'Fright Night' ahead: your Halloween watchlist is sorted!
Beamafilm
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21/10/2025
Trick or treat? This Halloween, we’ve lined up some horror blockbusters and classics with thrills a plenty, including some wonderfully wacky, twisted, and totally unexpected corners of the horror genre. Because let’s face it, sometimes the real fright comes from films that are just plain strange.
Whether you’re into dystopian punks, farm-bound killers, melting flesh, or creepy childhood visions, we’re complimenting our horror classics with some brilliant suggestions from the cult horror vault to bring you a Beamafilm Halloween Watchlist that’s deliciously weird. So, grab your popcorn (and maybe a stress ball), because we've put together a freaky film fest...
Dead-End Drive-In
Welcome to the future. It's a dead-end world.
Get ready for a neon-soaked, punk-fueled, post-apocalyptic thrill ride where a drive-in becomes a dystopian prison. Yes, you read that right. When society breaks down, the last place you want to be is stuck watching B-movies… forever. Featuring synthy vibes, ‘80s excess, and a heavy dose of social commentary, this Aussie cult classic is part horror, part sci-fi, all chaos. Why watch it on Halloween? Because nothing says “spooky season” like a government conspiracy disguised as a snack bar.
Celia
Childhood is not always innocent.
Think Pan’s Labyrinth meets Picnic at Hanging Rock, with a side of political paranoia. Celia is less gore, more psychological, and it lingers. Set in 1950s Australia, it follows a young girl whose imagination, grief, and obsession with horror stories blur the line between fantasy and frightening reality. Rabbits, communism, and possibly zombies? Yes. Somehow, it all works. Why watch it on Halloween? Because the scariest monsters might just live in your mind… or next door.
Maniac Farmer
Justice grows in the fields...and he's not here to make friends.
A serial killer meets his match in a silent, hulking, possibly undead Appalachian farmer in this blood-soaked indie slasher. It's outrageous, over-the-top, and exactly the kind of "what did I just watch?" low-budget schlock horror gem your Halloween night needs. Why watch it on Halloween? Because horror's golden rule is: never trust a farmer with a pitchfork and a personal vendetta.
Body Melt
The first phase is hallucinogenic… the second is glandular… and the third is BODY MELT.
A suburban nightmare served with fluorescent goo and explosive bodily horror. This Aussie gross-out horror-satire is part Cronenberg, part health-food commercial from hell. When the residents of a peaceful cul-de-sac start taking a new vitamin supplement, things get real weird, real fast. (Think: melting faces, mutating muscles, and side effects that require a mop.) Why watch it on Halloween? Because body horror never goes out of style. And because you’ll never look at supplements the same way again.
BONUS HALLOWEEN TIPS:
Make it a horror marathon: Start light with Celia, get strange with Dead-End Drive-In, ramp it up with Maniac Farmer and then melt into madness with Body Melt.
Theme your snacks: Melting jellies, “farm-fresh” popcorn, and neon slushies set the vibe.
Dress the part: Punk apocalypse? Creepy kid? Maniac in overalls? Take your pick.
Final words from the shadows...
This Halloween, enjoy all the mainstream scream-fests and also embrace the weird, wonderful, and wildly offbeat side of horror. These films aren’t just scary, they’re an experience. The kind that sticks with you… So fire up Beamafilm, dim the lights, and let the scarefest begin. You’ve been warned.
