#halloween horror nights 2010

[world-of-puppets]

I have conflicted feelings about the FNAF series in general, but seeing a movie where practical animatronic puppets are the primary focus of the film becoming not only financially successful but also well received by general audiences is pretty damn neat.

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[cultofcreatures]

10 Scariest Movies I’ve Personally Ever Seen

Last year, I wrote a post about the 10 scariest movies I’d ever seen. I’ve since seen way more movies considered to be quite scary, and I have to say many of the ones on the old list I made aren’t scary to me at all these days haha. At least in comparison to many of the new and new-to-me movies I’ve seen since I made that original list. Some of them stood the test of time and remain on the updated list, but I hope you find some new recommendations. As before, this list is ranked and not definitive. Merely my opinion. Note: It has been a minute since I’ve seen some of these, so the trigger warning lists are not exhaustive.

10. Buried (2010)

Genres: Psychological, thriller

A civilian truck driver in Iraq must work against the clock to get himself out of a buried coffin with little more than a lighter and a Blackberry. 

Everything about this film is stressful. It starts stressful and doesn’t let up for the entire runtime. If you’re claustrophobic, maybe skip this one.

TW: claustrophobia

Streaming: HBO Max

9. Gaia (2021)

Genres: Horror, thriller, fantasy

A South African forestry employee takes shelter with survivalists after being attacked by mysterious creatures in the woods.

I don’t want to spoil too much, but I will just say I had a nightmare about plants growing out of the bottoms of my feet when I was a kid that sort of scarred me for life, and this movie plays on that fear. Admittedly, it is a personal reason why I find it so scary, but nonetheless, it is sure to make your skin crawl.

TW: body horror

Streaming: Hulu

8. See For Me (2021)

Genres: Thriller

A newly blind cat sitter is forced to rely on a seeing eye app in order to defend herself against dangerous intruders in the house she’s watching and unfamiliar with.

Home invasion is something that really gets under my skin personally, and I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to have to navigate a situation like that while you’re losing the use of one of your senses. It’s not the best movie on this list, but it is quite tense.

TW: home invasion, violence

Streaming: Shudder

7. Last Night in Soho (2021)

Genres: Horror, thriller

A young modern fashion design student is mysteriously able to enter the life of her fashion idol, a 1960s wannabe singer through her dreams. As the student taps more into her muse, she learns not everything as it may seem.

On paper, it doesn’t necessarily sound terrifying, but it gets scarier and scarier as the story unfolds. Again, I don’t wanna spoil too much.

TW: SA, violence

Streaming: HBO Max

6. Host (2020)

Genres: Horror, found footage, supernatural

A group of friends hold a seance over Zoom to entertain themselves and spend time together during lockdown when a malicious spirit starts messing with them.

I’ll just leave what I typed for the original post: This entire film was written and produced during lockdown. Maybe that’s part of what makes it so scary. It uses one of the functions we found vital to stay connected during lockdown: Zoom chat. How terrifying would it be if you were talking to your friends over Zoom, they were being attacked, and there was nothing you could do about it? It really utilizes the format for its scares with its “less is more” mentality. 

TW: gore

Streaming: Shudder

5. The Strangers (2008)

Genres: Horror, home invasion, psychological

James takes his partner, Kristen, to the family vacation home for a relaxing weekend away that quickly sours due to random acts of harassment and violence.

The realism and arbitrary nature of the situation are what make this film terrifying.

TW: home invasion

Streaming: Nowhere rn

4. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Genres: Horror, found footage, supernatural, psychological

Three college kids head into a forest in Maryland in an attempt to make a documentary about a local cryptid for a college film course when the subject of their film takes an interest in them.

Your imagination is far scarier than anything shown on screen, but that’s what’s scary about it. You can’t see exactly what’s happening, and the confusion and uncertainty are what cause you discomfort.

TW: gore

Streaming: Hulu, HBO Max

3. Get Out (2017)

Genres: Horror, psychological

Chris goes upstate with his girlfriend for a weekend to meet her parents. Things are weird at first, which Chris perceives as racial awkwardness, but more and more disturbing discoveries begin to unravel as the weekend goes on.

This film is a disturbing reminder of how far people can, do, and would take racism. It’s also an exploration into how horrifying the loss of bodily autonomy is (a reality for some).

TW: racism

Streaming: Nowhere rn

2. The Invisible Man (2020)

Genres: Horror, thriller, scifi

Cecilia runs away from her abusive ex-partner, then soon after finds out he’s dead. Weird things start happening to her as she tries to put her life back together in the aftermath of their relationship.

