My final week of my Halloween 2024 horror film countdown was filled with supernatural horror films on the greatest streaming companies. I had a passable expertise with sci-fi horror films though I would not essentially name myself a fan, however when it got here to supernatural horror films, I felt extra at dwelling simply as I did with psychological horrors and slasher films.
This week’s roundup options a wide range of totally different supernatural horrors that includes ghosts, vampires, and highschool college students with telekinetic talents concluding the ultimate week of my countdown to Halloween 2024. Focussing on this little mission for your complete month of October has been a extremely enjoyable expertise, and one which has not solely expanded my data on the greatest horror films however has opened my eyes to its totally different subgenres. That is just the start of many thrilling streaming tasks to return, and also you wager that I’ve a Christmas film problem within the pipeline.
Day 22: Paranormal Exercise
Director: Oren Peli
Working time: 86 minutes
The place to stream: Max (US), Prime Video (UK) Paramount Plus (AU)
Once I was approaching my teenage years and began stepping into horror to show that I used to be badass, I bear in mind Paranormal Exercise being one of many first horror films I watched.
Like Creep (2014), discovered footage films and I’ve a really difficult relationship. I am unable to watch one with out being on edge your complete time however for some cause that is what attracts me in, and as for Paranormal Exercise, it is not as unsettling as I bear in mind it being as an 11-year-old.
Although the film is not as thrilling as I would hope it might be for a house footage horror, it scores factors for the way it flows. In contrast to a couple of horrors that I’ve watched lately, the motion and climax is preserved till afterward within the movie. The night-time footage segments provide you with doses that progressively construct because the movie goes on, getting ready you for one thing larger to occur.
Day 23: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Working time: 86 minutes
The place to stream: Fubo, Paramount Plus (US), Disney Plus (UK & AU)
Once I watched I Noticed the TV Glow (2024) in cinemas, it made me revisit my favourite TV of all time on Hulu – Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For some cause I’ve by no means received round to watching the unique film regardless of the very fact it its TV adaptation is my favourite, so naturally, it was on the high of my record for supernatural horror week.
Going into it, I knew that it wasn’t going to be an extremely polished film, however that is the sweetness about it. In comparison with the TV present, the vampires within the film are just a little half-baked and haven’t got the fright issue. Not that the vampires within the TV present are notably ‘scary’, however their prosthetics and characterizations give them much more depth as supernatural antagonists. However David Arquette was a really pretty shock certainly.
Sure, it is not one of the best film, however it’s an ideal instance of an ‘for those who get it, you get it, and for those who do not, you do not’ film.
Day 24: The Babadook
Director: Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Working time: 95 minutes
The place to stream: Netflix (US), Prime Video (UK & AU)
Once I consider this film, the one factor that involves thoughts is the way it grew to become a homosexual icon within the mid-2010s and had a really short-lived web fame. This was my return to The Babadook since failing to complete it when it first got here out, and it is a very fulfilling watch.
Except for a screaming little one and a few very questionable parenting selections, this film is a deeper commentary of single mother or father life in addition to the terrors of childhood. When this film was adopted into the queer group after its launch, it gained a brand new interpretation that the character of the Babadook itself represents a repressed queer id. Whereas watching the film, each themes had a fairly balanced presence, and have been introduced in fairly a darkish method which I assumed was not solely partaking however gave the film a function.
Day 25: Carrie
Director: Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Working time: 95 minutes
The place to stream: AMC+ (US), Prime Video (UK), Stan (AU)
Carrie is not only a supernatural horror film, it is an account that chronicles coming-of-age, abuse, and non secular torment. Simply probably the greatest written horror characters, you may’t assist however root for her and the demise she brings everybody to – Sissy Spacek was the right selection for Carrie White, as was Piper Laurie as her controlling mom.
Regardless that this was my second time watching since I used to be an adolescent, watching it once more in my twenties felt like a first-time watch. Out of al the flicks I ticked off this week, I would go as far to say that Carrie is the one one I am going to revisit once more sooner or later.
