HALLOWEEN HIGHLIGHTS: On Demand

On this creepiest of evenings, we reveal the spookily suitable fare that’s available beyond the veil of the traditional TV schedules, in the realms of Netflix, Amazon and Now TV…

Netflix: First up are two recent Netflix series: the riveting, chilling slow-burner The Haunting Of Hill House

and the easier-going, teenfocused Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. Those who prefer extreme scares should seek out American Horror Story and, for something more subtle, there’s Inside No 9. For films, Netflix has produced adaptations of Stephen King’s 1922 and Gerald’s Game.

Amazon Prime: The series Lore uses sinister dramatisations to dig into the origins of folklore, and the unsettling TV version of The Exorcist stars Ben Daniels. Films include the Scream and Final Destination movies, plus The Shining. Sky On Demand/Now TV: Timothy Spall and Matthew Macfadyen play paranormal investigators in three-parter

The Enfield Haunting, and Eva Green and Timothy Dalton (left) lead the series Penny Dreadful, a chilling reinvention of Victorian horror characters. Sky has a lot of classic films ( The Omen, Poltergeist, Don’t Look Now) and a few modern creepers, too ( Get Out, It).

Family-friendly: Scares for the whole family include TV shows A Series Of Unfortunate

Events (Netflix) and Creeped Out (iPlayer), and the films Coraline (Now TV), The Spiderwick

Chronicles (Amazon) and Coco (Now TV).