Here’s All the Horror Coming to HBO This Halloween Season
Josh Millican
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HBO is getting into the Halloween spirit in a big way with a terrifying cornucopia of genre films hitting the cable giant’s slate in the 2nd half of October! From enduring classic to modern blockbusters, there’s plenty to keep genre fans entertained and horrified! Have a look at everything coming down the pike below!
This October, HBO NOW has a whole cauldron of the spookiest horror flicks to keep you in the Halloween spirit all month-long including film franchises such as Hannibal Lecter, The Omen, Wrong Turn, and more. Fill up your plastic pumpkin with candy galore, grab a caramel apple and bring on all the scares with these killer Halloween blockbusters.
IT, 2017
The summer of 1989 takes a terrifying turn when Pennywise, an evil clown dwelling in the sewers of Derry, Maine, begins to wreak havoc on Derry’s children. Starring Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs and Bill Skarsgård. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Based on the horror novel by Stephen King.
Silence of the Lambs*, 1991
FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) works with incarcerated madman Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) to find a serial killer in this unforgettable 1991 Oscar®-winner.
Hannibal*, 2001
Escaped serial killer Hannibal Lecter is hunted by the FBI and a mutilated former victim in this follow-up to ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’
Alien: Covenant*, 2017
Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ prequel finds the crew of a colony ship sidetracked on an uncharted planet that is crawling with hostile aliens.
Predator*, 1987
It’s muscles vs. monster when Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) takes on a murderous space alien in the jungles of Central America.
Predator 2*, 1990
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) battles the camouflaged alien predator when it arrives in inner-city L.A.–and uses the city as a private hunting preserve.
AVP: Alien vs. Predator*, 2004
A scientific team finds itself in the midst of an epic war between the two extraterrestrial species deep below the frigid Antarctic.
The Last House on the Left*, 2009
A couple seeks murderous revenge on the criminals who attacked their daughter in this shocking remake of the 1972 cult classic.
Wolves at the Door, 2017
Four friends endure a horrifying home invasion in the Hollywood Hills in 1969.
A Cure for Wellness, 2017
A young executive sent to retrieve his CEO from a wellness spa in the Swiss Alps becomes ensnared in the diabolical dealings there.
Drag Me to Hell, 2009
A pretty young loan officer becomes the victim of an evil gypsy curse in Sam Raimi’s jolting horror flick.
The Belko Experiment, 2017
A quiet day at the office takes a terrifying turn when the employees at a corporation in Colombia are given a horrific ultimatum.
A Cure for Wellness, 2017
A young executive sent to retrieve his CEO from a wellness spa in the Swiss Alps becomes ensnared in the diabolical dealings there.
Drag Me to Hell*, 2009
A pretty young loan officer becomes the victim of an evil gypsy curse in Sam Raimi’s jolting horror flick.
The Belko Experiment, 2017
A quiet day at the office takes a terrifying turn when the employees at a corporation in Colombia are given a horrific ultimatum.
The Omen*, 1973
A diplomat and his wife begin to fear their young son is the antichrist in this 1976 horror classic.
Damien: Omen II, 1978
Damien, the devil’s child of ‘The Omen,’ is back in this spine-tingling 1978 sequel.
Omen III: The Final Conflict, 1981
The third film in the ‘Omen’ series finds the demonic Damien all grown up and ready to bring his evil to the world.
Omen IV: The Awakening*, 1991
Damien the Antichrist lives on through his daughter, who is just learning to use her powers in this fourth film in ‘The Omen’ series.
The Descent, 2006
A girls’ trip to explore a labyrinth of North Carolina caves takes a terrifying turn in this spelunking scarefest.
The Descent: Part 2, 2010
Lone spelunking survivor Sarah must lead a mission back into the caves where she and five friends encountered an otherworldly horror.
Jennifer’s Body, 2009
Jennifer (Megan Fox) is a luscious teen temptress whose night out with an occult-obsessed rock band leaves her beaten, bruised and lusting for blood.
House of the Dead, 2003
Party-hearty teens head to a remote island for the ultimate rave only to discover the place is crawling with flesh-craving zombies.
House of the Dead 2, 2006
Higher learning gets zombified in this gruesome sequel that finds a college campus infiltrated by the living dead.
House of a 1000 Corpses, 2003
Director Rob Zombie’s shocker about four young travelers who wind up trapped in a house of ungodly horrors.
The Devil’s Rejects, 2005
Rob Zombie’s gritty, grisly sequel to ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ finds the Firefly family continuing their murderous ways while on the run.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, 2007
Contestants in a reality show find themselves playing a game of life-or-death when they encounter a band of inbred hillbilly cannibals.
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, 2011
Snowmobiling college kids run amok of an inbred hillbilly cannibal family in this fourth film in the series.
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, 2012
Young people en route to a Halloween music festival run afoul of the demented Hillicker brothers and their inbred hillbilly cannibal clan.
Warlock, 1991
A young woman teams up with a witch hunter from the 1700s to destroy a warlock with diabolical plans.
Warlock: The Armageddon, 1993
The Warlock returns to collect six Druidic runestones in seven days–which will release Satan from Hell to rule the earth.
Warlock III: The End of Innocence, 1999
A plucky co-ed sets satanic forces in motion when she agrees to spend a weekend with her party-hearty pals in a spooky mansion.
*Ends on HBO NOW at 5:59 am EST on 11/1/18
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