“It”, “The Monster of Florence”, “Conjuring”… What to watch to be scared on Halloween?

Blood, jump scares and gore. On this Halloween evening, BFMTV.com has put together its selection of chilling – terrifying – series and films of the moment to watch from your sofa or a red seat, in theaters.

Chills for Halloween? You are in the right place… Lovers of sordid affairs, you will no doubt be seduced by The Monster of Florence by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima revisiting one of Italy’s most famous cold cases on Netflix, or find the “Butcher of Plainfield” in Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the franchise – now famous – by Ryan Murphy.

Looking for experiences? Instead, go to the cinema to imagine the narrative thread of Bloody Burgers or explore a haunted house from a doggie’s point of view with Good boy. Hungry for revisited classics? Don’t Move (From Your Couch), the prequel series This: Welcome to Derry replays the world of Stephen King and the most traumatic clown in the United States. Small selection concocted by us and there will be something for everyone.

It: Welcome to Derry, by Andrés Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs (HBO Max)

Derry, State of Maine, 1962. The streets seem calm, the suburbs quaint – not to say plan-plan – but beware of mold! Because in the movies as on TV, children disappear and no one really understands why. This prequel series by Andy Muschietty – already director of the feature films That (2017) et This, chapter 2 (2019) – returns, this time, to the origins of the Ogre of Derry, well before the formation of the Club des Rétés.

The world of Stephen King is transposed into an America in the middle of the Cold War, which has become completely paranoid (we are becoming that too). Bill Skarsgård once again dons the costume of Pennywise, his broken gestures and his sideways gaze to mistreat us in ever more distressing episodes. No doubt: “It” is very scary. S.H.

Conjuring: Hour of Judgment, by Michael Chaves (in theaters)

The famous Warren couple (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson), in love like the first day, would have done without it. But their daughter Judy leads them to rescue, one last time it seems, a nice little family haunted by demons. So here they are on the trail of the (real) Smurl affair, one of the most chilling paranormal cases to shake the United States in the 1980s. For its last lap, Conjuring: Judgment Hour once again mixes family drama and raw, vintage horror.

And with success. The final part of Michael Chaves’ franchise has reached an impressive 2.3 million admissions since its release on September 10, marking the second best start in history for a horror film in France, behind Scream 3 in 2000. Intriguing? Disgusting? Good news, a month and a half after its release, the Warner Bros. blockbuster. is still showing in a large number of cinemas this weekend. EA

Mercredi, de Tim Burton (Netflix)

Three years after a first chapter that shattered all records on Netflix, Jenna Ortega returns to her iconic character to face a series of murders perpetrated in her school, while her brother Pugsley joins her on the benches of Nevermore Academy.

Far from the love triangle and the clichés of the teen series that marked season 1, Tim Burton attempts a rhythmic plot and more frankly prints his visual signature. If we can criticize the disjointed passages – in particular the stories with the Addams parents – the attempt turns out to be rather successful. Bonus: Lady Gaga (or her ghost?) even makes an appearance. For our greatest pleasure. S.H.

Le Monstre de Florence, by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima (Netflix)

A 22 caliber Beretta. Sixteen murders. And a never-identified serial killer. The new series by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah, Sicario) returns in four episodes to an affair which traumatized an entire generation of Italians. Between 1968 and 1985, eight isolated couples met in public places – in an intimate manner – and were murdered.

Terror rages in these small bucolic villages of Tuscany where everyone knows each other and stares at each other. Behind the ideal culprits, who is the real murderer? Each episode explores a lead, gives voice to a suspect, without making a decision – and it is through this construction that the series seduces. If the program rose to number 1 on Netflix in less than 24 hours, it is not without controversy. Families of Franche-Comté victims have since denounced sensationalist treatment of their pain. S.H.

Good boy, the Ben Leonberg (Shadowz)

Last March, Indy, a dog with a honeyed and innocent look, apparently as gentle as a lamb, marked the red carpet of the SXSW festival in Austin. Since then, the Nova Scotia Retriever has flooded social media. The hero of this horror film by American Ben Leonberg even had the right to display his face on the big screen, thanks to an express release over a weekend, on October 10 and 11. But Good boy arrives this Friday on Shadowz, the streaming platform dedicated to horror films.

Filmed from a puppy’s perspective, this first feature film tells how Indy, living in an isolated – perhaps haunted – forest house, does everything to save his master, a pale, timid guy consumed by illness. On the American site Rotten Tomatoes, the work, which the filmmaker shot with his own dog over 400 days spread over three years, is credited with 89% positive reviews and is even among the most harrowing horror films of 2025. Therefore unmissable. EA

Bloody Burgers, by Camille Duvelleroy (in theaters)

MK2 innovates. This Halloween evening, the distribution company, some would say avant-garde, is offering a completely new cinema experience: an interactive horror comedy Bloody Burgersbroadcast live in the cinema and simultaneously on the Arte Twitch channel, this Friday, at 7 p.m. sharp. And for three hours – with introduction and debrief.

The issue? Weave the film’s narrative plot yourself – and decide who will survive the bloody wedding night – thanks to polls broadcast in real time on smartphones, and hosted by the streamer Ponce. At the crossroads of video games and cinema, Camille Duvelleroy’s feature film will be broadcast in around thirty theaters in France, but shot and captured live from the sets in Metz. EA

Monster: The Ed Gein Story, by Ian Brennan (Netflix)

After Dahmer et The Menendez BrothersNetflix continues its exploration of the most bizarre crimes in the United States, and dedicates the third season of its series Monsterto Ed Gein, farmer killer and body snatcher, who raged in Wisconsin in the 1950s.

Nicknamed the “Butcher of Plainfield”, this man, played on screen by Charlie Hunnam and whose figure inspired several films such as Psychosis, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Maniac or even The Silence of the Lambsplundered graves or killed women to recover their organs and skin to make decorative objects in his house. Chills as much as you want, but it’s better to have a strong stomach. CL.