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Haunt Season, directed by Jake Jarvi, is a new entry in the slasher genre, arriving just in time for Halloween on October 4. This independent film masterfully combines aspects of horror and dark comedy, all set against the backdrop of the Realm of Terror, a real haunted house attraction.

This film’s exploration of the lives of haunted house performers is particularly interesting, as it provides a view into a subculture frequently disregarded in popular filmmaking.

Haunt Season resonates with modern fears about identity and ambition as we enter the season of spooks and thrills, representing a generation struggling with performance expectations—both on and off-screen.

The film’s timing is great, arriving in theaters as fans seek the perfect balance of chills and laughs during the Halloween season. It’s more than just a horror film; it’s a statement on the blurred lines between reality and performance, making it...

Stars: Ana Dragovich, Stephen Kristof, Sarah Elizabeth, Brent Bentley, Craig Benzine, Adam Hinkle, Terry Holt, Samuel James Howard, Janet Jurado | Written and Directed by Jake Jarvi

Haunt Season is the latest in a long line of scary attractions turned into real houses of horror, films like Haunt and Teddy Told Me To. Of course, you can go even further back, before haunted houses were popular, to films like Tourist Trap, the original House of Wax, all the way back to Mystery in the Wax Museum from 1933. It offers a great setting for films, with plenty of opportunity for jump scares and misdirecting the viewer, which keeps attracting filmmakers. It also means that it gets harder and harder to stand out from all the other similar films.

When Taylor doesn’t show up for her shift at the local haunted house, everyone simply assumes she flaked out and ghosted them. Having seen the prologue,...

Are you shocked to learn the author of /Film's three Halloween Horror Nights articles this year is a haunted attraction addict? Invite me to your Halloween mazes, hayrides, docked ocean liners, and Shaqtoberfests. I crave haunt season entertainment. Even better, I crave "Haunt Season Horror" movies. Is that trademarked? Can I coin that terminology?

Haunt Season Horror titles must take place in a Horror Nights-like maze or immersive experience, turning seasonal amusements into slaughterhouse backdrops. Marquee examples would be "Hell Fest," your corporate-branded Six Flags Fright Fest take, or "The Houses October Built," which ventures into the less moderated realm of do-it-yourself haunts. These films prey upon the rational fears of patrons who attend these pop-up "Scarehouses," stripping away the safety of regulated horror experiences. What happens when a killer infiltrates a place where commercial terror is purchased at a premium? It's the ultimate Halloween treat.

Unfortunately, there's a shallow...

While you wait for Terrifier 3 to bring Art the Clown and his over-the-top mayhem back to theaters on October 11, seven other brand new horror movies have released at home today.

Here’s all the new horror released on Tuesday, October 8, 2024!

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Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and the long-awaited sequel is now available on Digital at home after releasing in theaters last month.

You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

On November 19, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available to own on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. It will also continue to be available to own in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.

Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek,...

Witches have gotten a bad rap. Portrayed alternately as conniving tricksters, bearers of bad omens, casters of curses, and perpetrators of evil, these herbal and medicinal craft practitioners have been given the decidedly short end of the stick. House of Spoils, from writing-directing duo Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy, makes a noble attempt to reframe neopagan practices and their proponents as much more than cackling antagonists. Inherent to witchcraft is a connection to the natural world, a distinction that this present film seeks to elucidate, which makes it a far more intriguing affair than the typical archetype-trundling trifle.

We begin with a flurry of mysterious images: hands mashing a cerise concoction of ambiguous ingredients, pages of a manuscript containing humanoid figures sprouting leaves from their heads. For those who don't particularly care for codicology, the mandrake, and its artistic anthropomorphization are intrinsic to witchcraft, the personification of a plant...

When people go through haunted house attractions during the Halloween season, many of them don't who the person is behind the fake gore and zombie makeup. The seasonal actor disappears behind the blood-curdling screams and smoke machine to create a visceral near-death experience that pumps out adrenaline. In Haunt Season, director and writer Jake Jarvi peels back the make-up to shine a light on haunted house actors in an actual death experience.

Haunt Season is a love letter to the actors struggling to make their big break in the entertainment industry, and provides a realistically hard perspective to achieve Jarvi's vision. Recent college graduate Matilda (Sarah Elizabeth) joins a haunted house just when another actor has suddenly ghosted her fellow crew during the height of the Halloween season. As the group of former theater kids and art-house devotees welcome Matilda into the fold, a masked serial killer picks them off one by one.

In October, the latest horror movie from Dread, Epic Pictures' specialty horror label, will be released. Ahead of the movie's arrival, Cbr has an exclusive sneak peek clip to unveil.

The film imagines what might happen if a costumed killer were to embark on a killing spree in a haunted house attraction, blurring the lines between what's real and what isn't. Our clip picks up early into the night of carnage when the haunted house's employees are gathered to plan their night of fright, unaware of the true horrors that await. The film will be released in limited theaters starting on Oct. 4 ahead of its launch for rent or purchase on video-on-demand (VOD) on Oct. 8. For now, Cbr's sneak peek clip can be viewed below.

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The line between fantasy and reality is blurring in Colliders exclusive first look at the trailer for Haunt Season, the latest film to come from Epic Pictures horror label, Dread. This one will strike a special cord for everyone out there whos spent their fall season working in a haunted house, using their theater chops to scare the living daylights out of visitors. Its all fun, games, and bonding between theater nerds and horror lovers until the corn syrup is shelved, and real blood is spilled, putting everyones lives in danger. Penned and directed by Jake Jarvi (The Platoon of Power Squadron), Haunt Season will make you think twice about what youre seeing during your upcoming annual visit to the local haunted house.