Shocktober 2018
by laurie-strode | created - 01 Oct 2018 | updated - 01 Nov 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Endless (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington
Votes: 49,308 | Gross: $0.27M
2. Murder Party (2007)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Horror
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Chris Sharp, Kate Porterfield, Tess Porterfield Lovell, Puff Snooty
Votes: 12,292
3. Blood Fest (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda.
Director: Owen Egerton | Stars: Robbie Kay, Jacob Batalon, Seychelle Gabriel, Barbara Dunkelman
Votes: 6,571
4. Venom (2018)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze
Votes: 537,621 | Gross: $213.52M
5. American Fright Fest (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Horror
Blood runs rampant on Halloween night when a small towns' Fright Fest becomes real inside the walls of a long abandoned asylum.
Director: Ante Novakovic | Stars: Dylan Walsh, Luke Baines, Madison McKinley, Pancho Moler
Votes: 995
6. Trick or Treat (1986)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant
Votes: 7,861 | Gross: $6.80M
7. Blood Feast (1963)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror
An Egyptian caterer kills various women in suburban Miami to use their body parts to revive a dormant Egyptian goddess while an inept police detective tries to track him down.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Lyn Bolton
Votes: 7,325 | Gross: $4.00M
8. The Unseen (1980)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Three female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being that lurks in the basement.
Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick, Lelia Goldoni, Karen Lamm
Votes: 2,299
9. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
PG-13 | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 13,998 | Gross: $0.97M
10. StageFright (1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
Votes: 9,266
11. Malevolent (III) (2018)
TV-MA | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A team of scam artists get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted country estate gets out of hand.
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Stars: Florence Pugh, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Scott Chambers, Georgina Bevan
Votes: 17,059
12. Possum (2018)
85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children's puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life.
Director: Matthew Holness | Stars: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe, Ryan Enever
Votes: 8,933
13. Deadtectives (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
After a team of reality TV ghost hunters experience true paranormal activity, they must figure out a way to escape with their lives intact.
Director: Tony West | Stars: Chris Geere, Tina Ivlev, David Newman, José María de Tavira
Votes: 2,703
14. You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A camp counselor suffering from blackouts finds himself surrounded by murder victims. He turns to his horror movie enthusiast friend for advice, and to contend with the idea he may be the killer.
Director: Brett Simmons | Stars: Fran Kranz, Alyson Hannigan, Brittany S. Hall, Jenna Harvey
Votes: 6,247
15. The Dead Center (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A hospital psychiatrist's own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.
Director: Billy Senese | Stars: Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, Bill Feehely
Votes: 3,527
16. The Dark (I) (2018)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.
Directors: Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl | Stars: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Sarah Murphy-Dyson
Votes: 6,096
17. Lords of Chaos (2018)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Sky Ferreira
Votes: 19,311 | Gross: $0.25M
18. Mega Time Squad (2018)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
John steals money and a bracelet/temporal dislocator from a Chinese antiques shop. Fleeing, he triggers the device and goes minutes back in time. The time travels result in new Johns and they form the Mega Time Squad.
Director: Tim van Dammen | Stars: Anton Tennet, Jonny Brugh, Hetty Gaskell-Hahn, Charles Chan
Votes: 1,766
19. The Witch in the Window (2018)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Horror
When Simon brings his twelve-year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make, she's getting stronger.
Director: Andy Mitton | Stars: Arija Bareikis, Alex Draper, Charlie Tacker, Carol Stanzione
Votes: 5,173
20. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Director: John McPhail | Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux
Votes: 15,625 | Gross: $0.55M
21. The Guilty (2018)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Director: Gustav Möller | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Gotthardt Olsen
Votes: 64,358 | Gross: $0.21M
22. Light as a Feather (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A group of teenage girls must deal with supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board" when they start dying off in the exact way predicted.
Stars: Liana Liberato, Haley Ramm, Brianne Tju, Jordan Rodrigues
Votes: 4,001
23. Hannibal (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 276,243
24. The Sermon (2018)
12 min | Short, Horror, Romance
In an isolated church community in the English countryside, a powerful hate preacher prepares to deliver a sermon to his flock, but his daughter has a secret that could destroy them all.
Director: Dean Puckett | Stars: Grant Gillespie, Molly Casey, Denise Stephenson, Oliver Monaghan
Votes: 248
25. The Blue Door (2017)
9 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A home care nurse comes to realize that the old woman she cares for is not what she seems.
