“Watcher”
My pick for the scariest movie of the year is director Chloe Okuno’s nerve-wracking feature debut about a cursing young woman. she is being watched I was stalked by a man in the apartment across from her.
It’s set in Bucharest, where Julia (Maika Monroe, very good) has just moved in with her newly promoted husband Frances (Karl Glusman). With her killer on the run, it makes sense that Julia has suspicions about the creep, who seems to be standing by her window and observing her. is she right? Or paranoia?
Bold feminist and intense chilling, “Watcher” is a Halloween movie for people who don’t like horror but want to try a really scary and (mostly) gore-free horror movie. (Watch during the day if you’re frustrated.) Okuno cooks heeby-geeby with ruthless precision. not.
Laura (Andrea Riseborough) lives in a quiet street in a small town in Northern Ireland with her husband and teenage son. There is a new family next door. Marie, her husband, and her little daughter Megan remind Laura of her own little daughter who died in her car accident.
One day, when Marie didn’t pick up Megan from school, Laura drove her home. But on her way, Megan (Niamh Dornan) asks Laura if she remembers her cemetery — to which Laura she begins to think that she might be her own daughter Megan reincarnated. Laura loses her grip on reality as she becomes obsessed with who or what owns Megan, until her final shocking twist torpedoes reality.
Stacey Gregg’s feature-length debut, which she also wrote, is an intimate psychological thriller that relies not on mayhem but on moments so delicate and icy that they should be stamped as fragile. The playground scene with little feet hanging in the air got my nerves sharp.Chloe Thomson’s cinematography Weird and spectral.
“Nocturna: Side A — The Great Old Man’s Night”
Ulysses (Pepe Soriano) is getting old and feeling it. He gets lost in the building where he lives with his nagging wife Dahlia (Maril Marini) and cannot remember the name of her estranged daughter.
Late one night, neighbor Elena (Desire Salgueiro) frantically bangs on the door asking for unspecified help. They refuse, fearing that if an outsider sees the state of their home, they will be one step closer to eviction. I think it was. The answer is heartbreaking, drawn with poignant flashbacks and warped supernatural flourishes.
Writer-director Gonzalo Calzada expertly weaves horror and sadness into a haunting Spanish-language ghost story. This story is about forgiveness and regret, as well as the fear of aging and death. (He also directed a short companion film, subtitled Where Elephants Die.) Pluck your nerves with one finger, tug on your heartstrings with another. When nice cry.
“Spirit Halloween The Movie”
Not on par with KFC’s Metacamp A Holiday Romance About Colonel SandersBut this family horror comedy made in collaboration Partnering with the Spirit Halloween retail chain is fun.
The film begins in the 1940s with a witch (Michelle Sybil) cursing and killing the evil Codger (Christopher Lloyd!) who is trying to take over an orphanage. Fast-forward to the present, and middle school friends Jake (Donovan Colan), Bo (Jaden J. Smith), and Carson (Dylan Martin Frankel) spend Halloween in his store a giant animatronic infiltrating his character with his spirit. It’s time. I secretly spent the nightThe children battle possessed teddy bears and other monsters as Bo’s grandmother (Mara Gibbs!) reveals a prophetic secret.
Director David Pogue wanted to explore what was “the scariest thing to our 10-year-old minds” for his feature debut. Combining the anti-alien mentality and nailed it “Stranger Things” Thrills trapped in a store “mist.” Kids ages 8-13 with an interest in horror will love it.
“Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!”
This new animated film made news recently by voicing out what discerning Scooby-Doo fans have known since the series came out first episode It aired in 1969: Velma Likes Girls.
If you’re a long-time queer fan of the Scooby-Doo franchise, or if it’s all about animation, this exchange between Velma (played by Kate Micucci) and Daphne (Gray DeLisle) is sure to hit your ears. It will be lesbian music:
“Who am I kidding?” Velma asks in a despairing voice over puppy love. “I’m doing great, Daphne. What do I do? What do I say?
“Just be yourself,” Daphne replies.
Beyond that weirdness, Audie Harrison’s movies are my pick for young kids, as long as they’re not frightened. giggling ghoulfor nostalgic adults who want to introduce to children “Ballroom Blitz” Wear it with your family while carving pumpkins or devouring Halloween candy windfalls. Or invite your friends over for a cocktail and homemade scooby snacks They then discuss what Velma and Coco will wear at the wedding.