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Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.

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  1. Halloween 2018

    Film

    Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

    The sides of Halloween

    • Laurie Strode forty years later
    • Michael Myers on the loose again
    • Three generations of women against him

    Good for you if

    • you like Michael Myers back in Haddonfield on Halloween night.
    • you like a final siege at Laurie's fortified house.
    • you like Jamie Lee Curtis as a grandmother who has been waiting for him for decades.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand stabbings and brutal kills.
    • you can't take trauma passed down from mother to daughter.

    About: trauma · survival · family

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  2. Hush 2016

    Film

    A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

    The sides of Hush

    • A deaf writer alone in a house in the woods
    • A masked killer at the window
    • One night of cat and mouse

    Good for you if

    • you like a killer outside and a woman who can't hear him coming.
    • you want a horror film you can finish in 82 minutes.
    • you like a heroine who fights back with what she has at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand knives and stabbings on screen.
    • you need dialogue to stay with a film. Maddie can't hear or speak, and long stretches play out in silence.

    About: isolation · survival · courage

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  3. Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

    The sides of The Black Phone

    • A boy locked in a soundproof basement
    • A dead phone that rings with past victims
    • A sister with dreams that see things

    Good for you if

    • you like being scared by a masked kidnapper in 1970s Colorado.
    • you like Finney planning his escape with help from the dead.
    • you like the bond between Finney and his sister Gwen.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear child abuse and kidnapping on screen.
    • you want a kidnapping story that stays grounded. Here the dead call Finney on a disconnected phone.

    About: courage · siblings · abuse

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  4. Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

    The sides of The Hills Have Eyes

    • A family stranded in the desert
    • Mutants in an old nuclear test zone
    • A quiet son-in-law forced to fight back

    Good for you if

    • you like being scared by what hides in the hills.
    • you like a night attack on a trailer that never lets up.
    • you like ordinary people fighting to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore and brutal killings.
    • you can't take a rape scene on screen.

    About: survival · family · savagery

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  5. The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.

    The sides of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

    • Two bank-robbing brothers on the run
    • A preacher's family taken hostage
    • A border bar full of ancient vampires

    Good for you if

    • you like outlaw brothers running for the Mexican border.
    • you want shootouts that turn into fights with monsters.
    • you like a crime story that suddenly turns into Aztec vampire myth.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand blood, bites and gore.
    • you'd rather not be scared by fanged creatures in the dark.

    About: brotherhood · faith · survival

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  6. Scream 2022

    Film

    Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

    The sides of Scream

    • A new Ghostface in Woodsboro
    • Teenagers linked to the first killings
    • Sidney, Gale and Dewey back in town

    Good for you if

    • you like guessing which of the friends is behind the mask.
    • you laugh at a slasher that mocks reboots and its own fans.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand stabbings shown up close.
    • you can't watch a masked killer stalking teenagers at night.

    About: legacy · fandom · family secrets

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  7. Don't Breathe 2016

    Film

    A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

    The sides of Don't Breathe

    • Three thieves break into a blind man's house
    • He isn't helpless
    • A basement they shouldn't find

    Good for you if

    • you like holding your breath in a dark house.
    • you like a villain who hunts by sound.
    • you like a reveal halfway that changes everything.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal violence ruins it for you.
    • one disturbing scene with a captive is too much for you.

    About: survival · guilt · desperation

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  8. Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

    The sides of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    • Five friends on a road trip through rural Texas
    • A farmhouse full of bones
    • Leatherface and his chainsaw

    Good for you if

    • you want a horror film so raw it feels like real footage.
    • you like a family dinner scene that goes on until you can't breathe.
    • you like grainy 1970s horror shot on a tiny budget.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch people hunted with a chainsaw and a meat hook.
    • you need some hope at the end of a horror film.

    About: survival · madness · family

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  9. High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to survive this bizarre world, find her beloved brother, and escape becomes her top priority, but she is beset by danger not just from the mysterious Masks, which possess both inhuman strength and cruelty, but other survivors turned cruel or desparate by the insanity of the high-rise world.

    The sides of High-Rise Invasion

    • A schoolgirl trapped among skyscrapers
    • Masked killers hunting on the rooftops
    • A search for her brother

    Good for you if

    • you like a chase across rooftops where any bridge can be a trap.
    • you like a girl fighting to stay alive in a world with no rules.
    • you like a strange world of towers with no ground in sight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand axes and gore.
    • you'd rather avoid fan service and sexualised shots.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: survival · trust · siblings

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  10. Scream 1996

    Film

    A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

    The sides of Scream

    • A masked killer who calls first
    • Teenagers who know horror films
    • What's your favourite scary movie

    Good for you if

    • you like a slasher with real scares.
    • you like guessing who's behind the mask.
    • you like a horror film that jokes about horror films.

