Cosy horror for dark nights
Same nightmares. Different stories.
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The series worth staying up for, and the ones that lose their nerve somewhere around episode three.
I want a horror twist to change how I understand the story I’ve just watched. Here’s what makes that feel fair, with clearly marked spoilers for two episodes of The Twilight Zone.
27 October 2026 · 1 min read
Some nights I only have the nerve for twenty five minutes of horror, not a two hour commitment. Here's what I actually put on when I want a proper fright in a small, manageable dose.
20 October 2026 · 1 min read
Three seasons of a talking doll is a lot to take on with Halloween five weeks away, so I worked out whether Chucky earns the time or whether it can wait until the nights are properly dark.
13 October 2026 · 1 min read
Every October the schedules fill up with "spooky specials", and most of them are filler wearing a pumpkin hat. Here's how I sort the handful worth an evening from the ones that just want your remote control.
6 October 2026 · 1 min read
One evening, one complete story, and a bedtime worth protecting. Here’s how I narrow the choice by running time, standalone storytelling and the sort of scare I actually fancy.
29 September 2026 · 1 min read
Some nights a whole horror film is too big an ask, so I reach for horror TV shows instead: shorter, easier to abandon, and just as good for the mood.
25 September 2026 · 1 min read
I put this off for years because everyone recommending it made it sound like homework. It is not homework. It is the best haunted house television I have ever sat through with the lights off.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Everyone told me Midnight Mass was about a monster on a fog-bound island. It isn't, not really, and that is exactly why it stayed with me longer than most horror I have watched this 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.