Well, sadly we’ve arrive to the final week of October 2020, while to some of us every day is Halloween and others we live the horror lifestyle, which is gothic on steroids, but in all seriousness this year was hard for everyone, some for very obvious reasons. Therefore, enjoy the frights, scares, and remember the rules, and keep Horror Fun!
WEEK 4 OCTOBER 25th to 31st
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH – WITCHES/ WITCHCRAFT/WARLOCKS
Black Sunday [1960] – A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch’s beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way.
Burn, Witch, Burn [1962] – A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Curse of the Demon [1957] – American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell.
Mark of the Witch [1970] – A 300-year-old witch terrorizes a college town to get revenge on the descendant of the man who persecuted her.
Rosemary’s Baby [1968] – A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
The City of the Dead [1960] – A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.
The Demons [1973] – A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition.
The Witch [2015] – A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.
Warlock [1989] – A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
Witchcraft [1964] – When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH – HELL THEMED
Black Candles [1982] – A young woman travels to England after the abrupt death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house, whose rites seem to center on large-scale sexual congress.
Deathgasm [2015] – Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
Drag Me to Hell [2009] – A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
Hellraiser [1987] – A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic underworld.
Phantasm [1979] – A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons with him.
Prince of Darkness – [1987] – A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
The Blood on Satan’s Claw [1971] – Horror thriller set in 17th century England about the children of a village slowly converting into a coven of devil worshipers.
The Devil Rides Out [1968] – Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.
The Evil Dead [1981] – Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
The Sentinel [1977] – A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH – POSSESSION
Christine [1983] – A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
Demons [1985] – A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
The Antichrist [1974] – A paralyzed young woman becomes possessed by the Devil when a hypnosis session – intended to heal her disability – accidentally awakens memories of her past life as a witch.
The Conjuring – [2013] – Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
The Exorcist [1973] – When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.
The Haunted Palace [1963] – Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
The Last Exorcism [2010] – A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
The Omen [1976] – Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil’s own son?
The Skull [1965] – A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH – HAUNTED
Ghost Story [1981] – Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother’s mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.
Insidious – [2010] – A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Paranormal Activity [2007] – After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Poltergeist [1982] – A family’s home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
The Amityville Horror [1979] – Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.
The Changeling [1980] – After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at an old mansion is dragged into a decades-old murder of a child by an inexplicable presence in the mansion’s attic.
The Devil’s Candy [2015] – A struggling painter is possessed by dark forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepy haunted-house tale.
The Haunting [1963] – Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
The House of the Devil [2009] – In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
The Others [2001] – A woman who lives in her darkened old family house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH – DARK/ WTF
Baskin [2015] – A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
Lake Mungo [2008] – Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Martyrs [2008] – A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Pontypool [2009] – A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.
Starry Eyes [2014] – A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
Suspiria [1977] – An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Teeth [2007] – Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
The Afflicted [2011] – A story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.
The Human Centipede [First Sequence] [2009] – A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each other’s rectums.
Tourist Trap [1979] – A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction’s mannequins.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH – CULTS
Hallowed Ground [2007] – When her car breaks down in a small town, Liz Chambers (Jaimie Alexander) meets journalist Sarah Austin (Hudson Leick), who tells her about the town’s bloodthirsty past. A hundred years ago, the town preacher nailed people to crosses, sacrificing them as living scarecrows
Hereditary [2018] – A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Jackals [2017] – Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.
Ready or Not [2019] – A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
Society [1989] – An ordinary teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
The Babysitter [2017] – The events of one evening take an unexpected turn for the worst for a young boy trying to spy on his babysitter.
The Believers [1987] – A New York psychiatrist finds that a brujería-inspired cult, which believes in child sacrifice, has a keen interest in his own son.
The Devil’s Rain [1975] – A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.
The Legacy [1978] – An American couple in England stumble upon a rambling mansion where a number of powerful individuals have been summoned by its patriarch regarding the home’s legacy.
The Masque of the Red Death [1964] – A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the “Red Death” plague that stalks the land.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST – HOLIDAYS
Happy Halloween!
First, I am including a bonus movie into this view list for the day, it is a holiday favorite that everyone likely saw.
10/31 [2017] – This is an anthology film consisting of 5 horror tales from 5 different writers.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow [1981] – In a small Southern town, a wrongfully-killed man exacts revenge from beyond the grave on those who murdered him.
Halloween [1978] – Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Haunt [2019] – On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
Night of the Demons [1988] – Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Scary Stories [2019] – A documentary about children’s horror classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It includes the author’s family, scholars, folklorists, artists, and children’s book authors such as R.L. Stine, Q.L. Pearce, and more.
Tales of Halloween [2015] – Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens, and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
The Barn [2016] – Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final Devil’s Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it’s up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within “The Barn”.
Trick [2019] – A no-nonsense detective tries to track down a mass murderer named Trick, who is terrorizing a small town.
Trick ‘r Treat [2007] – Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
BONUS FILM: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [1966] – The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.