    Bad for you if

    • stabbings ruin it for you.
    • you can't laugh at murder. The killer quizzes his victims on horror films over the phone.

    About: genre · trauma · trust

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  11. Saw III 2006

    Film

    Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

    The sides of Saw III

    • A dying Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda
    • A doctor forced to keep him alive
    • A grieving father put through a chain of traps

    Good for you if

    • you like a final reveal that rewires the games before it.
    • you want to count the seconds with every trap.
    • you like being scared by what a man will do to survive.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand blood, gore and torture shown in detail.
    • you can't watch grief turned into a cruel test.

    About: revenge · forgiveness · survival

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  12. Psycho 1960

    Film

    When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

    The sides of Psycho

    • A secretary on the run with stolen money
    • A lonely motel
    • A shower

    Good for you if

    • you like suspense built from a stolen envelope and a lonely motel.
    • you like a film that pulls the floor away halfway.
    • you like horror that relies on what you imagine.

    Bad for you if

    • black and white films from 1960 feel too old to you.
    • you need momentum. The first act follows Marion's nervous drive, slowly, mile by mile.

    About: guilt · identity · madness

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  13. Saw V 2008

    Film

    Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

    The sides of Saw V

    • A detective hailed as a hero after Jigsaw's death
    • An FBI agent who doesn't believe him
    • Five strangers in a chain of traps

    Good for you if

    • you like strangers forced through one trap after another in a locked building.
    • you like a series that keeps rewriting who was working with Jigsaw.
    • you like an FBI agent digging into a hero cop's past.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand watching people mutilated in torture devices.
    • you need some hope by the end credits.

    About: guilt · survival · corruption

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  14. Halloween 1978

    Film

    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

    The sides of Halloween

    • Michael Myers in a white mask
    • A babysitter in Haddonfield
    • John Carpenter's piano theme

    Good for you if

    • you like a killer who just stands in the background, watching.
    • you like a quiet suburb where the danger is always one window away.
    • you like a few piano notes that make your skin crawl.

    Bad for you if

    • you find horror from the 1970s dated.
    • you need momentum, and the killing starts late in the night.

    About: evil · Halloween night · survival

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  15. Sinners 2025

    Film

    Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

    The sides of Sinners

    • Twin brothers back home in 1930s Mississippi
    • A juke joint opening for one night
    • A young blues singer and uninvited vampires

    Good for you if

    • you like blues that shakes a juke joint and calls back the past.
    • you like 1930s Mississippi with the Smokestack twins.
    • you want a night siege against vampires that ends in a shootout.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bloody vampire fights.
    • you'd rather not watch frank sex scenes with others.

    About: music · heritage · brotherhood

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  16. Scream 2 1997

    Film

    Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

    The sides of Scream 2

    • Sidney Prescott at college
    • A new killer in the Ghostface mask
    • Students arguing about sequels

    Good for you if

    • you like a slasher that jokes about slasher sequels.
    • you like guessing who is behind the mask this time.
    • you like a phone ringing and nobody you can trust.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand stabbings and bloody deaths.
    • you can't stand being scared.

    About: trauma · fame · trust

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  17. When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

    The sides of The Invisible Man

    • A woman who escaped her controlling partner
    • An ex who is supposed to be dead
    • Empty rooms that may not be empty

    Good for you if

    • you like staring at an empty corner, waiting for it to move.
    • you like being scared by something nobody can see.
    • you like Elisabeth Moss as a woman no one believes.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story built on domestic abuse.
    • you can't stand sudden, bloody killings.

    About: control · trauma · being believed

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  18. Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

    The sides of 28 Weeks Later

    • London being repopulated after a rage virus
    • Two kids sneaking out of the safe zone
    • A father who carries the infection

    Good for you if

    • you like being chased through dark London streets.
    • you like fast, raging infected who never stop running.
    • you like a desperate escape while soldiers fire on everyone.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand graphic gore.
    • you need some hope at the end.

    About: survival · family · guilt

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  19. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

    The sides of Alien: Romulus

    • Young colonists scavenging a derelict station
    • Facehuggers in the dark corridors
    • An android loyal to his sister

    Good for you if

    • you like a countdown, a locked station and something hunting in the vents.
    • you like the grimy, analog spaceships of the first Alien.
    • you want a monster film made for a big screen and loud sound.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand body horror and bloody deaths.
    • you can't stand being scared.

    About: survival · family · escape

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  20. Jigsaw 2017

    Film

    Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

    The sides of Jigsaw

    • Five strangers in a deadly game
    • New traps in a barn
    • Police chasing a killer dead for ten years

    Good for you if

    • you like guessing along with a Saw film built around a big reveal.
    • you like trying to work out who is behind the traps.
    • you like horror that makes you wince.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand torture and gore.
    • you'd rather follow people than a game of traps.

    About: guilt · punishment · death

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