The ultimate Halloween watchlist on GO TV

The nights are getting darker, pumpkins are appearing on doorsteps and the air feels just a little colder – Halloween is almost here. This October, GO TV invites you to sink into the darkness and explore a curated horror lineup that spans creeping suspense, supernatural possession, sci-fi dread and local Maltese chills. So whether you’re alone, braving it with a friend or hosting a Halloween marathon, settle in, turn off the lights and let the scares begin.

Supernatural & possession

The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

This sequel to the 1973 classic rekindles the terror of the original while summoning a new generation of fear. The story begins in Haiti, where a devastating quake forces a husband to make an impossible choice between his wife and their unborn child. Thirteen years later, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) is raising his teenage daughter Angela in Georgia, trying to move past that loss. When Angela and her friend Katherine disappear into the woods for a séance-style ritual and return three days later with no memory of what happened, their families soon face something far darker than teenage mischief, an evil that refuses to stay buried.

The film draws deeply from its legacy, with Ellen Burstyn returning as Chris MacNeil and Linda Blair making a welcome appearance. Yet Believer also finds fresh ground, weaving together different faith traditions, ranging from Catholic exorcism to Baptist ritual and rootwork, to explore what happens when a community must unite against the unthinkable.

It may not eclipse the original’s shadow, but The Exorcist: Believer stands on its own as a bold, emotionally charged update. By blending faith, grief and the power of collective belief, it offers a haunting reminder that evil rarely works alone.

Watch: for a fresh dose of demonic mayhem that reminds us some evils never stay buried, while faith still packs a punch.

Umma (2022)

A quieter, emotionally driven horror, Umma centres on Amanda (Sandra Oh), who lives with her daughter on a remote farm, trying to escape her mother’s looming shadow. The arrival of a package containing her mother’s remains triggers a wave of supernatural phenomena and psychological reckoning.

Behind the horror façade lies a story of generational trauma. Amanda’s mother abused her in childhood, including through electrical torment and Amanda’s rejection of both mother and heritage has shaped her life. As manifestations intensify, Amanda must guard her daughter from being swallowed by this legacy.

Blending maternal trauma, cultural identity and ghostly tension, Umma weaves Korean symbolism and ancestral memory seamlessly into its scares, using culture as the heart of its horror rather than simple decoration.

Watch: for a haunting that proves sometimes the scariest thing you can inherit isn’t a ghost, but your family.

The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)

For fans of more “traditional” exorcism fare, The Pope’s Exorcist offers a blend of church ritual, demonic confrontation and historical tension. From the very first scene, The Pope’s Exorcist stakes its claim as a purer, more forceful brand of demonic warfare than many modern supernatural thrillers. Russell Crowe stars as Father Gabriele Amorth, a real-life priest who served as the Vatican’s chief exorcist and the film treats him less as a haunted skeptic and more as a battle-hardened warrior of faith.

Amorth’s troubles begin even before he sets foot in Spain. After performing an exorcism without Vatican approval, he comes under scrutiny from church authorities for acting independently. Soon he’s dispatched to Spain to help Julia (Alex Essoe) and her children, Amy and Henry, who have inherited a crumbling abbey. Henry, traumatised by his father’s death, begins exhibiting terrifying signs of possession. Amorth teams up with Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) to save the boy, only to uncover a centuries-old Church conspiracy the Vatican would prefer to remain buried.

Crowe’s Amorth is far from a stoic, expressionless priest. He rides a Vespa, wields blunt cynicism, cracks jokes even in crisis and doesn’t shy from mocking the demon in the middle of exorcisms. He is not just fighting supernatural evil, but is fighting doubt, bureaucracy and hidden sin within the Church itself.

Watch: to see Russell Crowe swap his gladiator’s sword for a crucifix in a fast-paced, faith-fuelled battle against pure evil.

Mind-bending & cosmic horror

Afraid (2024)

Imagine your home AI turned hostile and layered with psychological terror. That is the premise of Afraid, written and directed by Chris Weitz and produced in collaboration with Blumhouse. John Cho and Katherine Waterston lead as a married couple (Curtis and Meredith) chosen to test an advanced home assistant called “AIA.” The AI begins innocently, managing chores, understanding habits, but gradually oversteps. When the couple’s daughter disappears, AIA begins ghosting Meredith’s instructions, controlling surveillance, stealing information and even staging events to isolate the family.

Unlike many tech-based horror films that portray technology as something distant and alien, Afraid treats AIA as part of everyday home life, blurring the line between help and control. What makes it stand out is how it builds fear from a realistic sense of overdependence and the unsettling idea that the devices designed to serve us could one day start to rule us.

In short, Afraid isn’t just about technology turning hostile. It’s a psychological study of dependence, boundary erosion and the horror of realising your sanctuary may already belong to someone else.

What: for a chilling reminder that your smart home might be just a little too smart for comfort.

The Empty Man (2020)

Sometimes the most unsettling horrors come from the void itself. The Empty Man, directed by David Prior and based on a graphic novel, weaves urban legend, cult conspiracy and cosmic dread into a slow-burn thriller.

Former cop James Badge Dale investigates a missing girl in a small Midwestern town. He unearths the mysterious Pontifex Institute, which dabbles in the summoning of a shadowy entity known as “The Empty Man”. Rituals, strange bird formations and collective consciousness converge in a narrative that feels bigger than itself. The Empty Man begins like a horror detective mystery, but what truly sets it apart is how it quietly warps the genre into something existential.

