If you’ve yet to see a scary movie this Halloween season, you still have time, as a few of this week’s new movies include those designed to give you thrills and chills. This week’s new releases include a thriller about man and his son who are in an isolated house when a disturbing painting seems alive and causes nightmares to blend with reality, a documentary about two elite ski mountaineers who fall deeply in love as they tackle the pinnacle of their sport, an action film about a highly decorated flying veteran who flees a murder scene at 130 miles an hour in a sports car, and much more!
Breeder (R)
An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.
Directed by Alex Goyette
Starring: Maddie Phillips, Dot-Marie Jones, Tanaya Beatty, Paige McGarvin, Jen Araki-Playfair
Release date: October 28
BTS World Tour ‘Arirang’ in Sao Paolo: Live Viewing
The first-ever BTS Live Viewing broadcast from South America, broadcasting from São Paulo, Brazil. Marking the grand finale of their Latin America tour, this monumental concert will bring the explosive energy of packed stadiums in Argentina straight to the big screen.
Directed by Jungjae Ha
Starring: BTS
Release date: October 30
The Canvas
The Canvas follows Robert and his son Daniel in an isolated house, where a disturbing painting seems alive.As nightmares bleed into reality, a dark presence tied to the canvas awakens, turning trauma, fear, and memory into a living nightmare.
Directed by John Real
Starring: Angus Macfadyen, John Real, Nicolette McKeown, Sabrina Culver, Francesco Marzagalli
Release date: October 30
Christmas at the Kringles (R)
The Severson family move to a suburban neighborhood where their neighbors, the Kringles, celebrate Christmas year-round and harbor sinister intentions to hypnotize and indoctrinate them.
Directed by Kevin Lewis
Starring: Ron Livingston, Rachel Bilson, Rob Riggle, Thomas Lennon, Donald Faison
Release date: October 30
Closure
After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel scours the depths of the Vistula River, torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the hope that his son may still be alive.
Directed by Michael Marczak
Release date: October 28
Everest: The Other Side (PG-13)
An intimate portrait of two people bound by love, ambition, and the pursuit of the impossible. Elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson fell deeply in love while reaching the pinnacle of their sport: Everest’s north face.
Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chasi Vasarhelyi
Starring: Hilaree Nelson, Jim Morrison, Mikey Schaefer
Release date: October 30
The Eyes of Ghana
A look through the life and work of Ghanaian filmmaker Chris Hesse.
Directed by Ben Proudfoot
Starring: Edmund Addo, Anita Afonu, Chris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah
Release date: October 28
Holy Father
Father Isaac Wales, a seasoned exorcist, battles an ancient demon possessing Father Michael while investigating ritualistic murders. With a skeptical detective, he races to stop evil before it unleashes unstoppable terror.
Directed by Shravan Tiwari
Starring: Eric Roberts, Robert Gunton, Austin Lampe, Dorothy Hadley Joly, Zuhair Ahmed
Release date: October 31
The King of Cannabis
Inspired by true events, one man’s vision transforms him from an underground cannabis trafficker into a driving force behind a movement to legalize the industry. But as federal authorities close in, he risks losing everything he has built.
Directed by Sixx King
Starring: Luis Guzmán, Alimi Ballard, Charles Malik Whitfield, Sixx King
Release date: October 30
The Mongoose (R)
A highly decorated combat vet, Ryan ”Fang” Flanagan, is fleeing a murder scene at 130 miles an hour in a Mustang Shelby Super Snake GT350.
Directed by Mark Vanselow
Starring: Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Brett Tucker, Ving Rhames, Michael Chiklis
Release date: October 28
On the Road
A drifter who sleeps with truckers meets a reserved driver and joins him hauling freight across northern Mexico. As they grow closer on the road, the drifter’s past threatens them both.
Directed by David Pablos
Starring: Victor Prieto Simental, Osvaldo Sanchez, Victor Manuel Aguirre, Mariano López Sosa, Giovanni Ontiveros
Release date: October 28
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (R)
When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim it.
Directed by Noah Segan
Starring: John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi
Release date: October 28
Paging Hezbollah (PG-13)
Reveals how Israel pulled off one of the most audacious intelligence operations in history – engineering, marketing, and smuggling a modern-day Trojan Horse into Hezbollah’s command network before destroying it with a single beep. Told by those who lived and planned it, this is the little-known story of ingenuity, deception and an operation decades in the making.
Directed by Justin Folk
Starring: Yaakov Amidror, David Barnea, Eyal Tsir Cohen, Ori Gordin, Matthew Levitt
Release date: October 30
Sight & Sound Presents: JOSHUA Live!
Follow the Israelites as they journey through the wilderness under Joshua’s leadership. Filmed live, Joshua Live. merges stage performance with cinema to deliver this powerful story of faith, courage and redemption to theaters.
Directed by Ryab Miller
Starring: Carl MJ Anderson, Joe Dignoti, Hope Klessig
Release date: October 30
Wicker (R)
An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village.
Directed by Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Starring: Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage, Gustav Lindh, Máté Mészáros, Alexander Skarsgård
Release date: October 30