Honestly, this is one of the most terrifying things as someone with mental illness, a history of being abused, and just as a woman. The camerawork is some of the best I have seen in my life. It and the music are *so* terrifying. I cannot recommend this movie enough.

TW: abuse, psych unit, self h*rm

Streaming: Nowhere rn

1. The Night House (2020)

Genres: Horror, psychological, supernatural

Beth is left alone to deal with her grief in her lakeside house after the death of her husband. Strange things begin to occur as she slowly uncovers disturbing secrets about a house he recently built.

I can’t really explain why this one freaks me out so badly. Definitely not without spoiling it, but also it scares me on a deeply existential level that I wouldn’t really be able to describe anyway, I don’t think. This might be one that you’d just have to watch and see for yourself. What scares me about this film is deeply personal. It captures a familiar desperate emptiness that I've tried so hard to hide away as my mental health has gotten better. It forces me to face something I don't want to face. But that's what makes the horror genre, dare I say it, something that can be so personal. It really is based on the life experiences we have that determine what we find to be the scariest.

TW: s*icide

Streaming: HBO Max

And that was my revamped list of scariest movies I’ve ever seen. And all of them are actually movies this time! Lol. Like I said, this is just my opinion. What we find scary is based on our individual life experiences. What do you think? What are the scariest movies *you’ve* ever seen? Are any of the ones on my list also on yours? Let me know! Hopefully you were able to add one or two of these to your Halloween watchlist this year. Happy spooky season!

[kgdanny02]

Delicious treats to accompany the Halloween movies marathon 💀

[mindofsmoothie]

Day 1: Devil (2010)

This year I have decided to take part in the Nightmare on Film Street's 31 Days of Halloween Horror challenge. The theme for day one was trapped. I decided to revisit the 2010 film Devil.

Although this film clocks in at 80 minutes, I still managed to fall asleep. I dozed off, rewound back, and still fell asleep. This challenge might as well be called the "31 days of movies I fall asleep during."

Tonight's theme is "cornfield." Not sure what movie I am going to choose, but let's see how far along I can get.

[subjectivecuriosities]

Today on Subjective Curiosities we take a look at Weedjies: Halloweed Night (2019). This is a first time watch.

Read this review on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TrashVHS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrashVHS

[goryhorroor]

horror movies in horror movies (part 3)

the golem (1920) in ti piace hitchcock? (2005) the toxic avenger (1984) in slither (2006) black sabbath (1963) in the babadook (2014) the house on haunted hill (1959) in terrifier 2 (2022) the brain that wouldn't die (1962) in the unheard (2022) night of the living dead (1968) in all hallow's eve (2013) the tingler (1959) in the black phone (2022) the forgotten (1973) in house (1985) nosferatu (1922) in scream 2 (1997) frankenstein (1931) in scream (1996) the beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953) in gremlins 2 (1990) the birds (1963) in my soul to take (2010) the funhouse (1981) in halloween kills (2021) attack of the crab monsters (1957) in chopping mall (1986)

[dean-isms]

dean winchester’s ultimate halloween watchlist

a complete list of every horror or halloween-y media dean has mentioned (up to 13x11)

Classic Monsters:

Frankenstein (1931)*

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

The Wolf Man (1941)

Dracula (1931)*

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Creature Features/What is wrong with that animal?:

Critters 3 (1991)

Cujo (1983)*

The Howling (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Willard (1971)

Horror 101:

Psycho (1960)*

Carrie (1976)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The Exorcist (1973)*

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)*

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)*

The Omen (1976)*

Time to Slice and Dice!:

House of Wax (2005)

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

FeardotCom (2002)

Child’s Play (1988)

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Scream (1996)*

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)*

Hatchetman (1980’s)

Ghosts, Hauntings, and the Paranormal:

Boogeyman (2005)

Ghost Ship (2002)

Poltergeist (1982)*

The Shining (1980)*

Ghostbusters (1984)*

The Amityville Horror (1979)*

Thinner (1996)

Shocker (1989)

The Dean Winchester Childhood Special (1980’s):

Fright Night (1985)

Motel Hell (1980)

Christine (1983)*

Hellraiser (1987)

Creepshow (1982)

Shocker (1989)

Aliens (1986)

Eerie TV Time:

Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)

The Walking Dead (2010-2022)*

The Addams Family (1964-1966)

As with most horror movies, I would recommend checking content and trigger warnings (especially for I Spit on Your Grave). This is just updated through where I am right now on my rewatch, so it might be getting some more additions before Halloween!

