Monster Mash: These are the best new horror movies to binge this Halloween

Enlarge / Halloween weekend is the perfect time to check out some of the best horror films released in October. (credit: Photo collage by Aurich Lawson)

It's Halloween weekend, and with the ongoing pandemic putting a kibosh on the usual large parties and gatherings, it's the perfect opportunity to order in and binge-watch horror movies. There are plenty of classic films to choose from, but if you're keen to discover something new, October has been a remarkably good month for solidly entertaining indie horror comedies, along with a handful of films that fall under a rubric I'd call "prestige horror." And for once there's not a zombie in sight; we've got vampires, werewolves, and mutant monsters running amok instead, along with some really bad hair.

(Some mild spoilers below but no major reveals.)

Seven years after a global apocalypse, a young man braves 85 miles of mutant man-eating monsters to reunite with his high school girlfriend in Love and Monsters.

Love and Monsters

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