Filmtips: Halloween
Nerve-racking movies for the scariest day of the year!
Halloween is approaching, and these movies are perfect for those who enjoy being a bit scared in the autumn darkness.
Heretic (2024)
Hugh Grant in a whole new light.
Two young missionary women unknowingly knock on the door of the eccentric Mr. Reed. They soon discover that they cannot escape his cruel psychological games.
Talk To Me (2022)
The film debut of the duo behind the YouTube channel RackaRacka.
A group of teenagers amuse themselves by summoning the dead using a mummified hand. The movie is a true classic horror.
Cobweb (2023)
There is something in the walls.
Never a Halloween without mysterious sounds! This time, it's a terrified 8-year-old who will soon discover that his parents have dark secrets.
Scream (2022)
American high school horror movie with Courtney Cox.
25 years after a series of brutal murders shocked the quiet small town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask. The killer has targeted a group of teenagers to bring to light secrets from the town's deadly past.
I See You (2019)
Thrilling horror drama from the American suburbs starring Helen Hunt.
In a perfect town with perfect families, twelve-year-old Justin Whitter has disappeared. Lead investigator Greg Harper (Jon Tenney) tries to cope with the pressure from the investigation, which has drawn attention to a similar case in the past, while also attempting to forgive his wealthy wife Jackie (Helen Hunt) for her infidelity. It becomes a great strain on the family as Jackie's guilt gnaws at her grasp on reality. When an evil presence manifests itself and puts their son Connor (Judah Lewis) in mortal danger, the awful truth about the evil within the Harper household is finally revealed.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Cult classic horror that paved the way for the zombie genre.
A young woman and her brother visit the family grave in a deserted cemetery. There, the brother is attacked by a zombie. The woman is forced to leave him bleeding and runs in panic to a house where seven people eventually barricade themselves to fight and survive the night with the living dead.
Nosferatu (1922)
The first film adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror is still today one of the finest tales of Dracula. The well-known saga of the lonely, blood-sucking count became F. W. Murnau's masterpiece and marked the beginning of the entire horror film genre.
We also have Werner Herzog's critically acclaimed version of Dracula from 1979.
Meander (2020)
A claustrophobic horror thriller for those who liked the Saw movies.
Lisa is lying on a deserted road, mourning the death of her daughter. A car comes driving by, and reluctantly she accepts the offer of a ride. But during a sudden hard brake, she hits her head and faints, and when she wakes up, she finds herself in a strange network of narrow metal tubes. The only thing she is equipped with is a watch that counts down time and warns her of the traps present in the tunnels.
It Comes at Night (2017)
Frightening thriller about life in hiding from a deadly pandemic.
A small family, husband, wife, and son, has sought refuge from an uncontrollable pandemic in a remote house. Here, they have managed to establish routines and a sense of security in a chaotic world. That is, until the day another desperate family knocks on the door and wants to come in.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Nostalgic and charming horror.
The year is 1968 and the winds of change are blowing in the USA, but in the small town of Mill Valley, everything seems to be as usual – on the surface. The town's dark secret is the Bellows family's abandoned house, where many years ago the young Sarah wrote down eerie stories about terrible deaths.
On Halloween, a group of teenagers enter the haunted house and find Sarah Bellows' book. They discover their own names are in it and realize that everyone mentioned in the book is going to meet a painful death. Can they save their own lives by solving the mysterious Sarah's puzzle?
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is directed by André Øvredal (Trolljegeren, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) and produced by Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pans Labyrint).
Paranormal Activity (2007)
A modern classic in the horror genre.
A young couple suspects that their house is haunted by something unknown and dangerous. To gather evidence, they install a surveillance camera to record everything that happens while they sleep. The footage from the camera creates a chilling Blair Witch-like effect that led the newspaper LA Weekly to describe the film as "the scariest of the year."
Paranormal Activity has been well received by the public and received a rating of 5 from several serious and major newspapers, including reviewers from VG and Dagbladet.
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Published: 28/10/2025 Last updated: 28/10/2025