* repeat mentions

WARNING ⚠️ Jared Padalecki is in House of Wax, watch carefully.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1-100

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) had the most votes with 2,493 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Coraline (2009) was the most watched film with 89.41% of voters saying they had seen it.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Halloween (2007) was the least watched film with 64.13% of voters saying they hadn't seen it.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Coraline (2009) was the best known film with only 0.08% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Shrooms (2007) was the least known film with 74.77% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Carrie (1976) Scream (1996) Hereditary (2018) It (2017) Candyman (1992) Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) The Babadook (2014) Paranormal Activity (2007) An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Misery (1990) The Fly (1986) Black Swan (2010) House of 1000 Corpses (2003) The Devil’s Rejects (2005) 3 from Hell (2019) Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Re-Animator (1985)

My Bloody Valentine (1981) Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Scary Movie (2000) Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) Psycho (1960) Train to Busan (2016) Thelma (2017) The Dark (2018) Ravenous (1999)

Shrooms (2007) Let the Right One In (2008) It Follows (2014) Martyrs (2008) The Wicker Man (1973) The Descent (2005) Dead End (2003) Fear Street trilogy (2021) The Ring (2002) Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Frankenstein (1931) Broken (1993) NoroI: The Curse (2005) The Eyes of My Mother (2016) Jacob's Ladder (1990) Phenomena (1985) Ichi the Killer (2001) Nightbreed (1990) Braindead (1992) Hatching (2022)

Wait Until Dark (1967) The Host (2006) Oculus (2013) Skinamarink (2022) We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) Perfect Blue (1997) The Night House (2020) Lake Mungo (2008) Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Devour (2005) My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) Unfriended (2014) Choose or Die (2022) The Ritual (2017) Countdown (2019) The Wretched (2019) House (1977) Suspiria (1977)

Hatchet (2006) Hell House LLC (2015) The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) The Exorcist (1973) Poltergeist (1982) Gremlins (1984) Child's Play (1988) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Audition (1999) Cam (2018)

Jennifer's Body (2009) Ready or Not (2019) Dracula (1931) Freaks (1932) Alien (1979) Saw (2004) House of Wax (2005) Parasite (2019) Nope (2022) The Lost Boys (1987)

Hellraiser (1987) Ghost Ship (2002) Triangle (2009) Talk to Me (2022) Terrifier (2016) Coraline (2009) Monster House (2006) Mama (2013) Pulse (2001) Midsommar (2019)

[filmnoirsbian]

Can you share some of your favorite and least favorite horror movies?

Some of my favorites are Scream 1996, Dark Water 2002, The Crow, Jennifer's Body, Rec, Se7en, Saw, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Zombieland, Night of the Living Dead, Get Out, The Stepford Wives 1975, 28 Days Later, The Silence of the Lambs, Carrie 1976, American Psycho, the Fear Street trilogy, Zombieland, Malignant, Us, Rosemary's Baby 1968, Poltergeist, Stoker, Bones and All, Snakes on a Plane, Zombeavers, Tremors, Kairo, The Thing 1982, Vamp, Alien, Return of the Living Dead, Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus, Cabin in the Woods, El Orfanato, Fright Night 2011, The Craft, Ginger Snaps, Pan's Labyrinth, Blade, Alien vs Predator, You're Next, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Signs, Chronicle, Mandy, The Devil's Backbone, Planet Terror, Train to Busan, Nope, The Descent, The Doom Generation, Prey, Midsommar, The Host 2006, The Eye 2002, Suspiria 1977 and 2019, The Invisible Man 1933 and 2020, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984, Resident Evil 2002, Ready or Not, Trick r Treat, Delicatessen, The Blair Witch Project, Thirst 2009, Thirst 2019, Friday the 13th 1980, The People Under the Stairs, The Moth Diaries, Final Destination, Hereditary, The Village, Bride of Chucky, A Quiet Place, Candyman 1992 and 2021, Censor, Dead Snow, The Velocipastor, 8 Legged Freaks, Barbarian, M3gan, Zombie Tidal Wave, Pumpkinhead, Detention 2011, Insidious, The Fog 1980, Donnie Darko, Annabelle: Creations, The Blob 1988, It 2017, Sinister, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Fresh, and Black Christmas 1974

