It’s me, your friendly neighborhood Halloween enthusiast! Everyone knows that the best way to get into the spooky season is to watch a good movie…but how do you know what to watch? There’s scary, funny, animated, and so much more. This is it: the ultimate Halloween movie recommendation list to rock your world. You can thank me later!
If you like animation:
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
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Corpse Bride
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Frankenweenie
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Casper
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Hotel Transylvania 1-3
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Monsters Inc.
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Monsters University
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ParaNorman
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Coco
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Coraline
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Monster House
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Disney’s House of Villains
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
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Toy Story of Terror!
If you want to be festive:
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Hocus Pocus
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Beetlejuice
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Halloweentown
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The Haunted Mansion
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The Harry Potter series
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The Addams Family
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The Addams Family Values
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What We Do in the Shadows
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Scooby-Doo
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E.T.
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Ghostbusters (1984)
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Ghosbusters (2016)
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The Twilight saga
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Boo! A Madea Halloween
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Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
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Warm Bodies
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Edward Scissorhands
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Practical Magic
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
If you want to be terrified:
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A Quiet Place
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Hereditary
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The Babadook
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Get Out
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Rosemary’s Baby
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The Exorcist
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Donnie Darko
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Night of the Living Dead
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Halloween
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The Shining
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Psycho (1960)
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Carrie (2013)
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The Blair Witch Project
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The Witch (2016)
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It (2017)
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Nosferatu
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Scream
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The Conjuring
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Friday the 13th
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Paranormal Activity
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The Ring
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The Sixth Sense
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Us (2019)
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American Psycho
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The Nun (2018)
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The Silence of the Lambs
There truly is no wrong answer here! No matter which movie you pick, pop some Pilsbury cookies in the oven, and have a good time.