What to watch this Halloween: The best scary movies that have just dropped on Sky
Spooky season is upon us and, in celebration of Halloween, Sky is encouraging viewers to choose from a selection of 13 scary movies.
To celebrate the beginning of ‘Spooky season’ this October, Sky has unleashed a whole host of bone-chilling scary movies for horror fans to binge.
Sky and NOW have highlighted some of their best hair-raising horror movies for Halloween, with many having just dropped on the platform at the start of this month.
From well-known staples like The Ring and IT, to haunting new masterpieces like Annabelle: Creation and M3GAN, viewers are well set up for a terrifying movie marathon.
Ahead of Halloween on October 31, here are thirteen films to treat (or trick) yourself to but - be warned - some of them are seriously scary!
Horror movies new to Sky and NOW
Five Nights at Freddy’s
When a troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, he realises the night shift is no easy feat.
The Exorcist: Believer
This horror film serves as a sequel to the classic 1973 film The Exorcist . Set decades after the original events, the film follows the disappearance of two girls who return three days later with no memory of what happened.
IT (2017)
Set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, this film follows a group of children known as the ‘Losers Club’ who confront a shape-shifting evil entity, a sewer-dwelling clown known as Pennywise. The Losers' Club must overcome their individual fears and work together to defeat Pennywise before he strikes again.
M3GAN
A roboticist at a top toy company creates a child-size humanoid doll called M3GAN, designed to be the ultimate companion for children. When M3GAN develops an unhealthy attachment to her paired child, Cady, things quickly get out of hand and lead to unimaginable consequences.
Scream VI
In the sixth film of this fan-favourite horror franchise, starring Jenna Ortega, the survivors of the latest Ghostface slayings start afresh in New York, but a new killer wants to take a slice out of the Big Apple.
Night Swim
An unsuspecting family moves into a new home, unaware that the dark secrets from the past will unleash a malevolent force in their pool.
Knock at the Cabin
While on holiday at a remote cabin in the woods, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand they make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse.
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Other top picks for a spooky film night
Annabelle Creation
The origins of the possessed doll from The Conjuring emerge in this spine-chilling prequel. Years after their little girl is killed in a tragic accident, dollmaker Samuel and his bedridden wife open their home to girls from a closing Catholic orphanage. But while the other girls settle in, Janice and her best friend Linda get into trouble when they enter the dead girl’s bedroom.
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Josh Lambert heads east to drop his son, Dalton, off at school. However, Dalton’s college dream soon becomes a living nightmare when the repressed demons of his past suddenly return to haunt them both.
The Nun, The Nun II
The Nun is centred around a troubled priest named Father Burke and a young nun named Sister Irene who uncover a sinister secret and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun, Valak. The Nun II sees Sister Irene forced to face Valak once again.
Halloween (2018)
It's been 40 years since his Halloween killing spree, and Michael Myers has been in a mental asylum…until now. However, Laurie Strode, his original victim, is now a hardened survivalist who has spent decades preparing for his return.
Don’t Breathe
A home-invasion horror gets turned on its head as a trio of burglars pick the wrong guy to rob. As the night unfolds, the burglars find themselves trapped, fighting for their lives, against a terrifying force they never anticipated.
The Ring, The Ring Two
Watch a mysterious video, and die seven days later. Naomi Watts plays a journalist who has a week to solve the puzzle or face death in this nerve-shredding horror hit.
All films are available to watch on Sky Cinema or to stream with a NOW Cinema Membership. Find out more here .