Halloween is the perfect time to cuddle up with friends and family, grab some popcorn and enjoy a cozy movie night surrounded by spooky decorations and plenty of candy. It is the time of the year where you can decorate with spooky lights, carved pumpkins, and release your inner child. There are tons of scary movies to watch from comedic to spine chilling, the list is endless.
Here are some of the most popular movies you should add to your watch list this October. If you are in the mood for something fun and not too scary, you can add Hocus Pocus. This is a classic movie about three sisters accused of witchcraft. Hundreds of years after their execution for practicing dark magic and stealing the life force of children to live longer, they are accidentally resurrected.
Another classic option is The Nightmare Before Christmas where Jack Skellington becomes bored with his perfect routine of scaring people and decides to do something crazy and bring Christmas to Halloween town.
If you are all about thrills, jumpscares and a cool plot twist you can enjoy The Conjuring where otherworldly presences come from beyond the darkness to haunt and attack. To get the full experience watch the full series and its extended universe film Anabelle in order to ensure you have a spine chilling night. However, if scary walking dolls and aggressive demons are not your combination, there are other great films that are sure to make you sweat with fear.
Next on the list is the pair of movies IT where a clown older than time itself hunts in a town named Derry and it is up to the ‘lucky seven’ club of kids to stop him. In a town where adults are oblivious and kids are mischievous, tension rises as kids start to go missing, including the little brother of one of the main characters, who incited the flame to a summer of horror for Derry. The terror for the group never ends, as the clown comes back every 27 years for more bloodthirsty and stronger each return. These two movies are sure to get you crying from fright.
If you are the type of person who likes horror but not enough to be shaking under your blankets there are more digestible horrors like Scream where a masked killer stalks and murders teenagers in a small town. This movie spawned a series of parody films called Scary Movie where alongside some horror there is a lot of comedic relief making it the perfect combination of humor and terror. Whatever you choose to watch, keep the blankets close, the lights on, and make sure that your closet is empty!
