Your Spooky Season Watchlist: 12 New Movies and Shows
As spooky season arrives, you might be looking for fresh horror to add to your Halloween lineup. Here’s a list of 12 new titles that are worth catching this October, ranging from light-hearted to truly terrifying.
1. Coven Academy
- Where to Watch: Freeform, Disney+, Hulu
- This new supernatural series follows young witches and warlocks at a New Orleans academy, blending magic with family-friendly teen drama.
2. Bite Size Terror
- A 10-part anthology on Tubi, featuring quick scares in each episode that delve into monsters, the occult, body horror, and dark comedy.
3. Verity
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- Starring Anne Hathaway, this psychological thriller focuses on a ghostwriter who makes a disturbing discovery while working for a bestselling novelist.
4. Carrie
- Where to Watch: Prime Video
- Mike Flanagan reimagines Stephen King’s horror classic about a telekinetic teenager facing bloody prom night chaos.
5. Below
- Where to Watch: Netflix
- A miniseries where a remote fishing community faces a mysterious sea creature attack, featuring Josh Hartnett and Mackenzie Davis.
6. Other Mommy
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- Jessica Chastain stars as a mother and a sinister entity haunting her child, leading to terrifying jump scares.
7. R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2
- A young student accidentally revives an ancient curse, unleashing pumpkin-headed children during a harvest festival. Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, joins in the fun.
8. Crystal Lake
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- A prequel to the Friday the 13th series, starring Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, exploring the bloodshed that began in Crystal Lake.
9. Crawlers
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- An apartment building becomes a nightmare as a spider infestation traps residents inside.
10. Clayface
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- Batman’s shape-shifting villain gets the spotlight in a body horror twist, as an actor disfigured by a crime boss undergoes grotesque transformations.
11. YAGA
- Where to Watch: In theaters
- This supernatural mystery series, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, draws horror from the legend of the witch Baba Yaga.
12. Balaraw: Blood Island
- A Filipino horror series where a woman searches for her missing mother on a remote island, turning her quest into a fight for survival.
Grab some popcorn, gather your friends and family, and get ready for a thrilling Halloween viewing experience!
