The Halloween season is a good time to watch movies on video streaming platforms. With autumn coming and the days getting shorter, we sit on the couch with a blanket and a hot drink and enjoy being immersed in cold, dark, oppressive, even terrifying atmospheres. Are you lacking inspiration when choosing your movie and afraid to waste another hour browsing your video streaming service’s catalogue? We’ve put together a selection of feature films specially adapted for Halloween (but not necessarily horror movies), all you have to do is make your choice.
The best Halloween movies on Netflix
There are a lot of Halloween-themed movies on Netflix. The point here is not to mention all of them, but to highlight a few that seem particularly interesting to us.
american nightmare
A classic of the genre. In American Nightmare (the Purge in the original version), one night a year in the United States, all residents can assassinate those they consider harmful to society without fear of legal action. A hunted man takes shelter in the house of a family who has no problem hiding, and problems begin. A movie where anxiety and violence are blended. If you liked the first part, know that four sequels have already been released and an American Nightmare 6 is in the works.
To leave
No, you don’t have to look at dick on Halloween. Get Out won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and offers us an exciting thriller that will not leave anyone indifferent. Chris, a young black man, will meet the family of his white bourgeois girlfriend Rose for the first time. But nothing goes as planned: The owners seem to be hiding a dark secret. The film also cleverly questions the mechanisms of ordinary racism.
Black Phone
Ethan Hawke, who already appeared in American Nightmare, appears for the second time in this selection with the newest Black Phone, which was released in 2021 and recently became available on Netflix. He plays serial killer Albert Shaw, known as The Grabber. He kidnaps young Finney, who is locked in his basement, with whom he manages to communicate using a strange phone. Suspense and suspense, Black Phone is a sure choice for Halloween.
Baby sitter
The Babysitter and its sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen are horror comedies that don’t take themselves seriously. The plot of the first movie? Young Cole discovers that his babysitter, Bee, is actually part of a demonic cult that will do anything to silence him. We’ll spare you the synopsis of the sequel, which will inevitably spoil the first work, but we do know that the cast includes the excellent Jenna Ortega, who was Wednesday’s translator in the original Netflix series of the same name. Wednesday is also a great option if you’re opting for a short series (eight episodes) rather than a movie for Halloween.
Invisible Man
Elisabeth Moss is one of today’s actresses who represents fear and horror at its best. In The Invisible Man, her character manages to escape from an abusive relationship with a rich man who is a businessman of the new technology sector. She soon learns that he committed suicide, but cannot help but live in fear and dread of his return. His suspicions come to the surface even more when he begins to be harassed and mistreated by an invisible entity.
The best Halloween movies on Disney+
One of the benefits of Disney+ is that it offers content for the whole family, even for Halloween.
Hocus Pocus 2
Almost 30 years after the release of the first film, the Sanderson brothers return in Hocus Pocus 2. Three 17th-century witches attack the town of Salem once again to exact their revenge. One day before All Saints’ Day, three high school students decide to intervene and stop them from laying waste to Salem. It is a program mainly aimed at children but can be watched with the whole family.
coconut
This stunning animated film is set on the Day of the Dead, Mexico’s equivalent of All Saints’ Day, where the event is celebrated with music, disguises and a good dose of make-up. Young Miguel wants to be a musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz, but music has been banned in his family for several generations. Miguel finds himself in the Land of the Dead for his initial journey to discover his family’s secrets.
Haunted house
Disney also knows how to scare. In the summer of 2023, the Haunted Mansion was released, a horror film inspired by one of the Disneyland parks’ iconic attractions. The film’s synopsis isn’t exactly original: A mother and her son hire a team of fake experts to help them chase away the ghosts and ghosts haunting their home. But the result is plenty of fun, and this production has the ability to mix low-level horror and humor for a Halloween movie evening with the family (recommended age is 12+).
The best Halloween movies on Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video also has its share of Halloween movies. We selected the feature films available in the basic subscription; You don’t need to subscribe to Warner Pass for any other package to access them.
The silence of the lambs
The cult film The Silence of the Lambs, which won five Oscars, is undoubtedly one of the most well-known thrillers in the world. FBI trainee Clarice Starling is on the hunt for a serial killer. For this he needs the help of Hannibal Lechter (Anthony Hopkins), a former psychiatrist with a penchant for cannibalism. Intelligent and cunning, the psychopath will establish a relationship with his interlocutor that inspires both admiration and disgust. Even though more than 30 years have passed since its launch, it still has the same effect.
Boy
If you like the creepy and embarrassing, you’ll be served by The Boy. To escape her past, Greta flees the United States and finds a job as a nanny in England, in a house lost in the countryside. However, she realizes that the young Brahms she needs to care for is not actually a child, but a life-size porcelain doll. He also has to respect the rules, which makes the situation even more troubling: never leave Brahms alone, do not cover his head, give him food… Inevitably, the situation quickly spirals out of control.
HE
This 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel is of course not recommended for those under 18. Children in an American town begin to mysteriously disappear. Then a group of teenagers must overcome their fears, discover what happened to them, and confront Pennywise, the clown they call It. An effective movie that meets the expectations of a spooky Halloween night.
