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10/22/2024
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No need to get dressed up and go door to door for candy this Halloween. We have some terrifying treats for you that you can enjoy from the comfort of your couch.

 

These are just a few of the frightful features from our Kanopy streaming collection. We have included a mix of movies - some new, some classic and some international features.

 

Have a great Halloween season and enjoy these free movies!

 


 

 

The Vourdalak

In this drama-horror film, set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d’Urfé (Kacey Mottet Klein), an emissary of the King of France, seeks refuge at an isolated manor after being attacked and abandoned. The family reluctantly takes him in, exhibiting strange behavior as they await the return of their father, Gorcha. Based on Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s novella “The Family of the Vourdalak,” the film, directed by Adrien Beau, delves into a chilling tale of suspense and supernatural terror.

 

 

 

Talk To Me

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evil Dead 2

A masterclass in horror-comedy, EVIL DEAD II blends relentless terror with dark, twisted humor. Directed by Sam Raimi, this cult classic throws you into a whirlwind of over-the-top gore, demonic possession, and Bruce Campbell’s unforgettable performance as the chainsaw-wielding Ash. It’s a nonstop thrill ride packed with inventive camera work, striking practical effects, and a story that is as hilarious as it is horrifying.

 

 

 

 

 

Train to Busan

A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wretched

Following his parents’ separation, a rebellious teenage boy, Ben, is sent to live with his father for the summer. Ben’s problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door. A malevolent spirit from the woods has taken ahold of the parents and starts playing a sinister game of house, preying upon the children and wiping away any trace of their existence.

 

 

 

More spooky video selections can be found at:

https://www.kanopy.com/en/dyc/category/60744

 

 

Also take a look at our Halloween book selections  for those in the mood for some sinister reading.

 

10/24/2023
profile-icon Ted Sherman

 

Looking for some inexpensive entertainment for Halloween? Take a look at our Kanopy streaming video collection for some great options that you can watch from anywhere.

 

Below are five great terror tales to get you started!

 

 

Sleepaway Camp

 

After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker is sent to Camp Arawak. Shortly after her arrival a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.

 

 

 

 

Consecration

 

After her brother dies under mysterious circumstances, Grace travels to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened. Once there, she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a shocking truth about her own past.

 

 

 

 

The Monster

 

A divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must fight for survival when a terrifying monster attacks them after their car breaks down on a deserted country road.

 

 

 

 

 

Lavender

 

A taut psychological thriller that bends the line between memory and madness, past and present, like a splinter in the brain struggling to escape. Jane (Abbie Cornish) has always photographed old and abandoned farmhouses, it’s a hobby bordering on obsession that has bloomed into a successful career. Until one day she photographs a particular house…and everything changes...

 

 

 

 

 

Werewolves Within

 

After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.

 

 

 

This streaming video collection is provided to for free by the D'Youville Library.

 

10/27/2022
profile-icon Ted Sherman

For this year's list of Halloween movies we ask - what would Stephen King watch?

 

After all this master of the macabre has authored dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the genre. Many of his works have been turned into popular movies. If anyone has an expert opinion on what is frightening it is Mr King.

 

A quick search of the Internet confirms that he does enjoy a scary movie. Below are movies from our Kanopy streaming collection that Stephen King has mentioned as among his favorites. Watch them if you dare.....

 

 

The Witch


In this exquisitely made and terrifying horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family’s frightful unraveling.

 

Winner of Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Winner of a Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

 

 

 

The Brood

 

A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two story lines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood.

 

 

 

Diabolique

 

The story of two women—the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school—who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and terrifying images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking.

 

 

 

Dementia 13

 

In DEMENTIA 13, we follow Louise Haloran who is left widowed after her husband suddenly dies of a heart attack. Worried she will not be able to claim any of her husband's inheritance, she convinces his family he is away on a business trip and joins them at their Castle estate on an isolated Irish island.

 

The family has gathered in remembrance of the 7 year anniversary of their daughter's death - and Louise is about to find out that the Haloran family has a morbid way of mourning their dead…

 

 

 

The Stepfather

A family-values man named Jerry Blake marries widows and divorcées with children in search of the perfect family. As soon as his new family members show signs of being human and not robots who will march unquestioningly to his tune, his dreams of domestic bliss begin to crumble, and he kills them. Then he alters his appearance, assumes a new identity, and skips to another town to begin the deadly ritual all over again. He marries Susan Maine, who sees him as the ideal surrogate father for her teenage daughter Stephanie, and he is soon up to his old tricks when she proves to be too much of a troublesome teen to handle.

 

 

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