Some I dislike are The Hills Have Eyes franchise, Cabin Fever 2002, the Hostel franchise, Martyrs, My Bloody Valentine 2009, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2014, Rob Zombie's Halloween movies, Terrifier, Thankskilling, The Boy, Prom Night 2008, Dawn of the Dead 2004, Lycan Colony, Splice, One Missed Call 2008, Detention 2010, The Fog 2005, The Roommate, The Bye Bye Man, Wish Upon, Truth or Dare, Creepshow 2, Prometheus 2012, Annabelle 2014, The Purge, The Conjuring movies

I am extremely lenient with horror movies tbh for me to outright dislike one it essentially has to either bore me or feature unnecessary gratuitous rape/threats of rape--or be a bad remake.

[stuckinthedeadlights]

I know there's a ton more, but I figure these cover some of the bigger bases

[classichorrorblog]

Fave horror movies by decade?

20s - Faust

30s - The Invisible Man

40s - The Wolfman

50s - House On Haunted Hill

60s - Spider Baby

70s - Halloween

80s - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

90s - Night Of The Living Dead (1990)

2000s - Behind The Mask - The Rise Of Leslie Vernon

2010s - The Cabin In The Woods

2020s - Possessor

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[PITCH]

Twas The Night Before And All Through

What is it —

A 2D animated Christmas horror film that's an aesthetic cross between Tony Moore's artwork as a comic book artist and 2000s/early 2010s action cartoons.

PREMISE:

Set two days before Christmas Eve in the middle of Los Angeles, California when everyone and everything is in chaos preparing for the big day with last minute touches, we follow a 25 year old single mother, Andrea Adlard, trying to raise her 8 year old daughter Sophia all on her own and give a most loving Christmas as always since it's not just their favorite holiday but also her daughter's birthday.

But Andrea isn't just some regular gorgeous blonde that your eye would catch if you passed her on the streets - before becoming what she is now which is a clerk at a law firm, Andrea was a black-belt in both karate and taekwondo and was always at the top of her class with every single one of her trophies and achievements on display in her house so it can show her daughter that if you can put your mind to something that you love, you can accomplish anything. Better yet, Andrea was the captain of the cheerleaders in high school throughout and was the best of the best, always noted for her incredible skills, agility and flexibility.

It's all of these things that Andrea is about to find out will all come full-force to her advantage at every possible opportunity there is because her life is about to completely turn upside down for good.

As Sophia is sitting on the floor watching The Nightmare Before Christmas, playing with her pet kitten Esther, Andrea is in the kitchen preparing Christmas cookies (Sophia's favorite kind) while talking with her younger sister on the phone with her shoulder holding it up when all of a sudden, the door bell rings and wonders who on earth could that be at this time.

She opens the door and to her confusement and surprise, there's three pale-skinned teenage girls with sadistic smiles that drool on their faces with a large person-sized bag they're carrying and say "Happy Halloween" before they proceed to kidnap Andrea and bag her.

To her horror, Andrea is brought to what appears to be a hidden world amongst the forests where they bring her to a twisted house on a jagged tree with crooked pipes all over the place. The girls, despite her pleas, shove her right down the biggest chute that she barely fits in. Landing down on a human-sized roulette on her back-first, we're finally introduced at long last to the main antagonist/tritagonist of this film — Verona, a gorgeous, long black-hair down past her shoulders, grey-skin, pitch-black eyes as dark as night, slender, sharp fanged vampire sorceress. Thus "The Verona Song" begins and eventually ends.

Hanging from a hook with her hands tied above and to it, Andrea (though flabbergasted, stunned and beyond horrified) demands to know what's going on, where she is and who are you most of all to the deadly, twisted, sadistic but playful femme fatale Verona. It's after a failed escape attempt that ends with Verona dragging a stuck but close to freedom Andrea back through the chutes that Verona finally reveals her true motivations once and for all —

For years, Verona has been the "Boogeyman" or rather the "Boogeywoman", terrorizing children in their sleep and in their dreams, in their nightmares. She's been the shadows whether it'd be the moonlights or cold alleyways, all the things that go bump in the night and who is the "Who?" when you call "Who's there?". She was tricked into taking over the role of the "Boogeywoman" from the woman before and has now been it for 10 straight years. However, after all this time finally, Verona has become or rather grown bored and unsatisfied with being just the Shadowwoman that lurks and stalks the night, bringing nothing but fear and screams to all the poor children that have met or witnessed her.

