OCTOBER 3
The Primitive War [2025]
STREAMING:VOD
DIRECTOR: Luke Sparke
WRITER: Ethan Pettus, Luke Sparke
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tricia Helfer, Ryan Kwanten, Jeremy Piven, Nick Wechsler, Anthony Ingruber, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Aaron Glenane, Ana Thu Nguyen, Carlos Sanson Jr., Lincoln Lewis
SYNOPSIS: Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, War, Action
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 133 Minutes
STUDIO: Samuel Goldwyn Films
http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/
https://www.facebook.com/samuelgoldwynfilms/
https://www.instagram.com/goldwynfilms/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18312380
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Shell [2024]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Max Minghella
WRITER: Jack Stanley
PRINCIPAL CAST: Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, Kaia Gerber, Arian Moayed, Este Haim, Elizabeth Berkley, Leanne Suter, Amy Landecker, Lionel Boyce, Ziwe
SYNOPSIS: Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson)—only to uncover a monstrous truth beneath its flawless surface.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Comedy
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 100 Minutes
STUDIO: Republic Pictures
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12706836/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6W6YzhRuTA
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V/H/S Halloween [2025]
STREAMING: Shudder
DIRECTOR: Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
WRITER: Bryan M. Ferguson, Anna Zlokovic, Alberto Marini, Paco Plaza, Casper Kelly, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt, R.H. Norman
PRINCIPAL CAST: Lawson Greyson, Riley Nottingham. Isabella Feliciana, Jenna Hogan, Sean Berube, Samantha Cochran, Juliana Danielle Ferreira, Bianca Thomson, Layton Khan, Lily Speiser
SYNOPSIS: A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
STUDIO: Shudder
https://www.facebook.com/shudder
https://www.instagram.com/shudder
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37676033/
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Scared Shitless [2024]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Vivieno Caldinelli
WRITER: Brandon Cohen
PRINCIPAL CAST: Steven Ogg, Daniel Doheny, Mark McKinney, Julian Richings, Chelsea Clark, Brynn Godenir, Marcia Bennett, Marty Adams, Donald Tripe, Lorna Wilson
SYNOPSIS: Don, a blue-collar plumber and Sonny, his germophobic son, are forced to take care of one another after the death of Sonny’s mom. To help Sonny overcome his germaphobia, Don drags him out on a routine house-call where they encounter a plumber’s worst nightmare… a vicious killer creature that’s swimming through the pipes, killing the building’s tenants in an increasingly grisly fashion.
TAGLINE: Don’t forget to flush.
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 76 Minutes
STUDIO: Blue Fox Entertainment
https://www.bluefoxentertainment.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BlueFoxEnt
https://www.instagram.com/blue_fox_entertainment
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32573118/
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Scurry [2024]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Luke Sparke
WRITER: Tom Evans
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jamie Costa, Emalia, Peter O’Hanlon
SYNOPSIS: Your fears come from below the earth in this claustrophobic survival thriller. During a brutal city-wide attack by a monstrous force, two strangers—a family man fighting to survive for his loved ones and a ruthless criminal with nothing left to lose—find themselves trapped beneath the ground. Severely injured and with limited resources, they must navigate a dark, crumbling tunnel, desperately searching for an escape.
TAGLINE: The Come From Below
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
STUDIO: Signature Entertainment
https://signature-entertainment.co.uk/distribution
https://www.facebook.com/SignatureEntertainmentUK
https://www.instagram.com/signatureentertainmentuk
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29716595/
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Bring Her Back [2025]
STREAMING: HBO Max
DIRECTOR: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
WRITER: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman
PRINCIPAL CAST: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Olga Miller, Stephen Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Alina Bellchambers, Vicky Liao, Liam Damons
SYNOPSIS: Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are introduced to their new sibling by their foster mother, only to learn that she has a terrifying secret.
TAGLINE: Family requires sacrifices.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 104 Minutes
STUDIO: A24 Films
https://www.instagram.com/a24/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32246771/
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OCTOBER 4
Little Bites [2024]
STREAMING: Shudder, Hulu
DIRECTOR: Spider One
WRITER: Spider One
PRINCIPAL CAST: Krsy Fox, Jon Sklaroff, Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Barbara Crampton, Heather Langenkamp, Bonnie Aarons, Chaz Bono, Lyndsi LaRose, Mark Kelly, Christopher Alvarenga, Angel Melanson
SYNOPSIS: In a desperate attempt to protect her ten year old daughter, a young widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive.
TAGLINES:
- Eat Your Heart Out
- Monsters are real and there’s one downstairs.
- Daughter. Monster.
GENRE: Horror, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 105 Minutes
STUDIO: RLJE Films
https://letterboxd.com/RLJEFilms/
https://www.facebook.com/RLJEfilms
https://www.instagram.com/rljefilms/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27725206/
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OCTOBER 7
The Drowned [2025]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Samuel Clemens
WRITER: Samuel Clemens
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alan Calton, Lara Lemon, Lily Catalifo, Dominic Vulliamy, Corrinne Wicks, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Sandrine Salyères
SYNOPSIS: Three thieves (Alan Calton, Dominic Vulliamy, Michelangelo Fortuzzi) have just stolen a priceless painting and arrive at a secluded safe house by the sea, only to discover their fourth accomplice is missing. They must question whether one of them was responsible for his disappearance, or if the blame lies with a more sinister presence lurking in the deep water below.
