As Halloween draws near, choosing which scary, shocking, absurd, vintage or splendidly camp titles merit another watch (and then yet another) has become an even bigger question.
Geeky NG has pulled together 12 cult horror films, ranging from the newest releases to a few proven (and notably stylish) classics you can see during Halloween Season.
Number 1
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Jane Schoenbrun's newest head-spinner is an affectionate tribute to the slasher films of the 1980s, beginning with a gloriously nostalgic opening scene and carrying on through a stream of references to cult horror and plenty of spilled blood. Hannah Einbinder plays an up-and-coming filmmaker brought in to breathe new life into a struggling horror series. Her muse is Gillian Anderson, purring and dazzlingly glamorous as the final girl from the original film that started the franchise, who still lives on its worn, spooky set. Chaos erupts when Little Death, the spear-wielding killer from that film universe, turns up to welcome them.
Number 2
Backrooms (2026)
Does filing the phenomenon that was Backrooms under cult classics come too readily? Only time can settle that, yet the scares and uneasy mood of Kane Parson's box-office hit are genuine, and the film's oddness mythology rewards rewatches.
Number 3
Primate (2025)
A killer chimpanzee? Yes, really. Johannes Roberts's low-budget film Primate makes for a thrilling watch late at night. Ben, a lovable chimp kept as a pet by a Hawaiian family, falls ill with rabies, and the chaos that follows means the film's 89 minutes fly by.
Number 4
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Even after this year’s excellent Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, we consider Jane Schoenbrun‘s second feature film their best. Not quite horror, but not horror, this is eerie, yearning, piercingly nostalgic indie filmmaking, a vivid account of youthful alienation full of luridly beautiful, and sometimes extremely alarming, images that you will find hard to shake.
Number 5
Oddity (2024)
Horror enthusiasts were delighted by Hokum, the twisting 2026 supernatural shocker from Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy. Yet it is his second feature that truly merits a cult following. Oddity is frightening. The story unfolds in the Irish countryside, inside a remote house close to a psychiatric asylum. A patient calls on the wife of an asylum doctor at night, who desperately asks to be let inside. The choice she makes, of whether to open the door, sets off a lunatic story that feels singular and new.
Number 6
Red Rooms (2024)
Here is a slick, disquieting and thoroughly modern horror tale about a fashion model who becomes fixated on a man charged with shocking violence, namely rapes and killings that he broadcast live to his devoted audience. Kelly-AnneJuliette Gariépy) attends his trial as a kind of groupie, and is also a hacker who lives in antiseptic luxury high above the city, dipping in and out of online netherworlds she can’t look away from.
Number 7
The Substance (2024)
A performer written off as past her prime, played by Demi Moore in what may be her finest work yet, injects herself with a peculiar substance that promises to release a perfected version of herself. The result is grim: she collapses onto the bathroom floor, her spine splits open, and a young duplicate of her, played by Margaret Qualley, who starts out delightful and turns vicious later on, drags herself free.
Number 8
Infinity Pool (2023)
Infinity Pool, directed by Brandon Cronenberg, is a horror film with a dreamlike, hallucinatory quality. It follows a rich, attractive and restless couple on holiday at a luxury resort on a remote island nation, where armed guards keep a close watch. When they run afoul of the local authorities, what follows is likely to make you cover your eyes.
Number 9
M3GAN (2023)
Don't bother with the letdown of a sequel; go back to the original instead. It's the runaway online hit in which a robot doll fits TikTok dance routines in between its murders, and it's thoroughly entertaining.
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Number 10
Talk to Me (2023)
Talk to Me puts a fresh spin on the possession horror story. A group of Australian teens film themselves and post the clips online as spirits take over their bodies, which they achieve by gripping an embalmed hand, and before long the stunt turns into a craze on social media. The film reads possession as a kind of narcotic, a party buzz, and that idea operates on two levels, being at once straightforward and ingenious. Talk to Me is a lot of fun, but across its 90 minutes it can also leave you drained.
Number 11
When Evil Lurks (2023)
Hailing from Argentina, this film blends contagion with the undead in a refreshingly original way, loading up on stomach-turning moments while ignoring any set template. In a countryside community, an evil sickness passes from one victim to the next, and even to animals. Its twists leave viewers unsettled, and its scares are relentless.
Number 12
Barbarian (2022)
Is there anything filmmaker Zach Cregger cannot pull off in the genre? Weapons (2025) may well be his finest work, yet his first feature, Barbarian, is the one to seek out if you want a cult favourite. Ideally, go in blind: skip the trailer and avoid any plot summary too. Cregger's debut, a cult hit, is properly frightening, but it is also funny and subversive, and its pacing is hard to fault.
Conclusion: Enjoying More During Halloween
With Halloween nearly here, any film on this list would suit the occasion, though plenty of other series are available online that we have not included.
Expect cinemas to screen more of these titles over the Halloween period, so you will find a wide selection to pick from there.
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