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Halloween On Screen: The Best Horror Movies To Watch

Lights off, popcorn ready- these Halloween horror picks will make you scream, and maybe sleep with the lights on.

Nov 3, 2025

In case you missed the Halloween festivities, or just want to keep the spooky vibes alive, here is a list of horror films that will keep you terrified until Christmas arrives.
Weapons (2025): The residents of a small American town are left to deal with an unimaginable loss when all but one student from a third-grade class vanish the same night at exactly 2:17 am. The grief and loss cast a shadow on every corner of the city. Some desperately try to uncover the secret, but we are left terrified, and thinking: what if nothing gets solved?
Final Destination (2000): The horror classic series saw a revival with the latest installment earlier this year. But the original from the 2000s remains iconic, not only for its nostalgic effects of the early 2000s, but for its work on paranoia. It makes you think twice before boarding your next flight, leaving your house, or even sitting comfortably in your living room.
Blade (1998): Before Black Panther, there was Wesley Snipes as Blade, a half-human, half-vampire antihero, who uses his powers to hunt the undead in a city crawling with vampires. As a forgotten neo-noir, the film sinks its teeth into what it means to live on the edge of two worlds and to find peace with who you are.
The Witch (2015): From the same director who brought us the latest remake of Nosferatu (2024), The Witch is set in the 1600s and follows a family torn apart by paranoia and religious fear, when they suspect a witch is living among them in the nearby woods. The mounting eeriness makes the horror of the haunting creep not from outside, but from within.
Batman Returns (1992): Tim Burton’s twisted vision turns Batman—the superhero who dominated the cultural zeitgeist for decades—into a stylish winter nightmare. The caped crusader faces dual threats from the seductive Catwoman and the grotesque Penguin.
Nope (2022): The residents of a California ranch notice something eerie hovering above them, but they cannot figure out what it is. All they know is that, it suddenly claims each of them, just like the death floating ominously above.
Child’s Play (1988): When a single mother gives her son a seemingly innocent doll, she has no idea that it is possessed by the soul of a notorious killer. What follows is a relentless game of terror, where even the most ordinary toys become the source of nightmares, making you question what is lurking behind every childhood memory.
Rosemary’s Baby (1968): When young wife Rosemary Woodhouse moves to New York with her struggling actor husband, she becomes increasingly paranoid that her offspring are not of this world. Did she give birth to the devil, or is it all a product of her imagination?
The Zone of Interest (2023): Representing the banality of evil is at the core of this film. The story follows a commandant from Auschwitz and his family, working towards building a normal life next to a concentration camp, ignoring the horrors closer to them. A reminder of what many do nowadays by choosing to look away.
Chadi Saadoun is a Columnist. Email them at feedback@thegazelle.org
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