Sky Slashers | Halloween on Sky Cinema

Whether you prefer twisted mind games, demonic forces or masked killers, these picks offer plenty of chills, thrills and jump scares. All titles are available on Sky Cinema, subject to availability.

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The Shining is the pick for a slow-burning descent into supernatural terror. Jack Nicholson stars as Jack Torrance, the winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel. As sinister forces close in, his wife Wendy and son Danny realise that Jack may be more dangerous than the ghosts within its walls.

The Exorcist remains one of cinema’s defining possession stories. Chris MacNeil becomes alarmed by the increasingly strange and violent behaviour of her daughter, Regan. She turns to two Catholic priests, whose attempt to cast out the force possessing her places every life in the room at risk.

Get Out mixes social satire with a tightly wound psychological nightmare. Chris travels to the suburbs to meet his girlfriend Rose’s family, but their awkward welcome soon gives way to something far more disturbing. Once he understands what is happening, he must find a way out before it is too late.

Heretic is a tense horror built around faith, control and escape. Two young Mormon missionaries arrive at the home of the sinister Mr Reed, played by Hugh Grant. Trapped inside, they are forced through a series of theological mind games and must rely on their wits and beliefs to survive.

The Craft is a cult favourite about teenage outsiders discovering the dangerous pull of witchcraft. Three girls find the fourth member their coven needs when new student Sarah arrives. Their spells initially offer revenge and control, but the group fractures as the consequences of their growing power become impossible to ignore.

The Conjuring: Last Rites brings paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren back for another major case. The couple travel to Pennsylvania to confront a malevolent presence affecting a family’s home. What follows forces them to face both the entity and the personal cost of their work.

Annabelle turns a vintage porcelain doll into the centre of a demonic haunting. Expectant parents John and Mia Form bring the doll into their California home, but a violent break-in is followed by increasingly disturbing paranormal events. They soon suspect that the doll is connected to an evil force.

The Evil Dead films deliver cabin-in-the-woods horror with demonic possession, gore and dark humour. The nightmare begins when five college friends discover the Book of the Dead and play a recorded incantation that unleashes sinister beings. As the group is possessed one by one, survival becomes brutally difficult.

Scream 7 brings Ghostface back into Sidney Prescott’s life, with her family now in the killer’s sights. Sidney has tried to build a new life after decades of attacks, but the latest threat becomes personal when her daughter is targeted. To stop Ghostface, the ultimate final girl must confront the past and unmask those responsible.

Halloween (2018) reunites Laurie Strode and Michael Myers for a direct continuation of the original film. Forty years after his first killing spree, Michael escapes custody and returns to Haddonfield. Laurie, still living with the trauma of their encounter, is ready for the confrontation she has spent decades preparing for.

Final Destination: Bloodlines revives the franchise with another family caught in Death’s design. A college student is plagued by a recurring nightmare that appears to predict her family’s deaths. Her search for answers uncovers a link to an earlier tragedy, but escaping the pattern proves far harder than recognising it.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 returns to the murderous animatronics of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. A year after the first film, Mike tries to shield his sister Abby from the truth about what happened. When Abby sneaks away to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie and the other animatronics, a new run of terrifying events begins.

Sinners blends period crime drama, music and supernatural horror in 1930s Mississippi. Michael B Jordan plays twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home from Chicago to open a juke joint. Their new beginning attracts human hostility and a supernatural threat that wants to be invited inside.

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Weapons begins with a chilling mystery: 17 children from the same class disappear from their homes at exactly 2.17am. Only one child is left behind. As parents, investigators and the class teacher search for answers, the town is drawn towards an explanation that may lie beyond anything they can control.

28 Years Later returns to the rage-virus world with Britain under long-term quarantine. A community survives on an island linked to the mainland by a causeway. When one of its residents crosses into infected territory, he discovers that both the virus and those living with it have changed.

M3GAN turns an advanced companion doll into an overprotective and deadly guardian. Roboticist Gemma gives a prototype M3GAN doll to her niece Cady after a family tragedy. As Cady becomes attached to it, M3GAN begins acting beyond its programming and decides for itself what “keeping Cady safe” means.

The Bride! reimagines the story of Frankenstein’s companion in 1930s Chicago. Jessie Buckley stars alongside Christian Bale in a tale of creation, love and social upheaval. When a murdered woman is reanimated as a companion for Frankenstein’s monster, the experiment has consequences far beyond the laboratory.

Sky Cinema’s Halloween selection includes classic horror such as The Exorcist and The Shining, supernatural favourites including The Conjuring: Last Rites and Annabelle, franchise films such as Scream 7 and Final Destination: Bloodlines, and modern releases including Sinners, Weapons and 28 Years Later.