New Delhi: Halloween is right around the corner and if you are really tired of dressing up and attending the Halloween party, you can definitely sit back with a bucket of popcorn and binge watch some spine-chilling scary horror movies.
There are several horror movies but finding the best ones can be trouble sometimes. One can run down the gamut from slasher flicks to supernatural ghost stories, keeping the wide array of options open for our audiences.
Below is the list of some of the best horror movies you can watch during Halloween:
The Shining
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Shining is one of the very few horror movies that will hardly give you can scope to sit back straight on the couch. The story narrates about a father (Jack Nicholson), who takes his wife and son to a secluded hotel where he gradually turns mad due to the evil spirit residing there.
Willy’s Wonderland
The movie being fun to watch doesn’t really break the Halloween spirit within you. The movie features Nicolas Cage as a wordless protagonist trapped in a Chuck E Cheese–like restaurant for a night. For what happens next, you need to watch.
Train to Busan
A supernatural-based movie focusing on a zombie outbreak in South Korea. The movie narrates the story of a dad (Yoo Gong) and his daughter (Su-an Kim) who were on the last train to Busan – the safe city of the outbreak.
Halloween
The name right matches Halloween night as this is one of the scary movies you cannot miss watching. The movie has been released over 40 hours since now and still, it remains to be spine-chilling. John Carpenter has skillfully crafted the movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Myers in important roles.
Mother
Darren Aronofsky’s directorial Mother stars Jennifer Lawrence who plays the role of a pregnant woman renovating her new house along with her husband Javier Bardem, who is a struggling writer. After writing his bestselling book, their lives turn haywire.
Freaky
The slasher got premiered in November 2020, is interesting to watch. The story revolves around a serial killer (Vince Vaughn) and a teenage girl (Kathryn Newton) who switch bodies. The movie involves an equal amount of scares and laughs.
Hereditary
Ari Aster’s directorial focuses on a struggling mother of two after the death of her abusive and mentally ill mother experiences a depressive and supernatural spiral of generational trauma. The movie will hit you both emotionally and mentally.
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The movie begins with an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease which takes a spooky turn of supernatural. The horrifying scene will definitely not allow you to sit straight.
Mandy
The film was released in the 1980s with Nicolas Cage in the lead. His character named Red seeks revenge while learning about the twisted pseudo-religious psychedelic practices of the group that kidnaps his wife.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
A light-hearted horror movie is to be tried when you get tired of watching real spooky ones. As the name suggests, it includes vampires as well as Abraham Lincoln.