She's now tired of being the one who brings nothing but nightmares to children regardless of whether they're innocent or not and has now decided she no longer wants to be this, so she's now set her sights on the one thing that brings joy, cheeriness, laughter, love and happiness to everyone one and all and what used to be her favorite holiday growing up as a child back when she was human — Christmas.

This year, she'll be St. Nicholas. She's made her own sleigh out of disgusting and crooked skeleton bones and a rustic coffin, brought to life her own deformed reindeer whose faces are beginning to rot and melt away and created and wrapped and has already packed several horrific and nightmare-imducing creations with minds of their own that she calls "toys".

And why is Andrea here or what does she even have to do with any of this — because Verona wants a human who was just like her to be the first ever witness to her bringing Christmas celebration to all the boys and girls of all ages.

Obviously leading to a disaster of more-than-epic proportions with Andrea now being the only hope to save this Christmas Eve from an absolute nightmare.

Notes/Trivias/Details:

• Tony Moore's design for the character of Andrea from The Walking Dead comics will be used for the design of Andrea in Twas The Night Before And All Through because not only is too good of a design to just all of a sudden go to waste *snaps* just like that but it fits the character of Andrea here. Plus, not only is her name also being Andrea an in-joke but so will her last name Adlard. It's named after the second Walking Dead comic book artist Charlie Adlard.

• As for Verona, her influences will be quite obvious but she's made in her different way so she can really stand out all on her own into a cool, dastardly villain turned anti-villain turned anti-hero. Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas is the most painfully obvious influence but others that you'll clearly see with her are Eris from the crappy Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas, Selina Kyle/Catwoman from Telltale's Batman series, Poison Ivy from The New Adventures Of Batman & Robin and finally Shego from Kim Possible. The difference with her that makes her standout is that she has a code such as never harming or killing a child or never psychically harms Andrea and instead just toyfully plays with her in the most sick and bombastic ways.

• As for the animation style of it, what I said way above will be exactly like that but with more elaboration on it. In terms of the character designs and action sequences, they'll be an incredibly fluid and expressive without going too overboard take on the artwork of Tony Moore right down to the big upper lips on the women characters since it gives it its own unique style and look to make it stand out all on its own. It's like nightmare-induced horror comic book came to life that just so happened to be taking place and is set on Christmas Eve.

• There's also a strong use of color and contrast, everything involving the outside world is as warm, welcoming and most of all, colorful as can be since it's Christmas and represents the bloody cold on the outside and the refreshing warmth by the fire inside. Meanwhile, all of the things past the forests and with Verona are all the exact opposite - it's dark, gothic, macabre and twisted with any sort of color from here or there popping out.

• What will make this movie stand out is the unexpected ending but hopefully in a good way, in a way that's actually interesting is that after it appears to be finally over with both Verona and Andrea having been shot down and landing in a graveyard by themselves, Verona mourns with her face down having realized her failure and what she's done while an outraged Andrea scolds her for everything she's done. It's then that Verona pins Andrea to the floor and on the verge of tears, tells her she thinks she may know her completely but she's wrong. She had her life stolen away from her by a witch as she was too vain and egomaniacal back then and was punished for the terrible person she was. Now she finally had a chance to do something good for once in her now miserable life, she always remembered the faces that she made as a child whenever she would open up a single present on Christmas Day and wanted to bring that sense of joy to other children that were like her including Andrea's daughter, Sophia.

The two of them manage to reconcile and make an agreement — Andrea uses a spell she discovered to restore all the broken toys and create new ones that this time are wonderful, ordinary Christmas gifts that all children want and she helps Verona deliver the gifts to set things right and save Christmas.

Which is exactly what happens.

After finally reuniting with her daughter who is now in good hands, Andrea finds to her shock yet again that Verona is in her living room and decides to propose another deal and it's this time to Andrea — since she was the only person by far who has actually been able to impress her, that she and Andrea should team up together with Verona now having entirely new ideas on how to terrorize children. A disgusted Andrea rejects this but unfortunately for her, Verona is not taking no for an answer. She lunges towards her and gives Andrea a great big kiss on the lips than her body parts instantly fall apart in a grotesque way and of course, she's still alive and moving. A screaming Andrea runs up to her bedroom with Verona in hot pursuit (especially her head), she makes it but now has to hold the door in terror from opening as Verona and her body parts are trying to open it from the outside all while Sophia, who's sleeping in her mother's bed, wakes up in confusion to see what's going on in front of her.

