Have you ever run out of ideas for what to watch for Halloween? Here are some great options that aren’t too scary, but frightening enough that you’ll need to hide beneath the covers tonight.
“Sinners,” 2025, directed by Ryan Coogler
Trying to leave their troubled past, two brothers Smoke and Stack, come home after years away, intent on building something new and leaving behind their past.
The brothers plan to open a juke-joint, a place of music, community, and hope. In a town steeped in racial tension and economic hardship. But the roots of prosperity and culture often run deep in darkness, and soon they discover that a far greater evil is lying in wait.
“Good Boy,” 2925, directed by Ben Leonberg
A haunted house thriller with a loyal dog named Indy, whose world is turned upside down when his owner, Todd, moves them out of the city and into a vacant home in the woods. From Indy’s point of view, the house isn’t just quiet or empty, it’s alive with things he can sense that Todd can’t.
As Todd grows weaker and more unsettled, Indy becomes a guardian, investigator, and a witness to the creeping silence. With only instinct and loyalty to guide him, he digs deeper into the shadows where old ghosts, hidden corners, and unanswered questions await.
“Bring Her Back,” 2025, directed by Michael Phillippou and Danny Phillippou
A 17 year old boy, Andy, has already lost one parent. Now he’s under pressure to protect his younger sister, Piper who is visually impaired. Their only hope is a seamlessly nice foster mother Laura. until the house they move into begins to feel less like sanctuary and more like a trap.
The film weaves psychological dread, familial trauma, and creeping supernatural dread into a story that will make you question, how far would you go to bring someone back?
“Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum,” 2018, directed by Jung Bum-shik
A popular online broadcaster drags a live-camera crew into the infamous abandoned Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital site shrouded in urban legend and ghost stories, with the promise of a major online pay-off for “one million viewers or bust.”
As it starts as a calculated stunt to hook an audience, it quickly derails into something far more sinister. The lights flicker, the cameras pan down endless corridors, and the footage becomes less about entertainment and more about survival.
By the time the credits roll, you’ll be questioning how much of what you saw was staged – and how much was real. Reviewers call it “deeply unsettling” and say it proves that found-footage horror can still hit you right in the gut.