On the occasion of Halloween, the JV editorial team offers you a selection of the best horror films and series available on Disney+. And yes, Disney’s streaming platform doesn’t just have Marvel and Star Wars content.
28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Original title: 28 weeks later
- Duration : 1h40
- Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Screenwriters: Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Camera operator: Enrique Chediak
- Actors/Actresses: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau
- Oscars: No nominations
A sequel to 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later is set in a world where a terrible virus has decimated the United Kingdom and turned almost the entire population into zombies. Six months after this epidemic, the American occupying forces ordered the country to be rebuilt since the infection appeared to have been defeated. In this context, we follow the adventures of Don, who was unable to save his wife and has to tell this to his children, whom he sees again when he returns to London. Despite everything, they leave all three trying to overcome their grief while a terrible secret awaits them.
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Hungry (2021)
- Original title: antler
- Duration : 1h39
- Director: Scott Cooper
- Screenwriters: Nick Antosca, Henry Chaisson
- Camera operator: Florian Hoffmeister
- Actors/Actresses: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas
- Oscars: No nominations
Produced by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth…), Starving is a film halfway between thriller and horror. The viewer follows the journey of Julia, a teacher in a small mining town in Oregon. During her lessons, she realizes that one of her students and her younger brother are victims of their father’s violent behavior. She then decides to investigate with Paul, her brother, who is also the local sheriff. Unfortunately, they quickly discover a supernatural secret with frightening consequences.
Alien, the Eighth Passenger (1979)
- Original title: extraterrestrial
- Duration : 1h56
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Screenwriters: Dan O’Bannon, Walter Hill
- Camera operator: Derek Vanlint
- Actors/Actresses: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright
- Oscars: Two nominations, an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 1980
The first “Alien” is more than a cult science fiction and horror film, it is a cinema classic. In the year 2122, the merchant ship Nostromo returns to Earth with its cargo of ore and its crew of seven men and women. But while the journey goes well, the ship is forced to make a forced stop on a desert planet, where Agent Kane is attacked by an unknown life form, a type of arachnid that clings to his face. After the creature is removed from him, the crew breathes and feeds together. But during the meal, a creature pierces the officer’s abdomen and escapes into the ship’s corridors. It’s the start of a nightmare for the crew.
American Horror Story (2011-…)
- Original title: American horror story
- Duration : 42 minutes per episode, between 9 and 13 episodes per season, 12 seasons in total
- Created by : Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
- Studio: FX Networks
- Actors/Actresses: Emma Roberts, Lily Rabe, Billie Lourd
- Awards: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series for Jessica Lange in 2012
American Horror Story is a horror anthology series, meaning each season tells an independent story from the others. Haunted house, madhouse, circus troupe, hotel, nightmarish clown… all the codes of horror are present here. There are currently twelve seasons of the series, each with its own atmosphere and theme.
Barbarian (2022)
- Original title: Barbarian
- Duration : 1h43
- Director: Zach Cregger
- Screenwriter: Zach Cregger
- Camera operator: Zach Kuperstein
- Actors/Actresses: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long
- Oscars: None
Tess is a young woman who goes to Detroit for a job interview. During her stay, she decided to rent an Airbnb. When she arrives late, she finds that her apartment is already occupied by a strange man named Keith. Despite this unpleasant surprise, she decides to stay because all the surrounding hotels are fully booked. During the night, Tess is awakened by mysterious noises and our heroine becomes involved in a series of terrible discoveries.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2022)
- Original title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Duration : 42 minutes per episode, 12 for season 1, 22 for the rest, 7 seasons in total
- Created by : Joss Whedon
- Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
- Actors/Actresses: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon
- Awards: Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Television Series for Sarah Michelle Gellar in 2001
A cult series for a generation, Buffy the Vampire Slayer follows the adventures of Buffy Summers, a vampire slayer from a long line of chosen ones responsible for fighting the forces of evil. Despite her fate, the young woman strives to run a simple and fulfilling city together with her family and friends. Unfortunately, the demons that roam Sunnydale constantly remind him of his responsibilities. To help her, she can count on the teachings of her Watcher, who is responsible for her guidance and training.
