It’s finally October, which means it’s time to swap over your wardrobe, sip on Pumpkin Spice Lattes, and prepare for the ultimate night: Halloween. What better way to get in the spooky spirit than to binge watch scary movies? So, here’s a list of movies you need to watch this October (warning, this contains some scary images):
Halloween (late 1970s version)
About a guy in a white mask who stalks babysitters. Obviously a classic.
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A guy who has knives for fingers torments teens in their sleep—but there’s a twist: if you die in your dream, you die in real life.
Friday the 13th (1980)
There’s a reason why everyone (who watches horror movies) associates a white hockey mask with death.
The Ring
7 days.
Scream (1996)
Amateur killers trying to act like the big guys.
The Conjuring 1 & 2
Just make sure to put on your big girl pants for this one.
Annabelle
Anything with creepy dolls is scary.
Carrie (1976 or 2013)
A girl with telekinesis and a crazy mother. Let’s just say things don’t turn out too well for anyone in this movie.
The Craft
Imagine Mean Girls with magic—and a lot of creepy sh*t.
The Sixth Sense
About a little boy who sees dead people. What.
What Lies Beneath
A horror mystery that really gets under your skin.
Disturbia
More of a thriller, but still disturbing.
Scary Movie (all of them)
Ironically, not scary movie at all; but it’s great at making fun of them.
Hocus Pocus
A Halloween classic.
A Nightmare Before Christmas
Another classic. Although “Christmas” is in the title, it’s definitely meant for Halloween.
Beetlejuice
I mean, are you doing Halloween right if you don’t watch Beetlejuice?
Halloweentown (all of them)
A Disney Original that all 90s kids should have watched at some point. I’m twenty-one and still watch these every year.
Casper Meets Wendy
Just because Hilary Duff is adorable in this one.