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Netflix Halloween horror movies: which ones to watch
Halloween night is fast approaching and, to spend it in the best possible way, we bring you a list of some titles available on Netflix. The video streaming giant offers several goodies in its catalog, adapted to the most horrific day of the year.
Haunted houses, crazy serial killers or evil spirits: on Halloween night, they are ready to leave the collective imagination, to land on the big – or small – screen and terrify us. And Netflix, with its catalog full of proposals, is preparing to satisfy the thirst for terror inherent in fans of the horror genre. Whether it’s typically paranormal-tasting movies, shocking splashes or anxious home invasions, on the video streaming giant there’s something for every taste and type. Below is a list of titles best suited to the occasion.
Halloween Movies on Netflix: Halloween – The Beginning (2007)
First “variation on the theme” of the iconic saga imagined by John Carpenter, Halloween – The Beginning is the remake – or, to put it better, a new unpublished version – of the 1978 masterpiece centered on the dark figure of the killer serial Michael Myers. . Directed by Rob Zombie, in a debauchery of violence from the first shots, punctuated by the unmistakable main theme composed by Carpenter himself, it is distinguished by a more coherent prologue than the 1978 original. The first part of the film, in indeed, offers a more explanatory account of the childhood of young Michael Myers, peppered with bullying and harassment from his stepfather and his companions, until his gradual metamorphosis into one of the serial killers. the most brutal of the big screen. Released in 2007, the film had a sequel – also directed by Rob Zombie – in 2009, before David Gordon Green’s new trilogy, which also saw the return of Jamie Lee Curtis.
It (2017)
From remake to remake, this time through the literary work of another horror genius: Stephen King’s It. Andrés Muschietti’s film version, also centered on the clash between the group of young Losers from the town of Derry, Maine, and the mysterious entity that takes the form of Pennywise, the Clown Dancer, has received positive reception from audiences and critics. The monster, which sometimes takes the form of the fears of the protagonists, can also be reinforced by the chilling interpretation of Bill Skarsgård, who has nothing to envy to that of Tim Curry in the well-known television miniseries of the 90s. a title to collect on Halloween, not recommended for people suffering from coulrophobia.
For a Thrilling Halloween: The Evocation – The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 – The Enfiled Affair
The first two chapters of one of the most successful contemporary horror sagas focus on real-life cases faced by Ed and Lorraine Warren, the well-known couple of demonologists and paranormal researchers. The two films recount two separate events, which respectively concern the Perron family and another family, located precisely in the suburbs of Enfield. Supernatural entities, presences, poltergeists and numerous jumpscare give the first two films of The Conjuring’s narrative universe – which also includes the Annabelle and The Nun sagas and the La Llorona film, Tears of Evil – the right atmosphere for an evening of spooky Halloween.
Hush: The Terror of Silence (2016)
A Netflix original production, by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting, The Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club), Hush – The Terror of Silence stars Maddie Young (Kate Siegel), an established writer who is deaf and mute due to bacterial meningitis. The latter retires to an isolated house in the woods to finish writing her latest novel, but will be targeted by a psychopathic serial killer. A low-key home invasion with an original premise that also reflects the importance of sound work – and, sometimes, even the lack thereof – is ideal for Halloween night.
Judgment Night (2013), Anarchy – Judgment Night (2014) and Judgment Night – Election Year (2016)
“Blessed are the New Founding Fathers and America, a nation resurrected,” are the words that precede the alarm before the Annual Epidemic (The Purge, in original), one night a year in which every crime, including including murder, is permitted. The James DeMonaco-engineered film series certainly starts from an interesting and, in some ways, provocative premise: to lower crime levels and lower unemployment, the (fictional) NFFA (New Founding Fathers of America) party instituted the Night of the Wind, ostensibly to satisfy his urges once a year. On Netflix, there are the first three chapters of the saga (including the first starring Lena Headey and Ethan Hawke). Although the limitations of its portrayal have made it seem like a sensationalized heist rather than a series of social criticism films, the saga remains enjoyable, especially on Halloween night.
An All-Italian Discovery for Halloween: A Classic Horror Story
Released on Netflix last year, A Classic Horror Story is an Italian film directed by Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli of a purely folk horror genre. Hailed as a great little revolution in Italian cinema, with a deliciously metacinematic flavor, it also caught the attention of the New York Times, which declared it one of the five best horror films to pick up on streaming in 2021. Five strangers will face a carpool passage and, following an accident, they will wake up in an unknown place with a scary-looking wooden house in front of them. It will be the beginning of a nightmare with unprecedented implications, which will judiciously mix the cult influences of the genre – between quotes, homages and explicit references – with traditional suggestions linked to our local folklore.
Horror “arthouse” on Netflix
To spend a Halloween that also takes into consideration the “artistic” and auctorial side of the horror genre, Netflix has a few ad hoc titles in store. Impossible not to mention Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a timeless cult film from 1992 directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins, centered on the Prince of the Night. From the famous director and screenwriter, among the pillars of the seventh art, to two contemporary authors, two recent masterpieces of the horror genre are also available on the video streaming service: The Dead Don’t Die by Jim Jarmusch and Noi by Jordan Peele.
The first, thanks also to a choral cast made up of Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, Austin Butler and Iggy Pop – among others – and with an irreverent tone, offers an interesting critique of the concept of massification. , against the backdrop of a sudden invasion of zombies in a rural town. The second title is written and directed by Oscar winner Jordan Peele, currently one of the greatest exponents of black horror, that is, the subgenre which, through the dark gaze – the self – representation of the Afro-descendant point of view – reflects on racial issues and social disparities.
And Noi, in that sense, is one of the greatest examples: the Wilson family, consisting of Adelaide, Gabe and their children Zora and Jason, will go to the beach house located in Santa Cruz. The specter of a trauma never completely overcome, experienced during her childhood, still hangs over Adelaide. The very evening of their arrival, four strange characters identical to each of them will appear in front of their house: they are their doubles. In short, a Halloween full of ideas and titles.