Director: Paul Taylor | Stars: Janie Booth, Annie McGrath, Gemma Whelan
Votes: 317
26. Post Mortem Mary (2017)
10 min | Short, Horror
Mary and her mother run a post-mortem photography business in 1840's Australia. They arrive to a small farmhouse to find devastated parents grieving over the death of their daughter but as ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Long | Stars: Stella Charrington, Melanie Zanetti, Kathryn Marquet, Edie Vann
Votes: 169
27. Mother of a Sacred Lamb (2018)
12 min | Short, Drama, Horror
The sudden reappearance of a missing boy begins to unravel the fabric between a mother's desperate hope and her most unthinkable fear.
Director: Aman Johnson | Stars: Lindsey Eulenfeld, Nicole Fancher, Taylor McCartney, Isak Tufic
28.
Bite Size Halloween (2020– )
Episode:
Monstagram
(2018)
3 min | Horror
A son warns his mother about a monster who comes to kill you when you share a personal photo online and hit 100 likes.
Director: Jerome Sable | Stars: Kimberly Alexander, Brayden Scott, Joseph Mazzella
Votes: 77
29. Mirror (VIII) (2017)
9 min | Short, Horror
When Laura picks up a free mirror on the side of the road and begins to notice strange distortions, she realizes that it may have a sinister agenda.
Director: Hadley Hillel | Stars: Charlotte Anderson, Natasha Gualy, Mike Overton, Caleb Lee Jenkins
Votes: 7
30. Milk (II) (2018)
10 min | Short, Drama, Horror
On a late night, a young teen goes into the kitchen for a glass of milk. Upon encountering his sleepless mother, he quickly realizes things are not as they seem.
Director: Santiago Menghini | Stars: Anana Rydvald, Cameron Brodeur, Maya Charlotte Doherty
Votes: 82
31. Here There Be Monsters (2018)
15 min | Short, Horror
To escape incessant bullying on the bus ride home, a young girl falls asleep, only to wake up trapped at an empty bus yard, with something fearsome lurking outside.
Director: Drew Macdonald | Stars: Savannah La Rain, Jordan Small, Tyallah Bullock, Toby Barron
Votes: 153
32. Drum Wave (2018)
11 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A young pianist is forced to confront her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.
Director: Natalie Erika James | Stars: Jenny Wu, Yuchen Wang, Zimo Bai, Carol Han
Votes: 137
33. Baghead (2017)
15 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Kevin is haunted by grief and has questions that only the deceased could answer. He will meet Baghead, a shape-shifting witch who can channel the dead in the most unusual ways and perhaps provide Kevin with the answers he is looking for.
Director: Alberto Corredor | Stars: Oliver Walker, Natalie Oliver, Julian Seager, Pat Boothman
Votes: 236
34. Halloween (I) (2018)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Votes: 168,954 | Gross: $159.34M
35. Terrified (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
When strange events occur in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, a doctor specializing in the paranormal, her colleague, and an ex police officer decide to investigate further.
Director: Demián Rugna | Stars: Maximiliano Ghione, Norberto Gonzalo, Elvira Onetto, George L. Lewis
Votes: 22,382
36. Halloween (1978)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
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.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Votes: 306,523 | Gross: $47.00M
37. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur
Votes: 58,599 | Gross: $17.77M
38. E-Demon (2016)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
On a mission to bring the Devil to Earth, an escaped demon manipulates a group of friends hanging out on a video-chat. Because this ruthless demon can possess multiple people at once, knowing who to trust is the key to survival.
Director: Jeremy Wechter | Stars: Julia Kelly, John Anthony Wylliams, Christopher Daftsios, Ryan Redebaugh
Votes: 316
39. Pyewacket (2017)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
Director: Adam MacDonald | Stars: Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose, Eric Osborne
Votes: 11,200
40. Hocus Pocus (1993)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz
Votes: 155,822 | Gross: $44.34M
41. Channel Zero (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology series based on popular Internet Creepypastas Candle Cove, The No-End House, Butcher's Block, and The Dream Door.
Stars: Brandon Scott, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Abigail Pniowsky, Diana Bentley
Votes: 11,917
42. Hotel Transylvania (2012)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Votes: 280,682 | Gross: $148.31M
43. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 258,022 | Gross: $2.13M
44. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
Director: Jim Sharman | Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien
Votes: 166,741 | Gross: $139.88M
45. The Crow (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 202,749 | Gross: $50.69M
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