes someone's following.
18 Freaks (1932)
Freaks is a highly controversial horror film from the 30s. A trapeze artist tricks her little person coworker into marrying her for his money, but he soon finds out what she's up to. He and other performers show her what it really means to be a "circus freak".
17 The Transfiguration (2016)
The Transfiguration is a horror drama that puts a new spin on the classic tales of vampires. A vampire-obsessed teen suffers at the hands of vicious bullies. He befriends a new girl, and with her help, ventures even deeper into his vampire fantasy.
16 Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead is an experimental body horror film classic from David Lynch. A lonely man discovers that a recent fling led to a pregnancy. He and the woman get married and move in together only to find out there's something very wrong with their newborn baby.
15 The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a disturbing horror mockumentary. It includes interviews and documentary footage of hundreds of videotapes chronicling the multitudes of torture victims of the Poughkeepsie killer.
14 Night Of The Demon (1957)
Night of the Demon (or Curse of the Demon) is a supernatural horror film from the 50s. It follows an American professor investigating the accidental death of a colleague. Things take a turn when it leads him to a devil-worshipping cult.
13 High Tension (2003)
High Tension (or Haute Tension) is a French horror thriller. A young woman and her friend travel to the country to visit family. Shortly after arriving, a psychotic truck driver attacks her parents and follows the two women from the home.
12 Hellions (2015)
Hellions is a Canadian horror film with an Omen-like twist. A teen girl finds out she's mysteriously pregnant. While home alone, several children in creepy costumes appear at her front door. They know she's pregnant and they're willing to kill to get her unborn child.
11 The House Of The Devil (2009)
The House of the Devil is a slasher film for the ages. Desperate for extra cash, a college student takes on a babysitting gig.
Everything seems fine until she gets to the house and realizes there's no baby. The student soon finds out how much danger she's really in.
10 Wake In Fright (1971)
Wake in Fright (or Outback) is an Australian psychological thriller. While driving to Sydney for vacation, a man stops in a small mining town and loses everything on a gambling spree. The drunken locals force him into gruesome acts to make the money back.
9 The Asphyx (1972)
The Asphyx is a British supernatural horror film. It follows a photographer in Victorian England who believes that the human spirit can be trapped in an image at the moment of death. To prove his theory, he sets out to trap such a spirit, which he calls an Asphyx.
8 The Changeling (1980)
The Changeling is a mystery and psychological horror film from the 80s. After the death of his wife and child, a grief-stricken man retires to a large home in the pacific northwest. It's not long before he realizes the house is haunted by the ghost of a boy.
7 Hour Of The Wolf (1968)
Hour of the Wolf is a Swedish psychological horror film from the 60s. A troubled artist on a remote island and slowly loses his grip on reality. He and his wife discover his mental turmoil may stem from a cult that dwells on the island.
6 Parents (1989)
Parents is a delightfully dark comedy that proves even the most perfect, white picket fence home has its secrets. A young boy seeks answers from his school counselor after his dad starts bringing home large cuts of meat every night.
5 Cat People (1942)
Cat People is an eerie fantasy horror film from the 40s. A woman tells her new husband that she believes she's cursed to turn into a cat during passionate encounters. The husband vents his frustrations to his attractive assistant, which triggers the woman's curse.
4 Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (or Les Yeux sans visage) is an unsettling French horror film. Overcome with guilt after an accident, Dr. Génessier decides to find a new face for his disfigured daughter.
3 No Telling (1991)
No Telling is a horror film that dives into the dark secrets of a marriage. A curious wife decides to find out what sort of experiments her husband conducts behind closed doors. Their relationship grows strained the closer she gets to the truth.
2 Lovely Molly (2011)
Lovely Molly (or The Possession) is a supernatural horror with really interesting cinematography. A newlywed moves into her deceased father's home only to discover a wrathful entity.
1 Forget Me Not (2009)
Forget Me Not is a supernatural horror starring a young Bella Thorne. After awakening a spirit, a young girl's friends start disappearing. Meanwhile, her own sanity suffers as she tries to unlock a dark secret and save her friends.
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September 29, 2020 at 05:30AM
