Horror Month: What’s On My Watch List

What’s On My Watch List This Horror Month

October in my house encompasses all things horror, and today I am talking all about the horror movies and TV Shows I have been watching recently plus some movies that are on my to watch list. 

I have had a blast so far watching horror related things.

It’s been amazing getting cosy in bed, grabbing the popcorn, making some hot chocolate and snuggling up with a good horror.

So far I have watched an array of titles and I won’t be stopping anytime soon! I’ve even found a fantastic TV series that has had me hooked.

What’s On My Watch List This Horror Month

First lets take a look at the titles that I have already watched this month. So far it has been filled with amazing movie nights and I’ve been hooked on the screen.

Ouija: The Origin of Evil

I’ve seen this film so many times and I’m still not bored of it.

When I first watched it I loved the jump scares, it was nice actually having an immersive experience.

I really liked the time period it was set in and the set up of the movie.

From the get go I knew I would enjoy it, with a widowed mother who adds a Ouija board into her séance scam business, it makes for a great comic factor to begin only to progress into a darker tone as it goes on.

I love going back to watch it because it’s a good movie and I won’t tire of enjoying the plot.

The Haunting of Hill House 

This is the new Netflix series I was talking about!

It’s a great series to watch, just what I needed.

I haven’t watched a good TV series in forever, plus finding a good horror is like finding a needle in a haystack these days. So, I was intrigued from the moment I started watching.

I like the premise of the flashbacks, telling the story of this broken family and what they went through together. It makes for a nice change in pace in my opinion plus you get some good jumpy bits throughout.

Halloween

You can’t beat Halloween can you? It’s one of the best in the movie world (in my opinion).

John Carpenter changed the horror scene with his movies, the way he uses sound to create emotions, he leaves his signature on anything he creates.

I also love watching this for the original scream queen (and the best), Jamie Lee Curtis.

I will never tire of the plot, how the characters interact with each other and the whole story as it goes through the motions. Plus, I love the foreshadowing of his remaking “The Thing”, that was a clever bit of film.

IT 

I have loved watching the original IT again!

It was one of the first scary movies I saw when I was a child.

My mum was watching it in the living room when I couldn’t sleep; I snuck behind the couch when she wasn’t looking (our couch was in front of the living room door) and then I watched the movie, clutching meko (my cat teddy) tight until I ran screaming at the famous blood in the bathroom scene.

That scared the hell out of me and I refused to watch it ever again until I met S and he made me watch it. 

Truth or Dare 

I wasn’t expecting much from this movie if I’m honest.

It’s very rare that new horrors excite me because there has been disappointment after disappointment, but this was surprisingly good.

I liked the story line and the way it progressed, there were some twists in the movie that I liked and the ending was brilliant!

At least they didn’t have a good movie and ruined it with an ending.

Sinister

This wasn’t one of the movies that I liked when I first watched it and viewing it again hasn’t really changed my view.

I don’t like the way the movie is set out, I feel like it’s drawn out and then rushed which makes no sense.

The plot could have been tied together better and they could have thrown in some better scare scenes. This definitely isn’t up there on my list of horrors.

It Follows

At first I was sure I would hate this movie, I felt like it was quite low budget and I didn’t know what to make of the actors.

But, when the story jumped right into the plot and you weren’t kept waiting ages for some action, I started to really pay attention.

The whole idea of something following you and only you can see it, and you can’t stop it unless you pass it on really piqued my interest.

It’s one of those films that you think you won’t like, but it’s fantastic.

Scream 

Can’t beat a classic can you?

I have only re-watched the first movie so far, but I intend to watch the rest because it’s such a fabulous franchise.

It’s one I don’t think will ever get old, It will always be a favourite of mine and I love knowing all the lines haha

Leatherface

I wasn’t sure what to think of this movie. It’s a prequel and I’m not always that fond of them because sometimes it can really ruin the story, but I was pleasantly surprised.

It’s not the best horror out there but I guess it makes sense in the whole franchise of the Texas chainsaw massacre.

We get a background to leather face himself, of how he started out as the innocent young boy who wasn’t too thrilled with the actions of his family.

But, he soon gets sucked in, helping to kill a young girl who just happened to be one of the police officers’ daughters.

I don’t want to ruin the whole story if you haven’t seen it yet, but I like the way they scripted this. It wasn’t cringe to the point I couldn’t watch it so that’s a bonus.

MaleVoient 

I had such high hopes for this movie.

Sadly, I was left disappointed.

It soon became predictable and a little overdone at times with some confusion mixed in.

I wasn’t raving about this after watching it and quite honestly, I could have used that hour and a bit to do something more worthwhile with my time. 

Horror Month: To Watch 

Now that I’ve spoken about what I’ve already watched, lets take a look at the films that will be up next!

• The Shining – Classic
• Nosferatu – Another Classic
• Psycho – Classic again
• The Conjuring 1 & 2 – Fab pieces of film
• The new Halloween – How can I not?
• The Ba-ba-dook – Forever the only movie to really scare me
• Silent Hill – My favourite 
• The Nun – I’m intrigued 
• Hereditary – Heard good things
• Childs Play – Love this franchise!

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