The spookiest TV and film to stream this Halloween for...
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The spookiest TV and film to stream this Halloween for...

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Halloween is almost upon us - and what better way to celebrate the creepiest time of the year than with a spooky streaming marathon? Kathryn Hahn's malevolently mischievous Agatha Harkness gets a very welcome solo outing in this TV show In the latest series, Agatha gathers a coven of magical misfits and sets out to walk the legendary Witches' Road which includes Heartstopper's Joe Locke, Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza Sardonic, silly and scary in equal measure, this nine-part mini-series is a fantastic showcase for Hahn's sardonic charms, but she's far from the only reason to watch - the cast also includes Heartstopper's Joe Locke, musical icon Patti LuPone and the wonderful Aubrey Plaza, who matches Hahn every step of the way for scene-stealing mischief-making. Starve Acre is a story set in 1970s Yorkshire that focuses on grieving couple Richard and Juliette, played by Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark For much of the film's length it remains a steady, natural portrait of grief, with one slowly growing supernatural element - the discovery of a hare skeleton that slowly comes to life The final act of the film takes a screaming turn into full-on, Wicker Man-style folk horror and it will likely leave you pinned to your seat for a good while during the credits The final act of the film takes a screaming turn into full-on, Wicker Man-style folk horror and it will likely leave you pinned to your seat for a good while during the credits. Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald play Peter and Helen, the vampiric parents who've suppressed their blood-drinking urges for the sake of fitting in with society We meet the Radleys at the moment their childrens' budding thirsts start to cause problems of the criminal variety, requiring the help of Peter's twin brother, Will The film that neatly uses vampirism as a way to explore that and addiction, while Lewis clearly has a lot of fun as the very different twins He has the macho swagger and fully-stocked fridge to prove it, too, and his arrival awakens a thirst in Helen she hasn't felt for a while. The film's depiction of a nuclear war in Britain can now give a whole new generation nightmares after it was first shown in 1984 Fashions and technology have moved on, but the film itself and the conditions that trigger the nuclear apocalypse it depicts could just have easily have been written last week The film centres on the lives of of working-class Sheffield folk whoa re dealing with the impending doom and aftermath There's also no fancy special effects to speak of.

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