Spooky season and beyond: 7 horror movies you can't miss
Horror films for Halloween (collage: RBC-Ukraine)
If you want to feel real fear and immerse yourself in the mystical Halloween vibe, watch horror films that make you hesitant to turn off the lights at night. They don't just scare; they create an atmosphere of true nightmare, where even holidays, carnivals, and cozy towns become traps. Here are seven films after which you won't want to sleep or be alone.
Dark Harvest
On Halloween night, a demon with a pumpkin head named Sawface comes out into the fields. But this year, the game turns deadly because the rules have changed. The film wonderfully combines gothic fairy tale, thriller, and social drama, reminding us that real monsters live not only in legends.
Halloween
Forty years have passed since the events that forever changed Haddonfield. Michael Myers, the serial killer in a white mask, escapes from a psychiatric hospital and returns to finish what he started. His main victim is no longer a defenseless child but a woman who has turned her home into a fortress. This is not just a continuation of the cult story, but a true duel between two traumatized souls, with every scene tense to the extreme.
Leatherface
The origin story of the legendary killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." A young man escapes from a psychiatric clinic with a group of dangerous patients and gradually transforms into a monster that will terrify the world. It's a dark, brutal film with a chilling atmosphere that even makes you sympathize with the monster. Here, evil does not appear out of nowhere; it is nurtured through pain and violence.
Thanksgiving
In a small Massachusetts town, the Thanksgiving holiday turns into a bloody nightmare. A masked pilgrim maniac kills residents, reenacting scenes from an old festive feast. It’s a horror film with dark humor that satirizes consumer culture while still delivering truly terrifying moments.
Hell Fest
A group of friends visits a popular horror park just to have fun. But among the actors scaring visitors hides a real killer. He wears a mask, and no one can tell where the show ends and death begins. It's the perfect choice for fans of classic American slashers, where naive heroes walk straight into a trap without realizing they're already caught.
Haunt
A group of friends seeks thrills at the scariest haunted house. They expect an attraction, but instead enter a real labyrinth of horror created by sadists. Masks, screams, silence, and hopelessness—all work against them. The tension never lets up, and the fear feels so real it's as if you're in that dark basement yourself.
Hell House LLC
A pseudo-documentary horror that looks disturbingly realistic. A film crew prepares a haunted house for its opening, but the first night turns into a disaster, with dozens of deaths. Years later, journalists decide to investigate what happened, and what they uncover would have been better left in the dark.
