It’s an annual tradition here on Knockout Horror. It’s spooky month and for the entirety of October 2025, we are reviewing a horror movie everyday leading up to Halloween. Shorter format reviews, a lot of movies, many of which are new, a few are classics, and probably a few awful ones too. Either way, prepare for tons of scares and plenty of fun. Check back every day for a new review.
A horror movie told entirely from a dog’s perspective. It sounds like a gimmick that has no right to work, but it absolutely does. In our review, we break down how Good Boy becomes a flawed yet genuinely scary, surprisingly moving, and fiercely innovative film.
Him: Quick Verdict The Verdict: Visually stunning but narratively fumbled. Him wastes a career-best dramatic performance from Marlon Wayans on a messy, disjointed script. While the cinematography creates a brilliant, dreamlike atmosphere, the film is bogged down by repetitive training montages and an editing style that feels like half the movie was left on the…
They say you should never revisit your past, and maybe that applies to horror spoofs too. For Day 5 of our 31 Days of Halloween, we’re rewatching Scary Movie 2, a film I was convinced was a classic. Was it as funny as I remembered? Or is memory the most dangerous liar of all? Find out in our full review.
Forget the source material. The Until Dawn movie is a standalone splatter flick that trades a compelling story for fun and explosive, over-the-top gore. Find out what we think in our review.
Our 31 Days of Halloween marathon hits a speed bump with Ick (2024). If faux nostalgia laden sci-fi horror with not enough laughs sounds like your bag, come and take a look at our review.
You know that feeling when you’re driving behind a log truck and you think death is imminent? You can thank Final Destination 2 for that. For our Spooky Month marathon, we’re revisiting the sequel that perfected the killer formula with one of the most iconic opening scenes in horror history.
The plot of The Long Walk is pretty crazy: 50 teens walk until they die. And yet, Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of the Stephen King classic is a tense, enjoyable, and character-driven thriller that absolutely works. Read our full review to see why this implausible story is a must-watch horror film.