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Parasomnia (2026): Shudder Release Date, Trailer, and What We Know
By Alan Willey ·
Parasomnia streams exclusively on Shudder from September 4, 2026. The release date, why some listings call it a 2025 film, the festival run behind it, the trailer, and whether it is scary.
Ranked List · 10 films
10 Movies Like Trick 'r Treat
By Alan Willey ·
Trick 'r Treat (2007) is the film people put on for Halloween night itself rather than for a scare.
Ranked List · 8 films
8 Movies Like Hell House LLC
By Alan Willey ·
Hell House LLC (2015) is Stephen Cognetti's found-footage benchmark for dread on almost no blood: a small crew converts an abandoned hotel into a Halloween haunted-house attraction, films the build, and keeps filming as the building turns on them.
Ranked List · 13 films
The Intensity Index 2026: 13 Brutal Horror Movies That Barely Bleed
By Alan Willey ·
Horror sites rank films by how much blood is on screen because blood is easy to count.
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The Cycle (2026): Shudder Release Date, and Is It Scary?
By Alan Willey ·
The Cycle premieres exclusively on Shudder on October 23, 2026. What Jordan Downey's supernatural cold-case horror is about, who is in it, whether it is scary, and how to watch it.
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Crawlers (2026): Release Date, Why It Is Not the Infested Remake, and Where to Watch
By Alan Willey ·
Crawlers opens wide in US theaters on October 2, 2026. The release date, why it is not a remake of Infested despite the near-identical premise, the crew behind it, and whether it is scary.