The camera slowly moves from the inside of Andrea's bedroom where all this horrifying chaos is occurring to the outside and later above view of their neighborhood streets and how the Spirit of Christmas has returned to everyone, especially the good little boys and girls, but unfortunately all at the expense of a young woman named Andrea Adlard.

Now here's the big reveal or surprise:

After the effective final shot of children and adults celebrating and in-joy, cheering now that Christmas is saved with Andrea's screams having fainted away and is no longer heard whatsoever even in the slightest bit possible, it dissolves into a large campfire with a ticking watch clock striking 12 o'clock at midnight being closed and a femme fatale voice going "And that's the end".

The camera pulls up after that to reveal it's none other than Charmcaster from the Ben 10 series, UAF Charmcaster to be specific, telling a rather dark scary campfire story to none other than Gwen Tennyson and her Aunt Sandra Tennyson who are both shocked at how the story was.

It's revealed that Twas The Night Before And All Through was all along a campfire story being told by Charmcaster in an alternate Ben 10 reboot universe.

The reason I'm doing is because there's a few connections here - Andrea's design from Tony Moore's art in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, Gwen Tennyson has gotten a lot of comparisons to Atom Eve in both Robert Kirkman's Invincible comics and TV show and top it off, I wanted just one more bang for the film and especially the story to leave an impression on you or to whoever watches it if it actually gets made one day hopefully.

Kari Wahlgren, Ashley Johnson and Beth Littleford will obviously reprise their roles as Charmcaster, Gwen and Sandra with the end wraparound being in the same style as UAF but with more expressiveness and fluidity and the setting being a campfire out in the middle of the desert at night. Boy oh boy, that will most likely kill you for real in real fricking life!

[halloween-central]

🔮 Spooky Watchlist 🔮

I figured I’d share what I tend to watch around this time of year! This includes a wide range of shows/movies ranging from family friendly to rated R stuff so there’s something for everyone! That being said, I know not everyone will like everything I listed, please be kind!

Shows:

Over the Garden Wall

Buzzfeed Unsolved

Scooby Doo

Scream Queens

What We Do in the Shadows

X Files

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Halloween/ Spooky Episodes:

BTVS:

season 2 episode 6 (Halloween)

season 4 episode 4 (Fear Itself)

season 4 episode 10 (Hush)

season 5 episode 1 (Buffy vs. Dracula)

season 6 episode 6 (All the Way)

Suite Life of Zack and Cody:

season 1 episode 19 (The Ghost of Suite 613)

season 3 episode 12 (Arwinstein)

Simpsons TreeHouse of Horror

(I’m not gonna list all of these because there are over 30)

That 70s Show:

season 2 episode 5 (Halloween)

season 3 episode 4 (Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die)

Wizards of Waverly Place:

season 3 episode 2 (Halloween)

iCarly:

season 1 episode 7 (iScream on Halloween)

Zoey 101:

season 2 episode 4 (Haunted House)

Movies:

Scream (1996) (franchise)

Halloween (1978) (franchise)

Twitches (2005)

My Babysitter’s a Vampire (2010)

Halloweentown (1998)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Corpse Bride (2005)

The Addams Family (1991)

Addams Family Values (1993)

Scooby Doo (2002)

Scooby Doo Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Scooby Doo Camp Scare (2010)

Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (1999)

Scooby Doo and the Goblin King (2008)

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

Scooby Doo Abracadabra Doo (2010)

Scooby Doo Alien Invaders (2000)

Scooby Doo Legend of the Vampire (2003)

Coraline (2009)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Van Helsing (2004)

Blade (1998)

Underworld (2003) (film series)

Practical Magic (1998)

Clue (1985)

Zombieland (2009)

Zombieland Double Tap (2019)

Happy Death Day (2017)

Freaky (2020)

Fear Street (film series starting in 2021)

Ready or Not (2019)

A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place II (2020)

It (1990)

It (2017)

The Omen (1976)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Shining (1980)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Evil Dead II (1987)

The Exorcist (1973)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Vampyr (1932)

The Birds (1963)

Rear Window (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

Psycho (1960)

Silver Bullet (1985)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

I know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Prom Night (1980)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Jeepers Creepers (2001) (this is a series but I’ve only ever seen the first two)

American Psycho (2000)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Cloverfield (2008)

Paranormal Activity (2007) (also a series but I’ve only seen the first one)

Blair Witch Project (1999) (tbh I have never seen this I’m too scared)

Feel free to add anything you think I might have missed!