Horror Recommendations for Halloween Weekend, 2021!
Bringing you horror from Webtoon, Netflix, and YouTube!
It’s dark and raining outside my window. I’m curled up with my pillows reading and watching horror. I thought I’d spread the cozy spook by sharing some of the best horror and thrillers I’ve read and watched in recent times for the Halloween weekend.
1. Shotgun Boy on Webtoon
Created by Carnby Kim with artwork by Hong Pil, Shotgun Boy is a prequel to the hit horror Webtoon, Sweet Home (which is now a Netflix show). Although I haven’t read Sweet Home, Shotgun Boy is a damn hooking read. It is an ongoing series, but there are enough episodes to keep you occupied for a few hours.
Gyuhwan is a high school student who is constantly bullied. When his school goes on a retreat to a site near the woods, Gyuhwan stands up for himself against the bullies, only for them to get furious and chase him into the woods where he finds a shotgun. Meanwhile, at the retreat, the rest of the students are trapped by the people working at the site who turn out to be brain-sucking, shape-shifting, tentacled creatures that want to take over human bodies. The only way to kill them? Using the shotgun that Gyuhwan has found.
Filled with pleasant pacing, smart choices, and an incredible mystery, Shotgun Boy is a great thriller for a rainy day in.
2. Hush on Netflix
I don’t know why I didn’t watch it sooner, perhaps because I expected it to be one of those regular slasher films with unnecessary voyeurism. But Hush is none of that.
When a deaf writer moves into a secluded house in a quiet, woodsy neighborhood to focus on her writing, a serial killer decides it’s time to go on his killing spree. How would the protagonist, being a deaf woman living alone, escape the stronger, horrifying serial killer with the advantage of hearing?
Filled with an enticing premise, great acting, and brilliant camera movements that keep you on the edge of your seat, (and no scenes of uncomfortable sexual assault) Hush is a great thriller to watch with your entire family.
3. Melvina’s Therapy on Webtoon
A. Rasen is great at creating mind-bending stories with equally mind-bending illustrations.
Melvina’s Therapy is a collection of horror stories that look disconnected at first, but slowly reveal a storyline you never see coming. When you unravel the mystery with all its twists and turns, you are left with a satisfied horror read that sticks with you over time.
Filled with classic black-and-white illustrations, reminiscent of old horror, Melvina’s Therapy is a fantastic horror read that goes beyond the real world and meddles with your mind.
4. Gremory Land on Webtoon
Also created by A. Rasen, the Webtoon starts with a group of friends going to an amusement park named Gremory Land. The park lies in a secluded location, and what’s more bizarre is that they seem to be the only ones there. When they begin to go on the rides and attractions of the park, they discover that the lifeless props that are supposed to be harmless decorations are actually moving out of their places and trying to kill them.
Who is Gremory? Why is it trapping them? Is there a connection between the dark past of the characters and the horrifying events taking place at the amusement park?
A study into the morals of human beings and how trauma and bullying affect a person, Gremory Land is another mind-bending read that makes you go “Whoaaaa!” when the mystery unveils in the last few chapters.
5. Annabelle in Quarantine on You Tube
Annabelle in Quarantine is an adorable video that nobody asked for, but which everybody needed. Do you know what Annabelle has been up to during quarantine? Now that people are at home, and there isn’t much risk of coming into contact with her, this classic, creepy doll is enjoying sweet freedom on the set of WB studios.
That’s all for my Halloween recommendations this year. I hope you have a spooky, cozy Halloween weekend with loads of sweet, sticky chocolates!
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