Cosy horror for dark nights
Same nightmares. Different stories.
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Four films, one very bad idea. Tell me the mood and I will fill the evening.
My February watchlist runs from Halloween to Scream, with haunted rooms and terrible neighbours along the way. Here’s how I’d choose the evening’s scare, plus what to check before streaming in the UK or US.
22 October 2026 · 1 min read
The horror films I'm saving for January 2027, when the tree is down, the sky is dark by teatime and the sofa is the only sensible place to be. Seven cosy-ish picks, no spoilers.
15 October 2026 · 1 min read
My New Year horror plan is to catch up with the films I keep meaning to watch. A small shortlist, a comfortable sofa and absolutely no attempt to turn January into homework.
8 October 2026 · 1 min read
After a night of bangs and flashes outside, I started noticing how much of horror actually happens in your ears rather than your eyes — here are six films, grouped by what they do with sound, for the evening your nerves are already switched on.
1 October 2026 · 1 min read
People only ask me about horror movie nights in September, like the rest of the year doesn't exist. It does. Here's how I actually do it, whatever month it happens to be.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
The second the mornings turn grey, my film nights turn dark. Here's why September, not October, is when my horror season actually begins, and what's already queued up.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
The last fortnight before Halloween is the only fair excuse for watching something scary every single night. Here is what is queued up on my sofa, in the order I am actually going to get through it.
13 September 2026 · 1 min read
Some films only come out once a year, when the nights draw in and the flat gets that proper autumn gloom. These are the ones I never skip.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Black Friday is coming, which means every shop will try to sell you a box set you don't need. Here's the ones I'd actually clear shelf space for.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
The nights are drawing in and my rewatch pile has come out again. Here is what actually gets put on, and why the same handful of films win every single year.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.