With Halloween right around the corner in just a few days, we have reached the final new release roundup for one of the craziest Octobers of all time. And the spooky fun isn’t over yet…
Here’s all the new horror releasing from October 28 – November 3, 2024!
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Lionsgate heads back to Amityville with Amityville: Where the Echo Lives, a brand new indie horror movie that will debut On Demand and Digital beginning on Tuesday, October 29.
Carlos AyaladirectedAmityville: Where the Echo Lives, which doesn’t look to actually be set at the infamousAmityville Horrorhouse. Instead, it looks to be another in-name only installment in the saga, which has becomeone of the strangest “franchises” of all time.
In the film, “When Heather West, a paranormal investigator, receives a call from a terrified woman who claims her house is inhabited by a ghost, she discovers the building has a horrifying history. After a presence from beyond our world reaches out to her, Heather begins to feel a pull to the other side of the spirit plane. Can this hunter of specters deliver an innocent soul to a place of peace and discover an eternal truth in time to save her own life?”
Sarah McDonald, Breanna Rossi, Adela Perez, and Nicholas J. Barelli star.
Carlos Ayala and Simona Curkoska wrote the screenplay.
Described as “Back to the FuturemeetsScream,” thetime-traveling slasher movieTime Cutis coming to Netflix on October 30, just in time for Halloween and Halloween Eve viewing.
Hannah Macpherson(“Into the Dark”) directed the film, written by Macpherson andMichael Kennedy(Freaky, It’s a Wonderful Knife) from a story by Michael Kennedy.
InTime Cut, which calls to mind last year’sTotally Killer, “A teenage girl travels back to the early 2000s to stop a vicious killer from murdering her sister.”
Madison Bailey(Outer Banks) andAntonia Gentry(Ginny & Georgia) star.
The cast also includesMichael Shanks, Griffin Gluck, Rachael Crawford, Jordan Pettle, Megan Best, Samuel Braun, Sydney Sabiston, andKataem O’Connor.
Christopher Landon(Happy Death Day, Freaky) produced the upcoming slasher.
Cinemark’sFear of Missing Out (“FOMO”) series will see creepy classics and thrilling new releases on the big screen through October 31, with both Bride of Chucky and John Carpenter’s original Halloween headed back into Cinemark theaters this final week of October.
Andy Muschietti’s IT (2017) also brings Pennywise back to Cinemark for Halloween.
Here’s the lineup for Halloween Week…
- October 29 – It (2017)
- October 30 – Bride of Chucky
- October 31 – Halloween (1978)
For more information and to purchase tickets,visit Cinemark’s official website.
Everyone’s talking about The Substance,Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror masterpiece starringDemi Moore as a fading celebrity who injects herself with a cell-replicating green substance that makes her give birth to a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley).
If you’ve been dying to experienceThe Substancebut haven’t been able to get out to your local theater, the good news is that Fargeat’s new movie is coming home for Halloween!
In fact,The Substanceheads home ON Halloween. The film will be available to watch at home onThursday, October 31, exclusively on MUBI’s very own streaming platform.
Yes, there’s a MUBI streaming service. And yes, you’ll have to sign up to be able to watch the movie on there next week. The good news?You can grab a 7 DAY FREE TRIAL right now!
Don’t missThe Substanceon MUBI this Halloween, and catch it in theaters now.
Fifteen years after the film’s initial release,Henry Selick’s2009 stop motion filmCoralineis once again headed back to theaters for the Halloween season. In the wake ofCoraline scaring up $53 million at the global box office this past summer, the film returns to the big screen nationwide for another limited-time engagement in newly remastered 3D and 2D formats.
From Fathom Events,Coralinecomes back to theaters onOctober 31 & November 1.
Tickets for the spooky season re-release are up for grabs now.
Based on the novel by beloved authorNeil Gaiman,Coralineis a wondrous, thrilling, fun and suspenseful adventure. A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to save her family and get back home.
Coralineboasts stunning stop-motion animation, handcrafted puppets, and meticulously-designed sets—freshly re-colored and remastered for 2024.
