31 Nights of Halloween: Remain Calm

Tonight's film features the famous Pauly Shore in a part where he doesn't do the exact same stoner character he seems to play in everything else I've seen him in--and he's very good! In fact, the entire cast of this little chiller are excellent, as is the script. (And, after you've watched, tell me in the comments if you agree one of the characters would have been even better if Paul Reubens had still been alive; he would have been perfect in the part!)

Remain Calm (2026)

Starring: Pauly Shore, Nick Swardson, and Doug Jones

Director: Jack Lewis

Rating: Nine of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: Halloween Party

The Big Night is almost here... and the parties are in full swing. But do you know who your guests or fellow partiers REALLY are?

Halloween Party (2024)

Starring: Destiny McKinney, Paul Bahatia, and William Carpenter

Director: Alex Magana

Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: Sitter Wanted

Some jobs are too good to be true. Tonight's terror tidbit might be about one of those...

Sitter Wanted (2026)

Starring: Taylor White, Brenna Castor, and Julie Kate Moylan

Director: Adam Raynes

Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

Tuneful Tuesday: The Devil in I

 

I have no idea what's actually happening in this video from Slipknot, but it's creepy and cool and ends up being downright scary toward the end. I'm sure it will help you get in the Halloween Mood!

Slipknot: The Devil in I (2014)

Starring: Slipknot

Director: Shawn Crahan

Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: The Sheet

There's a mysterious sheet-draped figure in the TV room... so it's gotta be a ghost, right? Well...

The Sheet (2020)

Starring: Summer Schantz and Evan Sparks

Director: Alex Bale

Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

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31 Nights of Halloween: Sala Saturday

Summoning the Halloween Spirit, as we enter the final week before the Big Night

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31 Nights of Halloween: The Suitcase

 

Tonight's offering is equal parts scary and weird. I won't say much more, because I feel like it should be experienced cold.

The Suitcase (2023)

Starring: Darya Yaseri and Shailin Rahimi 

Director: Sana Norouzbeigi

Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: "How Do I Look?"

We've all been there guys, amirite? Waiting on the date to get ready, even though we were on time...

How Do I Look (2024)

Starring: Elizabeth Watson and Tyler Stone

Director: Alex Magana

Rating: Six of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: Don't Look Back

A young man decides to walk home instead of waiting for the train. It's a choice he comes to regret in this Japanese terror morsel!

Don't Look Back (2023)

Starring: Masatoshi Ikeda and Kayo Hikita

Director: Mitsumoto  Yuasa

Rating: Six of Ten Stars

Tuneful Tuesday: The World Is Not Enough

The band's name is Garbage, but both this video and this song are far from that. The video is supremely creepy, keeps you guessing what's coming next, and has nothing to do with the James Bond film the song was featured in. It's yet another something to get you in the mood for Halloween!

Garbage: The World is Not Enough (1999)

Starring: Shirley Manson and Clare Zerny

Director: Philipp Stolzl

Rating: Nine of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: Tunnel

Today's selection is another well-made film that keeps building though-out--until it completely loses its way in, literally, the final second; I can't even suggest you stop watching a few seconds earlier, because then the film has no ending, period. It's a shame all the filmmakers could come up with was an attempt at a jump scare to close out an otherwise well-made film.

Still, there's enough here to make it worthwhile viewing for the Halloween season.

Tunnel (2021)

Starring: Spence Fappiano and Sean Louis Kelly

Director: Sean Louis Kelly

Rating: Six of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: The Box

I could be misremembering, but I think we've had an "unboxing" video as part of these annual film-fests for the past three years. If so, then this makes it a tradition!

The Box (2026)
Starring: Matthew Swift
Director: Alex Bale
Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

31 Nights of Halloween: Sala Saturdays

 Among Richard Sala's best works is the graphic novel Mad Night, which was originally serialized under the title The Glass Scorpion. I don't think that either title really does the work justice. The heroine of the peice is Judy Drood who is Nancy Drew gone to dark and foul-mouthed.