This Week's Notable Horror: 10/12 - 10/18
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We're nearly halfway through October, and the horror releases still aren't letting up, with a dozen titles heading our way this week. Tomorrow sees the arrival of kids' show horror BUDDY, creature feature DON'T MOVE, and South Korean sci-fi thriller HOPE on VOD. Fast-forward to Friday, and we've got the killer spider flick CRAWLERS and survival thriller WHALEFALL hitting theaters. If you'd rather stay home, Shudder has you covered with the Halloween-themed post-apoc movie HALLOWARRIOR. Check below for everything new and notable releasing this week.
NOTE: This is not a comprehensive list (there's simply too much to keep track of), but it is a list of the more notable movies to look out for. If you spot an error or if a movie is missing from the list, contact me. Also, these are US release dates, so they may differ if you're in another country and dates are subject to change.
VOD: Video on Demand
PVOD: Premium Video on Demand
Limited: Limited Theatrical Release
Theaters: Wide Theatrical Release
BUDDY
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
Remember BUDDY—the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic childrens' television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.
BURNING
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
In a quiet suburban village, the home of a young family grieving the loss of their firstborn goes up in flames. As rumors of a curse spread, no one can explain how the fire began. Each eyewitness offers a different terrifying account, but all are drawn to the same unsettling mystery surrounding the house and its inhabitants. As speculation grows, fact soon becomes inseparable from superstition.
CREATURE OF THE PINES
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (Screambox)
Creature of the Pines is a found-footage horror film that follows a skeptical documentary team into the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Tasked with investigating a series of mysterious vanishings, the crew relies on interviews and field research to uncover the local lore. But as they venture deeper into the wilderness, the legend begins to close in on them, turning their production into a terrified struggle for survival against something that has been watching them all along.
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
A few years after surviving the last demon apocalypse, Brodie is washed-up, broke, and stuck in small-town purgatory. But when he learns that NoizeQuest, a battle-of-the-bands competition, is coming to his town, he sees a shot at redemption - and maybe even a second chance with Medina. One problem: his drummer is missing an arm, and the rest of his band is, well... dead. Luckily, Brodie still has the pages of The Black Hymn, so raising his bandmates from the great beyond is just a riff away. But with every chord comes blood, guts, and the kind of apocalyptic chaos only Deathgasm can unleash.
DEVOUR
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
An all-girl heavy metal band faces a warlock, cannibals, vampires, and a werewolf in a remote town, and must unleash dark powers to survive the night.
DON'T MOVE
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
A church group's annual retreat turns deadly when they wander into the wrong part of the Ozark wilderness, and something starts picking them off one by one. Suspicion falls on Ricky, the troublemaker of the group. But the real threat is far worse. Deep in the forest, wrapped in a labyrinth of webs, the group is pursued by a terrifying prehistoric arachnid that hunts by vibration. When every step could be their last, they only have one choice: Don’t Move. It’s up to Megan to hold what’s left of the group together and get them out alive.
HOPE
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 13th (VOD)
In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
INCOMPLETE CHAIRS
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 15th (BloodStream)
Revolves around a craftsman named Shinsuke Kujo, whose pursuit of the perfect chair requires some decidedly unconventional materials: human bones and skin. After luring job applicants to his studio, Kujo turns murder into part of his creative process. But when chair buyer Natsuko Kato takes an interest in his work, questions about his designs lead her and bar owner Masaki Uchida toward a horrifying discovery.
CRAWLERS
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 16th (Theaters)
In CRAWLERS, a catastrophic infestation of venomous and deadly spiders sends an apartment building into lockdown. Trapped inside by a police-mandated quarantine, building manager Serena (Lutz) and her residents battle to survive as the creatures multiply by the second. Armed with her intimate knowledge of the complex, Serena may be the only one who can keep them alive—if she can confront her deepest fear.
HALLOWARRIOR
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 16th (Shudder)
Follows Pumpkin (Shapiro), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep, led by the fearsome Thalia (Sossamon). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
WHALEFALL
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 16th (Theaters)
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 16th (Limited)
A young man (Boldman) searches for answers behind his sister’s mysterious disappearance. His journey leads him and a group of friends, including Olivia (Andino), deep into a remote forest where they become trapped in a supernatural prison. Hunted by shadowy entities, the group is forced to confront both physical and psychological terror as they struggle to escape.