Goosebumps (2023)
- Original title: Goose flesh
- Duration : 42 minutes per episode, 10 episodes per season, 1 season
- Created by : Rob Letterman, Nicholas Stoller
- Studio: Scholastic productions
- Actors/Actresses: Rachael Harris, Justin Long, Zack Morris
- Awards: None
Goosebumps is a series inspired by the famous book saga of the same name. The viewer follows a group of five high school students as they attempt to save a town from the forces of nature that plague them after accidentally freeing them. To achieve this, they must band together despite the rivalries and past histories that bind them together. As they attempt to capture these evil creatures, they will discover secrets that their parents kept about their youth.
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
- Original title: Jennifer’s body
- Duration : 1h45
- Director: Karyn Kusama
- Screenwriter: Diablo Cody
- Camera operator: Mr. David Mullen
- Actors/Actresses: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons
- Oscars: None
The cult film of a whole generation, but not without flaws: “Jennifer’s Body” has Megan Fox as the leading actress. In this feature film she plays Jennifer, a high school student in a small American town whose fatal beauty makes all the boys fall in love with her. But behind this beauty lies a dark truth: the teenager is possessed by a demon that drives her to devour men. As she transforms into a pale and murderous creature, her childhood friend Needy will attempt to protect the town’s young men, including her boyfriend Chip.
The Hill Has Eyes (2006)
- Original title: The hills have eyes
- Duration : 1h43
- Director: Alexandre Aja
- Screenwriters: Grégory Levasseur, Alexandre Aja
- Camera operator: Maxim Alexandre
- Actors/Actresses: Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw
- Oscars: None
A remake of Wes Craven’s 1977 film of the same name, 2006’s The Hills Have Eyes introduces us to Big Bob Carter, a former Cleveland police officer, and his wife Ethel as they travel to California with their family for their wedding anniversary . It must be said that the atmosphere within the family is not good, no one wants to be there, only the father is convinced that this trip is necessary to strengthen ties. Unfortunately, the desert road will lead the Carters to their worst nightmare.
Prey of a Shadow (2021)
- Original title: The night house
- Duration : 1h48
- Director: David Bruckner
- Screenwriters: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
- Camera operator: Elisa Christian
- Actors/Actresses: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis Hall
- Oscars: None
Beth is a young widow who cannot recover from her husband’s brutal death. While she is alone in the lake house he built, she has many nightmares that disturb her and in which a presence seems to be calling her. Against the advice of those close to her, she decides to search through her husband’s belongings to find answers. Then Beth discovers strange and disturbing secrets and a mystery that she tries to solve despite all the risks.
The Clock (2023)
- Original title: Clock
- Duration : 1h31
- Director: Alexis Jacknow
- Screenwriter: Alexis Jacknow
- Camera operator: Martin Vian
- Actors/Actresses: Dianna Agron, Melora Hardin, Saul Rubinek
- Oscars: None
On the surface, Ella has a perfect life. She is a rising star in the interior design industry and everything is going well for her. However, she is sometimes seen as a social outcast because she has no desire to have children. One day she learns that he is explaining a clinical study that considers her “problem” to be a fertility problem. While this causes her to panic, she decides to sign up for it to “fix” her biological clock. Initially the treatment works, but as the study progresses things quickly deteriorate.
Matriarch (2022)
- Original title: Matriarch
- Duration : 1h25
- Director: Ben Steiner
- Screenwriter: Ben Steiner
- Actors/Actresses: Jemima Rooper, Kate Dickie, Sarah Paul
- Oscars: None
After a near-fatal overdose, Laura falls ill with a mysterious illness. In order to face her demons and take the path of forgiveness, she decides to return to her parents’ home. But what was just a metaphor becomes true when Laura comes face to face with a real demonic creature.
Scream Queens (2015–2016)
- Original title: Scream Queens
- Duration : 42 minutes per episode, 13 for season 1, 10 for the session, 2 seasons total
- Created by : Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan
- Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
- Actors/Actresses: Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Stamos
- Awards: Nominated for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy for Jamie Lee Curtis at the 2016 Golden Gloves
Scream Queens is a series created by Ryan Murphy, known to horror fans for his work on American Horror Story. In this show, the viewer discovers the Kappa Kappa Tau house, the most popular fraternity at Wallace University. Led by Chanel Oberlin with an iron fist, the sorority must face opposition from Dean Cathy Munsh, who declares war on them by opening recruitment to all students. In this context, a crazy killer in a devil costume spreads terror on campus.
