Posted October 31, 2026
TONIGHT: 10 HORROR FILMS WE LOVE
In no particular order. Happy Halloween, save this list.
Staying in tonight? Make it one of these. Women have made some of the scariest films of the last forty years, from Near Dark to The Substance. Turn off the lights, pick one, and tell us which one got you.
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
Written by Coralie Fargeat
A fading star injects a drug that splits off a younger version of her, and the two go to war.
Dir. Jennifer Kent
Written by Jennifer Kent
A worn-out widowed mother and her son are stalked by a monster from a pop-up book.
Dir. Karyn Kusama
Written by Diablo Cody
A possessed cheerleader feeds on the boys in her town while her best friend tries to stop her.
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Written by Julia Ducournau
A vegetarian vet student is forced to eat meat during hazing and develops a hunger she can't control.
Dir. Mary Harron
Written by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner
A Wall Street banker obsessed with status and grooming kills people at night.
Dir. Rose Glass
Written by Rose Glass
A devout hospice nurse becomes convinced she must save her dying patient's soul.
Dir. Alison Star Locke
Written by Alison Star Locke
On Christmas Eve, a grieving mother gets a late-night visit from her estranged brother-in-law, twenty years after her daughter disappeared.
Dir. Nia DaCosta
Co-written by Nia DaCosta
A Chicago artist digs into the legend of the hook-handed killer and calls him back.
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Co-written by Kathryn Bigelow
A farm boy falls for a drifter and gets pulled into her family of nomadic vampires.
