Morning folks…I don’t think I’ve knocked out any recent lists so I’ve gone back to 2022 this year in preparation of your Halloween fun
2022 has some really great horror movies including a couple of my all time favorites
The best on the list is Barbarian. It stars Bill Skarsgard from IT and from start to finish is just an extremely fun film
The Terrifier series (1 and 2) are throwbacks to the gory, gratuitous and terribly fun horror films of the past. I cannot recommend them enough. As low budget, independent films, they hit it out of the park
The trilogy of Pearl, X and Maxxine are really solid. The third one, Maxxine is the weakest of the three, but Pearl and X are masterpieces of the basic horror story
In no particular order, a few of the rest that are worth watching over the last few years
Talk to Me
Smile
Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
The Watcher
Evil Dead Rises (the new bunch is significantly better than the originals)
Late Night with the Devil
Fresh
When Evil Lurks (this Argentinian story should be considered the heir to The Exorcist and is brilliant)
The First Omen - the best of the Omens
For those of you who don’t watch a ton of them and still haven’t seen some greats of the past, looking for some scares this Halloween
Autopsy of Jane Doe
Grave Encounters and Grave Encounters 2
Occulus (so good, I quit trying to write a horror screenplay, which had been an almost daily act for 20 years)
In the Tall Grass (not scary but fun)
Hereditary (my favorite horror film of all time - a work of art in every way)
Host
The Babadook
The Visit
Enjoy and have a Happy Halloween