Halloween is a time for revisiting old horror favorites and discovering new and unseen scares in the genre. While Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu offer their fair share of horror films, no other service offers more and lesser-seen options than Shudder.
This horror only streaming service has just about anything a horror fan could ask for. This October, they're offering some of the best horror films you could possibly find. We broke down their ten best.
10 Hagazussa
This 2019 film has garnered little attention from mass audiences but has received some of the highest acclaims from critics. Hagazussa is a german based folk horror film that enters into the nightmarish world of witchcraft.
Like a blending of Hansel and Gretal and The Witch, Hagazussa is a nightmarish folk tale that will disturb you long after the credits roll. If you need more modern horror in the vein of Midsommer or anything Robert Eggers, this is the film for you.
9 Reanimator
When it comes to horror-comedies that actually scare, few do it better than Reanimator. Inspired by the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, Reanimator is a frightening and often funny film that tackles the reanimation of human corpses.
The effects are just out of this world. Full of gross-out sequences, there are severed limbs, decapitations, and blood galore. The performance by Jeffrey Combs is one of the best scholcky roles out there. He fully commits to the madness.
8 A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
There are no other vampire films out there quite like A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Billed as the very first Iranian Vampire Western, this film became a global indie hit among critics and genre fans.
In a fantastical western-like landscape, a female vampire terrorizes a small Iranian ghost town. The film combines the aesthetics of the best vampire horror with the surprisingly fitting sensibilities of classic westerns. It's equally beautiful and haunting, offering a brand new take on two seemingly separate genres.
7 Deep Red
Maybe some might not classify Deep Red as a traditional horror film. But the Giallo picture by legendary director Dario Argento has more unnerving sequences and imagery than most horror films today.
Like many Giallo films, Deep Red focuses on investigating a series of killings by a gloved killer. This might be the quintessential example, while also stepping a toe into aspects of more traditional horror. Get ready for lots and lots of uses of the color red.
6 The Old Dark House
More audiences should revisit some of the classic Universal horror films. Although they might not be as scary to modern sensibilities, they are incredibly entertaining and might surprisingly unnerve you. One of the best and most underrated is James Whales' The Old Dark House.
The film plays out like a strange combination of a Shakesperean comedy with the horrors of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Whale's script is sharp as hell, and the performances from Frankenstein alums Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger are perfection.
5 The Exorcist III
Most horror sequels are shallow attempts to cash in on the success of the first. The Exorcist III, directed by the original novel's author William Peter Blatty, is anything but a cash grab. This slow-burn thriller turned horror is one of the lesser celebrated horror sequels ever made, and that deserves a reevaluation.
Starring Geroge C. Scott, Exorcist III feels like a completely different ball game than the first film, but still so purposefully tied to it. The horror sequences are unnerving as hell, and the multiple endings (depending on the version you watch) offer drastically different takes for any taste.
4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Few things can be said that hasn't been said about the masterpiece that is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. One of the most unnerving films ever made, Texas Chainsaw is so frightening not because of any supernatural elements, but because the monsters are all too human.
With a micro-budget, Tobe Hooper made something far more impactful without all the money in the world. The film gave audiences a brand new hulking horror icon to fear in Leatherface, but it is the semi-intelligent members of the family, the ones you think you might be able to reason with, which are the scariest of all.
3 The Changeling
The Changeling is a frightening and somber ghost story sure to frighten anyone who watches it. Another supernatural tale featuring Geroge C. Scott, this time appearing as a grieving master pianist who moves into a possessed home.
The haunting scenes of poltergeist activity are treated so mundanely that they are too real for comfort. When you finally see the apparitions though, your heart will stop. For all its fears, it's the tragic underbelly that really makes the film worthwhile, examining the role power has to play in injustice, and how even one day, those crimes will always come back to haunt their perpetrators.
2 Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero's iconic zombie flick is a must-watch, no matter the season. Night of the Living Dead made the genre what it is today, utilizing the slow-moving hoards of the undead to perfectly uncanny effect.
It also offered some of the most radical casting choices of the time, with a black male lead as the hero protagonist. Romero set out not only to revolutionize the horror genre by creating a brand new subset but wanted to offer social conscious commentary that would inspire countless other filmmakers moving forward.
1 Halloween
There are few more fitting films for the spookiest night of the year than Halloween. John Carpenter's classic horror flick is so bare-bones, yet remains arguably the best slasher film ever assembled. Michael Myer's haunting presence is scarier than just about any slasher villain one could imagine.
The score is one of the best from any film, not just horror. Also crafted by John Carpenter, its another example of how singular of a vision this film really is. Combine that with Jamie Lee Curtis' performance, and you have one of the greatest horror films ever made.
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