TAGLINE: So no one could ever find us!
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 84 Minutes
STUDIO: Vertigo Releasing
https://www.vertigoreleasing.com/home
https://www.facebook.com//VertigoReleasingUK/
https://www.instagram.com/vertigoreleasing/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21289618/
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The Healing [2025]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Denis Kryuchkov
WRITER: Olga Loyanich, Robert Orr
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alena Mitroshina, Wolfgang Czerny, Vyacheslav Chepurcenko, Ekaterina Solomatina, Victoria Skitskaya, Maxim Khanzhov, Hermes Zygott
SYNOPSIS: In the vein of cult horror classics like MIDSOMMAR, Lyuba flees her abusive husband for a mysterious retreat with friends. Surreal rituals and haunting visions reveal dark secrets, pushing her to confront a terrifying choice: escape or succumb to a chilling fate.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
STUDIO: Alliance Home Entertainment
https://alliancehomeentertainment.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AllianceHomeEnt
https://www.instagram.com/alliancehomeent/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33042441/
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OCTOBER 10
Vicious [2025]
STREAMING: Paramount+
DIRECTOR: Bryan Bertino
WRITER: Bryan Bertino
PRINCIPAL CAST: Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Emily Mitchell, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott
SYNOPSIS: When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious Box from an unexpected late-night visitor (Kathryn Hunter), it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but also within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.
TAGLINE: Give it something you hate, something you need, something you love.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
https://www.paramountpictures.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Paramount
https://www.instagram.com/paramountpics/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31511689/
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Beat of War [2025]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Kiah Roache-Turner
WRITER: Kiah Roache-Turner
PRINCIPAL CAST: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Lee Tiger Halley, Lauren Grimson, Steve Le Marquand, Masa Yamaguchi, Sam Delich, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon
SYNOPSIS: When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
TAGLINE: Survival is the mission.
GENRE: Horror, War, Action, Biography, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 87 Minutes
STUDIO: Well Go USA
https://www.facebook.com/WellGoUSA
https://www.instagram.com/wellgousa/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29468874/
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Solvent [2024]
STREAMING: VOD
DIRECTOR: Johannes Grenzfurthner
WRITER: Johannes Grenzfurthner, Benjamin Roberts
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jon Gries, Aleksandra Cwen, Roland Gratzer, Jasmin Hagendorfer, Ronald von den Sternen, Peter Plos, Galen Howard, Bibiane Zimba, Sky Elobar
SYNOPSIS: An American expat joins a team of experts searching an abandoned Austrian farmhouse for historical Nazi documents that may be hidden within it. However, when they discover a secret buried deep in the home’s bowels, the team is forced to confront an ancient, insatiable evil intent on consuming them and everything they hold dear.
TAGLINE: The Past is Never Silent.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 94 Minutes
STUDIO: Film Movement
https://www.facebook.com/FilmMovement/
https://www.instagram.com/filmmovement/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27179628/
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OCTOBER 17
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead [2025]
STREAMING: Tubi
DIRECTOR: Jem Garrard
WRITER: Jem Garrard
PRINCIPAL CAST: Beau Reid, Adeline Lo, Kevin McNulty, Bob Frazer, Matty Finochio, Seth Isaac Johnson
SYNOPSIS: A teenager, Sam thought moving to Redhaven was the worst part – until his brother Finn vanishes and no one, not even their mom, remembers he existed. With Halloween ticking down, Sam, his friend Becka, and Rusty, the town’s most eccentric outcast, must stop a harvest curse before Finn is lost forever.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
STUDIO: Tubi
https://www.facebook.com/tubitv/
https://www.instagram.com/tubi
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38218065/
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OCTOBER 22
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle [2025]
STREAMING: Hulu
DIRECTOR: Michelle Garza Cervera
WRITER: Micah Bloomberg, Amanda Silver
PRINCIPAL CAST: Maika Monroe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, Shannon Cochran, Roxy Rivera
SYNOPSIS: An upscale suburban mom brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy, into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be.
TAGLINE: Good help is hard to find.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
STUDIO: Hulu
https://www.instagram.com/hulu/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33502160/
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OCTOBER 30
Hell House LLC: Lineage [2025]
STREAMING: Shudder
DIRECTOR: Stephen Cognetti
WRITER: Stephen Cognetti
PRINCIPAL CAST: Elizabeth Vermilyea, Searra Sawka, Mike Sutton, Joe Bandelli, Cayla Berejikian, Victoria Andrunik. Gideon Berger, Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani, Brown, Nicholas Stoesser
SYNOPSIS: Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepherd finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor and the mysterious murders that have been occur…
TAGLINE: A blood bond rooted in evil.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 108 Minutes
STUDIO: Terror Films
https://www.facebook.com/TerrorFilmsLLC
https://www.instagram.com/terrorfilms
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32916228/
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