A list of the top rated horror movies that are perfect for a Halloween movie night.
A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place is an American science- fiction horror film directed by John Krasinski, who wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. The movie takes place in 2020, after mysterious creatures that hunt humans have killed off most of the Earth’s population. Lee Abott and his wife Evelyn live in silence to protect their family. A series of events causes the family to try to find a way to survive or be haunted by the mysterious creatures that will kill them at all costs.
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary is the rare horror film that keeps you guessing—or, more accurately, internally screaming “WTF?!”— throughout the entire film. The story focuses on Annie, a mother of two teens, who tries
to cope with her mother’s death, with the resentment and aftereffects of decades- long psychological trauma. Then, halfway into the movie, the whole movie becomes something else entirely. The filmmaker blends together real-life horror, such as feeling disconnected from the people closest to you and broken family problems, with the genre’s motifs, into something truly original, upsetting and haunting, even.
Halloween 2018
In this film, the main character Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure on Halloween night. Myers escapes the institution and haunts Laurie after 40 years of viciously attacking her. When she learns about his return, she gets ready for him, but will she be able to survive again?
IT (2017)
An ancient, murderous, bloodthirsty clown, known as Pennywise, emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the Derry, Maine children. He haunts them in horrifying and strange ways over the summer. Seven local kids decide to overcome their own personal fears, in an attempt to unite to kill “It.”
Veronica (2017)
Nominated for seven Goya awards, this movie has earned a reputation as one of the scariest films on Netflix right now, with many viewers claiming that the sheer terror it evokes makes it nearly impossible to watch the whole way through. The film centers on a young girl named Veronica, and her friends that want to call the spirit of Veronica’s father by using an Ouija board. However, during the setting she loses consciousness and the evil demons arrive.
The Transfiguration (2017)
This film follows a vampire-obsessed 14-year-old, that hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to lead him down a dark and bloody path, blurring his fantasy into reality. This movie is guaranteed to mess with your head.
Get Out (2017)
A young black photographer named Chris, joins his girlfriend, Rose, on a weekend getaway upstate to her parents’ home.
At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, he discovers that they cannot be trusted and lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Terrifier (2017)
A crazed clown goes after two young women on Halloween and terrorizes the friends and family members that try to save them.
The Babadook (2014)
A single mother is burdened with
her troubled six-year-old son after her husband’s violent death. But it only gets worse for the mother, when the character of her son’s picture book—the tall, top hat-wearing spook named the Babadook— begins to creep beyond the pages of his book and lurks in the house and all around her.
The Conjuring (2013)
Based on a true story, this movie follows the freaky happenings the Perron family experienced after they moved into a charming farmhouse in Rhode Island. Everything seems fine until disturbing paranormal activities take over their house, which they later learn was once the site of a horrendous murder.
Angelika Rol
Features Reporter