Britney P.’s 2021 Octoberween Watchlist

/ Britney Peterson

Happy Halloween!

May you have a safe, fun and yet moderately mischievous night…

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I won’t keep you long—just wanted to share the annual tally of all the horror works with which I’ve been celebrating “Octoberween” aka “Halloween all October…” 

…which I invite you to do as well! I’d love to exchange recommendations. 

  • American Horror Story: Double Feature (yes, would recommend; loved Red Tide!)
  • Eli Roth’s History of Horror (season 3 – yes)
  • Halloween Wars (season 11 – depends on whether you’d like the change in format)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (yes – also my favorite NOES movie)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (depends on your tastes)
  • Ghost Whisperer (depends)
  • Dead Birds (depends, although it’s better than I feel most would expect)
  • Lost Souls
  • The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Specials (always)
  • Doctor Wolfula’s YouTube channel (stupendous horror channel – always love “Ahhctober”!)
  • We Watched a Movie’s YouTube channel (fun and informative content – their Michael and Loomis skits make me laugh until I cry 😂)
  • BuzzFeed Unsolved (my cousin’s personal recommendation – she’s Shane, I’m Ryan 😂😂)
  • It Follows (yes)
  • The Moleman of Belmont Avenue (depends, but again, it’s way better than I feel most would expect. I thought it was hilarious, frankly, in that “We’re-low-budget-and-we-know-it-and-we’re-still-gonna-work-it” kind of way 😄)
  • American Psycho (yes)
  • Death Machine (…maybe? lol)
  • Camp Cold Brook (yes)
  • Black Death (yes)
  • Chucky (the USA series – yes! They’ve done a good job with both the transition from film to TV and keeping up with the times/youth culture)
  • Halloween (2018 – yes)
  • Halloween Kills (YES, even though whether or not you’ll like it will apparently be contingent on your willingness to accept the themes/characters’ decision-making. For me, very little fell outside my expectations, so I can safely say I loved it. At the very least I hope people who want/have wanted to see this movie enjoy it, because it is one hell of a slasher flick, all right 😁)
  • Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (always)
  • Godsend (depends)
  • Horsemen (yes)
  • Take Shelter (always)
  • Dracula (1931 – yes! Though no longer scary, the creepiness—as well as most of the acting—holds up)
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (absolutely – interesting, important and entertaining!)

As for tonight? Maybe

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

or

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Lol. But we’ve gotta go with the classic 

  • Halloween (1978)

and, as far as I’m concerned, probably at least one of these sequels 

  • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
  • Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 
  • Halloween (6): The Curse of Michael Myers

because they meant a lot to me growing up. Those AMC marathons got me through a lot of sad, lonely, scary nights, man. And now I love [fictional] horror. Because I’m in control of my life and what and who is in it. My nightmares are gone, and I’m the master of my dreams now.  

I hope there’s power in this night—this holiday—for you too. For that’s truly a reason to celebrate.  

Enjoy your Halloween.

With love,

Britney

P.S. Yes, there is someone in the horror community who really likes the Thorn trilogy timeline of the Halloween series, lol. Despite its flaws, I always have and I always will. 

P.P.S. Also working on a full review for Halloween Kills—stay tuned!

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