Rob Roy’s Demon Spawn is not your typical horror film—it’s a bleak, unsettling dive into grief, trauma, and the thin veil separating faith from madness. At its core, the story follows Trevor and Andrea, a couple devastated by the stillbirth of their child. What begins as an intimate portrait of loss gradually mutates into something darker, as their desperate attempts to cope open the door to occult rituals, strange visitations, and the possibility of supernatural interference.

Geno McGahee’s Scary Tales: Dark Walker is nothing if not ambitious. Following the cult response to Scary Tales: Dead Zone, McGahee goes all-in on his sequel, blending horror, action, conspiracy, and outright absurdity into a film that feels like an entire midnight movie festival crammed into a single feature. Whether that works for you will depend on your tolerance for low-budget mayhem and your appreciation of indie horror that throws subtlety out the window in favor of sheer spectacle.

Phil Claydon’s Helloween wastes no time tipping its mask. It opens in 1996 with a cold-blooded murder that plays like a direct homage to Carpenter’s Halloween. From the jump, you know exactly what the film is aiming for.