Bea Beltran Culture 10.22.2022 18:Oct PM EDT

5 Techno-Horror Movies You Can Watch This Halloween

It's a new age, and ghosts and spirits are not limited to antiquities and unholy items anymore, at least in the movies. There are several films to date that have managed to incorporate technology with paranormal events. Here are five movies that show just that.

'Prince of Darkness'

The film by John Carpenter may be an oldie, but he managed to add the elements of science and technology into a paranormal movie. It tells the story of Satan with the mission of trying to summon his father, the Anti-God, as mentioned in Bloody Disgusting.

The movie definitely fits outside the norms of horror movies, depicting evil as something tangible, which was shown as a green liquid in a cannister. Since science comes to mind when you see an unusual liquid substance in a container, a priest decided that quantum physics would be the better approach to battle evil.

The priest calling a scientist for help is probably the right move. It's not everyday that members of the church discover a sentient green liquid, and discover that God and Satan were extra-terrestrials.

'Shutter'

The movie "Shutter" is the kind of horror movie that will stay with you. You never would've imagined that you'll be afriad to take pictures after watching a film. Shutter is about a man who is able to capture ghosts which cannot be seen by the naked eye, through pictures.

According to Collider, there are legends and myths that suggest that photographs can capture or trap a soul. This prevents them from returning to the mortal or astral realm. Now, can you imagine taking several photos, and in each, the ghost is moving closer and closer to you? Yikes.

'Unfriended'

"Unfriended" is a timely film for issues of today, mainly, cyberbullying. The story starts with the anniversary of a friend's suicide due to an embarrassing video of her uploaded on the internet. Since the internet has grown in the past few years, it would surely be horrifying to see a humiliating video of you spread like wildfire.

In this film, you'll see how one by one, those who were responsible get picked off by no other than the ghost of the person that was bullied.

'One Missed Call'

The movie is just an adaption, which was originally a Japanese movie by Yasushi Akimoto, but the premise stays the same. People start getting voicemails from themselves even though they have not recorded it yet. The recording tells them how they will die in the future, in detail.

The film also shows how there is no way to stop your impending death once you receive the voicemail, which would definitely stir up feelings of anxiety if you imagine yourself in that situation, not having a way out.

'Host'

The story is about a group of friends trying to stay in touch amidst the restrictions of the pandemic. As they started on their weekly call, one of the members of the group decided to bring in a medium. The group attempted to hold a virtual seance. One of the members pretended to feel something, which leads to them summoning unfriendly entities.

The suspense builds up as the medium, the only one who knows how to close the session, gets cut off every now and then. The movie shows terrible and unfortunate deaths, brought by pranks and diving into unfamiliar paranormal practices.