Signs (2002)
- Original title: Sign
- Duration : 1h45
- Director: M. Night Shyamalan
- Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
- Camera operator: Take Fujimoto
- Actors/Actresses: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
- Oscars: None
After the loss of his wife, Graham Hess resigned as a pastor and now looks after his farm in Pennsylvania. At the same time, he tries to raise his two children as best as he can, while his younger brother Merill, a former baseball star, returns to help him. One day the family discovers huge, strange circles in their fields. The two men will try to find out what lies behind these phenomena.
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The Empty Man (2020)
- Original title: The empty man
- Duration : 2h17
- Director: David Prior
- Screenwriter: David Prior
- Camera operator: Anastas N. Michos
- Actors/Actresses: James Badge Dale, Stephen Root, Joel Courtney
- Oscars: None
James Lasombra is a former police officer who fell into alcoholism after his wife and son died in a car accident. Now a detective, he begins investigating the disappearance of a friend’s daughter in the United States. He then comes across the trail of the Empty Man, who has become an urban legend among local teenagers. It appears an ancient demon is at play.
The Burden (2014-2017)
- Original title: The load
- Duration : 43 minutes per episode, 13 episodes for seasons 1 and 2, 10 for the rest, 4 seasons in total
- Created by : Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
- Studio: FX Productions
- Actors/Actresses: Corey Stoll, David Bradley (IV), Kevin Durand
- Awards: None
A Boeing 777 lands at New York’s JFK Airport without any sign of life. Eph Goodweather, a scientist specializing in biological attacks, is sent to the crime scene and finds that all the corridors are dead. Although he initially believes they were killed by a strange virus, the trail of an unknown monster begins to take shape. The scientist then teams up with a former professor and together they quickly become humanity’s last hope for survival.
Hunted (2023)
- Original title: Nobody will save you
- Duration : 1h33
- Director: Brian Duffield
- Screenwriter: Brian Duffield
- Camera operator: Aaron Morton
- Actors/Actresses: Kaitlyn Dever, Zack Duhame, Geraldine Singer
- Oscars: None
Brynn Adams is rejected by her community and yet is creative and talented. Despite her situation that forces her to remain alone, the young woman manages to remain optimistic and finds solace within the walls of the house where she grew up. But one night she is awakened by strange noises from intruders who do not appear to be human. Brynn has to face a lot of increasingly threatening aliens.
Wedding Nightmare (2019)
- Original title: Ready or Not
- Duration : 1h36
- Directors: Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli Olpin
- Screenwriters: Guy Busick, Ryan Murphy (IV)
- Camera operator: Brett Jutkiewicz
- Actors/Actresses: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien
- Oscars: None
The day after her wedding, Grace is invited to a game night by her in-laws, as is family tradition. As she titles a card to indicate the evening’s game, she encounters the worst thing of all: hiding. The rules are simple: Grace must hide from the family and when they find her, they must offer her as a sacrifice to Mr. Le Bail, the man behind her fortune who is none other than… the devil. If it fails, the Le Domas will die.
Werewolf at Night (2022)
- Original title: Werewolf at Night (Black & White)
- Duration : 1h00
- Director: Michael Giacchino
- Screenwriters: Peter Cameron (VII), Heather Quinn
- Camera operator: Zoe White
- Actors/Actresses: Gael Garcia Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris
- Oscars: None
On a moonless night, a group of monster hunters gathers at the Bloodstone Temple after the death of their leader. After a strange ceremony in his memory, members of the secret organization take part in a dangerous and deadly competition. Whose goal? After a treasure hunt, collect a magical relic that will lead you to a fearsome monster. Produced by Marvel Studios, the film takes place in the MCU and is canon.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
- Original title: X-Files
- Duration : 42 minutes per episode, 6 to 25 episodes per season, 11 seasons in total
- Created by : Chris Carter
- Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
- Actors/Actresses: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi
- Awards: 3 Golden Globes for Best Drama Series in 1995, 1997 and 1998, Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series for Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in 1997
Do we really need to feature The X-Files, surely one of the most iconic shows on television? But for those who don’t know, File Obsessed by the Paranormal Murder searches for his sister Samantha, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances when she was younger.
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