Gather 'round for a spooky story, where two roads diverge in a haunted wood. One, to the "hot girls only" section of Spirit Halloween. The other, to a well-worn couch for yet another Halloweentown rewatch.
And let me just say, both are valid. With age comes wisdom, health insurance, and changing plans. With time, latex costumes became fleece pajamas.
But one thing that hasn’t changed in decades is our collective Halloween watchlist, and by no means should you skip the Halloweentowns, Nightmare Before Christmases, and Twitches (one and two)—but, we do have some notes. We gather before you today not to hasten your spooky streaming, but to expand it. Here are 10 new movies and shows that are must watches for Halloweek.
Director Nia DaCosta picks up where Danny Boyle left off, taking us deeper into a postapocalyptic Britain where the infected are no longer the only things worth fearing. With Ralph Fiennes returning as the eccentric Dr. Kelson and Jack O'Connell leading a particularly disturbing cult, The Bone Temple suggests that even after the world ends, humanity will still find new ways to make things worse.
Inspired by director Kane Parsons’ viral internet horror phenomenon, A24’s Backrooms turns endless fluorescent-lit hallways, empty rooms, and the unsettling familiarity of office carpeting into a waking nightmare. Suddenly, a mandatory all-hands meeting doesn’t sound so bad. Director Casper Kelly, the mind behind Adult Swim's viral Too Many Cooks, finds something sinister in the relentlessly cheerful world of 1990s children's television.
In Buddy, a group of children becomes trapped inside a television program hosted by an orange unicorn whose insistence on happiness takes a violent turn. With Keegan-Michael Key voicing the nightmare-inducing mascot and Cristin Milioti starring, you'll never look at your childhood favorites the same way again. Prom season has never been particularly kind to Carrie White.
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