Your Halloween guide to binging
Netflix Edition
October 30, 2017
There are over 6,000 movies and TV shows on Netflix.
Horror movies are ones that never fail to impress.
“Netflix never fails to provide perfect movies to get into the scary spirit,” Esme Fromhart, an iSchool freshman says.
See, Halloween-themed movies all depend on your preferences. If you don’t like horror movies, there are still many Halloween picks that you can choose from. Netflix holds some pretty decent ones.
All Hallows’ Eve, for example, is simply about a teen girl who awakens a vengeful witch in her town. It might sound scary, but trust it’s not. After all, it’s rated G .
Funny horror movies can be comedic yet scary. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is “the killer-in-the-swamp genre that gets funnier as it rolls along,” according to a review by Neil Genzlinger of the NY Times.
The Babysitter is the new movie and came out not too long ago on Netflix. “It’s basically stupid funny with a lot of blood,” says Lorenzo Posmentier, an iSchool 9th grader.
The basic witch movies are some of the best to watch on Halloween. Sleepy Hollow, The Addams Family, Tales of Halloween, The Craft, and of course, Practical Magic are definitely ones you should check out.
There are movies that drag people unknowingly into cults it like Hostel and Cube. Also some psycoligical Movies like Saw that basically revolves around psychopathic serial killers, and all seven movies are available on Netflix.
“I like suspense movies where there’s a cool twist,” says math teacher Ms. LaPlante.
There are also movies about dolls such as Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky. “I found Chucky to be really funny and a classic movie that everyone should watch,” said Daniel Ottaviano, an iSchool freshman.
There is an amazing selection of horror movies on Netflix such as Hush, It Follows, The Babadook, Hellraiser, Creep, Train to Busan, The Disappointments Room, V/H/S, and Would You Rather.
There are so enough movies to keep watching all day on Halloween and are available for download just in case you want to watch on the go. After all, you know you want to.