Top 13 Spooky Halloween Movies
By: Lucy Franklin & Nazla Walsh
1. Scared Shrekless – Available to stream on FuboTV
A thrilling shrek halloween special that will absolutely knock your socks off. Set after the events of shrek forever it follows 26 minute s of his halloween adventures.
2. Nightmare before Christmas – Available to stream on Disney+
Though a controversy surrounds this movie on whether it’s a christmas or Halloween film, I think we could all agree that there are spooky elements in this movie that make it worth the watch every October.
3. The Addams Family -Available to stream on Netflix
A classic about a hair-raising family that gets kicked out of their intimidating home after a fake, claiming to be the long-lost brother of the father (Gomez Addams) gets them evicted. Now they must challenge him in order to get the house back, while embarking on a journey of laughs, family bonds and of course, spooks.
4. Ghostbusters (1984) – Available to stream on Hulu and Disney+
A story about middle aged men playing with toys in their garage, Driving around in their hearse since they have no girlfriends or jobs so they hunt ghosts for fun. What’s not to love?
5. Coraline – Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video
The movie that you picture when you think of stop motion film. A colorful, mind-bending, spooky experience that takes you through a trip to another world.Coraline is a young girl that arrives in a new apartment with her parents to soon find out about a strange new world that looks like life of her own, but is much better. Is the world really what it seems?
6. The Shining – Available to stream on HBO Max
A thrilling story about a family of 3 staying at a temporarily closed hotel In a thick winter. As the husband begins to work on a new best-selling book, the family starts to notice strange things happening to him and the hotel. Will they escape the madness?
7. Halloween (1978) – Available to stream on FuboTV and Shutter
A teenage girl babysitting a little boy expects another normal halloween night, but what will happen when a serial killer on the loose comes back to his childhood home to find his next target? Find out in this must-see Halloween classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
8. Beetlejuice – Available to stream on Peacock and Amazon Prime Video
Great film that will leave you watching the movie on the couch. It’s about a husband and wife that die. There is also this guy named Beetlejuice and this emo girl named Lydia who ends up being cool, spoiler.
9. Scream (1996) – Available to stream on AppleTV and Paramount+
This movie is funny, clever, and still manages to be scary. Often referred to as the breath of fresh air in the horror industry, this movie follows suburban high school students trying to escape a masked killer.
10. Friday The 13th (1980) – Available to stream on Youtube
An enticing film that follows the story of Jason, a sociopath summer camp killer. Will these campers survive?
11. The Ring – Available to stream on Paramount+
A video of a nightmarish girl leads to a phone call that will foretell the viewer’s death in the next 7 days.
12. The Conjuring – Available to stream on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video
The paranormal investigators of the 1970s, Ed and Lorraine Warren, are called to the home of a family of 7 who have been experiencing hauntings in their new home. What will the couple discover in this based-on-a true-story horror?
13. Monster House – Available to stream on Netflix
An animated film in which 3 kids get together on Halloween eve to investigate the house across the street and its suspicious behavior surrounding an old man that had a heart attack the day before. Why does the house snarl, growl and capture kids? We’ll find out when the three protagonists go to investigate.