Written and directed by stop-motion auteurHenry Selick(The Nightmare Before Christmas,James and the Giant Peach),CoralinestarsDakota Fanning,Ian McShane,Teri Hatcher,Keith David, and British comedy duoDawn FrenchandJennifer Saunders, with animation by the award-winning studio,LAIKA(ParaNorman,The Boxtrolls).
A slasher throwback that pays tribute to the horror cinema of the ’80s and ’90s, Director’s Cutopens in select theaters on Thursday, October 31 before arriving on VOD at a later date.
Director’s Cut, from filmmaker Don Capria, stars Louis Lombardi (“The Sopranos”) as a mysterious, murderous sociopath preying on a punk band’s desperate desire for fame.
“A Long Island punk band meets a mysterious director through social media who generously offers to shoot their first music video for free. Desperate for fame, they drive deep into the Pennsylvania woods in hopes of making a killer music video. But after a long night of drinking with the gregarious director, the band wakes up to find a very different version of him on set.
“Egos and opinions clash, with the director unveiling a terrible anger and uncompromising need for total control. As his professionalism breaks down, so does his sanity – with the unhinged director and his assistant turning the band members into the unwitting stars of his very own snuff film.”
Written and directed by Capria, the film stars Louis Lombardi, Lucy Hart, Danielle Kotch, Tyler Ivey, Haley Cassidy, Louis Rocky Bacigalupo, Brandy Ochoa, Greg Poppa, and Darin Hickok.
Thommy Hutson, the producer behind comprehensive horror documentariesNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyandCrystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the13th, is back,this timehelmingDoc of Chucky, a documentary exploring the killer doll’s legacy.
Doc of Chucky will debut on the streaming service on Friday, November 1.
The new comprehensive documentary “tells the story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such asDon Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.
“This is the ultimate account of theChild’s Playfilm franchise, and Chucky with clips, photographs, archival documents, behind-the-scenes footage, and more.”
Hutson said in a statement, “After exploring the terrifying and fascinating worlds ofA Nightmare on Elm Street,Friday the 13th,Scream, andReturn of the Living Dead, it felt like a natural progression to explore Chucky’s iconic and enduring legacy.Doc of Chuckyistrulya love letter to a film franchise and character that’s been scaring, thrilling, and making us laugh for decades. It was also a privilege to meet and talk to so many wonderful cast and crew who helped bring to life the incredible story—across seven films—that Don Mancini and David Kirschner started 36 years ago. I think it’s safe to say viewers will learn why, in the most entertaining way possible, you really can’t keep a good guy down!”
In celebration of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary, the critically acclaimedGodzilla Minus Onewill be re-released in theaters nationwide starting on Friday, November 1, 2024.
Directed by Academy Award® WinnerTakashi Yamazaki, the film’s re-release honors the King of the Monsters’ 70th Anniversary, timed to Godzilla Day, celebrated on November 3.
Tickets are on sale now for bothGodzilla Minus Oneand the film’s remastered black and white rendition,Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color.
In celebration of the groundbreaking film’s return to theaters, each screening will showcase over 13 minutes of exclusive behind-the-scenes content.
Godzilla Minus Oneis the highest-grossing Japanese film in US box office history and the #3 top-grossing foreign film in US Box Office History, earning more than $115 million at the global box office. Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects, it’s the first film in Godzilla’s 70-year franchise history to be recognized by the Academy with a nomination or win.
Check your local listings for showtimes and locations.
A film about the power of home in the face of despair, Academy Award® WinningGodzilla Minus Oneis from renowned director, screenwriter, and VFX visionary Takashi Yamazaki.
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
The next killer Santa horror movie is headed our way this week, with the indie He Sees You When You’re Sleeping slashing straight into VOD outlets at home on November 1.
In the holiday horror movie from directorCharlie Steeds(The Barge People), “Chester returns to the home of his estranged and hideously over-privileged family at Christmas, only to find an unknown killer disguised in a Santa outfit is stalking and killing family members one by one, in order to claim the huge family fortune. Which one of them is the killer?”
Caroline Williams(The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2),Lauren-Marie Taylor(Friday the 13th Part 2),Nicholas Vince(Hellraiser),Cedric GegelandChristopher Kahler star.
David Lenikwrote the screenplay forHe Sees You When You’re Sleeping.
