Halloween Hotlist

Halloween Horror Movie Hotlist

We know nothing is scarier than looking at your phone right now BUT For this most delightfully ghastly season, we posed a wicked little question to our favorite fiends—I mean, bands: ‘What is the one horror film that every unsuspecting mortal simply must witness?’ The answers, my dear unfortunate souls, have conjured a positively spine-tingling collection! Behold—a handpicked horror hotlist, teeming with obscure monstrosities and deliciously twisted deep cuts, guaranteed to make your skin start crawling… and perhaps never stop! So, light your candles, lock your doors, and prepare yourself…
for the thrills that await below!

ASSISTED LIVING:
LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971)

“This movie rules”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Pluto

A surreal psychological horror that blurs the lines between madness and the supernatural in a chilling rural setting.

BE NOTHING:
BAD TASTE (1987)

“Humans being hunted and killed for an alien fast food chain”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, YouTube

A gory, darkly comedic cult classic where a group of aliens harvest humans for their intergalactic fast-food chain, and a ragtag team fights to stop them.

BIG BURLY:
LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE A.K.A THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974)

“They actually tell you where the zombies come from. Also that sample from ‘Wizard In Black‘.”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Shudder

A cult classic of eco-horror where zombies rise from the grave, driven by mysterious radiation.

BUNGLER:
THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968)

“One of my favorites. That or the original Wickerman”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, YouTube

A brutal and haunting tale of witch hunts during the English Civil War, where fear and paranoia reign.

THE COMPANY CORVETTE:
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)

“Can I just say Tobe Hooper? I guess I’ll have to go with Dawn of the Dead if I can only pick one.”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Prime

In George A. Romero’s iconic zombie apocalypse, survivors take refuge in a shopping mall, battling the undead and facing the consumerism that traps them within.

CONCRETE CAVEMAN:
THE THING (1982)

“Best boys sleepover ever”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Prime

A paranoid, body-snatching alien terrorizes a group of scientists in the frozen isolation of Antarctica.

DIURETIC:
HELLRAISER (1987)

“All the practical effects and the plot are so cool and creepy and weird. Very very wet movie. Frank being all goopy and shit.”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Prime

A twisted journey into the dark world of pleasure and pain, where the iconic Cenobites are summoned through an ancient puzzle box.

FALSE TRACKS:
FROM BEYOND (1986)

“Fun with pineal glands!”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Prime

A bizarre, gory sci-fi horror that explores dimensions beyond human perception—at the cost of sanity.

FAMILY GARDEN:
SOCIETY (1989)

“What a film.”
Where to watch: Shudder

A surreal and grotesque body-horror satire where a teenager uncovers the dark, twisted secrets of his wealthy family’s bizarre social elite.

FORGE THE CHAINS:
TETSUO THE IRON MAN (1989)

Where to watch: Internet Archive, Apple TV, Criterion

A nightmarish, cyberpunk fever dream where a man’s body horrifyingly transforms into a mass of scrap metal in a violent collision of flesh and machinery.

FUGUE STATE:
THE FLY (1986)

“The practical effects are top notch. It’s my favorite example of gross body horror but still campy enough to be enjoyable.”
Where to watch: Hulu, Criterion

A grotesque and tragic sci-fi horror where a scientist’s experiment in teleportation goes horrifyingly wrong, fusing his DNA with a housefly.

IDIOT MAMBO:
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)

“It is so unnerving and surreal.”
Where to watch: Hulu, Prime

A hauntingly atmospheric film where a woman is pulled between the living and the dead after surviving a fatal car crash.

IXIAN:
GALAXY OF TERROR (1981)

“I stumbled on it just watching random movies while working and was like…wait, this one is good”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Tubi

A space-horror adventure where a rescue mission turns into a nightmare as an alien force feeds on the crew’s deepest fears.

JONATHAN PATRICK:
HOSTEL (2005)

“I’ll never look at art shows in bombed out warehouses the same way again.”
Where to watch: Apple TV, Prime

A visceral shocker that explores the dark world of extreme torture tourism in Eastern Europe.

QUAGGA:
THE SUBSTANCE (2024)

“It’s a new one. Best movie I’ve ever seen”
Where to watch: Apple TV

A disturbing exploration of a world-altering drug and its devastating, surreal consequences.

RUAH:
TOD BROWNING’S FREAKS (1932)

“Freaks is a lil too real, that movie fucked me up for a while afterwards.”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Prime

Tod Browning’s controversial masterpiece, where the world of circus sideshow performers is upended by betrayal and revenge.

SANDCASTLE:
VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST (2000)

“Of course”
Where to watch: Internet Archive (dubbed)

A beautifully animated gothic horror where a half-human, half-vampire warrior hunts a powerful vampire who has abducted a human woman.

SNOW CAPS:
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990)

“It’s ‘Spoopy’. I also recommend the Key and Peele sketch about it”
Where to watch: Max

A zany and comedic sequel where the mischievous Gremlins wreak havoc in a high-tech skyscraper.

SPESIMIN:
LUCIO FULCI’S ZOMBIE AKA ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (1979)

“Right mix of fun and brutality. IF you want something from a different time period just to switch it up check out ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)”
Where to watch: Internet Archive, Shudder

A gruesome Italian horror where flesh-eating zombies rise from their graves in a Caribbean island setting.

STALL:
VIDEODROME (1983)

House, Hills Have Eyes Remake, Josh doesn’t like horror movies, and Adam isn’t at practice today”
Where to watch: Shudder, Prime

A trippy, body-horror exploration of media manipulation and the human psyche, where reality and hallucination blur.

STRAIGHT ON VIEW:
CANDYMAN (1992)

Where to watch: Shudder, Peacock

A chilling urban legend comes to life as a graduate student uncovers the terrifying myth of the hook-handed Candyman, summoning him with deadly consequences.

SWAMP PALACE:
HOUSE (1985)

“Kind of unknown, underrated.”
Where to watch: Pluto, Prime

A campy, haunted-house horror where bizarre supernatural events torment a struggling writer.

TRUCULENT:
CEMETERY MAN AKA DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (1994)

“All of [Michele Soavi]’s movies are good but this one is my favorite.”
Where to watch: Tubi, Shudder

Cemetery Man is a 1994 comedy horror film directed by Michele Soavi and starring Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro and Anna Falchi.

WEBB CHAPEL:
GHOSTWATCH (1992)

Where to watch: Internet Archive, Shudder

A found-footage-style British TV horror special that terrified viewers by convincingly blurring the line between fiction and reality.

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