11 Halloween Movies To Watch Right Now

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Night of the Demons (1988)

Fill in If you like your Halloween movies cheesy and violent, Night of the Demons might be your new October 31st tradition. It’s a demonic possession movie like The Evil Dead (1981), but it’s set in a spooky house on Halloween night. Related Article: 50+ Must Watch Classic Halloween Movies

Candyman (1992)

What’s Halloween without a spooky dare based on an urban legend? Tony Todd’s portrayal of the hook-handed killer in Candyman entered the character into urban legend status, making people around the world nervous to say his name five times in front of a mirror.

Halloweentown (1998)

Disney Channel Original Movies (or DCOM for those in the know) around the year 2000 were wonderous. Charmingly goofy, Halloweentown is sure to give you that nostalgic feeling of being a kid on Halloween… even if you’ve never seen it before.

Practical Magic (1998)

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are at their romantic-comedy best as two sisters attempting to overcome a family curse involving their love lives. The movie exudes witchy aesthetics , and its emphasis on the bonds of family make it a heartwarming choice for Halloween night.

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Ginger Snaps is a bloody coming-of-age movie with werewolves , and it is a fantastic pick for when you want a monster movie that’s surprisingly smart. It’s also set partially on Halloween, and the cold, dark suburban setting matches the aesthetic of the holiday.

Donnie Darko (2001)

Halloween can be a dark and weird holiday, and few movies exemplify dark and weird better than Donnie Darko . Also, the costumes, from Frank the rabbit to Donnie’s grey-hoodie-skeleton outfit, are great for any reality-breaking Halloween night.

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Violent and goofy in equal measures, Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses is like walking through a haunted house attraction, but without having to wait in line. It’s also a movie where even the monsters get dressed up for Halloween.

Terrifier (2016)

Scary clowns and Halloween are inseparable. Art the Clown in Terrifier is perhaps the scariest of all Halloween clowns, violently murdering people in this extremely gory slasher movie set on October 31st.

Ready or Not (2019)

It’s all fun and games until someone gets murdered, which is exactly the plot of Ready or Not . Samara Weaving is funny and fantastic as she tries to survive a deadly game of hide and seek, just don’t take the movie as inspiration for your own Halloween party games.

Us (2019)

Jordan Peele’s Us is partially about identity, which is a perfect theme for a holiday about wearing masks and costumes. Us gets quite violent and scary while still maintaining a sense of fun throughout.

X (2022)

Ti West, writer and director of X, knows how to create the perfect balance between smart and trashy in a horror movie. X is a slasher movie set in Texas in 1979 about a group of young filmmakers making a porn movie in the guest house of a remote farmhouse. It’s very bloody and violent, but it also has heart and pathos. X really is brilliant horror filmmaking.