Top Horror Movies 2023 To Haunt Your Halloween

Want to explore the best new horror movies to watch this spooky season? Whether you’re a thrill-seeker or simply looking for a few goosebumps and shivers, this Halloween 2023 offers the perfect moment to dive yourself into a string of creepy stories and supernatural tales. It tends to dig up scary characters that have haunted audiences since the 1970s and 1980s. To ensure an unforgettable Halloween movie marathon this coming October 31st, today we present a list of top horror movies for you to watch alone or with your family and friends and elevate your approaching Halloween spirit!

1. Scream VI

• Release date: March 10, 2023
• Genre: Horror / Thriller
• Directors: Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
• Film series: Scream
• Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
• Cast: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere

Get ready for a brand new chapter of suspense as “Scream VI” slashes onto screens. Directed by Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, this iconic slasher movie series returns with a vengeance and is ready to spook us all over again! Most importantly, some of the iconic characters from the previous part are back, including Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and more.

In this next installment, the survivors from the last massacre by Ghostface leave Woodsboro behind and move to New York City to begin a new chapter. Scream VI will not lose a tense moment and will not take your eyes off the screen. It is totally playing into our nostalgia while also throwing in some new scares. Who doesn’t love a classic with a modern twist? If you liked the previous series, you probably need to watch this and be surprised by the suspense and unexpected plot twist of the movie. So, grab your popcorn and wait for a rollercoaster of thrills, mystery, and, of course, plenty of screams!

2. Evil Dead Rise

• Release date: April 21, 2023
• Genre: Horror / Thriller
• Director: Lee Cronin
• Film series: Evil Dead
• Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Cast: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies

Released in 1981, director Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead made a certain impression on horror fans. After a 10-year absence, in this 5th installment of the series, it is still created based on Sam Raimi’s tradition of horror and gore.

The movie is about Aunt Beth (played by Lily Sullivan) coming to her older sister Ellie’s apartment to visit her and her sister’s children. The sisters’ reunion is abruptly cut short by the discovery of a cryptic book deep within Ellie’s building. This leads to the emergence of demons that possess bodies, propelling Beth into a primal struggle for survival. Beth must try her best to protect the kids and at the same time, she must fight and save her sister’s body from the devil. 

Although the movie has soon received rave reviews from film critics, the overall content of the movie doesn’t hold anything particularly unique and rely heavily on numerous gory and violent scenes. However, if you’re a devoted fan of the genre and crave for intense horror, it’s worth immersing yourself in the experience.

3. The Boogeyman

• Release date: June 2, 2023
• Genre: Horror / Mystery
• Director: Rob Savage
• Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
• Based on: “The Boogeyman”; by Stephen King
• Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian

Another new scary movie to watch in our top horror movies list is an extremely scary adaptation of the short story by Stephen King and the horror that gives a lot of children nightmares—Here Comes the Boogeyman.

The film presents Sadie Harper, who was trying to cope with the recent loss of her mother, and reveals an evil force lurking among the Harper family. As the family digs into the secrets of the past, they uncover the truth behind an evil entity known as the Boogeyman. Nightmares become haunting realities, and the line between darkness and light blurs as they face their deepest fears. In a race against time, they must decipher mysterious clues, navigate dangerous paths, and discover the key to their survival. With each step closer to the truth, the darkness grew thicker, causing them to question who to trust.

The film mainly delves into the dark corners of fear, revealing the true monsters that dwell within us. Brace yourself for an intense, heart-pounding confrontation with the unknown.

4. Insidious: The Red Door

• Release date: July 7, 2023
• Genre: Horror / Mystery
• Director: Patrick Wilson
• Distributed by: Sony Pictures
• Cast: Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson

Insidious: The Red Door is set 9 years after the end of Insidious 2 (2013). At this time, the Lambert family including Josh (Patrick Wilson), wife Renai (Rose Byrne), eldest child Dalton (Ty Simpkins), youngest child Foster (Ander Aster) is no longer as close as before. Both Josh and Dalton have their memories erased to forget the horrifying demonic memories in the Further.

The film conveys a meaningful message but lack of thrilling experience compared to other parts of the franchise but it doesn’t mean the horror stops there. As the story goes back from the start where the horror begins. The red door will give you the intense feeling of chasing while confronting the terror from the past. No matter where you hide or how you forget your past, it will keep coming back and find you. The only way to end it, is to conquer your fear, and to face it.

5. Talk To Me

• Release date: July 28, 2023
• Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
• Genre: Psychological Horror
• Distributor: A24, Umbrella Entertainment
• Cast: Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto

Following brilliant indie horror films like “Midsommar” and “Hereditary”, A24 brought the most anticipated new wave of the year called “Talk To Me” and immediately received positive reviews from the critics. It’s currently ranked #2 by Rotten Tomatoes in the top horror movies of 2023 listing.

With the theme of summoning evil spirits, the film follows the story of a group of friends who organize a summoning game after finding an embalmed hand that allows them to connect with spirits in the afterlife. By holding the hand and casting the spell “Talk to me”, players will experience the feeling of being possessed by supernatural forces. However, things go south and evil spirits have their eyes on one of them. The cursed hand will invite the audience into a psychological labyrinth where reality and illusion intertwine, which lead the audience into a world of darkness, horror and extreme haunting of previously unknown demons.

6. The Nun II

• Genre: Horror/Thriller
• Director: Michael Chaves
• Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
• Based on: Characters; by James Wan; Gary Dauberman
• Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons, Storm Reid, Jonas Bloquet, Katelyn Rose Downey, Anna Popplewell

Anyone who is a horror fan must have heard of Valak, also known as the Demon Nun. Valak first appeared in the film The Conjuring 2 by director James Wan and immediately became a global fever. This nun image has become the inspiration for other horror stories on the screen. This year, the horror icon Valak will return to the sinister universe once again as “The Nun II”, spreading fear and promising to escalate the spine-tingling terror that its predecessor introduced.

The new film is set in a monastery in France in 1956. After a series of strange events, Sister Irene (played by Taissa Farmiga) officially confronts the devil Valak, who joined her in the battle for survival in the previous film. How Valak will continue to spread the haunting fear this time is what the audience is extremely looking forward to.

Conclusion

This Halloween, get your popcorn ready, slip into your spooky Halloween-themed T-Shirts at Koolteee, and plunge into the realm of horror with these hair-raising movies. Whether you’re into supernatural scares, mind-bending psychological twists, or classic slasher tales, this list has something to satiate your craving for scares. So dim the lights, round up your friends or family, and brace yourself for a Halloween movie marathon with these top horror movies that will send shivers down your spine and leave you with an electrifying rush. We wish you spine-tingling fun!

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