The day of the dead is approaching and the platforms are filled with news to make a good marathon of horror cinema. Among all the traditions inherited from American culture, perhaps this is the one that has taken root most quickly in the popular imagination of our country. Pumpkins, Trick or Treat, sinister costumes and scary movies.

These days the movie billboard has been filled with good titles, some from the recent Sitges Festival, as is the case of The ugly stepsister (awarded first prize), Good Boy (the story of a dog who sees ghosts), the second part of Black Phonewhich premieres on October 24 or the long-awaited Frankensteinby Guillermo del Toro, which will arrive on Netflix in November after being screened.

Below we review some of the films that have recently landed on different platforms and that have become essential titles within the genre since its appearance in recent months.

Exactly on October 31, the latest film from Osgood Perkins (director of recent works as applauded as Longlegs).

On this occasion, it is the adaptation of a story by Stephen King that revolves around a cursed toy, in this case a monkey with a drum that, if its mechanism is activated, generates a violent death.

A film in which the black humor together with the goriest scenes in a cocktail as bizarre as it is dark and playful.

The scriptwriters of A quiet place compose a chilling film in a unique setting: the house of a theological scholar who will set a trap for two naive young women who go door to door trying to preach the mormon faith.

The film has the peculiarity of turning the once romantic heartthrob Hugh Grant in one of the most perverse villains of recent horror cinema. Three characters who will play cat and mouse in a plot full of twists and turns, brilliant dialogues, surprises and extreme tension in which everything will revolve around beliefs and, of course, existence of evil in contrast to religious dogmas.

Become one of the great surprises of the season, the new work of the director of titles such as Believe. The legend of Rocky o Black Panther He arrived ready to break all expectations.

Two twin brothers (played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their town in Mississippi to open a blues venue so that the African-American community can come together and feel safe. However, two threats will loom over them: the Ku Klux Klan and a group of vampires who intend to spread terror at the club's opening party.

A most original film that is a love letter from the director, Ryan Cooglerto the culture and roots of his people, as well as horror B movies.

One of the sagas that revolutionized the horror genre at the time is back thanks to the elaborate deaths with which the protagonists died due to a curse.

On this occasion, the cycle of destruction will begin again and a university student will try to stop it before everyone around her falls victim to some twisted accident.

It is also a good time to review the original film, which marked an entire generation.

The first film told from point of view of a ghost. A presence walks through the rooms of an abandoned house until a family settles in. The spirit will establish a special relationship with a young teenager and little by little will be responsible for protecting her from the threats that surround her.

In the direction, the famous Steven Soderberghdirector of works of all types of genres such as Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich o Sex, lies and video tapes.

Ishana Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night Shyamalan), makes his directorial debut with this film adaptation of the novel by AM Shine, specialized in gothic horror and the folklore of his country, Ireland.

In it, a 28-year-old artist (played by Dakota Fanning) will be trapped in a forest and, when she tries to seek shelter at night, she will encounter three strangers with whom she will have to fight against a series of strange creatures that are watching them.

A film with an elegant staging that confirms Ishana as a worthy heir to her father.

Once again we enter the folklore in this work signed by Aislinn Clarke, which has the distinction of being the first horror feature film shot in the Irish language.

The story focuses on a caregiver marked by the death of her mother and by a childhood full of violence and abuse. She will be hired to take care of a woman with agoraphobia in a remote town and, despite the fact that the patient had not maintained contact with anyone for years, an almost atavistic connection will be established between them.

A film that mixes the supernatural element with mental health and the psychological problems of the protagonists, introducing us to a space of paranoia, rituals and superstitions.

The Artificial intelligence It increasingly becomes the main theme of more and more films. In this case, the plot focuses on Iris, a robot specifically designed to be a romantic partner and who will be acquired by a young man who will make her his partner. When you go on a getaway to a rural house with other friends, the “robot bride” You will begin to become aware of your identity and question the purpose of your existence. From the moment she takes control, the film will become an unexpected show of festive violence.

In the lead role, Sophie Tatcher (Heretic, Yellowjackets), accompanied by Jack Quaid. A black comedy about the dangers of misusing technology.

You have to pay to see it before it reaches streaming, almost certainly HBO Max since it is a Warner Bros. production. However, it is one of the great events in horror cinema this year.

The director of Barbarian, Zach Creggercomposes a film as ambitious as it is shocking and that has become a classic of immediate worship.

The premise is already part of the contemporary horror story: all the children in a class will leave their respective houses at the same time in the morning and their trace will be lost.

From the different characters that are related to the case, the teacher, the father of one of the students, the only child who was not abducted and a police officer, a kaleidoscope of points of view will be composed to organize both the story and the mystery it contains. Attention to the Tía Gladynthe character of the year.

The same thing happens with Weapons. It cannot be seen for free at the moment (it will soon arrive on Movistar Plus+) but, for the moment, it is available. available on VOD.

This is the new movie of the hermanos Philippou and it is one of the wildest horror stories we have seen in recent times. Two brothers who have been orphaned will end up in the home of a woman who offers to adopt them temporarily. What they don't know are the plans that this lady has, who has invoked a ancient ritual to do real atrocities with children to achieve their goals.

Excellent review of the classic Bram Stoker from the hands of David Eggerswhich makes up a spectacular gothic tale around the myth of the vampire and with a wonderful cast in which we find Lily-Rose DeppBill Skarsgaard (as the monster), Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Willem Dafoe.

A majestic work, so gloomy as macabrefull of the most hypnotic dark poetics.