2. A Dark Song

A Dark Song is much more than just a horror movie to watch on Halloween. It is easily one of the best horror films of the year and maybe one of the best films of the year overall as well. Telling the story of a woman who wishes to perform a complex and dark ritual that requires her and her guide to completely shut themselves up in an old mysterious house, A Dark Song is a slow burn but, when it gets into the scares, is purely terrifying. In the end, the film is strange, beautiful, scary, and everything in-between. It is more unexpected than you would expect and more haunting than you would like it to be. Though it looks like a typical Irish haunted house horror on the surface, A Dark Song is a very rich and deep film that comforts just as much as it terrorizes.

1. We Are Still Here

There may be nothing that goes better with Halloween than haunted houses. These two are old friends. In the early years of cinema, the haunted house was visited often, perhaps too often. In recent years, directors have had to be more selective and more creative with their haunted house visits. We Are Still Here is a homage to the horror films and filmmakers of yesteryear. It feels like an old and authentic haunted house movie infused with modern twists and a slow-burning plot that will suck you in. Though it is gory (and that might scare some film fans away), there is a restraint and a class to the film and the writing. If you love horror and you somehow missed this one, fix that as soon as you can.

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