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Halloween Written by Sam Harris1.“Hereditary” (2018)

We are starting with perhaps one of the greatest horror movies in recent cinema. 2.“The Witch: A New England

Hereditary marked the directional debut Folktale” (2015) of Ari Aster—and boy did he come out If your horror swinging. This movie is not for the faint of movie style heart - it is genuinely terrifying. involves

The main characters are grieving the loss folklore and of a family member, when their grief turns legends, this to involving the supernatural. Involving is for you. demons and occultism, there is nothing Taking place that the seasoned, and even new, horror PHOTO COURTESY OF A24 around a Puritan colony film watcher will not enjoy. in New England, the story follows a banished family who makes home in 3.”The Ritual” (2017) This one is for our Norse mythology lovers out there. a secluded forest. Everything seems fine until their recently born son, Samuel, is abducted by a nearby witch, marking just the beginning of If The Ritual does anything, it delivers an their woes. enjoyable story with amazing visuals, and combine that with amazing sound design, you get a great horror 4.“They Look Like People” (2015) experience. Where we see the true horrors of The plot is centered the human mind. around a group of friends Two friends, Wyatt and who are planning a group Christian,reconnect in New York. trip together. However, After spending time together, Wyatt when an altercation leads gets a random phone call in the to one of them dying, middle of the night, warning him of the group decides to a demonic invasion. Thinking that it hike the Kungsleden in is a sign of psychosis, Wyatt goes northern Sweden in his to see a psychiatrist, but it turns out honor. Everything is going that he might not actually be going great—until they decide to crazy. take a shortcut.

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5.“Cube” (1998) Cube is different from its horror contemporaries as it does not contain any supernatural or cosmic elements. It’s a bit of a quirky psycho-thriller. The film opens with a shot of a man named Alderson who is killed in a weird cube-shaped room by what appears to be a boobie-trap, and then immediately cuts to five other strangers who must try and escape the Cube. But, can they really rely on one another?

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