A Halloween Streaming Guide

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Boo! A Halloween Streaming Guide Photo: Vulture, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Pictures Halloween isn’t about parties. Everyone (read: we at Vulture) knows that the reason for the season is to sink yourself into a nice recliner with a cider in hand, maybe some popcorn, turn on the TV, and get comfortable, only to be swiftly discomfited. Whether you’re a scaredy-cat or a thrill seeker with a penchant for the grotesque, Vulture has you covered this weekend, from TV and movies to podcasts and books. Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. trick or treat [The Sounds of Horror]( Photo-Illustration: Mike Essl, Vulture; Photo: Dimension Films Horror movies are a tennis match between the haunting absence of sound and the maximalist assault of big noise. They serve up the understated chill of a woman walking alone at night — the slight click-clack of her heels against pavement raising hairs on the back of your neck — and volley back with a silence-shattering bus rushing into frame. Even the faintest of actions, like a knife slicing through air in a Scream installment, can produce eardrum-piercing shrieks when you least expect it. Flesh emits a powerful constellation of gooey noises in a Hostel movie, and leather tightening is positively stentorian. Watch enough scary movies and you start to recognize the acoustic pattern. We have an unseen horde of sound mixers, designers, and Foley artists to thank for much of this audio magic. In celebration of all that head-splitting effort, Vulture has spent the spooky season poring over the sounds of scary movies, culled from our own memories as well as [various conversations](with [sound designers and Foley artists](. (And by sounds, we mean anything but scripted conversation and score.) Consider this a brief aural history of horror, or a taxonomy of some of the greatest Foley art and sound design, from Cat People to the new Hellraiser, and how each came to be. [Read More]( Some Lighter Fare, for the Faint of Heart … 1. [20 Great Halloween Movies for Scaredy-cats Spooky season doesn’t have to involve jump scares.]( 2. [25 Great Halloween Sitcom Episodes to Stream During Spooky Season Bob’s Burgers, Derry Girls, and more.]( 3. [25 Horror-Comedies That Are Actually Funny Not to be confused with a comedy about horror subjects or a horror movie with jokes.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( If You Cover Your Eyes at the Scary Part … 1. [The Best Horror Novels of 2022 (So Far) In the mood for some transgressive splatterpunk?]( 2. [5 Spooky Podcasts to Listen to Right Now The call is coming from inside the RSS feed.]( 3. [When Real Life Is Scarier Than a Slasher Movie The Friday the 13th franchise soothed a queer kid growing up during the panic of the AIDS epidemic.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( More Scary Stuff 1. [The 50 Scariest TV Episodes to Watch This Halloween American Horror Story, The X-Files, The Midnight Club, and more.]( 2. [The 20 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now Raw, Synchronic, Gerald’s Game, and more.]( 3. [The 20 Best Horror Movies on Hulu Right Now The Sixth Sense, Open Water, Black Swan, and more.]( 4. [The 20 Best Horror Movies on HBO Max The Exorcist, The Witch, Night of the Living Dead, and more.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved