In Pursuit…Top 10 Spooky ‘Chase’ Films to watch this Halloween

If you like your aliens cute and cuddly, try this Spielberg family favourite. After landing in California, E.T. finds himself abandoned until he is befriended by 10 year old Elliott. After multiple attempts to get E.T. home, Elliott and E.T. find themselves in a  precarious high speed chase as they evade government authorities. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 72%

Available to watch on Netflix. 

A group of soldiers must take refuge in a cabin in the woods while beasts pray on them under a full moon…but can all the men in the cabin be trusted?

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 79%

Available to watch on Britbox 

Hitchcock directs this classic thriller that features Tippi Hedron chased by flocks of vicious birds. Featuring an unusual choice of predator, The Birds is a slow-burning thriller full of suspense, anticipation and dread...

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 83%

Available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. 

If more chilling horrors aren’t for you, enjoy this Spielberg classic where human meddling has disastrous consequences for visitors to an innovative new park designed to bring the Jurassic world to life. Soon, it becomes clear that interference in the world of science should only go so far.

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 91%

Available to buy on Amazon Video. 

This low-budget thriller is a cult classic. Three teenage filmmakers venture into the woods to discover more about the infamous Blair Witch but when, one by one, they disappear they realise that they are being hunted by something sinister lurking amongst the trees. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 56%

Available to watch on Netflix.

For a more light-hearted watch, join the hilarity in Crouch End as best friends Shaun and Ed fight their way through a zombie-infested London. Will Shaun win over Liz? Will they survive the apocalypse?!

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 93%

Available to watch on Netflix.

A dystopian world, where technology goes wrong, sees a robot cowboy slowly stalking a guest at ‘Westworld’ - a theme park where robots roam for the entertainment of the human visitors. But when the robots malfunction, the guests become hunted in a vengeful game…

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 70%

Available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. 

Ignoring the warning signs, a group of colleagues embark on a team-building weekend in a lodge with a chilling past. What ensues is a violent and gruesome culling of the group as one by one they succumb to masked killers. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 61%

Available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. 

Inspired by Spielberg’s ‘Duel’, Joy Ride (or re-named Road Kill in the UK) tells the story of a crazed truck driver, known on the trucker’s radio as ‘Rusty Nail’, hell bent on catching two brothers who tease and humiliate him in a practical joke. Their joking and fun leads to a terrifying pursuit as they are mercilessly tailed by a faceless vehicle. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 65%

Available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. 

Jack Nicholson portrays a father and husband who spirals into a murderous frenzy as he is corrupted by other-worldly forces haunting an abandoned hotel. The film culminates in a vicious, axe-wielding chase through the hotel while mother and son run for their lives. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 93%

Available to rent or buy on Amazon Video.