10 HIDDEN GEM horror movies to watch this Halloween

The spooky season is upon us with Halloween fast approaching, which means we can kick back and watch some horror movies.

Now, horror movies can obviously be watched all-year round, but the time around All Hallows Eve inspires us to give classics like The Exorcist, The Omen and Halloween another viewing.

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But, there are plenty of hidden gems that have come out in cinemas or on streaming platforms, and MovieMeter has put together a list of 10 that you may want to donate your time to.

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Horror movies to watch this Halloween

Deadstream

Imagine Evil Dead filmed through the eyes of Ash and you’re close to understanding the manic, crazy energy that flows through Deadstream.

After an internet celebrity attempts to recover from a video review gone wrong, he live-streams himself visiting a house which is believed to be haunted. You know what happens next. 

But the central performance from Joseph Winter, seamlessly navigating between horror and comedy, sometimes simultaneously, elevates the production and make no mistake - there are enough scares here to keep the hardcore horror fan occupied. 

Superhost

Another influencer flick, Superhost follows a couple whose Air-Bnb Youtube channel is struggling after a series of underperforming videos, and who look to reinvigorate their ailing numbers by visiting an increasingly dubious series of venues.

The star of the show is hostess Rebecca (Gracie Gillam) who is the epitome of welcoming, until she’s not. 

The character shift is at once obvious and also shocking enough to make the inevitable chase well worth the admission. 

The Loved Ones

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The Loved Ones (2009)

Brent is a 17-year-old college student who is still grieving the loss of his father. He is invited to the prom by the quietest girl in the whole school, Lola. But Brent refuses and he is kidnapped by Lola and her father. He will have to fight to survive the macabre surprise that Lola and her father have in store for him.

Directed by: Sean Byrne
Stars: Xavier Samuel, Jessica McNamee and Richard Wilson

Australian horror has emerged strongly in the last decade, building on the history from classic Wolf Creek, and taken on by this largely undiscovered shocker, the Loved Ones. 

The setup is simple - a prom date that goes really, really, wrong - but much of the expected violence is grounded in the unhinged Robin McLeavy, who interjects a level of depravity not often seen in budget horror flicks. 

The journey to the finale is understood but still holds enough shocks in McLeavy’s psychosis to take the heaviest gore fans to the end of the story. 

The Dark and the Wicked

The Dark and the Wicked is one of those rare well-produced but utterly soul-sucking budget horror films that leaves very little room for respite. 

A brother and sister return to the family farm to visit their father, who seems to be in the throes of a debilitating disease that will ultimately kill him. 

But rather than pay their respects, they are forced to endure an increasingly terrifying set of tests, before the ultimate message, which is far from vague - life is pointless. 

Clock

Due to the subject matter, Clock will undoubtedly resonate more with females than with men, but it remains a disturbing watch nonetheless for every viewer. 

A woman fears her biological clock will never kick in and so undergoes a procedure and treatment to instal a literal biological clock inside her uterus. This kind of trauma to the body and mind plays havoc with the mindset of the protagonist, who begins seeing horrifying images.

This one is interesting because it references the horrors of the holocaust. One of the main reasons that Ella ultimately wants to have a baby is to keep her bloodline going as her father is the grandchild of a holocaust survivor.

You're Killing Me

When you see the title and poster of You're Killing Me, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a run-of-the-mill slasher movie, but it's more than that.

Young high-schooler Eden is desperate to get into Pembroke University and hopes that the father of one of her peers, a congressman, can put in a good word for her. Her peer, Barrett, holds a Heaven and Hell costume party and Eden goes along with her friend, Zara. Eden eventually finds footage on a phone that points to the disappearance of a fellow student previously, and the perpetrators are at the party.

What elevates this one is the tension that comes with Eden and Zara attempting to escape a room they have barricaded themselves in. Several dashes out the room to find a charger are genuinely sweat-inducing, while the cameos from Dermot Mulrooney and Anne Heche are pitch-perfect.

Sick

Anything written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson is worth a look, and Sick definitely proved to be worth the time.

It was only a matter of time before the horrors of the Covid pandemic were turned into the horrors of a, well, horror movie. Best friends Parker Mason and Miri Woodlow decide to quarantine together at the holiday home of Parker's parents and post about their trip on Instagram. Parker initially receives some scary text messages from an unknown number before hooded figures start appearing at the property, hunting her down.

Not totally groundbreaking, but some interesting ideas from Williamson concerning the delirium around the pandemic.

Totally Killer

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Totally Killer (2023)

On Halloween, teenager Jamie's mother is murdered. Jamie accidentally ends up in the year 1987, the year in which three teenagers are murdered. There she joins forces with the younger version of her mother to stop the killer. Jamie risks being stuck in the past.

Directed by: Nahnatchka Khan
Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt and Julie Bowen

If someone was to say there was a new horror arriving that was Back to the Future meets Scream, you would be totally invested. Alas, Totally Killer was released on Amazon Prime at the beginning of October and what a treat it is.

After Jamie's mother is murdered by the Sweet Sixteen Killer 35 years after the first attacks, she travels back in time to warn her mother's group of friends and hopefully unmask the killer while avoiding an untimely death herself.

The dialogue here is as sharp as a butcher knife as Kiernan Shipka is a girl out of time - she is shocked by the un-PC language and behaviour of people her age back in the day. That sounds like it could actually be annoying, but Kieran's delivery is so charming that it makes it hilarious.

Influencer

Whenever we see a social media influencer living their best life on Instagram, we sometimes get a little jealous of their jet-set lifestyle.

Well, what happens when that jealousy actually manifests into a plan to steal the person's identity?

That is what happens here when Madison, an influencer trying to get over a fight with her boyfriend, meets the mysterious CW.

Sissy

It is always worth checking out any new Australian horrors that are generating a buzz. Like with the aforementioned The Loved Ones, Sissy has a fairly simple premise of a pair of former friends who reunite at a celebration of one of their engagements.

Cecilia and Emma promised to be friends forever as kids and subsequently drifted apart (but why?). Cecilia is a successful influencer as an adult and when she gets invited to party with Emma's friends after a chance meeting at a pharmacy, shit hits the fan.

Emma's friends don't take too kindly to Cecilia's presence.

This one mixes dark humour with the usual revenge trope in a truly unique way, as there is some social commentary flung in there about influencer culture, too. There are also PLENTY of twists and turns to keep your attention, including at the very end...