They also unpack the cruel implications behind the increasingly sorrowful Candyman archetype. CandymanĪlmost 30 years after the first Candyman film, co-writers Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele build atop the legend of the original Candyman, embellishing it and making it their own like any good slumber party guest sharing the gruesomest bits. Brand New Cherry Flavor is a short, grotesque, and utterly compelling horror tale about actions and their consequences.
When Lisa’s creepy producer steals her film for turning down his unwanted sexual advances, Lisa turns to the supernatural world for revenge in the form of local witch Boro (Catherine Keener).
This series from Nick Antosca ( Channel Zero) follows Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar), a hotshot indie filmmaker who catches Hollywood’s eye. Netflix’s Brand New Cherry Flavor is very much in the latter camp. There’s body horror and then there is “graphically vomiting kittens” body horror. The story begins and ends on Halloween (after all, there’s 11 other holidays to get through) but there’s plenty of spooky atmosphere throughout, with meetings in moonlit graveyards, fog-shrouded Gotham City nights, and some truly horrific moments featuring Batman’s unsettling rogues’ gallery. The titular “Long Halloween” refers to a year-long murder spree against Gotham City’s underworld undertaken by a mysterious figure dubbed “the Holiday Killer” during Batman’s early days as a crimefighter. One of the most celebrated Batman comic book stories of all time gets a sprawling, two-part animated adaptation that might actually surpass the source material.
Not everything on this list is purely a horror movie (or TV show), but the ones that aren’t are full of appropriate Halloween vibes. If that’s the case, you’re in luck, because the last few months have been an absolute bonanza for fans looking to get in the spooky spirit. But what if you want something new that you haven’t seen before? But what the heck are you going to watch? There’s no shortage of appropriate old favorites and films actually set on Halloween to choose from. Halloween is finally upon us, and it’s the absolute height of spooky season.