12 Scary Movies That Take Place On Halloween (That Aren’t Part Of The Halloween Franchise) – /Film

Every Halloween, a block-long portion of Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood, CA becomes one of the largest Halloween celebrations in all of Los Angeles. Thousands gather to show off their elaborate costumes, watch concerts, buy street food, and generally be unruly in public. In recent years, for COVID-related reasons, the WeHo Halloween carnival has been canceled, and it remains to be seen if it will ever reach the glories of its heyday.

Also, if one was unfamiliar with West Hollywood, it's also home to one of the largest, thriving queer communities in the country, and remains the home to many queer-friendly and queer-owned businesses. The WeHo Halloween carnival could, in many ways, be seen as the horror-adjacent cousin to June's Pride parades.

In 2004, directorPaul Etheredge-Ouzts struck upon the rather brilliant idea to set a slasher movie on Halloween during the WeHo carnival. A devil-mask-wearing killer is stalking a central group of characters, following them into basement rooms and offing them one by one. Many don't notice because of all the costumes and mayhem. "Hellbent" isn't revolutionary in terms of its scares or its filmmaking indeed, it looks pretty damn cheap but it goes a long way on the novelty of its premise.

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12 Scary Movies That Take Place On Halloween (That Aren't Part Of The Halloween Franchise) - /Film