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The first intention of a Halloween watchlist is to recommend to its readers a handful of sinister cinematic screenings meant to celebrate the spooky season. But what if a witchy watchlist could inspire more screenings beyond the 10, 20, or 31 that October could otherwise provide?
That’s why Late-Night at the Pickwick is serving up sneak previews of even more movies — so that you may discover ominous films well beyond the month of October. Follow along with our night-by-night double feature viewing recommendations, or dig deeper still into a cavern of carnage, going down a widescreen wormhole that these feature-length & short-form sinister suggestions promise to provide!
So prep the popcorn, settle into your seat, and get ready for a rioutous round of nightly nightmares …
Because terrors await!
TRAILER #1
The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)
Available on Amazon Prime.
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TRAILER #2
Cooties (2014)
Available on Amazon Prime.
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TRAILER #3
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Available to rent on Amazon Prime.
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TRAILER #4
Near Dark (1987)
This film is not currently available on streaming services.
FEATURE #1
Sinners
2025 | R | 137 minutes | d. Ryan Coogler | s. Ryan Coogler | c. Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Twin brothers return to their Delta home after a criminal undertaking in Chicago – hoping to strike gold once and for all – only to find an evil presence will endanger their entrepreneurial intentions in the place they once knew as home.
Available on HBO MAX.
TRAILER #5
The Lost Boys (1987)
Available to rent on Amazon Prime.
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TRAILER #6
30 Days of Night (2007)
Available on Paramount+.
FEATURE #2
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
2014 | NR | 101 minutes | d. Ana Lily Amirpour | s. Ana Lily Amirpour
| c. Lyle Vincent
In a genre-defying film and in a rundown Iranian city, a skateboarding vampire metes out justice against men who abuse women.
Available on Amazon Prime.
NEXT TIME …
Living dead flesh-eaters give audiences something to chew over — including in a comedic horror film that casts the world’s most apathetic citizens as zombies, in a quiet indie road picture about two slackers trying to survive the zombie apocalypse, and more!
Chris Kaine is the most amateur film essayist whom you may ever imagine. He earnestly contends that he was named after the actor Chris Sarandon, because he was either conceived while his parents watched Fright Night (1985) in his paternal grandparents’ basement, or because of their love for The Princess Bride (1987), which stars a character by the name of “Humperdink,” which is pretty funny, if you think about it.
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