This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Georgia Southern chapter.
Here are 8 of the best Spooky Movies for the month of October:
- Hocus Pocus – a classic Halloween movie for any kid born before the year 2000. The classic Hocus Pocus follows a young kid who moves into a new town where he has a hard time fitting in. His curiosity leads to the overdue awakening of three diabolical witches that were killed centuries before.
- Haunted Mansion – one of the best Halloween movies in Disney’s line up. Starring Eddie Murphy as Jim, a realtor. Jim in his family stop at a mansion he plans to sell, however; it turns out to be haunted by a death that happened in the home years ago. Their attempt to escape become what seems like an impossible series of challenges.
- Beetlejuice – This movie’s plot centers around a recently deceased husband and wife who convince a demon to drive a terribly obnoxious family out of their home.
- Halloween –this plot centers around a boy who murdered his own sister on Halloween night in 1963.He somehow finds a way to escape the insane asylum and return to the small town of Haddonfield to pick up where he left off.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas – Jack Skellington, better known as the king of Halloween Town, discovers a Christmas town. He attempts to bring Christmas home which causes major confusion.
- Halloweentown – another classic movie for any kid born before the year 2000. A girl discovers she is a witch and does everything in her power to help save a town full of supernatural creatures.
- It – Even though this movie was only released last year, it is a great thriller about a group of kids that band together due to common enemies. They try their best to kill and destroy a supernatural clown that preys on children in their small hometown of Derry, Maine.
- Trick ‘r Treat – this movie follows the life of a high school principal with a dark secret, a college girl, a group of teenagers, and a woman with a Halloween obsessed husband. This movie shows all the characters meeting their match with a demonic, supernatural kid trick-or-treater.