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Leave it to the master of horror to make a simple clown appear spine-chilling. Ever since Stephen King’s ‘It’ came out in 1986, clowns, even your regular, garden-variety ones have become just a bit more macabre. ‘It Chapter One’, the 2017 on-screen adaptation of the novel, stays true to its essence, Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise a.k.a. the dancing clown is deliciously diabolical. Set in the fictional town of Derry, , the film tells the story of a group of seven outcast children who are terrorised by the ghost which emerges from the sewer, only to face their own personal demons in the process.

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No Halloween binge-watch is complete without the good ol’ masked serial killer. If you have rewatched the ‘Scream’ series for the 10000th time and are on the lookout for something a bit more recent, you can give ‘There Someone Inside Your House’ a dekko. This 2021 Patrick Brice-directorial is a film that celebrates all the tropes dear to slasher flick aficionados. It has a masked killer (with a good cause too!), a rather pretty final girl (the character who survives the homicidal rampage) and some rather hair-raising moments. Starring Sydney Park, Theodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse La Tourette and Diego Josef, this film is an adaptation of the 2017 movie of the same name written by Stephanie Perkins. The plot of the movie revolves around a student from Hawaii, who finds herself at the centre of a gruesome murder case in her newly-acquainted town of Osborne, Nebraska.

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Vampires seem to have it all - immortality, dashing good looks, supernatural strength … etc. This is the best time to give in to your vampire obsession. If you are in the mood for some guilty pleasure, consider watching ‘Night Teeth’. This Adam Randall-directorial stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Debby Ryan, Lucy Gry. Raul Castillo, Sydney Sweeny, Megan Fox and Alfie Allen. This movie follows the story of a freelance chauffeur, who discovers that the passengers he’s been taking around are actually century-old vampires. While not too heavy on plot, this film pretty much delivers what it promises, drop-dead gorgeous women that drain your dry and some thrilling moments in-between.

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The Ryan Zaragoza-directorial ‘Welcome To The Blumhouse: Madres’ stars Ariana Guerra, Tenoch Huerta and Elpidia Carrillo. It is a horror film set in 1970s California farmlands, where a pregnant woman lives on a secluded ranch. There, she discovered a box containing a talisman and other possessions of the house’s previous owner.

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Directed by Vikram K. Kumar, ‘13B: Fear Has A New Address’ is a Hindi-language horror film starring R Madhavan, Nitu Chandra and Poonam Dhillon. The movie is a remake of the 2009 Tamil movie ‘ Yavarum Nalam’, and revolves around a man Manohar, a regular guy who realises his biggest dream as he and his family shift into a luxurious apartment 13B on the 13th floor. But the dream soon transforms into a nightmare as the family begins to experience several strange occurrences at the flat.

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‘Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship’ stars Vicky Kaushal and Bhumi Pednekar and is jointly produced by Karam Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apporva Mehta and Shashank Khaitan. It is about a naval officer, who is tasked to move a haunted ship lying abandoned on the Juhu Beach. The director and producers claim that the film is based on a true incident that took place in Mumbai.

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Directed by James Ward Byrkit, ‘Coherence’ revolves around eight friends who get together for a dinner party in California. However, strange things begin to happen when a comet is passing overhead.

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Old is gold. If you are on the lookout for a movie which delivers pretty much on every aspect, be it thrills and chills as well as a unique plot and memorable characters, it's this one. Although this Priyadarshan-directorial is a remake of the 1993 Malayalam blockbuster ‘Manichitrathazhu’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ has all the makings of an evergreen classic - ROFL moments, spine-chilling scenes, amazing songs and on-point performances. This 2007 Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Shiney Ahuja-starrer manages to strike a chord even after a decade. The movie will take you on a rollercoaster emotional ride - some scenes will scare you to death while others will leave you just a bit misty-eyed. VThe plot follows an NRI couple who decide to stay in their ancestral home, paying no heed to the warning about ghosts. Gradually they encounter a series of strange, inexplicable incidents.

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