re: What horror movies will you be watching this October

As for mine, here is a list I’ve been adding to for several years now (I’m sure I’ll add a ton more this Halloween season):

I saw the devil
Parasite
Talk to me
The enfield poltergeist apple+
Ginger snaps
Sputnik
Dawn of the dead (and remake)
Day of the dead (and remake)
Land of the dead
Creepshow
A Dark Song
Altered
An American crime
Archive 81
Ascension  tubi
Dark Skies
Deadstream
Doctor Sleep
Hereditary
Hold the dark  NF
Homestead 
I am not a serial killer 
I see you NF
Incantation  NF 
Inland empire
John carpenter’s vampires 
Lake Mungo
Little monsters (19)
Night house hbomax
Possession (1981)
Raw
Sasquatch (Hulu) 
Scream paramount +
Skinamarink
Slasher Netflix 
Southbound  tubi
Speak no evil   Shudder
Stake Land
Tales from the crypt
Tales from the darkside 
The blackcoat’s daughter
The descent 
The good neighbor
The open house NF
The sadness 
The signal
The taking of Deborah Logan
The thing from another world 
The vanishing 
They look like people
Timecrimes 
Transsiberian
Unsane Hulu 
We are still here
We are what we are
What we do in the shadows

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you don't like Hereditary, and it doesn't have what you look for, I have to ask...what do you look for?

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That’s a bit difficult to answer.

To me, horror movies are a bit like modern fables. There is a concept that’s core to its existence and a horror movie plays around with that concept. I don’t expect all horror movies to be fun but many do have some sort of stimulating question that they’re saying that usually plays out in some fun way.

Ari Aster movies I just find to be wallowing melodramas whose core concept takes a back seat to its pouting

My two must for Halloween..... Halloween 3: Season of the Witch...and I'm surprised no mention yet..... Trick 'R Treat. I rewatch both every October.

That series had potential.

It’s an October tradition for me to do two things: read or reread a classic horror novel, and rewatch a selection of the Universal classic flicks. Wife and I watched the Wolfman Tuesday. Karloff’s Mummy is up on deck next.

I watch the first Scary Movie every year, usually followed by Scream. Sleepy Hollow is a must. Going to introduce our daughter to Poltergeist.

Forgot about The Ring. That’s always a must as well

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Yeah…. Not a fan of hereditary.

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Same. I think it’s super overrated.

We just finished the new Salem’s Lot. It was fine. Nothing special, but good enough.

We loved Oddity. It’s definitely worth a watch.