‘Little Monsters’ hits theaters October 8.
Dana Kendall
From the creepy to the bizarre, October’s slate of Sundance-supported releases makes for prime Halloweentime movie watching.
Check out the absurdist genre comedy Little Monsters, starring Lupita Nyong’o as a kindergarten teacher thrust into the role of fierce protector as she shields her class from a zombie invasion—or the chiller Sweetheart, starring Kiersey Clemons as a woman stranded on a desert island where she is hunted by an otherworldly creature each night. And while documentaries about classic films might not normally be at the top of your scary movie list, Alexandre O. Philippe’s Memory: The Origins of Alien, which unearths the story behind Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, seems more than appropriate for this time of year.
But if horror isn’t your cup of tea, watch the kid-friendly animal adventure documentary The Elephant Queen or the surrealist, star-studded fantasy film Paradise Hills—both coming to theaters this month followed by a video-on-demand release soon after.