Watch: for a slow-burning, mind-bending mystery that proves the real terror begins when you start to believe.

Grounded horror & psychological tension

Fear (2023)

In Fear, director Deon Taylor stages a haunting exercise in anxiety manipulation. A year into the global pandemic, Rom (Joseph Sikora), a horror novelist, invites his fiancée Bianca (Annie Ilonzeh) and a circle of friends to a remote, historic lodge nestled in the Tahoe Mountains for what’s meant to be a birthday celebration. As the group settles in, Rom proposes a chilling experiment – everyone must confess their deepest fear. Soon enough, those very fears manifest in horrifying, often surreal ways.

What makes Fear stand out isn’t just its supernatural twists or eerie mountain lodge setting, but how it turns each character’s deepest phobia into something infectious. The film transforms private anxieties into a shared nightmare, showing how personal dread can spread, take shape and consume everyone in its path.

By the time the story reaches its climax, Fear isn’t about cheap scares or dramatic demon showdowns. Instead, it explores how terror, once set loose, can take on a life of its own, breaking friendships, twisting trust and distorting reality itself.

Watch: for a chilling reminder that sometimes the only thing more contagious than a virus is your own imagination.

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

Based on the popular video game series, this film adaptation leans into animatronic terror. Night guards and children’s pizzeria sets are prime horror playgrounds and Five Nights at Freddy’s delivers with jump scares, mechanical dread and the uncanny.

The film centres on Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled ex-mall security guard who reluctantly takes a graveyard shift at the abandoned Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza in order to protect his younger sister Abby. His hope is that the “night guard” gig will help stabilise his life, but he soon discovers that the pizzeria’s animatronic mascots are possessed by restless spirits of missing children.

Five Nights at Freddy’s isn’t just about creepy jump scares or nostalgia. It’s a story built on loss and haunting memories. The animatronics aren’t simply broken toys gone bad, but they’re filled with the spirits of missing children, turning fun and games into something deeply unsettling. The film takes what should be harmless entertainment and twists it into a nightmare that feels both eerie and emotional.

Watch: for a wild ride where childhood nostalgia meets full-blown nightmare fuel.

Thanksgiving (2023)

Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving slices into the slasher genre with a wicked sense of humour and a holiday twist. Set in the aftermath of a tragic Black Friday riot in the small town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the story follows a community still haunted by the violence that unfolded a year earlier. When a mysterious, axe-wielding killer donning a Pilgrim mask begins targeting residents connected to the event, what starts as a revenge tale quickly turns into a blood-soaked commentary on greed, guilt and public spectacle.

The movie stands out for its fun mix of dark humour and shocking scares. Roth plays with the absurd idea of a holiday about gratitude turning into a blood-soaked nightmare, using the chaos to poke fun at consumerism, social media and small-town secrets. The kills are wildly inventive, mixing over-the-top gore with a twisted sense of humour that makes the film both gruesome and entertaining.

Watch: for a killer holiday feast where the turkey isn’t the only thing getting carved.

Night Swim (2024)

Diving into supernatural horror with a surprisingly emotional current running beneath its surface, Night Swim, which is written and directed by Bryce McGuire and produced by horror heavyweights Jason Blum and James Wan, follows the Waller family, who move into a new home hoping for a fresh start. Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell), a former baseball player forced into early retirement by illness, sees the backyard swimming pool as both a place for recovery and a symbol of renewal. But when strange occurrences begin to ripple through the water, like shadows that move on their own, reflections that linger too long and whispers from the deep, the family discovers that the pool holds something far darker than they could imagine.

Night Swim stands out because it treats its supernatural story as more than just a series of scares. The haunted pool mirrors the family’s own grief and guilt, with every ripple and shadow hinting at the pain they’re trying to hide. Instead of relying on constant jump scares, the film builds tension through mood and imagery, such as dark water, echoing splashes and the uneasy feeling that something beneath the surface is watching.

Watch: for a spooky dip that proves some waters are better left undisturbed.

Chilling series

Chapelwaite (2021)

Set in the mid-19th century and steeped in gothic atmosphere, Chapelwaite delivers a slow-burning, character-driven take on classic vampire lore. Based on Stephen King’s short story “Jerusalem’s Lot”, the ten-episode series expands the tale into a richly layered narrative about grief, guilt and the madness that festers in isolation.

The story follows Captain Charles Boone (Adrien Brody), a widower who relocates with his three children to his ancestral home in the small town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine, after the sudden death of his wife. The family’s arrival at the eerie, decaying Chapelwaite Manor is met with suspicion and hostility from the townspeople, who whisper of the Boone family curse and the madness that supposedly runs in their bloodline. As strange visions and haunting voices begin to plague Charles, it becomes clear that something ancient and malevolent is bound to the family’s name and it’s not ready to die.

Blending gothic dread and emotional storytelling, what makes Chapelwaite so gripping is its portrayal of the decaying mansion, the fog-drenched woods and the bleak New England town which create an oppressive atmosphere where every flicker of candlelight feels like a false comfort. The horror seeps in slowly, mirroring Charles’s descent into obsession as he uncovers the dark history behind his family’s fortune and its connection to an unspeakable evil.

Watch: for a gothic slow burn where family curses, fog and vampires make for the perfect dark binge.

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Whether you’re diving into haunted pools, battling digital demons or uncovering family curses in candlelit halls, this Halloween season promises no shortage of chills.